Saturday, February 08, 2014

Rand Paul is still really hung up on Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Courtesy of the Washington Post:

 During a taped interview set to run Sunday on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" program, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hit Bill Clinton for his sexual indiscretions. Again. 

Here's the critical piece of what Paul told C-SPAN's Steve Scully: 

"The Democrats can't say, 'We're the great defenders of women's rights in the workplace and we will defend you against some kind of abusive boss that uses their position of authority to take advantage of a young women' when the leader of their party, the leading fundraiser in the country, is Bill Clinton, who was a perpetrator of that kind of sexual harassment. Anybody who wants to take money from Bill Clinton or have a fundraiser has a lot of explaining to do."

Yeah, anybody really buying that Paul is all bent out of shape because Bill let Monica Lewinsky play the skin flute?

Yeah me either.

And while I cannot really defend Clinton's actions, he was not exactly taking advantage of an innocent school girl.

Monica knew exactly what she was doing, she flirted with him outrageously, did naughty things with his cigars, and even had the presence of mind to hang onto that blue dress. THOSE are not exactly the actions of a victim. 

And the real problem here is that Rand Paul is conflating one man's sexual impropriety, with an entire political party's oppressive and insensitive anti-woman policies.

Hell, by all accounts Bill Clinton did not even screw that woman, but there is ample evidence that the Republican party has been screwing women in America for decades. 

77 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:22 AM

    Me thinks Randy got a BJ or two from an intern.

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    1. Anonymous3:17 AM

      Or he wanted one but got shot down. It's that hideous rug, doofus. You can't even pay for some DC poonie looking like, um, that.

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  2. Anonymous6:22 AM

    Monica did know exactly what she was doing. She'd been around and had the knee pads to prove it. She knew he was a married man and she didn't care. She flipped her skirt over her head to show off her gigantic butt in a thong. Typical whore. It was a shame that Clinton didn't just lol and walk away....

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    1. Anonymous7:15 AM

      Bill Clinton was also a whore. But they were consenting adults and it should have stayed between Bill and Hillary.

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  3. Anonymous6:23 AM

    Monica is starting to be resurrected on right wing radio as well. The Republicans are gearing up for a run against Hillary.

    Deficit! Deficit! Deficit!
    Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!
    Obamacare! Obamacare! Obamacare!
    Monica! Monica! Monica!

    Today's GOP has the lamest war cries ever.

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  4. Anonymous6:26 AM

    It shows how scared the GOP is of Hillary Clinton. And Rand Paul? Just how much does he respect women? A woman was stomped on by one of his thugs during his run for the Senate a few years ago. He did absolutely nothing about it.
    Beaglemom

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    1. Anonymous8:13 AM

      I remember, he stomped her on her back while having a gun strapped on his side. Ran Paul never had the good sense to say anything about it. Now, how about the Vetter, scandal, paying for sex and caught wearing a diaper,( I guess that's all okay). The guy from Nevada that had his parents paying a woman off, he was having an affair with. the republicans who was bonking the pages in congress, both girls and boys. Larry Craig with the wide stance. They all need to have their transgressions talked about over and over. There are lots more, but there are so many can't think of them all.

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    2. Anonymous8:52 AM

      Notice they don't bring up Newt Gingrich, John McCain, or any of the other R adulterers.

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    3. Anonymous8:55 AM

      I hope some democrat brings this up and also his extreme right wing racist staff member!

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    4. Anonymous3:24 AM

      Convert Democratic Party operation to make the GOP look like whining idiots of zero substance. And they bite on it every time. Thanks Roux Paulie, Teddy Canadian Club and friends. Looks like another landslide like Mittens running the electoral table in 2012. Anybody heat from Dick Morris lately? .

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  5. Joy Reid of MSNBC had an interesting theory about why rand paul is doing this, Bill Clinton is doing a Fund Raiser for Alison Grimes in Kentucky, he just might be trying to put a dent in the amount of money he can raise for her, since mitch mccononell is behind in the polls..just a thought

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  6. Anonymous7:06 AM

    Bill Clinton was not her first rodeo. Another story that I remember about Monica Lewinsky is that, prior to her leaving California and moving to Washington DC, she stalked a man so vigorously that he and his family ended up having to leave California and move to the Northwest. I remember seeing an interview of him and his wife on television.

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    1. Anonymous8:14 AM

      Monica also slept with her high school drama teacher.

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    2. Anonymous9:47 AM

      She may have been a slut but it doesn't excuse Bill. He should have just thrown her out of the office. But I don't see what this has to do with Hillary at all.

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    3. Anonymous10:21 AM

      Bill was also a slut.

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    4. Anonymous10:57 AM

      but was he a slut who chased after every married woman??? 'cuz Monica chased everything in pants for attention. She got paid for her tricks...that makes her a prostitute AND a slut.

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    5. Anonymous11:52 AM

      Monica was (is)? a troubled young woman with a History of pursing married men. Before she went to DC she bragged about getting her Presidental kneepads. We all know how that turned out..

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    6. Anonymous1:49 PM

      I don't know why some people take such pleasure in calling women "sluts." You'd think we'd be past those kinds of double standards.

      Monica liked sex. She used sex to boost her ego. Bill Clinton liked sex. His ego was definitely involved. It's likely Bill Clinton has had numerous affairs during his marriage to Hillary (which is none of our business if Hillary doesn't make it our business). Some of those women may have even been married.

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  7. Anonymous7:10 AM

    CNN Poll: Majority say GOP out of touch with women

    http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/07/cnn-poll-majority-say-gop-out-of-touch-with-women/

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  8. Anonymous7:27 AM

    Jealous, Pauly boy??

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  9. Anonymous7:28 AM

    Tea Party Brings The Knives Out For Mitch McConnell

    Conservatives are bringing out the torches and pitchforks for Mitch McConnell.

    Long-simmering tension between the tea party and Senate minority leader has again risen to the surface as a swath of conservative activists redouble their efforts to help Kentucky businessman Matt Bevin oust McConnell in the Republican primary on May 20, before he even makes it to the general election.

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/conservatives-knives-out-mitch-mcconnell

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    1. I seen this teaparty group on C-Span, and you're absolutely correct, they have a serious target on McConnell's back, if memory serves me correctly, this was the South Carolina teaparty, and trust me they're gunning for Lindsey Graham HARD! but what really makes them dangerous, important positions would be filled, by ted cruz, sarah palin, allen west, and others that's just as crazy, I was spell bound listening to them, OMG!!! it was like a town hall meeting and SCARY, I don't even like lindsey graham, but we can't let these nutcases into the government, I'm going on youtube to see if I can bring it up, and will post more about it.

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  10. Anonymous7:32 AM

    That's rich, coming from a former member of the "NoZe Brotherhood," a secret society at Baylor, and "Aqua Buddha" devotee:

    And so the NoZe Brothers would perform "Christian" songs like "Rock Around the Cross"; they'd parade around campus carrying a giant picture of Anita Bryant with a large hole cut out of her mouth after the former beauty queen proclaimed oral sex sinful; and they'd run ads for a Waco strip club on the back page of (their newsletter) The Rope.*

    Nope, nothing sexist or demeaning there!

    * gq.com 08.09.10

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  11. Boscoe7:51 AM

    Two things are apparent here: Rand has no idea how much of a TOOL he looks trying so hard to spin this frankly irrelevant Lewinsky thing as tantamount to rape AND he clearly has no idea how much of a FOOL he looks campaigning so hard against someone who hasn't even officially announced they are running.

    He comes off looking like a rabid dipshit with no self control trying WAY too hard to listen to himself talk. Bravo Rand, nice work. Please keep it up. (golf clap)

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    1. Anonymous8:56 AM

      Wow, Bill Clinhton must be raking in the dough in Kentucky for this loser to be so riled up. Lewinsky was a whore long before she went to DC, years before. So, these are the ideas the gop has to move the country forward, dig up an ancient scandal with no relevance whatsoever in this day and age? Hillary was the innocent victim in that fiasco. Clinton NEVER had to finagle records and committees the way Rand Paul did to finally get himself certified as an opthalmologist. Didn't Curly Boy set up an independant board of professionals in order to bypass the existing one, so he could pass the exams???

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    2. Anonymous10:41 AM

      I LOVE the fact President Clinton is going to Kentucky to campaign for the female candidate running against McConnell of the US Congress!

      And, we can be assured he will AGAIN if Hillary Clinton actually runs against this 'supposed' candidate for POTUS!

      I find Paul absolutely appalling with his current rhetoric!

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  12. Anonymous7:59 AM

    Well done, Canada.

    http://www.businessinsider.com/canada-fires-back-at-russias-gay-propaganda-ban-with-hilarious-homoerotic-ad-2014-2

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  13. Anonymous8:05 AM

    The people of Israel have a thing or two to say to Sarah Palin about 'high school diplomacy'.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bf405MQCMAAfAZ5.jpg:large

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  14. Anonymous8:06 AM

    Rand Paul is a moron. If his father wasn't Ron Paul (who is a blabbering old fool, but not a moron), Rand would just be an optician working in some strip mall somewhere.

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    1. Anonymous9:21 AM

      BS Ron Paul is a moron also.

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    2. Anonymous10:22 AM

      Yeah, you're right. Ron Paul IS also a moron.

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    3. Anonymous10:55 AM

      he's a fake optician with a fake diploma from his own fake school. Don't buy ANYthing from this man.

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    4. Anonymous11:48 AM

      He couldn't even work in a strip mall. He wasnt smart enough to pass the State Boards so he made up his own Board and passed himself. His wife is a highly paid executive on the Board. WTF is wrong with Kentucky??

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    5. Too many cousins.

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  15. Anonymous8:20 AM

    Rand Paul is just like a junior high kid throwing spitballs, trying to see if anyone will stick.

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    1. Anonymous6:48 AM

      The repubs. are upset that Bill Clinton is so popular, and can raise big bucks even after that fiasco with Lewinsky the whore. Name ANYONE on the gop side who has the charisma and popularity that Bill Clinton has. There is NOBODY who even comes close.

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  16. Anonymous8:25 AM

    Obama Smacks Down Republicans’ False Accusations that He’s Being a Dictator

    http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/08/obama-dictator-weekly-address.html

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  17. Anonymous8:28 AM

    Bill Maher Obliterates Republicans For Spreading a New Bogus Obamacare Lie

    Bill Maher did something more important than get outraged about the Republicans latest ACA lie. He debunked the moral argument behind the lie. The lie about the CBO report is based on central Republican argument against Obamacare. Republicans believe to their very core that providing better access to healthcare for millions of Americans is immoral.

    http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/08/bill-maher-obliterates-republicans-spreading-bogus-obamacare-lie.html

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    1. Anonymous9:50 AM

      I really would like to hear the Kock bros explain just why poor people shouldn't have health insurance. This is surely a time Thor's hammer should make a joint strike on those hateful heads.

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    2. Anonymous10:35 AM

      The USA is such a mess regarding this matter! Most democratic nations throughout the world do NOT have this problem.

      We look like idiots, Republicans! You were once FOR health care - remember?

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  18. Anonymous8:40 AM

    On a personal note, can I tell you how much this annoys me?
    My mom's name was Monica and she died. My plan is to name my daughter for her if I have a girl...I had been hoping that the whole Monica Lewinsky thing had passed and that no one would say anything to my little girl...but now this shithead is bringing her up again.
    Asshole!

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    1. Anonymous10:23 AM

      I know a couple women named Monica. And there was Monica on friends. I think you're ok.

      One upon a time, one of my favorite names was Sarah...

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    2. Anonymous1:42 PM

      Unless your last name is Lewinski, you have no problems with naming any future daughter Monica. I think the one RP keeps on bringing up is more known for her last name, or her full name, but not really associated as 'Monica'.

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  19. Anonymous9:07 AM

    I Twittered this to Rand:
    " @SenRandPaul You can't keep your mind off Bill Clinton and his relationship with Monica Lewinsky because you secretly wish it had been *you* that Lewinsky went down on. Poor boy..."

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  20. Monica was "free, white and 21"......not a young underage woman/girl. I had mulled over in my mind many times why Bill did not use a prostitute who I am assuming will not "kiss and tell". But, then, there are no guarantees.

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    1. Anonymous10:25 AM

      She was there and willing and so was he. Bill Clinton was a wonderful president and he's brilliant, but he had a soft spot (hard spot?) for willing females.

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    2. Anonymous10:42 AM

      No professional whore had access to him. Neither did Monica, she was deliberately moved out of the White House away from him. But then the shutdown happened and she found an excuse to be at the White House and the rest is history.

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    3. Anonymous10:53 AM

      Monica is still an amateur whore.

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    4. Mother-daughter competition. Mom bragged about bedding Placido Domingo. Not to be outdone.....

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  21. Anonymous9:12 AM

    Hey, Rand. It was almost twenty years ago. Get over it.

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  22. Anonymous9:14 AM

    Gryphen .. please do a post on Ronan Farrow and if his daddy was Frank or Woody...along with a comparison of Track daddy ? Curtis or Todd photos.

    Anyone with two eyes can see Ronan looks identical to Frank.

    Woody is now claiming Mia lied in court (that Woody was daddy) to collect child support.

    Maybe Todd should sue Curtis's estate for back child support.

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  23. Anonymous9:17 AM

    I think the repugs have forgotten. The more legal trouble they threw at Bill Clinton, the more accusations of sexual harassment, the actual impeachment- and Clinton's approval ratings just kept climbing up.... because it was so painfully obvious that he was being targeted by hypocrites. Bill Clinton cheated on Hilary but that's between them. There were several women who told him "no" and he accepted that. There's a lot of women telling the repugs "no" right now and they're completely ignoring us.

    Ivyfree

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  24. Anonymous9:24 AM

    Whom other people have any sexual contact with is none of my business as long as they are consenting adults. The only persons sex life I care about is mine and that of my husbands.

    But I have never understood any libertarian running for office, if they were truly libertarians they would want no part of it.
    And Rand would be better served if he spent time monitoring his drunk child.

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    1. Anonymous10:26 AM

      I can't imagine a libertarian would care what consenting adults do with their bodies or what arrangements and understandings a husband and wife come to. Then again, Rand Paul isn't really a libertarian.

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    2. Anonymous11:32 AM

      That's because he ain't no stinking Libertarian...he's not really against expansion of government, he's against regulation of corporations. He throws in stuff about the NSA to appeal to a wider audience, but you can bet your bottom dollar that if HE was president, he'd be expanding the NSA and spying on his political foes. You can tell from the shit he says.
      He's not a libertarian -- he's a Neanderthal and an aspiring autocrat.

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  25. Anonymous9:37 AM

    I'm beginning to think that Paul wishes it was him that had the affair...paging Dr. Freud!

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  26. Anonymous9:46 AM

    As I recall, it came out that Monica had a plan to pursue the President sexually. She implemented and completed her plan. He shamelessly yielded to her advances. That makes him stupid not a predator or person who used his authority to get sexual favors. BIG difference.

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    1. Anonymous10:27 AM

      And it means absolutely nothing in terms of Hillary and her candidacy for President. This is just more of the same GOP misogyny.

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  27. Anonymous10:31 AM

    Rand Paul is doing nothing more than try to make Hillary Clinton look bad because of her husband's long ago action.

    To bring it up continually makes him appear mentally off!

    Republicans are on record for being anti women (many areas) - across the nation - those w/Republican governors and majority Republican Legislatures.

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    1. Anonymous12:39 PM

      His entire affect makes him appear mentally off............

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    2. Anonymous2:41 PM

      He's just dumb. He's always saying dumb stuff.

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  28. Caroll Thompson10:40 AM

    That dog won't hunt. If anything, it will only make Hillary more popular that she already is. No one cares that Bill Clinton cheated on his wife (except maybe his wife). We knew he was a dirty dog before we elected him the first time.

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  29. Anonymous11:05 AM

    Why does Hillary stay married to a sexual predator?
    A very important question.

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    1. Anonymous12:13 PM

      Many stay in marriages when there is adversity. They learn from it usually and grow in their relationship....w/their latter years being the better ones! The Clintons are now in that category. They have an outstanding daughter and President Clinton has been doing wonderful work throughout the world. Hillary has served too - most recently as Secretary of State, under President Obama, doing an excellent job.

      If she decides to run for POTUS, doing so will be well thought out. She will win! Republicans have no one to put up against her that can compete as to her experience. Plus, she is a woman and very smart and tough!

      Can hardly wait to see the 'two' President Clintons in the White House. What a history maker that will be for another Democrat! Plus, she'd be the first woman as POTUS! Can't get any better than that!

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    2. Anonymous1:43 PM

      Define "sexual predator." It's amazing how Bill Clinton still pushes your buttons.

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    3. a) There is no evidence that he is a sexual "predator."

      b) It is not an important question at all. It is no one's business except for the couple. Many, many, many marriages have rough times, and the couple work it out themselves. How and if the wronged partner forgives, decides to stay, or decides to leave, is a very personal and private decision reached after considering all relevant issues.

      c) Do you ask this question about every politician when their marital troubles come to light?

      d) Your question is not important. It is stupid.

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  30. Anonymous11:24 AM

    Aqua Buddha, Aqua Buddha, Aqua Buddha -- want to look back in history - Rand Paul kidnapped a student and forced her to pray to the Aqua Buddha

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    1. Anonymous11:44 AM

      Exactly. WTF doesn't the media call him out for this??He Kidnapped a woman for christ's sake.

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  31. LisaB259512:07 PM

    Be careful, Gryphen. You're coming very close to saying it's really Monica's fault Clinton diddled her.

    Because men have no self-control where women are concerned. After all, that's why they wear burkas in the Middle East. The sight of women is going to make men lose control. Of course, when Monica indicated she was willing, Clinton had no choice but to give her what she wanted. She's a daughter of Eve, after all.

    It doesn't matter how old Monica was or whether she was willing. She was 1) an intern and therefore his subordinate and 2) it was on company time and on company property.

    Because he was her superior, he is always in the position of power. It was his duty to reject her advances because to accept would be taking advantage of her. It is, in fact, abuse of power.

    It's the freaking workplace. Just because you think Bill's shit doesn't stink, don't try to make Monica into some super seductress who was irresistible to the Leader of the Free World.

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    1. Anonymous1:41 PM

      Just because she was his subordinate doesn't mean he took advantage of her. They were both at fault, although as the older of the two and the leader of the "free world," he should have kept it in his pants.

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    2. There is nothing in my post that absolves Bil Clinton of blame. He did a bad and stupid thing.

      My point is that Monica is no saint, and certainly no victim.

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  32. Beldar G Conehead2:17 PM

    C'mon, Gryphen, stop playing the naive little orphan girl just arrived in the big city! Everyone knows you've been around the block a few times yourself. You know the score!

    This whole Monocle Lewinsky business is just a big deflection ploy by terrified Republicans afraid that the Dems are going to retake the House in 2014 and reopen the investigation into Warren Harding's Teapot Dome scandal.

    That GOP disaster has EVERYTHING: hinky land transactions, mega-bucks political corruption, gay/underage sex parties at GOP national headquarters, a GOP congressional bestiality club called The DC Patriot's Animal Protection League & Gentleman's Smokers Club, a complete BDSM dungeon in the White House located where the bowling alley is today, coverups of massive drug dealing and dozens of opium deaths in the presidential residence, hot and cold running hookers in THE OVAL OFFICE with top aides producing early snuff porn they sold to local school children, plus some really bad stuff that I can't even mention in a family oriented, albeit defunct blog like IM.

    I'm so confident in the accuracy of this shocking development that I'm prepared to wager ONE MILLION DOLLARS (much of it in US currency) that the investigation Ive described will begin on the first day of the new Congress and that Warren Harding's body will be exhumed in order to face impeachment proceedings taking place no later than April 1, 2015. (The bet is obviously contingent on a return to Democratic control of the House, but I'm pretty confident of that happening, as well)

    But, yeah, "Ayn" Rand is pretty much a douche for pursuing the whole Bill Clinton thing. Talk about yesterday's potatoes....

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  33. Anita Winecooler6:04 PM

    The ONLY reason Randy even brought up Lewinsky is because he's scared shitless that Hillary Clinton will run for President and thinks this reflects poorly on Hillary.
    How much money did the Starr Report cost? Seventy Million Dollars ( http://www.salon.com/2002/03/13/ray_3/ ). And what did it accomplish? Not a damn thing except get Linda TRIPP a much needed facelift, Monica a tad of celebrity attention.
    Yes, what Bill Clinton did was wrong, but he didn't exactly force himself on some innocent underage underling in pig tails. If what he did rose to an impeachable offense, why wasn't he impeached?
    If John McCain boinks millionairess Cindy Loo before divorcing his broken first wife, it's fine. David Vitter? A youthful indiscretion, Any other Republican? A wide stance, a private matter between he and his wife. Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Anthony Wiener.... forgiveness is out of the question, despite whatever good two of them did for the country.
    I wonder if people start digging enough, what icky immoral things Randy's done in his past?

    The best part is, it highlights how well Hillary conducted herself and decided to forgive Bill and make the marriage even stronger.

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    1. Anonymous6:07 AM

      That Rand Paul is nothing more than a wimp! Doubt he's had extramarital affairs because he's not attractive to the opposite sex in any way! His poor wife and family - watching his lack of display of manhood and nastiness!

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  34. Anita Winecooler6:10 PM

    Sorry for double posting.

    O/T - George Zimmerman's re exploitation of Trayvon Martin has been called off. Time to get a real job, Georgie!

    http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/08/george-zimmermans-celebrity-boxing-match-canceled.html

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    1. Anonymous8:22 PM

      On twitter he suppose to change his mind and is holding a press conference on Tuesday, but I read somewhere that DMX never agreed to the fight

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