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Hillary on Monica

Hillary Clinton: Bill didn’t abuse his power because Monica Lewinsky ‘was an adult’

Asked if her husband should have resigned the presidency after the affair came to light, Mrs Clinton told Sunday Morning in the US, “Absolutely not.”

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by Anonymousreply 93October 30, 2018 5:19 AM

OP = Hillary Derangement Syndrome

by Anonymousreply 1October 14, 2018 9:57 PM

She's right

by Anonymousreply 2October 14, 2018 10:02 PM

Hillary On Monica sounds like a title of a porno.

by Anonymousreply 3October 14, 2018 10:03 PM

The assertion by Clinton was particularly stunning given the current #MeToo movement she has championed

by Anonymousreply 4October 14, 2018 10:03 PM

Almost like she's a corrupt, morally bankrupt, power crazed, sociopath isn't it?

by Anonymousreply 5October 14, 2018 10:06 PM

Umm, Monica told people she was going to fuck her way up in DC...so yeah she's a slut and he's a horn dog.

by Anonymousreply 6October 14, 2018 10:13 PM

How exactly did he abuse his power? Did he threaten to remove her as an intern if she didn't sleep with him? Did he promise her some kind of advancement if she granted him sexual favors? I'm not quite clear on this. You can't reasonably argue that because the President is powerful, he shouldn't be allowed to have sex with people.

by Anonymousreply 7October 14, 2018 10:22 PM

[quote]Bill didn’t abuse his power because Monica Lewinsky ‘was an adult’

But feminists have told us that it's about who has authority over another person. It doesn't matter that she was an adult. Bill could have had her kicked out of her job and killed her career in DC. And some may say that she did it willingly, but Bill should have stopped it. It's not about the sex, it's about who he was having sex with.

by Anonymousreply 8October 14, 2018 10:23 PM

At this point what does it even matter?

by Anonymousreply 9October 14, 2018 10:24 PM

For fuck's sake. Monica came onto him, she was the fat, needy girl who had to overcompensate to get laid. She'd already screwed around with a married teacher of hers. And what has she done in the 20+ year since? Try to be a celebrity and fail. She could have had a career, got married but she wanted to be a star. Pathetic.

And Monica can apologize to Hillary.

by Anonymousreply 10October 14, 2018 10:25 PM

My husband can speak for himself. I am not his keeper.

by Anonymousreply 11October 14, 2018 10:27 PM

Who was he supposed to fuck on his level? Queen Elizabeth?

by Anonymousreply 12October 14, 2018 10:27 PM

Defending her hubby infidelity. Right!

by Anonymousreply 13October 14, 2018 10:35 PM

R11 No she just a mere wife

by Anonymousreply 14October 14, 2018 10:40 PM

*Yawn*

This debate smells like mothballs and scratched up Backstreet Boys CDs

by Anonymousreply 15October 14, 2018 10:41 PM

Monica was an adult and willing participant and A MAJOR SLUT... When she got her internship, she told friends she was going to the White House with her “presidential kneepads.” Sorry but that was not a #metoo situation.

by Anonymousreply 16October 14, 2018 10:42 PM

If Monica had swallowed, we would not be talking about it now

by Anonymousreply 17October 14, 2018 10:43 PM

Did they ask Hillary about his true victims, Juanita, Paula and Kathleen?

by Anonymousreply 18October 14, 2018 10:44 PM

This bitch can't even satisfy her husband. A little bit of Monica on the side wouldn't hurt!

by Anonymousreply 19October 14, 2018 10:44 PM

Such a hypocrite.

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by Anonymousreply 20October 14, 2018 10:47 PM

Bill was RIDIN' DIRRTY!

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by Anonymousreply 21October 14, 2018 10:52 PM

#I Believe Her

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by Anonymousreply 22October 14, 2018 10:53 PM

Crooked plus hypocrite

by Anonymousreply 23October 14, 2018 11:04 PM

Bill and Monica both wanted this, they both had a history of cheating on the spouse and sleeping with married men.

However there is no evidence that has ever come out that Bill coerced or forced her into lying or that the relationship was abusive. Sure he was and adult and should have known better than to sleep with a 25 year old intern. He's a horn dog who can't keep it in his pants. She was looking for a trophy fuck and he was more than willing to be that fuck.

Not a nice thing to do to Hillary and Chelsea, but if you want to start morally judging every single person on this planet who cheats on his/her spouse, you would have to condemn half of the people on this planet. There is a reason for extramarital affairs being not a crime.

by Anonymousreply 24October 14, 2018 11:15 PM

Juanita Broaddrick was not a victim, she very likely made the whole thing up.

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by Anonymousreply 25October 14, 2018 11:17 PM

Oh my we have lowered our standards r24

by Anonymousreply 26October 14, 2018 11:22 PM

Juanita responds.

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by Anonymousreply 27October 14, 2018 11:29 PM

Really OP=R26, you have left 6 posts on your own thread so far, each exceeding in stupidity.

by Anonymousreply 28October 14, 2018 11:30 PM

She's right.

If you are 22 and engaged in a consensual sexual encounter, it isn't abuse. Lewinsky's job didn't hinge on a blowjob. She wasn't getting a promotion because of fucking the boss.

I agree with a lot of MeToo but there is a tendency to infantilize women.

by Anonymousreply 29October 14, 2018 11:30 PM

Make America hole again.

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by Anonymousreply 30October 15, 2018 12:22 AM

I think the thing that is more exculpatory is that Monica has plainly said she did not feel at all coerced and describses the encounter as 100% consensual. She has always stressed that and I give her credit for it. I'm sure people from many sides tried to push her to say otherwise.

She really hasn't ever said she thinks there was misconduct with what happened. What she has attacked the Clintons and the media for are savagely attacking her character and reputation and ruining her life to defend themselves. Which I think is fair

by Anonymousreply 31October 15, 2018 12:30 AM

See, the more she talks, the more she puts her foot in her mouth. Bill lied about this, so who knows if he was telling the truth about other accusations?

by Anonymousreply 32October 15, 2018 12:31 AM

#MeToo has never taken down a man for consensual sex with a employee. In every case where a famous guy was fired the woman said the behavior was forced on them. People think its gross to sleep with employees but no prominent person has gotten fired for just for that if the employee was fine with it

by Anonymousreply 33October 15, 2018 12:33 AM

Don't go there!

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by Anonymousreply 34October 15, 2018 12:34 AM

Linda Tripp destroyed Kathleen Willeys credibility under oath by saying that it was obvious that willey was trying to fuck Bill Clinton.

by Anonymousreply 35October 15, 2018 12:39 AM

The Cristiano Ronaldo rape is looking like that R33. He may get away with it.

by Anonymousreply 36October 15, 2018 12:44 AM

The Trump trolls are taking over this thread. Yawn.

by Anonymousreply 37October 15, 2018 2:58 AM

I voted for her and am generally supportive of her - or was - but this was as tone deaf of an answer as she's ever given.

by Anonymousreply 38October 15, 2018 9:43 PM

I REALLY don't care.

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by Anonymousreply 39October 15, 2018 10:30 PM

Bosses shouldn’t have romantic relationships with there employees. Bill cheated on his wife. Monica slept with a married man. Hillary will never do anything but defend her husband on this issue. Hillary has every right to hate Monica with the red hot passion of 1000 suns.

The media needs to stop asking Hillary about her husband’s affair. Stop trying to make consensual sex between adults a Me-Too⁠ ⁠ thing. It robs consenting adults of their agency.

Next.

by Anonymousreply 40October 15, 2018 10:52 PM

She's a hundred percent correct. Over the last 5 years, there has been a bizarre trend of extreme infantilization of young adult women. It's almost like a return to Victorian times.

by Anonymousreply 41October 16, 2018 12:34 AM

It's kind of tricky because if your "boss" wants sex, you might be afraid to refuse lest you lose your job. I don't know if Hillary is right but a lot of people won't like her statement.

by Anonymousreply 42October 16, 2018 12:40 AM

She is another white feminist hypocrite like Lena Dunham.

It doesn't matter if Monica was a slut who wanted to sleep with Bill. He abused his power over her.

There's lots of 13 year olds out there that a re attracted to old men. That doesn't excuse the old men from sleeping with a 13 year old. So many of you have such damaged sex lives, you don't even get my point.

Monica sleeping with Bill is the same as any actress who slept with Weinstein in order to get more power for themselves.

by Anonymousreply 43October 16, 2018 1:00 AM

How old does a white woman have to be before she is considered a consenting adult? 35 years old? 40 years old? 45?

by Anonymousreply 44October 16, 2018 1:05 AM

He most certainly DID abuse his power. And Im a huge Bill supporter; doesnt mean he should have resigned tho because he got some poon on the side. But come the fuck on. Lets be real here. He was the president of the United States and old enough to be her goddam daddy. From what I underatand Monica did not seduce him. Bill has always been a poon hound. He made the moves on her. And how could she really resist the power and allure of it. She didnt have a repuation at all for being a slut. This is why Hillary lost. She can never be real when it matters most.

by Anonymousreply 45October 16, 2018 1:10 AM

[quote]Monica sleeping with Bill is the same as any actress who slept with Weinstein in order to get more power for themselves.

So, it was Monica who abused her power? The sexual power of young woman over old men? I’m so confused.

by Anonymousreply 46October 16, 2018 1:11 AM

Yall hypocritical as fuck. Its the same as if a CEO put the move on his secretary. You dont have to blackmail your underlings to abuse your fkin power for Christ sake.

by Anonymousreply 47October 16, 2018 1:12 AM

Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress. Monica had consensual sex with a married man. She is an adulteress.

by Anonymousreply 48October 16, 2018 1:14 AM

[quote] Yall hypocritical as fuck.

Yeppers.

by Anonymousreply 49October 16, 2018 1:15 AM

She’s Trump like.

by Anonymousreply 50October 16, 2018 1:15 AM

FACT: Hierarchical workplace romances are more frequent than relationships between colleagues who are equals

by Anonymousreply 51October 16, 2018 1:19 AM

Conservatives trying to spin a narrative after Mrs.Trump looked dumb in that interview saying she did not believe David Dennison screwed Stormy. Won't work folks,Mrs Trump still looks delusional. As for Hillary's comment.When is the wife ever expected to say nice things about their husbands mistress. ...???This gaslighting attempt is a sad failure. ....but i guess anything to distract attention from the MBS murder Trump/Kushner helped make possible...

by Anonymousreply 52October 16, 2018 1:21 AM

r46, are you an idiot?

An insecure barely 20 something girl abused her power over the country's most powerful man?! Are you really that dumb?

You sound like the racist white woman who accused a crying 9 year old of grabbing her ass! What's next? Are you gonna defend a story of a 6 year old who tempted the poor old pedophile?

by Anonymousreply 53October 16, 2018 1:21 AM

You guys there's a whole book about this called the Kenneth Starr report.

She's right; Monica and bill had consensual sex.

Who's the asshole trying to shame Monica with this adulteress crap?

by Anonymousreply 54October 16, 2018 1:21 AM

FACT: Being in a relationship with a married man is highly UNETHICAL AND IMMORAL AND SHAMEFUL.

by Anonymousreply 55October 16, 2018 1:25 AM

[quote]The media needs to stop asking Hillary about her husband’s affair.

They especially need to stop doing it when we have a madman in the White House who is shitting on the American people and the Constitution daily. I don't give a flying fuck about Bill and Monica when we have a critical election coming up. Stop getting distracted, people.

by Anonymousreply 56October 16, 2018 1:27 AM

First of all, I doubt that anyone really cares at this point. It's over and done years ago.

Second, if what Clinton is trying to say is not that Lewinsky was an adult but that the affair was completely consensual, she has a (small) point.

That said, what Bill Clinton did was wrong, even if the affair was completely consensual. Every people manager has always had this drummed into their heads over and over again: you never fuck around with the people over whom you have authority, even if you both want it.

by Anonymousreply 57October 16, 2018 1:30 AM

R44 I know right, it's like they're considered perpetual children here. You don't see this mentality in Europe.

by Anonymousreply 58October 16, 2018 1:30 AM

r54, if a 16 year old kid wants t have sex with an adult, it's still rape. It's not about the sex, it's about the power. Educate yourself. Maybe you can't get any nice dick yourself, so that's why you think the insecure ones are easy prey? I'm 33, and the idea of being in a relationship with a 20 year old makes me want to run. They'd be "daddified" and rely on me to take the lead on every subject. Being a daddy may be hot but being in an equal relationship is even better. Anytime I've been on date with a 20 year old since I turned 30, they ALWAYS think I'm a total top rich daddy. I love fucking them but I also want a confident guy to fuck me as well and buy me dinner. It's not about me being "masculine" or "successful", it's just that I'm more confident then these guys. Hell, I used to be like that in my twenties myself. I don't understand how some of you don't get it's wrong to abuse your power when dealing with insecure powerless younger idiots!

by Anonymousreply 59October 16, 2018 1:34 AM

I see a few histrionic posts about 6 year olds, 13 year olds, 16 year olds. Monica was 23 years old when she had consensual sex with a married man who was her boss. She was not a young teen. She was legally an adult.

“An adult is a person who has attained the age of majority. The age of majority is the legally defined age at which a person is considered an adult, with all the attendant rights and responsibilities of adulthood. The age of majority is defined by state laws, which vary by state, but is 18 years old in most states.”

Case Closed.

by Anonymousreply 60October 16, 2018 1:42 AM

R60 THANK YOU. What is with these posters randomly bringing up 12 or 13 year olds? That is completely irrelevant to this conversation.

by Anonymousreply 61October 16, 2018 1:45 AM

Bringing up Monica to Hillary isn’t dredging up old news, it’s a trap.

It’s about Trump and his indiscretions and it’s happening as the Watergate documents are being unsealed to provide Mueller a ‘blueprint’ on how to proceed with Trump’s possibly being designated as an unindicted co-conspirator like Nixon was.

Cornering Hillary into giving the answer they know would be coming from her is meant to serve as a ‘blueprint’ on how to proceed with Trump and his indiscretions and the inevitable what-aboutism will serve to be yet another distraction.

by Anonymousreply 62October 16, 2018 1:53 AM

Why is r53 trying to equate a 22yo woman with a 6-year-old child?

by Anonymousreply 63October 16, 2018 4:31 AM

I don't know. Someone's learned an out of date word, adulteress, and someone else can't use a calendar. I think 10 year olds are posting.

by Anonymousreply 64October 16, 2018 4:59 AM

R310, what's this bad thing crap? Do you know what she put on her college application? On her admit to the speech pathology program? On her application to law school? On other job applications? On her medical records?

No, you fucking do not. What we know is Warren has consistently maintained her family's oral history to be true. Her family history has been verified.

Jfc, what is wrong with DL tonight?

by Anonymousreply 65October 16, 2018 5:11 AM

Monica had a history of stalking men way before she met Bill. She is an unbalanced woman who has done nothing with her life but wait for a Clinton to run for office then crawl out of the woodwork. I imagine she's on the Republican payroll like Juannitta Brroaddrickk and Gennifer Flowers.

by Anonymousreply 66October 16, 2018 5:16 AM

Keep givin' all the love you can!

by Anonymousreply 67October 16, 2018 5:33 AM

What happened with the case about Trump with the 13 y/o at The Plaza?

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by Anonymousreply 68October 16, 2018 5:46 AM

Hillary is a fool for responding like this. Her hypocrisy is writ large, and this self-righteous stubbornness is her biggest flaw.

by Anonymousreply 69October 16, 2018 8:52 AM

LMAO r21, that man calls himself a man of the Lord?

by Anonymousreply 70October 16, 2018 9:10 AM

Urgh! R60 is absolutely right.

She was a consenting adult. Very ooor judgement for anyone to shag their boss or anyone they work with - but it happens all the time. People do stupid things. Neither of them should have done it. But as it didn’t involve anyone else - is it really anyone else’s business? Like he’s the first president who’s had an affair?

Given what the Cheeto is doing and has gotten away with - you really think this is a big deal? Sheesh!

by Anonymousreply 71October 16, 2018 9:28 AM

Hillary is right, of course, it was a consensual affair between two adults. There was no sexual harassment.

Tacky? Yep. Should it ever have been made our business? Nope.

by Anonymousreply 72October 16, 2018 10:09 AM

It's all they have. Look at the Elizabeth Warren threads. THAT'S the best (or rather worst) they've got?! All the corruption (and worse) on the Repug side and they have to grab at straws to shade the Dems.

by Anonymousreply 73October 16, 2018 2:38 PM

Let's see, Clinton gets interviewed (she's not President by the way) and gets asked about her husband's 20 years ago affair. Donald Trump (who *gag* is President) sits down with Lesley Stahl and does not get asked about his. That is America.

by Anonymousreply 74October 16, 2018 2:52 PM

It was sex between two consenting adults. yes, ADULTS. THe right wanted to make this into a scandal because it was Bill Clinton and it did.

Yet the right completely ignores Trump's sexually abusing history and lies about everything.

by Anonymousreply 75October 16, 2018 3:19 PM

Hillary threads always demonstrate DL delusion at its peak.

by Anonymousreply 76October 16, 2018 3:20 PM

R75 yes, but the left ignores Trumps abusive behavior as well. The mainstream "liberal " media outlets have been instrumental in whipping up anti Clinton hysteria, it's not just Fox News. Meanwhile, these same journalists who shriek over Clinton's affairs still regularly jerk off to pictures of the Kennedy's, who engaged in far worse misbehavior in their personal lives. The New York Times for example, has given the deranged and embittered Maureen Dowd a space to spew bile and hate at the entire Clinton family for over 20 years. And this is a "lefty " outlet. Amazing how the so called liberal journalists spent the entire election raging over bills 20 year old infidelities , Hilary's e mails , and Chelsea's speeches but treated Trump as a mildly amusing and harmless circus act.

by Anonymousreply 77October 16, 2018 3:29 PM

There is an enormous difference between willingly participating and being coerced.

If a professor says to you,"have sex with me or I'll fail you" that's coercion. If a student propositions a professor, that's not. If a student offer sex for a grade, that's unethical, but not coercion.

Lewinsky's actions at the time demonstrate that she was hardly a victim of abuse or coercion, not matter what she says now or how she's tried to retcon the events to rehabilitate her public image.

by Anonymousreply 78October 16, 2018 3:53 PM

Pathetic.

by Anonymousreply 79October 16, 2018 4:29 PM

It was still a very, very stupid thing to do. I’ve seen secretaries and junior accountants get canned for doing shit like this at my old firm. Politicians have to be held to a higher standard, they have to be or else our government is not working like it should. Even now, Trump is forced to put out fires instead of running the country because he’s got no morals and ethics worth following. He’s a reprehensible excuse for a man, let alone a politician. Bill Clinton is a sex addict. He should have used better judgment. And he should not have lied right off the bat.

by Anonymousreply 80October 16, 2018 4:47 PM

And that was 20 fucking years ago, r80....

by Anonymousreply 81October 16, 2018 4:50 PM

Which goes to show you r81, people don’t forget scandal. No matter what good Bill Clinton accomplished, celebration of it will forever be tempered by Lewinskygate. And it may have had a negative effect on Hillary’s shot at the Oval Office.

by Anonymousreply 82October 16, 2018 4:53 PM

She. Worked. For. Him.

by Anonymousreply 83October 16, 2018 4:57 PM

Those who are insisting her job did not depend on this, do you not recall that Monica’s supervisors transferred her out of the WH to the Pentagon where she met her dear friend Linda Tripp?

by Anonymousreply 84October 16, 2018 5:02 PM

Not enough to cost her that shot, r82.

by Anonymousreply 85October 16, 2018 5:28 PM

Monica shouldn't have even been in the White House. She got her internship through family connections not merit. She was transferred out of the White House shortly after being hired on from her internship because she frequently wasn't at her desk working because she was too busy trying to hang out in the West Wing. Even the Secret Service complained about her. If the average worker did that, they would have been fired not given a job at the Pentagon. She wanted to stay on at the White House so badly that she even offered to work without pay.

by Anonymousreply 86October 18, 2018 10:09 PM

Monica was giddy and happy over that affair. They were both having fun but of course, she wanted more. I am sure she had fallen in love with him. Her big mistake? Telling the snake, Linda Trip.

by Anonymousreply 87October 18, 2018 10:13 PM

I always felt that Hillary was OK with Bill's extra marital affairs and was quite open minded about his needs. Theirs seemed to be a marriage based on intellect and ambition, rather than sexual attraction. And that's their business. But, suddenly, with the worst serial cheater in history as our President, no one cares about what he does or did. But they still clutch their pearls over Clinton. It's ponderous.

by Anonymousreply 88October 18, 2018 10:22 PM

R88 yes, I agree. Their marriage always struck me as being an open one and there is nothing wrong with that. The hypocrisy of the media regarding Clinton's affairs is fucking ridiculous. The mainstream medias puritanical shrieking over Bill has gone on for twenty years, and I suspect played a part in getting Trump elected. The DC media has always had an irrational dislike of the Clinton family(which I strongly believe is based partly in distaste at Bills "redneck " roots ) and that plays a huge part in their coverage . Meanwhile, they still regularly jerk off to the Kennedy's who engaged in far more sexual misconduct than even Bill. The DC media is full of slimebags but they will never get over their puritanical outrage at Bill. Yet, they don't seem too bothered by Donald "I would date Ivanka " Trump. Funny how they can't stop bitching about Bills affairs but would NEVER question Trump about that line.

by Anonymousreply 89October 18, 2018 10:38 PM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 90October 19, 2018 12:01 AM

I don't care that she worked for him. People have affairs at work all the time. Is it a smart thing to do? Nope. Does it happen ten thousand times a day? Yep.

I've listened to people argue about this for 20 years and I have never cared about it in any serious way. I'm not going to start now. Hillary Clinton would have made an excellent president and instead we have this nightmare fascist who sold us out to the Russians and the Saudis and the Chinese and christ only knows who else.

R90, bump cunt, F&F for you.

by Anonymousreply 91October 19, 2018 12:03 AM

[quote] Bill and Monica both wanted this, they both had a history of cheating on the spouse and sleeping with married men.

Bill had a history of sleeping with married men??????

by Anonymousreply 92October 19, 2018 12:04 AM
by Anonymousreply 93October 30, 2018 5:19 AM
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