“Why not?” I asked. “He’s just trying to stay focused. He’s aware of his imperfections. We should celebrate that. Not attack the man for that.” “No, he deserves to be criticized,” he replied. “First of all, he’s going to the dinner as the vice president, not as a man. So when he says he can’t meet my daughter without his wife present, that means he’s looking at her as a sexual object. Not as a lobbyist, a policy expert, a senator, whatever she might be. He’s seeing her as a sex object first and foremost.” He had a point. I was starting to see where he was coming from. But my friend wasn’t
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