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CTyankee

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76. Has everyone here forgotten that the IMPEACHMENT of the President was a result of this

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 11:37 AM

Oct 2014

whole affair?

No one has said much if any about this here and I have to wonder why. If it was just an embarrassment it wouldn't have been that bad, IMO. But the affair could have caused a major crisis in the operation of our government and that is not nothing. Not that Gore would not have been capable of taking over if Clinton was convicted but I still think it was a HUGE risk for this country. Some bad actors internationally could have very well made moves against us while we were in political chaos. And had it not been for the affair, Gore's presidential bid might have played out more positively on the Clinton "prosperity" rather than the scandal+impeachment which put Gore into a straitjacket. We might never have gotten W and of course, no Iraq War.

There is NO WAY this was not a very serious matter. Lewinsky was playing with dynamite and Clinton was egregiously out of line. We lost a lot as a result.

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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