I dunno if that’s so much a political thing as much as its a human thing. I just know it really needs to stop.

He rented a few naughty videos and the store was paid to release his rental list.

This probably (weasel word, I should say “almost certainly”) led to his nomination failure.

The left has crowed about this for decades. “Bork Him!” has been the cry of the left ever since.

Aside: Wasn’t it interesting how quickly congress passed the Video Privacy Protection Act, on a voice vote, after that? Incidentally, that bill was sponsored by Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont). Gosh. You’d think the Democrats had something to hide.

It got so bad that a presidential nominee was criticized for something his *father* did (and incidentally, what a lot of people did) when said nominee was ten years old.

After being stung repeatedly over the years, is it any surprise the right has decided to use the same tactic?

Your grandfather had a phrase:
“No sense, no feelings.”

Kinda my attitude right now.

I would strongly recommend bringing this to the attention of Amazon, because no, that is NOT how it is supposed to be. They should either refund or replace the damaged copy.