The irony of poutrage about the use of the term girl
By a husband simultaneously referring to himself as a boy, whereas for months, even years, we've been told we had absolutely no right to object to Clinton or any other woman being insulted as c...ts, b...s, and w...es.
And that the outrage over "girl" as a justification for undermining the first woman presidential nominee, whose supporters were repeatedly maligned as "vagina voters," and the most qualified person to seek the presidency in the modern era dismissed as garnering support based on gender alone.
The problem, it seems, is not that Bill Clinton spoke lovingly about a courtship of his youth, but that he failed to insult her, to hurl misogynistic profanities. She's the nominee. She worked tirelessly to earn it, and that those who have expressed nothing but contempt for her for months on end pretend to be offended by Bill's vocabulary is not credible.
(I'm not talking about Maddow's comments, which I didn't see).
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When Bill Clinton said, "In the spring of 1971 I met a girl," , I smiled because it as if he was remembering the encounter like it was yesterday not forty plus years ago. It set the tone for the story he was about to tell of a love that's lasted since then. As a feminist I usually take umbrage when a grown woman is referred to as "girl", but not this time the word fit the narrative. The twinkle in Bill's eyes as he told his tale of the pretty blonde girl with big glasses that he fell for at first sight. So double, no triple shame on any one trying to make something out of nothing. Bill showed us a private side of Hillary that refutes the one made up by her "enemies". 
concerned?
I totally agree with BB
himself as being very awkward. Simple as that.
Lots of irony that the perpetual anti-Hillary crowd is so "concerned" about one little word from her powerful ex-President husband to describe a youthful meeting when they drag her through the mud about everything else. At least they aren't fooling anyone.
Great points. 
Thank you~
