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In reply to the discussion: So pissed at Kristen Gillibrand for saying Bill should have resigned [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)"But it wasn't illegal" is a desperately low standard. The tapes were only made public because of Bill Clinton's lie and his part in the relationship. He had enough power that he could have stopped what was happening to Lewinsky, or it could have been avoided entirely had he not lied. He and the rest of us stood by him while she took the public punishment. He didn't lose public support (even when he was impeached), her reputation was destroyed. He no longer needs a defense, and he certainly no longer deserves one when one president is popular in spite of victimizing a much younger subordinate why should someone with his own publicly known not be elected? I feel like I should have said it is never okay, not even when the perpetrator has been a friend in policy.