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Beautiful Disaster

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29. The accusations were still made.

Reply to Pathwalker (Reply #28)

Thu May 11, 2023, 06:59 PM

May 2023

On top of the Gennifer Flowers situation + everything with Paula Jones and then Monica Lewinsky. None of it sunk Clinton.

But it certainly would sink a guy like Joe Biden. I'm sure of it. The point is that some people are better equipped to overcome those accusations, no matter how believable. Clinton was one of 'em and so is Trump.

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