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Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
2. there were nude photos of arnold, charges of sexual assault against him, etc.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:07 PM
Jul 2016

how much was made of those incidents?

what about bush AWOL?

what about david Vitter?

those things hardly ever matter: IOKIYAAR

not to mention iran contra, October surprise, yellow cake, valeri plame, and on and on and on.....

the scandal river only flows in one direction

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
3. Wow, little harsh and prudish, no? Totally agree on the FLOTUS trashing though.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:11 PM
Jul 2016

And, she always, every time, rose above it all.

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
4. exactly why I said it. FLOTUS has been nothing but classy
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:15 PM
Jul 2016

even through the shit they have flung at her ...and it was a LOT


meanwhile gold digger posed for trashy pictures and nothing has ever been said





could you imagine the backlash had Mrs. Obama (who by the way has been the only wife) done the same?

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
8. Screw that. I will not endorse sexist, nasty attacks
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:52 PM
Jul 2016

On any woman. Political spouses should not be fair game. "They did it first!" is a child's argument. Sexist, bigoted attacks are not ok because the target is someone married to someone we disagree with.

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