Posted on 08/18/2013 9:07:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
With Barack Obama dogged by multiple scandals – from Benghazi to NSA surveillance to rampant IRS abuses – many Americans are asking whether he can make it through his second term.
Likewise, with sex scandals in the news – from ex-congressman Anthony Weiner to former New York governor Eliot Spitzer to San Diego Mayor Bob Filner – many are asking how such disgraced leaders can possibly believe they can re-assume positions of power and public trust.
The approaching anniversary of one of the most extraordinary presidential scandals in history may well hold the answer to both questions.
Fifteen years ago, perhaps the most serious allegation ever levied against a sitting U.S. president – a nationally televised accusation of forcible rape, widely regarded by the public as credible – came to light. Yet Bill Clinton not only survived the allegation, he also survived an impeachment that included other sexually lurid charges and went on to become the beloved elder statesman of the Democratic Party.
‘I told him no’
It was Juanita Broaddrick who in 1998 first went public with the story of alleged rape two decades earlier, reportedly on April 25, 1978. In February 1999, she told her story to a national TV audience on “Dateline NBC” to Emmy-winning reporter Lisa Myers.
Broaddrick said she was at a conference in Little Rock, Ark., when Clinton approached her in her hotel room. He “turned me around and started kissing me, and that was a real shock. I first pushed him away. I just told him ‘no.’ … He trie[d] to kiss me again. He starts biting on my lip. … And then he forced me down on the bed. I just was very frightened. I tried to get away from him. I told him ‘no.’ … He wouldn’t listen.”
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Today, news headlines almost daily include political sex scandals, including these recent instances:
* Ex-congressman Anthony Weiner is running for mayor of New York City despite his obsession with electronically sending graphic sexual images of himself to young women.
* Former governor Eliot Spitzer, running for New York City comptroller, ignores recent polls showing 59 percent of New Yorkers view him unfavorably. He fell from power after public revelation that he patronized prostitutes.
* San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, a Democrat, like Weiner and Spitzer, has vowed to “get help” for his “problems” – he’s accused of bullying, badgering and abusing women – but then cut out of rehab after only one week.
Illinois-based clinical psychologist Dr. Dathan Paterno blames the arrogant attitude displayed by today’s politician-perpetrators directly on Clinton.
“Modern-era politicians like Weiner, Spitzer and Filner are nothing if not good historians. They merely have to recall the survival of their patron sinner Bill Clinton and realize that all scandals are eminently survivable – for liberals, that is. All that is required is for the leftist band of brothers – media, political allies, and the voters who most aggressively and eagerly suck at the government teat – to distract, rationalize, and minimize,” Paterno said.
Today, news headlines almost daily include political sex scandals, including these recent instances:
* Ex-congressman Anthony Weiner is running for mayor of New York City despite his obsession with electronically sending graphic sexual images of himself to young women.
* Former governor Eliot Spitzer, running for New York City comptroller, ignores recent polls showing 59 percent of New Yorkers view him unfavorably. He fell from power after public revelation that he patronized prostitutes.
* San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, a Democrat, like Weiner and Spitzer, has vowed to “get help” for his “problems” – he’s accused of bullying, badgering and abusing women – but then cut out of rehab after only one week.
Illinois-based clinical psychologist Dr. Dathan Paterno blames the arrogant attitude displayed by today’s politician-perpetrators directly on Clinton.
“Modern-era politicians like Weiner, Spitzer and Filner are nothing if not good historians. They merely have to recall the survival of their patron sinner Bill Clinton and realize that all scandals are eminently survivable – for liberals, that is. All that is required is for the leftist band of brothers – media, political allies, and the voters who most aggressively and eagerly suck at the government teat – to distract, rationalize, and minimize,” Paterno said.
It’s the Age of Clinton.
clinton demoralized an entire generation, not just democrat politicians. Oral sex became the rage all the way down into grade schools. The “Lewinski” was common everywhere. But the brutal rape of Broderick was a felonious act with no statue of limitations and we cowered in the shadows while this felony went unnoticed by so call “women groups” and of course the media all in the name of free stuff without earning it.
What you tolerate, you get more of. How surprising is that?
When it comes to scandals, William the Impeached was a piker next to the illegitimate, bisexual, Marxist Kenyan Muslim Usurper.
Both had a fawning, sycophantic, collaborating Media behind them. The only difference is, once the big scandal broke, the media turned on William the Impeached.
When it comes to Odinga, they are all in, balls to the walls, bet the wad on black.
“.... with sex scandals in the news – from ex-congressman Anthony Weiner to former New York governor Eliot Spitzer to San Diego Mayor Bob Filner – many are asking how such disgraced leaders can possibly believe they can re-assume positions of power and public trust.”
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Aw, c’mon — isn’t that the kind of behavior that the American populace has always expected from the RATS?
It’s only about sex.
Only the democratic party members can get away with anything and it’s media approved no wonder the country is going to hell.
This story sbould be screamed from the rooftops early and often. I think it should be reposted weekly. Thank you.
Let’s not forget “Splash” Kennedy.
Republicans are Ball-Less
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