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spanone

(141,524 posts)
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:25 PM May 2016

fuck this guy: Trump Slams Hillary Clinton as 'Nasty, Mean Enabler' of Husband's Affairs

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EUGENE, Ore. — An unrestrained Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton an "unbelievably nasty, mean enabler" who "destroyed" the lives of her husband's mistresses during a rally in Oregon on Friday night.

The comments, made during an evening rally in Eugene, Ore., marked the sharpest tone he's taken against the Democratic frontrunner since becoming his party's presumptive nominee, and the first time he's been so direct in referencing Bill Clinton's affairs in months.

"She's been the total enabler. She would go after these women and destroy their lives," Trump said. "She was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler, and what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful."

His comments came as part of a defense against recent attacks from Democrats focused on his controversial comments and stances on women's issues. Trump told the crowd "nobody respects women more than me," but in contrast, "nobody in this country, and maybe in the history of the country politically, was worse than Bill Clinton with women."


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-slams-hillary-clinton-nasty-mean-enabler-husband-s-affairs-n569791
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fuck this guy: Trump Slams Hillary Clinton as 'Nasty, Mean Enabler' of Husband's Affairs (Original Post) spanone May 2016 OP
Considering who it is, mooseprime May 2016 #1
Is his Alzheimer's undiagnosed? Or are we just being kept in the dark? L. Coyote May 2016 #79
The Trump diagnosis is Narcissistic Personalty Disorder Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #111
Is there not some truth to this? Hillary certainly never took those women's side. BillZBubb May 2016 #2
No humiliated, betrayed wife is required to publicly take the side of her husband's accusers. pnwmom May 2016 #4
I remember the video of Bill, Hillary and Chelsea walking to the helicopter Gman May 2016 #15
hillary said the only person who wanted to be DesertFlower May 2016 #61
I didn't know that... moriah May 2016 #23
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #26
She didn't smear anyone. She just said she believed her husband --- pnwmom May 2016 #31
Best post! Thank you pnwmom! I am old enough (and enough of a news/political junkie) to remember skylucy May 2016 #106
That's the difference, skylucy. Some of us are old enough to remember that whole pnwmom May 2016 #107
Inspector Cornpone W. Javert . . . hatrack May 2016 #109
Unless the husband's name is malaise May 2016 #38
Who is asking her to do anything? nt pnwmom May 2016 #48
Yep awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #97
lol. La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #7
+1 pnwmom May 2016 #16
That's not the issue and you know it or you've got your head buried in sand. BillZBubb May 2016 #68
They didn't deserve to be labeled trailer trash Gman May 2016 #91
Had sex with him? Last I checked, it took two! ViseGrip May 2016 #77
Yes, it did. Bill and Monica are both responsible for the sex La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #82
Sexual harassment is not about sex but about power egalitegirl May 2016 #85
assuming there was sexual harassment, it was still on Bill not on her. La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #101
Nothing left to assume egalitegirl May 2016 #105
define Enabler. Trump said, 'groupies' & his womanizing are Her fault. Sunlei May 2016 #30
It's always the woman's fault malaise May 2016 #40
yup. Trump probably told his first two wives it was "their fault" he divorced them & found a, Sunlei May 2016 #72
We'll put you down as one who thinks it's appropriate to blame the wife if the husband strays, then. Squinch May 2016 #37
I'm not blaming Hillary for Bill's actions. I blame her in part for the attacks on the women. BillZBubb May 2016 #69
Hillary was not nice to the women her husband was sleeping with? Well, horrors! Squinch May 2016 #71
What an ignorant or disingenuous comment. "not nice" indeed. BillZBubb May 2016 #80
You'd be all kisses & love to your wifes 'lovers', even if he saved her panties? & told his friends Sunlei May 2016 #73
Another totally disingenous or ignorant comment. BillZBubb May 2016 #83
He was a womanizer, a 'character' problem a lot of men have. Sunlei May 2016 #88
You made no comment about Juanita Broadderick. I wonder why? BillZBubb May 2016 #90
I don't even know who she is, what year or any details. Sunlei May 2016 #93
Well, that explains a lot. I'm not surprised, most Clinton supporters don't want to know. BillZBubb May 2016 #95
I 'like' them both, wish Sanders & Clinton would team up. Sunlei May 2016 #102
Wait, what? a la izquierda May 2016 #66
Not support the women, but not denigrate them either. BillZBubb May 2016 #67
I won't 'imply' like you *assumed* Mrs. Clinton did. They were trashy, loose woman. Sunlei May 2016 #86
You are really one sick person. You are purposefully ignorant and without morals. BillZBubb May 2016 #96
You're the one who stated "she knew" and added action* to whatever she said about the loose woman. Sunlei May 2016 #104
Please provide citations of Hillary Clinton referring to the women in question as you describe hatrack May 2016 #110
So if some guy makes me a cuckold I am supposed to take his side? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #70
Very true. n/t Peregrine Took May 2016 #89
Bill Clinton wasn't the worst. He was merely the first to be exposed publicly for it. pnwmom May 2016 #3
I think the bigger issue is how feminism turned their back on those women davidn3600 May 2016 #12
.that^ 840high May 2016 #13
Gennifer Flowers claimed she had a 12 year consensual relationship with him. pnwmom May 2016 #14
I was as angry as anyone about Lewinsky, but thanks for setting some facts straight Boomerproud May 2016 #17
It used to be that we believed women who said they'd been sexually harassed or assaulted riderinthestorm May 2016 #62
So now feminists are responsible for Bill's sex life. You are always so funny! Squinch May 2016 #39
He also insinuated that Hillary has committed DV against Bill. maryellen99 May 2016 #5
Trump is trying out a new lure. He's a marketeer making his way playing to people's human nature HereSince1628 May 2016 #57
This won't help him with most women radical noodle May 2016 #6
+1. i dont blame monica lewinsky but lets not pretend that hillary has no reason to be angry w. her La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #8
The assertions in this thread that Hillary and the feminists should have marched to support Squinch May 2016 #42
Trump is the personification of nasty commenters on the net. chowder66 May 2016 #9
I know, I know, she's been vetted... Kip Humphrey May 2016 #10
This will only help Hillary. These lines of attacks are so incredibly asinine! ecstatic May 2016 #11
She just said she believed her husband, until he admitted having oral sex with Lewinsky. pnwmom May 2016 #18
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #27
Were you in the dark about the fact that Bill has sexual accusations against him? Squinch May 2016 #44
Awww, too bad. Trouble in paradise. Arugula Latte May 2016 #19
And he's a nasty, mean enabler of white supremacists. Initech May 2016 #20
Ding, ding, ding! BlueMTexpat May 2016 #22
Its going to get A LOT worse. basselope May 2016 #21
This election will be like no other, so "always" doesn't apply. pnwmom May 2016 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #28
That IS something to go by. Women dislike Trump, even in his own party. pnwmom May 2016 #29
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #32
Polls say that Trump is hated by women and Clinton is a bit less hated by men. w4rma May 2016 #34
Trump has consistently gotten 30% (and higher) of the female Republican vote riderinthestorm May 2016 #64
This is not borne out by the polls. It simply isn't true. Women do prefer Hillary, and women Squinch May 2016 #45
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #47
What makes you assume that most women like Hillary? nt UtahJosh May 2016 #46
Polls. Squinch May 2016 #49
They don't have to "like" her to think she's smart, sane, and liberal, and the best option we have. pnwmom May 2016 #92
No, it won't. basselope May 2016 #87
says the man on his 3rd wife for a reason. nt TeamPooka May 2016 #25
You win everything with this comment! n/t phylny May 2016 #100
Hard to tell a Trump quote from a DU post these days Democat May 2016 #33
The guy who replaced his trophy wife with a younger model 2x? Freddie May 2016 #35
He doesn't understand women JustAnotherGen May 2016 #36
Unfortunately there are those here who will think "the enemy of my enemy is ..." n/t pampango May 2016 #41
This is the kind of shit talk that's going to backfire sufrommich May 2016 #43
Better get used to it. Vinca May 2016 #50
Which would be even worse for Trump leftofcool May 2016 #51
Trump is having the time of his life.... yourpaljoey May 2016 #52
I'm still convinced this started out as a joke for him and now he can't figure out a way Vinca May 2016 #54
You may be right about starting out as a joke yourpaljoey May 2016 #60
So are you saying that people shouldn't vote for Hillary because Trump is going to say all american girl May 2016 #55
Did I say that? I don't think so. Vinca May 2016 #56
Yeah, but he would do that to Bernie also. This man is just a jackass...no one is safe from his all american girl May 2016 #59
I've seen similar comments right here on DU. cwydro May 2016 #53
Including right in this thread. Metric System May 2016 #81
Why doesn't our media call Trump out on his hypocrisy? Oneironaut May 2016 #58
When was the last time awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #99
This is the most insane thing Donald Trump has ever said. UCmeNdc May 2016 #63
bring it on trump. this line of attack is going to backfire. and look in the mirror you disgusting MariaThinks May 2016 #65
Hillary is the adult who lives the 'for better or for worse' commitment better than Trump ever will. ancianita May 2016 #74
If he thinks his constituency is too stupid to realize he's the enabler of his own affairs.... Major Nikon May 2016 #75
Given Trump's marital "enabling" immigration policy, we oughta build a wall around his dick. ancianita May 2016 #76
Meh, sounds like this was his idea of being polite. He hasn't even started being nasty yet. Katashi_itto May 2016 #78
I don't think that's going to be a winning gambit for him. MH1 May 2016 #84
What an utter pig GOPblows431 May 2016 #94
Because it's the Women's role to go Lorena Bobbitt One_Life_To_Give May 2016 #98
Pretty tough words coming from a guy who is on his third wife. GoCubsGo May 2016 #103
I'd Rather Not fred v May 2016 #108
Locking tammywammy May 2016 #112

mooseprime

(476 posts)
1. Considering who it is,
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:33 PM
May 2016

I bet he's just getting warmed up. This plus the hammering nonstop on guns and other stuff he's going to make up, holy moly.

L. Coyote

(51,134 posts)
79. Is his Alzheimer's undiagnosed? Or are we just being kept in the dark?
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:57 AM
May 2016

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
111. The Trump diagnosis is Narcissistic Personalty Disorder
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:17 PM
May 2016

His tendency to provoke or seek conflict and then resort to law enforcement, lawsuits or bankruptcy are one of the symptoms.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
2. Is there not some truth to this? Hillary certainly never took those women's side.
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:37 PM
May 2016

Did you not expect trump to use this information? She's attacked him for misogyny, he's going to retaliate. It's politics.

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
4. No humiliated, betrayed wife is required to publicly take the side of her husband's accusers.
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:41 PM
May 2016

I'm sure she let him have it in private, however.

And Donald Trump was accused of rape in a 1997 lawsuit. So he's treading on thin ice.

Gman

(24,780 posts)
15. I remember the video of Bill, Hillary and Chelsea walking to the helicopter
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:23 AM
May 2016

Hillary and Chelsea walked in front, close to each other. Bill trailed behind. The picture spoke volumes about the tension.

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
61. hillary said the only person who wanted to be
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:00 AM
May 2016

near bill was the dog.

moriah

(8,312 posts)
23. I didn't know that...
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:04 AM
May 2016

... it makes my response to someone's comments when I shared out Samantha Bee's taco bowl selfie more ironic than intended -- he asked if Samantha was saying not one illegal immigrant ever raped anybody, and my response was "And I could invoke Roman Polanski to say evey rich egotistical celebrity is a rapist, but that's not going to fly as an attack on Trump."

Woo-howdy!

Response to pnwmom (Reply #4)

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
31. She didn't smear anyone. She just said she believed her husband ---
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:36 AM
May 2016

until he acknowledged his relations with Monica.

She never said anything publicly about Monica or anyone else.

skylucy

(4,023 posts)
106. Best post! Thank you pnwmom! I am old enough (and enough of a news/political junkie) to remember
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:40 PM
May 2016

all that happened during that time. That is exactly the way it was. Hillary was the epitome of dignity and class in the face of the storm of news coverage and Republican hypocrites all piling on. Her "approval" rating among the American public went way up because of the strength and class she demonstrated. It was obvious to EVERYONE at the time that Hillary had done nothing wrong. Unbelievable that Trump's complete lies about this are getting trotted out on a Democratic website. Gonna take a while to clear away the stench around here after the primary season ends. HILLARY 2016

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
107. That's the difference, skylucy. Some of us are old enough to remember that whole
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:44 PM
May 2016

Les Miserables story, with Kenneth Starr playing the part of Inspector what's-his-name. It was an incredible thing to go through, but it seems like most of the details have just faded into history.

hatrack

(64,828 posts)
109. Inspector Cornpone W. Javert . . .
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:07 PM
May 2016

So now we know what the 2016 election is going to be all about - some 20-year-old blowjobs.

Great. Can't wait.

malaise

(295,783 posts)
38. Unless the husband's name is
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:41 AM
May 2016

Bill Cosby

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
48. Who is asking her to do anything? nt
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:58 AM
May 2016
 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
97. Yep
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:01 PM
May 2016

I am a Sanders supporter, but the fact that people keep bringing up this affair disgusts me.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
7. lol.
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:50 PM
May 2016

yeah it's her fault her husband cheated and someone knew he was married and had sex with him anyway.

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
16. +1
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:36 AM
May 2016

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
68. That's not the issue and you know it or you've got your head buried in sand.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:39 AM
May 2016

Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick, and, yes, Paula Jones all made claims that had nothing to do with consensual sex.

The Willey and Jones incidents are bad, but at least after a disgusting pass attempt, Clinton dropped it. What they didn't deserve was to be labeled "trailer trash" by Clinton surrogates and supporters.

Juanita Broaddrick's story is sickening to hear. I believe her as I do most women who come forward with this type of allegation. She was a loyal Democrat. Something very bad was done to her by Bill Clinton. Deny it all you want, but Hillary enabled Bill's predatory behavior.

Gman

(24,780 posts)
91. They didn't deserve to be labeled trailer trash
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:49 PM
May 2016

Yeah they did. They were looking for money and they were paid well by the right wing. Yes, conservatives paid all of them.

 

ViseGrip

(3,133 posts)
77. Had sex with him? Last I checked, it took two!
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:56 AM
May 2016
 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
82. Yes, it did. Bill and Monica are both responsible for the sex
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:58 AM
May 2016

Not Hillary.

Nor does she have to excuse either of their behavior

 

egalitegirl

(362 posts)
85. Sexual harassment is not about sex but about power
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:04 PM
May 2016

Bill and Hillary Clinton were in positions of power. The women he harassed were not. Remember that sexual harassment is about power and not just sex.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
101. assuming there was sexual harassment, it was still on Bill not on her.
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:14 PM
May 2016

and none of the allegations so far have had much merit.

 

egalitegirl

(362 posts)
105. Nothing left to assume
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:17 PM
May 2016

If you have worked in any job and have seen the huge posters in the break room, you would immediately recognize it as sexual harassment on the part of Bill Clinton. Why do we have to argue and exonerate politicians of every single wrongdoing as though we are their minions whose job is to ensure they have a good image? Can't we accept reality?

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
30. define Enabler. Trump said, 'groupies' & his womanizing are Her fault.
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:35 AM
May 2016

Mrs. Clinton doesn't have to ever 'take the side' of the groupies or her husbands behavior.

Mr. Trump just made a typical abusers statement, he may as well have said, "if you weren't such a mean bitch I wouldn't have beat you" or "If you weren't so nasty, I wouldn't 'need' other woman"

malaise

(295,783 posts)
40. It's always the woman's fault
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:43 AM
May 2016

unless your name is Dennis Hastert or whatthefuckever Sandusky.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
72. yup. Trump probably told his first two wives it was "their fault" he divorced them & found a,
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:48 AM
May 2016

'newer' woman in Russia.

Squinch

(59,444 posts)
37. We'll put you down as one who thinks it's appropriate to blame the wife if the husband strays, then.
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:38 AM
May 2016

Anything else you want to add to that profile? You going to punish women who have abortions too?

I often wish the asses would not show themselves so clearly when I read DU.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
69. I'm not blaming Hillary for Bill's actions. I blame her in part for the attacks on the women.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:41 AM
May 2016

The asses are the ones who have no trouble supporting the sliming of the women who were Bill's victims. And make no mistake about it, Hillary was in on that sliming.

Squinch

(59,444 posts)
71. Hillary was not nice to the women her husband was sleeping with? Well, horrors!
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:45 AM
May 2016

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
80. What an ignorant or disingenuous comment. "not nice" indeed.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:57 AM
May 2016

Her husband was doing more than "sleeping" with them. He was, at a minimum, sexually harassing them and in one case, at least, raping them.

Hillary had no business calling any of them a "loony narcissist" or "trailer trash". She was in on the whole Clinton apparatus attempt to smear every one of them.

That's why it's not surprising she's got slime master Brock (who called Anita Hill "a little bit slutty and a little bit nutty&quot running her propaganda machine. She has no problem with people who attack women if it suits Clinton aims.

Attacking these women in the way the Clintons did is the real sign of an asshole. So is supporting it.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
73. You'd be all kisses & love to your wifes 'lovers', even if he saved her panties? & told his friends
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:52 AM
May 2016

all about her?

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
83. Another totally disingenous or ignorant comment.
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:01 PM
May 2016

Lewinsky isn't the only woman Clinton was "involved with".

Read about Juanita Broaddrick, then get back to me. If that doesn't disgust you, you have sold your moral values for partisan fanaticism.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
88. He was a womanizer, a 'character' problem a lot of men have.
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:13 PM
May 2016

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
90. You made no comment about Juanita Broadderick. I wonder why?
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:35 PM
May 2016

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
93. I don't even know who she is, what year or any details.
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:51 PM
May 2016

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
95. Well, that explains a lot. I'm not surprised, most Clinton supporters don't want to know.
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:55 PM
May 2016

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
102. I 'like' them both, wish Sanders & Clinton would team up.
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:41 PM
May 2016

You'd learn to accept the Yin & Yang Dream Team.

a la izquierda

(12,320 posts)
66. Wait, what?
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:35 AM
May 2016

This is a ridiculous assumption, that HRC should have done/said something in support of those women. Give me a break. I'm not the biggest supporter of the Clinton family, but that is some bullshit right there.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
67. Not support the women, but not denigrate them either.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:28 AM
May 2016

She knew what Bill was doing. So, I get not supporting the women, she's Bill's wife.

But what is inexcusable is implying they are "trailer trash" or "loony narcissists". She knew the essentials of their claims were true.

And don't forget, her chief propagandist called Anita Hill "a little bit slutty and a little bit nutty". Yet she has no problem employing that asshole.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
86. I won't 'imply' like you *assumed* Mrs. Clinton did. They were trashy, loose woman.
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:07 PM
May 2016

Not Anita Hill, she was truthful. Mrs. Hill was harassed by Justice Clarence Thomas, hardly anyone believed her.

Not even Mrs. Thomas 'believed' Mrs. Hill. About 2 years ago Mrs. Thomas phoned Anita Hill and Yelled at her. Mrs. Thomas is a Republican Super delegate this election.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
96. You are really one sick person. You are purposefully ignorant and without morals.
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:59 PM
May 2016

There was nothing trashing about Ms. Willey, Ms. Broaddrick or even Ms. Jones. In fact Willey and Broaddrick were both long time, dedicated Democratic activists.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
104. You're the one who stated "she knew" and added action* to whatever she said about the loose woman.
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:49 PM
May 2016

*"implying".

Really none of our business -Mrs. Clintons personal life with her husband. Obviously doesn't affect her work.



hatrack

(64,828 posts)
110. Please provide citations of Hillary Clinton referring to the women in question as you describe
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:10 PM
May 2016

Proven, verifiable evidence that she said what you say she did when she did.

We'll wait.

Otherwise, STFU.

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,842 posts)
70. So if some guy makes me a cuckold I am supposed to take his side?
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:43 AM
May 2016

Peregrine Took

(7,583 posts)
89. Very true. n/t
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:30 PM
May 2016

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
3. Bill Clinton wasn't the worst. He was merely the first to be exposed publicly for it.
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:39 PM
May 2016

The TV show Mad Men could have been set in almost any industry including politics. Sexual harassment was common and almost expected.

Anita Hill tried to come forward and we all saw what happened -- Clarence Thomas was supported by the other men and he got confirmed.

But then, several years later, Monica befriended an older woman with a tape recorder and the rest is history.

I'm not excusing Bill's behavior. I'm saying it wasn't particularly unusual or extreme for the era. What was unusual was that it wasn't swept under the carpet.

For the record, Monica said their relations were consensual. Two of the women said he harassed them. And a third denied in a sworn affadavit that he assaulted her, but years later came forward with a new story.

Hillary stayed with her husband and believed in his innocence till proven wrong. It was a humiliating experience for her but she wasn't the person who did wrong to these women -- that was Bill.

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
12. I think the bigger issue is how feminism turned their back on those women
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:27 AM
May 2016

Feminists stood behind Anita Hill, because it was against a very conservative Judicial nominee. But then these same feminists turned their cheeks on Bill's behavior.

And I'm not even going to talk about Monica (which seems to have been consensual). The problem is Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Gennifer Flowers, Juanita Broaddrick, etc. It was a pattern of accusers. Where were the feminists? Why didnt they defend those women?

If Bill was a Republican president, he'd be skewered. We all know it. Let's not play stupid here. National Organization for Women would be marching and demanding resignations. So why did NOW and feminists like Gloria Steinem protect Bill? Bill resigning wouldn't really help the Republicans much. Al Gore would have become President and may have even been good enough to pull out a clear-cut victory in 2000.

Feminists sold their soul to get this potential female President. You better hope she was worth it.

 

840high

(17,196 posts)
13. .that^
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:44 AM
May 2016

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
14. Gennifer Flowers claimed she had a 12 year consensual relationship with him.
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:54 AM
May 2016

Why should a feminist get upset about that?

All the other women came with Republican handlers, and both Paula Jones and Kathleen Wiley's stories had problems. Juanita Broaddrick said under oath that she hadn't been assaulted. Years later, she changed her story.

And you're ignoring the fact that men had been behaving this way for EONS, including men at the highest levels of politics, without consequences. We had just seen it happen with Anita Hill.

So it looked awfully hypocritical for the Republicans to suddenly be shocked and horrified. Where was there shock and horror with Anita Hill?

Bill Clinton had been right on many women's issues that the Rethugs fought against. Feminists didn't want to lose the gains we had made under his administration for what had been wrong -- but very common -- masculine behavior. That just a few years earlier the Rethugs had been all too eager to overlook. And we couldn't even be certain of what happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Willey

The Final Report of the U.S. Office of the Independent Counsel report noted that "Willey and President Clinton are the only direct witnesses to their meeting, and their accounts differ substantially on the crucial facts of what occurred." It also stated "Willey gave false information to the FBI about her sexual relationship with a former boyfriend, and acknowledged having lied about it when the agents confronted her with contradictory evidence. Following Willey's acknowledgment of the lie, the Independent Counsel agreed not to prosecute her for false statements in this regard."[5] According to Independent Counsel Robert Ray's report, "Willey's [Paula] Jones deposition testimony differed from her grand jury testimony on material aspects of the alleged incident."[6]

According to a book critical of Clinton by Candice E. Jackson, Tripp told Larry King in February 1999 that Willey is "an honest person" who was "telling the truth" about having been sexually assaulted by Clinton.[7] However, Tripp's grand jury testimony differs from Willey's claims regarding inappropriate sexual advances.[8]

Willey has a history of controversial claims including telling the FBI she was pregnant and she had a miscarriage when she did not.[9] On the evening of March 19, 1998, Julie Hiatt Steele, a friend of Willey, released an affidavit, accusing the former White House aide of asking her to lie to corroborate Ms. Willey's account of being sexually groped by President Clinton in the Oval Office.[10] An attempt by Kenneth Starr to prosecute Steele for making false statements and obstructing justice ended in a mistrial and Starr declined to seek a retrial after Steele sought an investigation against the former Independent Counsel for prosecutorial misconduct.[11]



Boomerproud

(9,280 posts)
17. I was as angry as anyone about Lewinsky, but thanks for setting some facts straight
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:39 AM
May 2016

regarding the other allegations.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
62. It used to be that we believed women who said they'd been sexually harassed or assaulted
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:11 AM
May 2016

I'm beyond frustrated that anyone has to contort themselves (again!) defending Bill Clinton's notoriously bad behavior with women.

I refuse to ever give him the benefit of the doubt and I'm sure I'm not the only woman uncomfortable with the thought of Bill Clinton back in the White House knowing his record with female subordinates.

Squinch

(59,444 posts)
39. So now feminists are responsible for Bill's sex life. You are always so funny!
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:42 AM
May 2016

maryellen99

(3,798 posts)
5. He also insinuated that Hillary has committed DV against Bill.
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:45 PM
May 2016

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
57. Trump is trying out a new lure. He's a marketeer making his way playing to people's human nature
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:50 AM
May 2016

This is obviously another run at the Anita Broderick and the old story of the WH Oriental vase throwing.

If it works a bit he'll keep up the bait-casting until the reward to effort ratio becomes unfavorable.

How will he know if it works?

Clinton supporters will spend a lot of time thrashing against the pull of the line.

radical noodle

(10,582 posts)
6. This won't help him with most women
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:48 PM
May 2016

There are too many women in this country whose husbands have cheated on them who don't like the idea of blaming the wife for any of it. Wives in this situation have a right to be pissed at the husband AND at the "other woman" if it was consensual.

I think there's also an old saying that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The Donald is in one helluva big glass house.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
8. +1. i dont blame monica lewinsky but lets not pretend that hillary has no reason to be angry w. her
Sat May 7, 2016, 11:51 PM
May 2016

the rest of us dont have that right, but both hillary and chelsea do.

Squinch

(59,444 posts)
42. The assertions in this thread that Hillary and the feminists should have marched to support
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:45 AM
May 2016

Bill's sex partners (how does one march to support them? What exactly does one say when one is marching?) is possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen on DU.

chowder66

(12,218 posts)
9. Trump is the personification of nasty commenters on the net.
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:08 AM
May 2016

He probably found a post with someone saying those exact words and recorded the "approvals" of the comments and used it in his rhetoric. It sure as hell wouldn't surprise me if I was right.

He just spews the hateful crap day after day and there are people out there that feed off of that. What sad, hateful lives they must all live.





Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
10. I know, I know, she's been vetted...
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:11 AM
May 2016

ecstatic

(35,066 posts)
11. This will only help Hillary. These lines of attacks are so incredibly asinine!
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:23 AM
May 2016

Um, i don't know if Hillary went after any women or not... But if she did, it's common and natural for people to stick up for their family members. Unfortunately, the family members aren't always truthful; then again, not all accusers are telling the truth.

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
18. She just said she believed her husband, until he admitted having oral sex with Lewinsky.
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:41 AM
May 2016

And Hillary never said anything in public against Monica.

Response to ecstatic (Reply #11)

Squinch

(59,444 posts)
44. Were you in the dark about the fact that Bill has sexual accusations against him?
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:48 AM
May 2016

This is nothing new. Everyone knows this, and Hillary has STILL outperformed BS in the primaries.

So yes, she has been vetted.

Did you think Drumpf wouldn't be saying this and worse about BS?

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
19. Awww, too bad. Trouble in paradise.
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:54 AM
May 2016

Initech

(108,674 posts)
20. And he's a nasty, mean enabler of white supremacists.
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:10 AM
May 2016

BlueMTexpat

(15,688 posts)
22. Ding, ding, ding!
Sun May 8, 2016, 03:36 AM
May 2016

And just about every other vile segment of society!

 

basselope

(2,565 posts)
21. Its going to get A LOT worse.
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:19 AM
May 2016

Very simply, Trump's goal is to go as negative as possible to depress turnout, b/c negative campaigning ALWAYS depresses turnout.

The lower the turnout, the easier it becomes for him to win.

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
24. This election will be like no other, so "always" doesn't apply.
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:14 AM
May 2016

Last edited Sun May 8, 2016, 05:27 AM - Edit history (1)

Nasty, vicious, personal attacks on the first woman ever to run for President from a major party will cause a huge turnout of women voters.

You will see.

Response to pnwmom (Reply #24)

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
29. That IS something to go by. Women dislike Trump, even in his own party.
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:33 AM
May 2016

Women Democrats like Hillary much more than women Dems like Trump. But likability isn't everything. Research has shown that the same qualities people want to see in a Presidential candidate -- e.g., strength -- make women (but not men) less likable.

That doesn't stop women from voting for other women. But it's not because of their likability -- it's because of their perceived competence.

Look at the national polls or at the exit polls; in both there is a gender gap, with women voters much more likely than men to vote for Hillary. And since women are also more likely than men simply to turnout, Hillary is on the better side of the gender gap.

Response to pnwmom (Reply #29)

 

w4rma

(31,700 posts)
34. Polls say that Trump is hated by women and Clinton is a bit less hated by men.
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:26 AM
May 2016

Sanders is liked by all genders, and would be winning in a landslide if black voters hadn't been so unreciprocatedly loyal to Clinton's name.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
64. Trump has consistently gotten 30% (and higher) of the female Republican vote
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:17 AM
May 2016

And that is now, during his most misogynistic.

Do you really believe Ted Cruz’s proportion of hard core conservative female voters (Cruz typically got 60%) will bolt the Republican Party and vote for Hillary Clinton?

I dont.

Kasich's female voters might but there's just not enough of them to be statistically significant.

And that's not even counting the Republicans, male and female, who will crawl over broken glass to vote against Hillary regardless of who the Republican candidate is.

Squinch

(59,444 posts)
45. This is not borne out by the polls. It simply isn't true. Women do prefer Hillary, and women
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:50 AM
May 2016

ARE pissed at Drumpf. Republican women included.

And haven't we learned that rallies do not equal votes yet?

Response to Squinch (Reply #45)

UtahJosh

(131 posts)
46. What makes you assume that most women like Hillary? nt
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:51 AM
May 2016

Squinch

(59,444 posts)
49. Polls.
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:59 AM
May 2016

pnwmom

(110,254 posts)
92. They don't have to "like" her to think she's smart, sane, and liberal, and the best option we have.
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:27 PM
May 2016

But I like her and so do my friends.

 

basselope

(2,565 posts)
87. No, it won't.
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:12 PM
May 2016

I, unfortunately, know a couple of insiders who told me where this is going.

It's going to get VERY ugly and it will not help with turnout.

 

TeamPooka

(25,577 posts)
25. says the man on his 3rd wife for a reason. nt
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:12 AM
May 2016

phylny

(8,818 posts)
100. You win everything with this comment! n/t
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:11 PM
May 2016

Democat

(11,617 posts)
33. Hard to tell a Trump quote from a DU post these days
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:06 AM
May 2016

Any insult against Clinton that Trump can make, someone on DU can make worse.

Freddie

(10,101 posts)
35. The guy who replaced his trophy wife with a younger model 2x?
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:41 AM
May 2016

That paragon of marital virtue?
Please proceed, sir.

JustAnotherGen

(38,037 posts)
36. He doesn't understand women
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:08 AM
May 2016

That marry for love, partnership, and a two person clique. Bill is her "person" - She's Bill's "person". Good, Bad, indifferent some people see their marriages as serving a higher purpose.

He only has had women that married him for his money. He really shouldn't be casting stones when those three earned their money so well. Even now the first one gets paid to be his pal.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
41. Unfortunately there are those here who will think "the enemy of my enemy is ..." n/t
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:44 AM
May 2016

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
43. This is the kind of shit talk that's going to backfire
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:47 AM
May 2016

spectacularly with women.

Vinca

(53,934 posts)
50. Better get used to it.
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:06 AM
May 2016

It's only a matter of time before the "Do you want this guy back in the people's house?" ads are on the television with pictures of Lewinsky et al.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
51. Which would be even worse for Trump
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:21 AM
May 2016

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)
52. Trump is having the time of his life....
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:22 AM
May 2016

Vinca

(53,934 posts)
54. I'm still convinced this started out as a joke for him and now he can't figure out a way
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:34 AM
May 2016

to extricate himself without looking like a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER.

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)
60. You may be right about starting out as a joke
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:55 AM
May 2016

But he is wicked smart; he will have bull-roaring fun at the pickling and pummeling of Hill. Her past will be on display for all to see... that is some ugly stuff.
She will drop out for 'health reasons.'

all american girl

(1,788 posts)
55. So are you saying that people shouldn't vote for Hillary because Trump is going to say
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:36 AM
May 2016

mean things. Trumps is going to say mean things about anyone, even if it was Bernie, that's just his MO. He'd be calling Bernie a communist and such crap...would you run away from that?

Just a note: I'm not calling Bernie a communist, just saying that Trump would because that's what he does. I don't think Bernie is a communist.

Vinca

(53,934 posts)
56. Did I say that? I don't think so.
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:39 AM
May 2016

I'm saying we haven't seen the tip of the iceberg yet and what Trump has said so far is only a hint of things to come. This is going to be a nasty, dirty, X-rated campaign that will probably make us the laughingstock of the world. Thanks, Bill.

all american girl

(1,788 posts)
59. Yeah, but he would do that to Bernie also. This man is just a jackass...no one is safe from his
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:53 AM
May 2016

shit. I mean he went after Cruz's wife...why? Because he thought he could, and it works for the republican base. Everyone else was appalled. Believe me, Trump had me defending Cruz, I so did not like that

And sorry, I'm shouldn't have said that.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
53. I've seen similar comments right here on DU.
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:25 AM
May 2016

A shame.

Metric System

(6,048 posts)
81. Including right in this thread.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:58 AM
May 2016

Oneironaut

(6,288 posts)
58. Why doesn't our media call Trump out on his hypocrisy?
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:50 AM
May 2016

Literally no mention of Trumps' affairs ever. No mention in the media of Trump's other shady qualities ever. Total blackout. It's insane...

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
99. When was the last time
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:09 PM
May 2016

the media actually did their jobs? Decades? Don Henley summed it up in Dirty Laundry.

UCmeNdc

(9,655 posts)
63. This is the most insane thing Donald Trump has ever said.
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:11 AM
May 2016

Why would any woman with any kind of self respect take the side of the other woman who is cheating with her married husband?
This is so crazy that I cannot believe it is even considered a serious reason to vote against Hillary Clinton. So the wife is suppose to defend the other women in an affair?

MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)
65. bring it on trump. this line of attack is going to backfire. and look in the mirror you disgusting
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:20 AM
May 2016

buffoon.

ancianita

(43,303 posts)
74. Hillary is the adult who lives the 'for better or for worse' commitment better than Trump ever will.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:53 AM
May 2016

Trump knows not the meaning of commitment. Except to his ego.

Major Nikon

(36,925 posts)
75. If he thinks his constituency is too stupid to realize he's the enabler of his own affairs....
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:53 AM
May 2016

he's probably right.

ancianita

(43,303 posts)
76. Given Trump's marital "enabling" immigration policy, we oughta build a wall around his dick.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:55 AM
May 2016

And make him pay for it.

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
78. Meh, sounds like this was his idea of being polite. He hasn't even started being nasty yet.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:56 AM
May 2016

MH1

(19,149 posts)
84. I don't think that's going to be a winning gambit for him.
Sun May 8, 2016, 12:02 PM
May 2016

But on the other hand, he's obviously successful at marketing crap products, so what do I know?

I guess that's the scariest thing about this whole whacked-out election season.

In any rational world, comments like that would backfire as people - at least women - would take Hillary's side against this asshole.

But we aren't living in a rational world, are we?

 

GOPblows431

(51 posts)
94. What an utter pig
Sun May 8, 2016, 01:55 PM
May 2016

I'll be laughing my ass off when Trump gets trounced in the GE.

One_Life_To_Give

(6,036 posts)
98. Because it's the Women's role to go Lorena Bobbitt
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:04 PM
May 2016

That's what we men folk need to keep our pants on.

GoCubsGo

(34,889 posts)
103. Pretty tough words coming from a guy who is on his third wife.
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:46 PM
May 2016

The only reason I ever heard of this asshole, in the first place, was because his sordid affair with Marla Maples became the biggest scandal of its day. Who enabled your affairs, you vulgar talking yam?

 

fred v

(271 posts)
108. I'd Rather Not
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:54 PM
May 2016

1. I'm straight.
2. Who the hell knows where that tribble on his head has been???

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
112. Locking
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:47 PM
May 2016
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