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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Oh boy! Juanita Broaddrick is back! Says the rape "never goes away" [View all]
She says Hillary tried to silence her.
Broaddrick allegation that Bill Clinton raped her emerged at the time of congressional impeachment proceedings over his extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Broaddrick has also said that Hillary Clinton approached her some time after the alleged assault and attempted to thank her for her support in what Broaddrick took as appreciation for her silence about the attack.
Through his lawyers, Clinton has repeatedly denied the allegations.
Broaddricks tweet comes a month before the Iowa caucus, and days after Bill has gone on the 2016 trail to stump for his wifes presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton was loudly heckled at a Sunday campaign event about
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/juanita-broaddrick-twitter-bill-clinton
Many liberal feminists including Maureen Dowd and Gloria Alred supported women like Jones and Broaddrick and will again.
Maybe people who are concerned about Bernie's socialism should switch to O'Malley because it is obvious the Clinton impeachment machine is coming back. Paula Jones made a recent appearance on CNN.
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Oh boy! Juanita Broaddrick is back! Says the rape "never goes away" [View all]
betterdemsonly
Jan 2016
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There are limits though. The Clintons didn't accomplish much because of this
betterdemsonly
Jan 2016
#4
Because the Berniestas need a meanns to use the VRWC's resources to attack Clinton.
baldguy
Jan 2016
#63
Don't you have to ask yourself why the NYTimes promotes Hillary but also
betterdemsonly
Jan 2016
#21
You can tell who the worried ones are by the increase in trump-styled attacks.
Alfresco
Jan 2016
#18
If these scandals are brought back into focus she can't distance herself
betterdemsonly
Jan 2016
#27
Every time Repubs have tried to tie her to Bill's activities she goes up in the polls.
MoonRiver
Jan 2016
#32
Exactly! And the fact that Hillary did NOT divorce Bill is a good sign of her character IMO. She
beaglelover
Jan 2016
#25
I think that people are kidding themselves if they didnt realize this sort of crap would resurface.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2016
#62
Well the only relevant aspect of the conversation, to my mind, is the part i mentioned.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2016
#65
Predictable, sadly. This has no bearing on Hillary or her campaign, of course.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2016
#57