Hillary Clinton yesterday told a national TV audience that Bill Clinton did not abuse his power as President when he had an affair (in the Oval Office and elsewhere) with Monica Lewinsky who was a White House intern 28 years younger than Bill. Hillary's reason: Monica was "an adult at that time."
Wow! Hillary has always been tone deaf in politics, but this is ridiculous. It is Hillary setting forth what has to be the clearest exposition ever of the double standard that the Clintons think apply to themselves. There are rules for everyone else, but they just don't apply to the Clintons -- or so they think.
Consider what Hillary just said. Harvey Weinstein meets with a young, but adult, starlet and makes clear to her that the way to get to the part in his next movie is to sleep with him. She agrees and gets the part. I think the national consensus now is that such conduct by Weinstein is wrong. He is misusing his power in the movie industry to get sexual favors. Indeed, there is an entire branch of law that deals with employers who take advantage of employees sexually. Such conduct can lead to substantial recovery by the employee for the employer's action, and it can, depending on the circumstances, lead to criminal prosecution of the employer as well. There is no defense that the employee is an adult. According to Hillary, however, there is that "adult victim" defense for Bill.
This is just another example of why Hillary lost to Trump in 2016. I can only imagine all of this year's Democrat candidates muttering, "not again! Shut up for once, Hillary. Go away!"
Wow! Hillary has always been tone deaf in politics, but this is ridiculous. It is Hillary setting forth what has to be the clearest exposition ever of the double standard that the Clintons think apply to themselves. There are rules for everyone else, but they just don't apply to the Clintons -- or so they think.
Consider what Hillary just said. Harvey Weinstein meets with a young, but adult, starlet and makes clear to her that the way to get to the part in his next movie is to sleep with him. She agrees and gets the part. I think the national consensus now is that such conduct by Weinstein is wrong. He is misusing his power in the movie industry to get sexual favors. Indeed, there is an entire branch of law that deals with employers who take advantage of employees sexually. Such conduct can lead to substantial recovery by the employee for the employer's action, and it can, depending on the circumstances, lead to criminal prosecution of the employer as well. There is no defense that the employee is an adult. According to Hillary, however, there is that "adult victim" defense for Bill.
This is just another example of why Hillary lost to Trump in 2016. I can only imagine all of this year's Democrat candidates muttering, "not again! Shut up for once, Hillary. Go away!"
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