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Paul: Bill Clinton a 'throwback to a sort of troglodyte time'
thehill.com ^ | 3/7/14 | Alexandra Jaffe

Posted on 03/07/2014 11:27:42 AM PST by cotton1706

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Friday knocked former President Clinton as a “throwback to a sort of troglodyte time,” where men took advantage of women in the workplace.

Speaking to The Hill prior to his appearance at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Paul defended his recent attacks on the former president, who he’s criticized as a “sexual predator.” He’s also called for Democrats to return donations raised or contributed by Clinton.

“It is quite hypocritical that a party that says they’re great defenders of women in the workplace supports a guy who violated all of those pledges, all of those promises that the workplace is a safer place for women than it has been in the past,” he said. "He's a throwback to a sort of troglodyte time, where men did whatever they wanted to women in the workplace." He said he believes it’s “fair game for Democrats to have to defend” Clinton, since they lean on him heavily for fundraising and campaigning help.

Clinton is expected to be a useful figure for the party this election cycle, as he remains a popular Democratic leader, even as President Obama’s unpopularity threatens to drag down some vulnerable Democrats.

Clinton recently campaigned in Kentucky for Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, the likely general election opponent to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who Paul has endorsed.

Paul’s criticism of the former president has been interpreted by many as a preemptive volley in his probable campaign for president in 2016, when Democrats are expected to nominate Hillary Clinton to run.

He said, however, he doesn’t believe Clinton’s indiscretions should disqualify his wife from the presidency.

However, “not sending reinforcements into Benghazi should disqualify her,” he said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bakecookies; billclinton; clinton; elections; littlewoman
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I'm enjoying seeing Paul continually sticking a shiv in Bill Clinton using liberal words and phrasing.
1 posted on 03/07/2014 11:27:42 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I enjoy anyone shiving the Clintoons.


2 posted on 03/07/2014 11:30:09 AM PST by Viennacon
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To: cotton1706

Agreed!

Thanks for all of your Senate posts.


3 posted on 03/07/2014 11:30:15 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: cotton1706

Troglodytes are offended.


4 posted on 03/07/2014 11:30:26 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: cotton1706

Rand does make a very good point.


5 posted on 03/07/2014 11:30:58 AM PST by plainshame
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To: GOPsterinMA

“Thanks for all of your Senate posts.”

You’re welcome! From a fellow Bay-Stater!


6 posted on 03/07/2014 11:33:59 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: DannyTN

Troglodytes are offended.

So is Huckabee.

 

 

Huckabee: Keep ‘personal issues of candidates’ off the table

Friday, March 07, 2014 1:13:15 PM · by bkopto · 21 replies
Daily Caller ^ | 3/7/2014 | Alexis Levisnson
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said he thought Republicans ought to stay away from personal attacks on the Clintons, like Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s comments that former President Bill Clinton was a “sexual predator.” “I personally don’t like to see us get into the personal issues of candidates because once you go down that road, it’s hard to ever put it in reverse and go back, and I’m just not sure that’s something we want to do,” Huckabee told reporters at CPAC. “Bill Clinton is not gonna be on the ballot in 2016 or 2014, it’s very possible that his...

 

7 posted on 03/07/2014 11:34:12 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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Paul: Bill Clinton a 'throwback to a sort of troglodyte time'

Way to go, Rand, but: An insult to troglodytes and stop and think: how many dems (mostly 3rd grade dropouts) actually even have a clue what a troglodyte is?

8 posted on 03/07/2014 11:34:49 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: cotton1706
Serial rapist Clintoon needs to be branded for what he is.
9 posted on 03/07/2014 11:36:07 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: cotton1706

Paul is showing his colleagues how it’s done. I’m loving it, and the Democrats are running scared. It’s amazing that Paul is the first Republican to do this.


10 posted on 03/07/2014 11:37:46 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: cotton1706

Another Yankee. OH NOES!!! :)


11 posted on 03/07/2014 11:38:36 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: cotton1706

Bill Clinton IS the war on Women


12 posted on 03/07/2014 11:38:44 AM PST by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Hickabee can eat sh__.


13 posted on 03/07/2014 11:40:40 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: cotton1706

I hate troglodytes. Make him stop!

14 posted on 03/07/2014 11:41:02 AM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: cotton1706

I would love to see somebody to tell Hillary to “put some ice on it” the next time she starts whining..


15 posted on 03/07/2014 11:44:44 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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“I personally don’t like to see us get into the personal issues of candidates because once you go down that road, it’s hard to ever put it in reverse and go back, and I’m just not sure that’s something we want to do,”

omgosh--shut up, Huckabee! i cannot stand this guy... if he doesn't want to do it, fine... there is no "we" here... Rand Paul is doing it and it has nothing to do with you!... you don't like it, don't do it... but if someone else wants to, that's his business... go away Mike Huckabee!!!

16 posted on 03/07/2014 11:48:40 AM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: cotton1706

I love when bashes Billy Jeff and Hil.


17 posted on 03/07/2014 11:52:51 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: cotton1706

ouch! Nothing like getting stuck with your own knife!


18 posted on 03/07/2014 11:54:08 AM PST by uncitizen (Impeach the Communist Already!)
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To: TigersEye

Is that the mummy BC found so alluring?


19 posted on 03/07/2014 12:05:00 PM PST by Psalm 144 (My citizenship is not here, Pharaoh.)
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To: cotton1706

“probable campaign for president in 2016”

Probable? He is already running. He can’t “announce” because of campaign laws. In 2008, when asked if he was running, he said only if his dad didn’t run.

Paul is running, no if ands or butts. Trashing Bill Clinton is smart politics, whether Hillary runs or not. Neuter Bill Clinton NOW. (double entendre intended).


20 posted on 03/07/2014 12:05:21 PM PST by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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