Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Read the last paragraph. The woman is waving the flag to excuse behavior that - if not criminal - is at least reprehensible.
Well, no. It is not to excuse behavior, because we don't know what behavior occurred, we only have allegations of behavior from one party. The purpose of the flag waving was to bolster his credibility in the face of *allegations* whcih may or may not be true.