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Can the Democratic party get a restraining order against Bernie and Jane Sanders? Please. They are going to f*** up another election if allowed to keep up the attacks on the party.
The Comms, Director for FLOTUS has told a reporter that the First Lady will not attend the G7 or Singapore summit. Then someone on Twitter tweeted that surely Trump would not be dumb enough to think that he could get away with killing his wife. Someone really will have to explain to me why it would be dumb for Trump to think he can get away with anything. He stole the presidency and is turning the U.S. into a fascist state. And he’s getting away with it.
And while Trump trashes our democracy, it’s time to re-litigate Monica and Bill because of course it is! We should at least get some basic facts straight before we try to shoe horn this sordid tale into a Me Too moment. People who were in pre-school when this actually happened TWENTY YEARS AGO don’t seem to know that Monica Lewinsky initiated the relationship, kept it going when he tried to end it, and had done the same before with a married professor while in college. She would do this again after being transferred to the Pentagon. She was a grown woman who fully chose to seduce older married men. None of this excuses WJC who should have sent her packing the minute she snapped her thong at him. His behavior was gross and wrong. But MeToo it ain’t. Let’s not infantilize a 21 year old woman because we think Bill Clinton is yucky. Americans younger than Lewinsky was in 1996 have died in wars. She was responsible for her actions and he was responsible for his. They both should have been ashamed. Both were held accountable, but Americans did not want Clinton to resign or be impeached. Read a book for heaven’s sake!
Now let us return to our regular programming trying to save our democracy. Seriously.
Lewinsky is trying to re-write the history she told in her own grand jury testimony by glomming onto MeToo. When Clinton didn’t agree with her ridiculous reassessment that maybe he did harass her in this morning’s interview, he was probably recalling the scene she made at the WH gate because he wouldn’t see her. Impossible for him to talk about her aggressive pursuit of him. But facts matter here. At least they should.
Someone should be crossexamining Trump like this, ffs.
And forcing him to resign was, of course, the whole purpose of the exercise for Republicans. It was, after all, Starr and his team of right wing religious zealots who actually DID abuse Monica. They never gave a damn about her or any woman. Really, Gillibrand needs to take a seat on this.
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Can the Democratic party get a restraining order against Bernie and Jane Sanders? Please. They are going to f*** up another election if allowed to keep up the attacks on the party.
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The Comms, Director for FLOTUS has told a reporter that the First Lady will not attend the G7 or Singapore summit. Then someone on Twitter tweeted that surely Trump would not be dumb enough to think that he could get away with killing his wife. Someone really will have to explain to me why it would be dumb for Trump to think he can get away with anything. He stole the presidency and is turning the U.S. into a fascist state. And he’s getting away with it.
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I think he believes he can get away with anything.
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And while Trump trashes our democracy, it’s time to re-litigate Monica and Bill because of course it is! We should at least get some basic facts straight before we try to shoe horn this sordid tale into a Me Too moment. People who were in pre-school when this actually happened TWENTY YEARS AGO don’t seem to know that Monica Lewinsky initiated the relationship, kept it going when he tried to end it, and had done the same before with a married professor while in college. She would do this again after being transferred to the Pentagon. She was a grown woman who fully chose to seduce older married men. None of this excuses WJC who should have sent her packing the minute she snapped her thong at him. His behavior was gross and wrong. But MeToo it ain’t. Let’s not infantilize a 21 year old woman because we think Bill Clinton is yucky. Americans younger than Lewinsky was in 1996 have died in wars. She was responsible for her actions and he was responsible for his. They both should have been ashamed. Both were held accountable, but Americans did not want Clinton to resign or be impeached. Read a book for heaven’s sake!
Now let us return to our regular programming trying to save our democracy. Seriously.
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Hear, hear!
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Lewinsky is trying to re-write the history she told in her own grand jury testimony by glomming onto MeToo. When Clinton didn’t agree with her ridiculous reassessment that maybe he did harass her in this morning’s interview, he was probably recalling the scene she made at the WH gate because he wouldn’t see her. Impossible for him to talk about her aggressive pursuit of him. But facts matter here. At least they should.
Someone should be crossexamining Trump like this, ffs.
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Sad that the current Senator from NY had to make a statement yesterday, that Clinton should have resigned.
She is a real backstabber.
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She needs to cut it out. Enough! Basta!
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And forcing him to resign was, of course, the whole purpose of the exercise for Republicans. It was, after all, Starr and his team of right wing religious zealots who actually DID abuse Monica. They never gave a damn about her or any woman. Really, Gillibrand needs to take a seat on this.
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