[Mia T]

Estrich on Hannity & Colmes spinning the clintons' rape of Broaddrick:

1. The 'statute of limitation' on rape should apply to the clintons in Broaddrick rape.
2. The postmodern construction of 'rape,' applies, i.e., the definition of rape is subjective; what is considered rape by the victim isn't necessarily considered rape by the rapist.
3. The definition of rape has morphed over time, i.e., what is rape today wasn't necessarily rape in the '70s.

 

On point 1, the statute of limitation on rape applies in a court of law, not in the voting booth. The question we are deciding isn't whether the clintons should be thrown in the slammer (another matter for another day); the question is less onerous, (from the clintons' perspective, anyway): Do the clintons have the character to be president?

The reductio ad absurdum is Christopher Shays' comment, made after he viewed the Ford building evidence on the rape of Broaddrick: "I believed that he had done it. I believed her that she had been raped 20 years ago. And it was vicious rapes, it was twice at the same event." Asked if the president is a rapist, Shays said, "I would like not to say it that way. But the bottom line is that I believe that he did rape Broaddrick."

And yet Shays voted not to impeach. Purportedly because he asked the wrong question. ("Where was the obstruction of justice?") (Any cognitive dissonance Shays may have experienced rendering that verdict was no doubt assuaged by the political plum clinton gave to Mrs. (Betsi) Shays...)

And so we had two more years of the clinton Kill 'em tomorrow Nano-Presidency. And with it, inexorably, 9/11.

Regarding points two and three: Juanita's bitten lip, swollen to twice its normal size, the hallmark of a serial rapist, is the obvious counterexample.

the clinton-clinton-Broaddrick kind of rape, according to Susan Estrich
by Mia T

[Tymesup]

My sister sent me an email asking me to support some bill supporting women's rights that Mrs. Clinton is backing. I told her no way do I stand with Mrs. Clinton on anything. She says why. I tell her Juanita, for one reason.

Juanita who, she says. I recounted the essentials and pasted Juanita's letter to Mrs. Clinton. We'll see how my sister responds.