Instead, she was publically humiliated.

This was her fault, of course, since she set him up to reveal their affair. But she was young and in the hands of master manipulators with a passionate political agenda - to get Clinton out of office by any means possible.

Having the entire nation jeering at you has to be tremendously difficult to endure.

Thank goodness and hopefully we won't be going back.

Young women enjoying sexual encounters is timeless.

Victimizing women involved in consensual, adult sex to suit a political meme (Bill Clinton = pervert, Lewinsky = victim) is uniquely 2016.

I did not think he was a pervert back then. I thought he was an incurable adulterer and a very bad husband. I am not going to change my opinion of the situation because Hillary is running for president.

I think if he needed to treat some young woman like a prostitute,
he should have found a real one and paid her for her services.

It would have been more honest.

I think it's an ethical violation. But it's not comparable to a man having sex with a child or to any kind of rape.

I voted for Bernie, but - like Bernie, I might note - I am disgusted by Trump-like personal attacks within our Democratic party (or really, in general).

... I don't think its progessive to dislike sex... that's .. so conservative

is disgusting. Same goes for post 1 and 2.

"He gave her what she wanted"

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She seems to only come out during primary season these days. Pity, her bags were wonderful.

on this thread...


I don't really believe that Monica "got what she wanted" out of the situation with Bill...

but I'm damn near certain that Bill got what he wanted.

Did you find the first 2 comments were appropriate? Bad taste in mouth & sticky situation? Comments like those are offensive.

Democrats and feminists leaped to Bill's defense instantly, attacking and discrediting Monica. Many still do.

Not me. I'm disgusted at the thought of Bill returning to the WH. It's a big reason (tho just one of many) I don't want to vote for Hillary.

It's a totally private thing

Just kidding no. Please they shouldn't be doing that.

But, if she was paid $21 million dollars for giving those speeches, she should make them public if she wants to earn the public's trust.

and telling you he isn't a liar. I'm not. Fuck liars. They're filth.

There may also be a special place in hell for Linda Tripp, that vile woman.

President of the United States abuses his power and has sex with a 20 year old intern. Liberals predictably trip all over themselves to defend it.

Shame that I had, however grudgingly, defended Clinton when the hearings were ongoing. I knew, in that deepest heart of hearts, that the real blame belonged to the married man. The boss that dallied with a young subordinate. The man with all the power. If Democrats that did the same were truly honest, they would feel that same shame. The GOPers that instigated the whole circus - we all openly speak of their shameful part of this. But, damn! Some of us weren't much better by holding Bill to a different standard than we would have for just about any other CEO messing with a subordinate intern.

I am so pleased to see she has gained her voice, strength and self back. She is a better woman than I was at her present age.

Now. I know this will piss off certain people, but it had to be said. Let the pillorying begin. I can take it.

I remember the report of her final comment to the grand jury - "I hate you all" - and how she then burst into tears.

My heart broke for her.

I was young and did stupid shit before. Thankfully, it wasn't used as public bait to catch big fish.

A Democrat, on a Democratic board, dredging up an old scandal about consensual sex between adults, as part of an endless effort to damage the Democratic front runner for President.

A great example of the far left circling all the way around to embrace the far right.

Well done!

then maybe we don't belong in the same political party,

I defended Clinton on this in the 90s and am deeply ashamed of my own behavior.

Times have changed since then.

Yes people looked the other way back then, but that won't fly now. Our society has changed for the better in this respect. There is much more understanding on issues of sexual harassment, assault, rape, and inappropriate relationships for people in positions of trust and power.

We have been through the Catholic Church scandal. We challenged rape culture on college campuses and in the military. Workplace sexual harassment is taken more seriously now.

It's a different world than when the Clintons were in the White House. Times have changed and we're never going back. Thank goodness.

President Obama has made us all proud. He has held the office with dignity. We owe him and his family a lot of respect. He would never have sex with his Whitehouse interns and that's a minimal standard of human decency that we should expect from a president.