Sanders brother says media still deciding whether Bill Clinton is a nice rapist or terrible rapist

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Bernie Sanders’ brother says the media are still trying to decide whether Bill Clinton is a ‘nice or terrible rapist’

“Bill Clinton has leapt in to try and make it personal with Bernard,” Mr Sanders said. “He was a dreadful president—in general—for poor people.”

“The media have a lot to answer for, I think, you don’t get that detailed discussion. You get: “Is Hillary a nice person? Is Bill really such a terrible rapist or is he a nice rapist?” It’s at that level the discussion - so you can imagine that people could have a pleasant opinion but not based on the actual policies.”

Juanita Broaddrick came forward in the 1990s to accuse Bill Clinton of rape in 1978, the Washington Post reported. Paula Jones accused him of sexual harassment and Kathleen Willey said he groped her without consent. None of the accusations led Mr Clinton to be charged with a crime, although he did pay Ms Jones to drop her lawsuit.

Larry Sanders said he has “real respect” for Hillary - she just has "very different" policies to his brother.

The older brother, 80, also blamed the Clintons’ influence in the White House for minimising Bernie Sanders’ role in the civil rights movement.

more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bernie-sanders-brother-says-the-media-are-still-trying-to-decide-whether-bill-clinton-is-a-nice-or-a6885111.html

[Peregrine Took]

1. "A dreadful president for poor people."

Amen to that!

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3. Republicans will be campaigning with Bill Clinton's rape and assault accusers this fall

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4. How low will Bernie go?

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5. The Clinton's haven't been fully vetted

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6. Jaunita Broderick is old news.

Now Bernie's new surrogate, this could be interesting.

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8. Afraid I can't keep them straight. There are too many. Was she the one from Arkansas?

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9. your crowd has been vetting her for at least 20 years nt

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10. Not me

20 years ago I was a Clinton employee

Trump or whoever will clobber the Clintons with this sexual assault stuff.

Times have changed. No president today could get away with having sex with a 22 year old intern in the White House. Obama NEVER could have gotten away with it. What makes the Clintons so damn special that you don't expect Republicans will destroy them with this stuff in the fall?

[Beacool]

14. Bull!!!

This stuff came up in the 90s and Bill left the WH with the highest approval ratings of any president in decades, even higher than St. Ronnie's.

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15. It's this simple: The president should not have sex with a 22 year old intern

Times have changed. People may have looked the other way in the 90s, but times have changed. That's not going to fly anymore. Thankfully our society today has much more awareness about issues of sexual assault, rape, and inappropriate relationships where people are in positions of trusted authority.

We've been through the Catholic Church scandal. We've challenged rape culture on campus. Sexual harassment on the job is taken much more seriously now.

Times have changed since the Clintons were in the White House. Times have changed and we're never going back. Thankfully.

President Obama has held the office with dignity and we all owe him and his family a lot of respect.

[JudyM]

12. LOL! Touché. Nt

[BeyondGeography]

7. Good to see HRC doesn't have a monopoly on unhelpful family members

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11. Ya really I'm did sure if he knew what he was getting into with this.

[Beacool]

13. Wow, that was such a classy interview.

His brother sounds like a peach.

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16. Seems like a cool guy to me :shrug: It's just politics.

[Beacool]

18. "Cool" is not the word I would use to describe him.

Just another crotchety old guy who thinks that age allows him to forgo tact altogether.

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17. I wonder how thought out this statement was