There's an article in The Atlantic in which the author details just a few of the instances of sexual abuse, rape and harassment of which Bill Clinton was accused in the 1990's. The article asks whether it isn't time to revisit those accusations which are much more credible than most of the ones that are swirling around against many other men these days. The article points out that it was feminists who saved Clinton in the 1990s and downplayed and disputed the claims against him. The article even admits that the feminist movement of the time was an adjunct of the Democrat Party.
It's a strange article to read in of all places a far left leaning magazine like The Atlantic. In truth, I'm not sure if the purpose of the piece is to try to get the Clintons to go away once and for all, or to actually consider Bill Clinton's deeds anew. If it's just a hit piece by the far left on the Clintons, that's fine. The whole nation needs to have a break from Clintons and Bushes and their politics. America needs to have a new vision. For the Democrats, a hit on the Clintons might prevent anyone from coalescing around Hillary once again in 2020. Few prospects are likely as damaging to the country as Hillary running once again for office. Most likely, the departure of Hillary from the scene would let the Democrats present a far left candidate whose goal is Socialism rather than just power and graft. Such a candidate will likely fail, but at least the nation will have a real choice instead of a phony like Hillary who says many things but means none of them.
On the other hand, if this hit on Bill Clinton is somehow meant to atone for what the feminists did to save him in the 1990's, it is too little and far too late. Had their really been a reckoning for Bill Clinton in the 1990's, one has to wonder if places like Hollywood might have cleaned up their act. Would Harvey Weinstein and the other creeps been tolerated the way they were absent the Clinton example. Indeed, Weinstein was one of Hillary's most prominent supporters, something that bolstered his Hollywood power that came from his studio. Would the Lolita Express run by a billionaire perv been disclosed without ruin following those (like Bill Clinton) who rode to the Caribbean for sexual escapades with women decades their junior? Would a Democrat like senator Menendez have been given a pass regarding the allegations of his visits with underage hookers in the Dominican Republic if Bill Clinton had not come first?
The nation needs to find a happy medium for the issue of sexual harassment. Men are still men and women are still women. Sex is not something that can be suppressed; not should it be. But there is a difference between rape and a compliment. Society needs to draw a clear line as to what is and what is not acceptable. Clearly, Bill Clinton was on the wrong side of that line, wherever it gets drawn.
It's a strange article to read in of all places a far left leaning magazine like The Atlantic. In truth, I'm not sure if the purpose of the piece is to try to get the Clintons to go away once and for all, or to actually consider Bill Clinton's deeds anew. If it's just a hit piece by the far left on the Clintons, that's fine. The whole nation needs to have a break from Clintons and Bushes and their politics. America needs to have a new vision. For the Democrats, a hit on the Clintons might prevent anyone from coalescing around Hillary once again in 2020. Few prospects are likely as damaging to the country as Hillary running once again for office. Most likely, the departure of Hillary from the scene would let the Democrats present a far left candidate whose goal is Socialism rather than just power and graft. Such a candidate will likely fail, but at least the nation will have a real choice instead of a phony like Hillary who says many things but means none of them.
On the other hand, if this hit on Bill Clinton is somehow meant to atone for what the feminists did to save him in the 1990's, it is too little and far too late. Had their really been a reckoning for Bill Clinton in the 1990's, one has to wonder if places like Hollywood might have cleaned up their act. Would Harvey Weinstein and the other creeps been tolerated the way they were absent the Clinton example. Indeed, Weinstein was one of Hillary's most prominent supporters, something that bolstered his Hollywood power that came from his studio. Would the Lolita Express run by a billionaire perv been disclosed without ruin following those (like Bill Clinton) who rode to the Caribbean for sexual escapades with women decades their junior? Would a Democrat like senator Menendez have been given a pass regarding the allegations of his visits with underage hookers in the Dominican Republic if Bill Clinton had not come first?
The nation needs to find a happy medium for the issue of sexual harassment. Men are still men and women are still women. Sex is not something that can be suppressed; not should it be. But there is a difference between rape and a compliment. Society needs to draw a clear line as to what is and what is not acceptable. Clearly, Bill Clinton was on the wrong side of that line, wherever it gets drawn.
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