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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Do you support the attempts to slut-shame Monica Lewinsky [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)didn't admit it caused harm to his supporters. Those who believed that nothing went on and it was just a RW Plot (like myself) where shown to be fools. And it dragged the country through a terrible time that we still haven't recovered from. Although Bill & Hillary have recovered very nicely. And, the legislation that was passed while Clinton was "under his cloud" has been harmful to the country. Whether he approved of the Legislation and would have signed it anyway...or he was under so much pressure because of Lewinsky affair that he didn't have to fight to try to stop it might be open to question...but, he hurt many people who supported him in his own Administration and out here in America who worked hard to get him elected.
It's all going to be covered up now...because Hillary is the anointed Candidate...but, many Democrats have not forgotten that a President openly having "consensual sex" in a room off the oval office and lying about it ...was not something we'd want to see repeated.
He is a charming, intelligent man. He could have been a wonderful President who might have turned the country around before the Bushes got back into control. But, he blew it and his Neo Lib policies turned out to not be what many of us hoped for and that along with his conduct made us laughing stock for RW.
Conduct is important. It's a clue to character. He could screw around with anyone he wants but to do it in the Oval Office was really ott. And, I wouldn't think much differently if the SS was sneaking him out at night to an apartment somewhere. The Country's needs are more important while you are serving the people....than indulging one's sexual needs in a way that can harm the people.