When Hillary went to defend Bill after Monica--she spoke with Matt Lauer

Thee Matt Lauer story is loaded with twisted irony, as Fox News Brent Bozell notes.

This fall former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly was chastised by a sanctimonious Lauer for his alleged sexual predatations.

But back in 1998, First Lady Hillary Clinton chose Lauer to tell the fact-challenged Clinton side of the story when the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. It was the first time I heard of Lauer, by the way.

From Bozell's column:

If you look for evidence of Matt Lauer slamming Bill Clinton for harassing Paula Jones or Kathleen Wiley, you won't find it. Look for evidence of Lauer condemning Clinton for what he did with Monica Lewinsky. Good luck. What did he say instead? When Hillary blamed Lewinsky on the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy – yes, on his show – Lauer should have immediately demanded that she provide the evidence to justify that extraordinary accusation. Instead he responded with this: "If what the President has told the nation is the whole truth and nothing but the truth, then you'd have to agree that this is the worst and most damaging smear of the twentieth century."

What did he believe should be Clinton's legacy? On May 23, 2000, this: "I hope that the American people would find it more exciting to talk about health care and Social Security and not about these personal peccadilloes."

Even after his own network broke the explosive story of Clinton's rape of Juanita Broaddrick, not even that could excite Matt Lauer. A comment here, a question there, and in no time flat the story was over. It’s how you treat peccadilloes.

But O’Reilly's not a feminist. Neither is Donald Trump or Roy Moore. Nor were Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Larry Craig, or Bob Livingston. It is why accusations against them have commanded saturation coverage and they have deserved unequivocal condemnation. They are not of the club.

And it's the Democrats and their media wing who accuse the Republicans of a "war on women."