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m-lekktor

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11. yeah a married man who happened to be president of the united states.

Reply to dballance (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 11:36 PM

Oct 2014

what young impressionable girl could have resisted that?

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Monica Lewinsky [View all] fadedrose Oct 2014 OP

She was 22? RandySF Oct 2014 #1

ALL the talking-heads made it seem like she was a kid. Some people still do. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #24

22 years old are old enough to sign contracts, buy a bottle of booze, and fight and die for their MADem Oct 2014 #39

How scary is it to have an immature adult as President? LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #68

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #74

What exceptions? He was an asshole. He thought with the little head. MADem Oct 2014 #104

I agree. Talk about a double standard. If a male intern would 've gotten busy with a female Prez... zonkers Oct 2014 #2

Speaking of double standard, when a boss has a relationship with a subordinate, it's not NORMALLY hughee99 Oct 2014 #87

Good point. zonkers Oct 2014 #122

Yeh, poor baby. Trying to cash in now. HERVEPA Oct 2014 #3

Innocent enough to decide she wanted her Presidential knee pads Autumn Oct 2014 #72

Yes, she is a slut and should be shamed... nice work. hughee99 Oct 2014 #88

Those are her words, not mine. Autumn Oct 2014 #92

Yes, and that seems to be many people's real issue here, she made it public. hughee99 Oct 2014 #93

No one here has called her a slut. Autumn Oct 2014 #94

No, just your average person strapping on her "presidental knee pads", hughee99 Oct 2014 #95

As I said, those are the words Monica herself used. HER comment, out of her mouth. Autumn Oct 2014 #96

Actually those were words she reportedly said according to someone who knew her, hughee99 Oct 2014 #100

That was HER quote and she considered it an "achievement" to be earned, not a MADem Oct 2014 #105

I've always considered it a private matter... NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #4

It should have been private. In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #50

And does if she doesn't put herself out there for money. HERVEPA Oct 2014 #73

That ship has sailed. MADem Oct 2014 #106

Married boss has affair with underling Yupster Oct 2014 #63

See my post #76 below. CTyankee Oct 2014 #79

She had an adulterous affair with a married man. dballance Oct 2014 #5

But it happens. PinkTiger Oct 2014 #6

I sure did. I wish 840high Oct 2014 #10

Really? It happens? dballance Oct 2014 #12

Pretty much. Neoma Oct 2014 #59

No, NOT "Pretty Much" dballance Oct 2014 #90

It was sex between two consenting adults, whether or not they were married or not? Neoma Oct 2014 #91

If the affair was with your 50 year old boss at work, Yupster Oct 2014 #65

Yes and Hillary's enabling her husband's lewd workplace behavior was a disgrace too. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2014 #110

What's Hilary got to do with this? The only difference between Bill and some onecent Oct 2014 #118

Are you making money off of your old dalliance, to this day? MADem Oct 2014 #40

Great point! /nt dballance Oct 2014 #46

I think she doth protest too much. MADem Oct 2014 #51

After this, therefore because of this, eh? LanternWaste Oct 2014 #97

Are you responding to me in error? MADem Oct 2014 #107

And her line of purses, don't forget. louis-t Oct 2014 #102

Yes. MADem Oct 2014 #103

yeah a married man who happened to be president of the united states. m-lekktor Oct 2014 #11

Any impressionable girl. dballance Oct 2014 #15

He may be the one to blame fadedrose Oct 2014 #14

"Clinton is as much to blame" ... he's MORE to blame! Clinton was more than twice her age, holding Raine Oct 2014 #19

Thank You! I was shaking my head reading most of these comments. adirondacker Oct 2014 #26

absolutely right. He's far, far more to blame. and the apologists make me want to vomit. cali Oct 2014 #31

Should he come out and make a pre-emptive re-apology every five years, to help MADem Oct 2014 #52

Of course he was more to blame--he was the "senior" in that equation. There was a power imbalance. MADem Oct 2014 #41

Then again - I still blame Bill Clinton for scheduling the release of his book karynnj Oct 2014 #71

And the married man has no responsibility here? SheilaT Oct 2014 #20

Not to mention that he was the most powerful man Yupster Oct 2014 #21

I think he pretty much came under a quite of bit of scorn. Which he deserved. dballance Oct 2014 #44

Oh, yes, I recall the idiocy of the impeachment SheilaT Oct 2014 #83

I think I've been pretty clear. Clinton deserves scorn and contempt. dballance Oct 2014 #86

We certainly do our prudish best to apply scorn and embarrassment to simple sex. LanternWaste Oct 2014 #98

Please, let's not rehabilitate her flamingdem Oct 2014 #7

She's not 22 anymore. She's almost forty two. MADem Oct 2014 #8

She tried to fade into obscurity, if I remember correctly TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #58

We could stop talking trash if she could move on. bravenak Oct 2014 #9

she comes with the Clinton circus. m-lekktor Oct 2014 #13

Glad you said it. bravenak Oct 2014 #16

+1000! nt adirondacker Oct 2014 #29

Agreed 100% n/t hifiguy Oct 2014 #81

i wish her well and wish to never hear of her again Botany Oct 2014 #17

Good luck to her packman Oct 2014 #18

I wish her well too. She got the raw deal LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #22

i have already moved on , it doesn't seem like she wants to move on JI7 Oct 2014 #23

Would anyone call a 22-year-old male an "impressionable boy"? WinkyDink Oct 2014 #25

Likely not. 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #77

Coming from a woman Control-Z Oct 2014 #27

I have great empathy for you. You were the victim in that scenario. MADem Oct 2014 #42

I doubt the book and interview money... Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #55

I had done four years in the military when I was 22 Skittles Oct 2014 #28

I'd been through the mill, seen the fool on the hill @ 22. Hubert Flottz Oct 2014 #60

She was lucky she did save it Yupster Oct 2014 #66

Yeah Right! Hubert Flottz Oct 2014 #69

Maybe if those fifty FBI agents, hadn't been tied up "investigating the Clintons,"... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #80

Exactly how do you think the GOP was involved in that blowjob? Jenoch Oct 2014 #111

I think they coached Monica. Hubert Flottz Oct 2014 #112

Apparently they do. Jenoch Oct 2014 #113

Me too bluestateguy Oct 2014 #30

When did 22 year-olds become 16 year-olds? RandySF Oct 2014 #32

25 is the new 18, I think. MADem Oct 2014 #43

Why is she back now? B Calm Oct 2014 #33

At her press interview fadedrose Oct 2014 #57

Johnny Cash in his whole life was never an inmate in prison. B Calm Oct 2014 #62

I understood he was arrested and put a few nights in jail fadedrose Oct 2014 #84

Wow, lots of contortions to come up with this one. HERVEPA Oct 2014 #75

To help the GOP try and put the moral damper on the Clintons. Hubert Flottz Oct 2014 #61

On the GOP payroll, disguised under an unnamed Super PAC would be my guess. B Calm Oct 2014 #64

Mine too. Hubert Flottz Oct 2014 #70

In her first major public appearance, she is speaking out against Cyber Bullying. LanternWaste Oct 2014 #99

Why do so many ask why "she's back" ? wheniwasincongress Oct 2014 #34

I'd guess because someone is paying her to be back. wyldwolf Oct 2014 #35

BINGO! B Calm Oct 2014 #36

Bingo x100 Justice Oct 2014 #49

It's probably a "temp" position nt LiberalElite Oct 2014 #45

Would anyone like to have life-long judgement from age 22? Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #37

Before heading to DC, she told a friend she planned to get her tblue37 Oct 2014 #38

Totally agree Justice Oct 2014 #48

I agree and have no sympathy for her. Dawson Leery Oct 2014 #116

I don't wish her ill, but don't understand why she needs to make her life about that affair Justice Oct 2014 #47

Not sure what this is about or what dealings she currently has with the press. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #53

She's back, looks great and I too wish her happiness and success. aikoaiko Oct 2014 #54

I don't see her as cashing in as much as setting the record straight. no_hypocrisy Oct 2014 #56

Don't sound like she's doing that bad to me: B Calm Oct 2014 #67

Has everyone here forgotten that the IMPEACHMENT of the President was a result of this CTyankee Oct 2014 #76

I wish her well gwheezie Oct 2014 #78

So which Republican organization if footing her bills...? JCMach1 Oct 2014 #82

Probably does have Karl Rove behind it, the timing right B Calm Oct 2014 #85

My guess would be Koch Bros. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2014 #108

Married boss has consensual sex with female employee half his age. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #89

I do too, I just ask "why now?" louis-t Oct 2014 #101

I wonder how much the GOP is paying her Politicalboi Oct 2014 #109

Stalked and kidnapped by Ken Starr. n/t Orsino Oct 2014 #114

SHE IS BACK TO MESS WITH Hillary Clinton...she needs to disappear!!! guess onecent Oct 2014 #115

Close but no cigar Orrex Oct 2014 #117

Sorry, but your comment sucks. Dr. Strange Oct 2014 #119

This post was hidden by jury decision. Orrex Oct 2014 #120

Nice post, bucko. Dr. Strange Oct 2014 #121