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De Blasio says he agrees with Gillibrand that Clinton should have resigned
By GLORIA PAZMINO 11/20/2017 07:21 PM EST
Mayor Bill de Blasio followed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrands lead on Monday, agreeing that former President Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
I dont think you can rework history. I think if it happened today if any president did that today they would have to resign, de Blasio told reporters during an unrelated press conference in Queens.
MORE: https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/11/20/de-blasio-says-he-agrees-with-gillibrand-saying-clinton-should-have-resigned-120432
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Both of them are being fucking ridiculous.
LuvLoogie
(7,011 posts)The Clintons paved the way for those two.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,011 posts)you will have made my political bush league bench warmers roster.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)when you just won re-election.
LuvLoogie
(7,011 posts)throughout.
Bill DeBlasio was elected in 2014?
I'm not sure what you mean "just won re-election." To whom are you referring?
he won in 2013 and 2017
Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)in a landslide two weeks ago.
LuvLoogie
(7,011 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)I assume that they have met
bdamomma
(63,870 posts)is occupying the seat now??????
no_hypocrisy
(46,121 posts)that Bill Clinton step down, I didn't think it could get worse.
I hate it when I'm wrong.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)She made a rational, nuanced statement. If Bill Clinton did what he did today, he likely would be forced to resign by Democrats because we are far, far more ethical than republicans ever can be.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)very hard on him. Republicans would demand a public execution. But only after they squeezed every last fund raising cent out of it.
That's today, though. She said he should have resigned then which is a utter BS. He was punished at the time and made an example of.
Things seem to finally be changing. Unless we blow it by getting rid of our leaders at the drop of an accusation. Democrats need to be smart about this and get the facts before we react. Republicans are out to get us. They will never make the same demands of their own.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)And she is right. Look, I was 100% behind Clinton as President, but if he was running today and did that stuff, there is no way that I could back him over another Democrat. His issue is why I warn strongly against us embracing a guy like Gavin Newsome, who has been known to have issues with keeping his zipper closed.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Except you can't use today's standards to decide what should have happened then.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)done today under today's rules.
oasis
(49,389 posts)DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)"if any president did that today"...
Trump was just elected President and he did WAAAAYYY more than Clinton.
Cheap ass shot. He should be ashamed.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)madville
(7,412 posts)These folks are getting ahead of it so they can look wise when the story breaks and they can say I told you so. Something is really fishy......
Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)4 since 2001. I don't know why it hasn't been more widely released yet. (DM is tabloid, and they're shaking him down for money... but that's never stopped the US press from jumping on sexual harassment allegations before.....)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-20/four-more-women-accuse-bill-clinton-sexual-assault
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Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)I think he's right.....
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Why do you think he should have resigned?
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Bill's behavior was straight out of Disasterville and there would be no sustaining him in the present.
But this is about more than that. That's two NY Democrats effectively saying it's finally time to move on from the Clintons. And they're both right.
mikalcharles
(87 posts)There was a strong reason for Clinton not to resign the Presidency in 1998-he had been set up to perjure himself by the Republican party. Who would want to give in to those piss ants? The self righteous goons who tumbled one by one in the wake of the impeachment. Clinton could have had an aw shucks moment but he didn't, he remained strong and finished out his job. When Democrats bow and scrape to appear like the party that always does the right thing they look weak, because often they've been conned. Politics isn't clean and neither is life.