Posted on 12/31/2015 8:18:20 AM PST by Kaslin
There are more than 40 million voters who were not on the rolls the last time Bill Clinton ran for office. As hard as it may be to believe, Bill has not had his name on a ballot for 20 years and hasn't been a direct factor in a general election race since the American people rejected his vice-president in 2000.
But he's back, and he will play a large role in this election because his wife is his party's likely nominee. That and the fact he's hitting the campaign trail on her behalf mean his past, ever last nasty bit of it, is fair game.
What an absurd argument Democrats have to make to remain in line with Hillary Clinton's narrative. They must claim everything about Republican frontrunner Donald Trump's life is fair game, and every comment he makes, no matter how accurate and common, is not. Moreover, he's a "-ist" and a “-phobe._ What kind of "-ist" or "-phobe" is he? What kind do you want?
You name it; Trump has been called it. For that matter, everyone in the Republican field has been called racist, sexist or homophobic. If you're unfortunate enough to get your news only from the mainstream media, you'd think the most diverse field ever to seek a major party's presidential nomination was a Klan rally.
Of course, the Democratic Party was the party of the Klan, and its debate stage resembles a cross burning. The song "Whiter Shade of Pale" should bump in and out of commercial breaks. But that would be too honest for the media, as would telling the truth about Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Bill Clinton wasn't the "Teflon President;" he was the "Latex President" nothing got to him. He always had a buffer between him and the consequences of his personal actions. And, in most cases, that buffer was Hillary.
She was more than just an enabler. Hillary was a co-conspirator.
Famously leading the charge to contain Bill's "bimbo eruptions" in the 1992 campaign, she wasn't ignorant of her husband's predatory nature; she only hoped to conceal it. And she did … by beating these women down.
At least until Monica.
When the story of Bill's affair with intern Monica Lewinski broke, it was Hillary who was front and center denying it on the Today Show. Knowing full well her husband's penchant for other women, she lied about a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
The media, being the media, followed her lead and this "conspiracy" became the story. The Clinton machine even painted Monica as a "stalker" crushing on a sweet, trusting, father figure Bill.
Hillary may or may not have led the charge, but only the most naive of observers would believe she was not fully aware of the strategy. And it nearly worked.
Were it not for the blue dress, Monica Lewinski would be a forgotten footnote of an obsessed young girl who fell for her boss; a future Double Jeopardy question no one would answer.
But Monica wasn't alone. Kathleen Willey claimed to have been groped and propositioned by Bill in the Oval Office. Juanita Broaddrick came forward with her allegation that then-Gov. Bill Clinton had raped her. Both had evidence to back up their claims, and both came under hellfire from the media and the Clinton team. Hillary was a member, if not the leader, of that team.
Her future was intertwined with his. They were a "two for the price of one" proposition, after all.
Bill told the truth about Monica because he had no other choice. Team Clinton could discredit a young girl, critics, the prosecutor, anyone who stepped away from the narrative, but they couldn't discredit DNA.
The army of flying monkeys Team Clinton dispatched to deflect and deny the truth of Monica for months, costing taxpayers untold millions, no longer could do so. The rest didn't have a blue dress.
All of Bill's other women, and there were many, were attacked and dismissed using tactics from the Hillary-led "bimbo eruptions" squad. Hillary knew the pattern she'd created it and knew the need for it. To say, as many in the mainstream media have, that this is somehow "off limits" is, for lack of a more-perfect word, insane.
Some, in particular on MSNBC, have claimed "sexism" in making Hillary responsible for the actions of Bill. They, of course, focused only on Monica and not the assault or rape allegations (or the numerous other affairs) because, well, it's MSNBC. They, and the rest of the Democratic activist class, are counting on people not remembering what Bill, or Hillary, is really like.
Those 40 million new voters need to be educated.
For conservatives, a Hillary Clinton candidacy could not have come at a worse time with the party so divided. But it also couldn't have come at a better time. The left, aided by Hillary herself, have made the "sexism" allegation "proof" in and of itself.
When asked about this, Hillary's response was, "Well, I would say that everybody should be believed at first until they are disbelieved based on evidence."
None of Bill's women have been disproven "based on evidence." Yet this question did not come from anyone in the media; it came from an audience member at a town hall meeting. As long as that's the case, what Donald Trump is doing lately is invaluable.
The media won't talk about Bill's record of treating women like trash because they're complicit it in.
So although, for example, Marco Rubio's wife's driving record warrants a New York Times expose, the partnership between a former president and his enabler wife is somehow "off limits."
If holding Hillary accountable for enabling Bill is beyond the pale, perhaps she should remove being First Lady during his administration from the top of the list of her accomplishments on her campaign website. Otherwise, journalists need to ask questions, and follow-up questions, of both her and Bill about both of their actions, no matter how old the allegations are.
These are rules and standards liberals pioneered and imposed on everyone else; it's about damn time they're forced to live by them too.
I am a feminist on my own terms & H. Clinton is NO feminist. As long as she plays that card & talks about sexual assault like she is a woman’s savior then I believe EVERYTHING involving her family is fair game. Not only fair, but she gave Trump an engraved invitation to use anything he comes up w/. When you have a sleaze/ possibly criminal husband who you have covered for by defaming other women..........you should get whatever comes your way!
No wonder Hillary said she was broke!
$850,000 in settlement to Paula Jones
$900,000 imposed on President Clinton by the federal court for violating its orders
25,000 fine imposed on him by the Circuit Court of Pulaski County,
“a consequence of his conduct in the Jones v. Clinton civil suit and before the federal grand jury, President Clinton incurred significant administrative sanctions. The Independent Counsel considered seven non-criminal alternative sanctions that were imposed in making his decision to decline prosecution: (1) President Clinton’s admission of providing false testimony that was knowingly misleading, evasive, and prejudicial to the administration of justice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas; (2) his acknowledgement that his conduct violated the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Arkansas Supreme Court; (3) the five-year suspension of his license to practice law and $25,000 fine imposed on him by the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas; (4) the civil contempt penalty of more than $900,000 imposed on President Clinton by the federal court for violating its orders; (5) the payment of more than $850,000 in settlement to Paula Jones; (6) the express finding by the federal court that President Clinton had engaged in contemptuous conduct; and (7) the substantial public condemnation of President Clinton arising from his impeachment.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_v._Jones
I hope you do realize if the senate had convicted and removed Bill Clinton, Al Gore would have become president.
Part of the “Clinton Effect” was Bill Cosby’s rape victims were afraid to come forward - - they thought no one would believe them.
The saw the bullied women - and the press that mocked them.
The Clinton message to the world about the United States was: we’re tacky and proud of it. Dreadful people.
NEVER ELECT ANOTHER CLINTON... show some pride.
95% of whom believe the zeroth Amendment says "f*** who you want, when, where, and how you want, any previous promises or commitments nonwithstanding, and socialize the consequences".
Publicizing Bill Clinton’s sexual history is a proven negative for our team.Define "our team"
If Ted Cruz’s children are fair game, then so is Hillary’s husband.
Classic Clinton M.O. - “that’s off limits!”
They were using this every single week back in the 90’s!
Hillary was “off limits”; Chelsea was “off-limits”; Bill’s medical records were “off limits”....
EVERYTHING they didn’t want to talk about was off limits.
I don’t think it’ll work for Shrillary.
It’s business. Too many people are just too stupid to understand how business works.
So perfect. Those looking for that wonderful, pure conservative savior on a lily-white steed who will fix everything are never going to find him. That person doesn't exist.
She and Bill are going to come out with her gayness. It will solve most of her problems (at least they think it will, anyway.) Would someone please get that message to TeamTrump? Thank you.
Scary thought
Trump needs to hammer ABC’s George Stephanopolos about his part as a member of the Bimbo Eruption Squad.
The author needs to do better research. Clinton was Atty Gen of Arkansas at the time. He was running for Guv
Oh noooossseee not wedding photos! It’s called schmoozing, usually it is required in multibillion dollar business. Most of the time, I’d imagine you feel the need to shower afterwards.
This is one of the criticisms of Trump that I don’t quite get, he can clearly hold his nose and get along with unsavory individuals to advance his position, his wedding guests are a case in point. He would absoutly conduct himself in the same way advancing the agenda for this country.
I yield to no one in my contempt for the Clinton Crime Family, all their works and ways, and for Bill’s abysmal treatment of women.
All I’m saying is that it’s obvious that most of my fellow citizens, many of whom vote, do not agree and in particular couldn’t care less how many women he is f***ing or has f***ed (with the possible exception of underage females), and that, as such, it’s a poor election issue.
They didn't care because they didn't know.
No one cared what Bill Cosby had done either... until they found out WHAT HE HAD DONE. Then it changed. Who will defend him now? No one.
What Clinton did wasn't ‘having an affair’ anymore than what Bill Cosby did was ‘having an affair’. And when that's understood - and more women come forward - it'll be the same as the Cosby mess.
Also the ‘lying’ Clinton did wasn't about casual sex - he was lying under oath in a sexual harassment case. Wasn't he disbarred for that? Waaaaaaay past ‘microagression’...
And look at what's happening to Cosby.
It's international news, front page NYT.
And these are allegations that go back decades.
I'd think that a POTUS doing rape-rape as well would be an even bigger story.
Plus with his WIFE complicit in the cover-ups should be enough to knock her on her a$$ so hard, she never gets up.
Actually, my young female college students that never heard of BJ’s activities and such, THEY are deeply offended by his behavior and find that hitelry defended him and stayed with him a violation of their ‘code.’ These are young women that are liberal and do not tolerate ANY assaults on women, by anybody.
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