Posted on 10/15/2016 8:19:48 AM PDT by rktman
Groups that advocate for women’s rights are lashing out at Donald Trump for allegations of groping women and bragging about sexual assaults.
But some of those same groups did not think former President Bill Clinton’s allegations of sexual misconduct nearly two decades ago were disqualifying in the same way.
At least three women – Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones and Kathleen Willey – accused Clinton of unwanted sexual advances. Another five, including White House intern Monica Lewinsky, said they had had consensual affairs with him. Clinton was impeached on charges of lying about the Lewinsky affair before a grand jury and of obstruction of justice, but was acquitted and served his full presidential term.
Women’s groups largely stayed supportive.
“Feminists have, all along, muffled, disguised, excused and denied the worst aspects of the president’s behavior with women,” said a lengthy Vanity Fair article from 1998.
“Feminism sort of died in that period,” New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd told Yahoo recently. “Because the feminists had to come along with Bill Clinton’s retrogressive behavior with women in order to protect the progressive policies for women that Bill Clinton had as president.”
Clinton’s female supporters stood by him, especially as he denied allegations of misconduct, as has Trump. Later, after Clinton admitted to some of the allegations of consensual sex, they did criticize him but still supported him.
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The women groups are nothing but a fabrication that covers a far left wing agenda. As such the mistreatment of women by Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and any left winger is of no importance to them.
True. But also because it has nothing to do with women’s rights and everything to do with political power. “Women’s Rights” is just the issue Dems pull out when it benefits them and so many women just fall in line. It is just like the racism card. Dems don’t give a sh-t about Blacks other than what they can do for them at the polls. If they really cared, Blacks would be so much better off than they are now as the perpetual “victim” class. Women are also a “victim” class according to the Dems. The Dems need “victim classes” in order to survive. They have nothing else to offer.
Donald Trump had four very believable women who had witnesses to what happened to them. Hillary’s women’s timing is very suspect since it is just before the election and right after Trump let off the bomb of the Clinton rapes. Where were these women for the past year and a half that Trump was campaigning?
Notice how Hillary just stonewalls any mention of the wikileaks emails. Nothing to see here. While Hillary uses the vast left wing conspiracy of the mass media to vilify Donald Trump. I hope Trump learns to use Hillary’s techniques back on her. Enough with the replies to the groping allegations and stonewall her and he should instruct all his surrogates to do the same. Just point out that the four women who testified for Trump had witnesses and spoke out years ago.
Exactly. No one is free, apparently, if women can’t murder the helpless and innocent.
The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.
Attainment of power and control is the only issue for them.
They are leftists first, and women’s groups 2nd.
If Hillary becomes the first “female” POTUS, she will the last.
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I remember reading there are two ways to create sociopaths.
One is severe abuse but the other is to spoil a child rotten.
In a spoiled child’s mind..most democrats...everyone is stupid or inferior. They hate you for being normal,conventional or traditional.
Spoiled children who don’t get their way every time will do whatever they have to to get their way.
Lie, cheat steal ..blackmail ..sleep their way to the top..kill.
Clinton’s Contribution: One Free Grope
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/saunders/article/Clinton-s-Contribution-One-Free-Grope-3319063.php
Some feminists have begun making excuses for the president that could hurt working women. Feminist Steinem wrote a piece in Sunday’s New York Times,in which she said she believed all the women’s accusations against Clinton “for the sake of argument.” Willey has claimed the president fondled her breast and placed her hand on his crotch. Nonetheless, Steinem wrote that Clinton “took ‘no’ for an answer.” Brutes have cause to rejoice: Feminists have concocted a One Free Grope defense.
I understand your point. She might also be the last POTUS. Respect for our federal government is on the wane, with loyalty on it’s heels. The more power the American Left gets, the more authoritarian they will become. It’s their nature.
The double standard has been with us for a long time. Democrats have no standards other than liberal progressivism, therefore they have no sense of shame or private decency. Republicans outwardly advocate for a conservative standard that embodies decent behavior and an acceptable moral standard. All it has done for the past generation is to give the 'D' a stick to beat the 'R' with, along with the cynical assist from the MSM!
They’re not “women”.
They are just LIBERALS. There, that explains it.
Aborting black and Mexican babies.
Pray America wakes
The issue does not matter, it’s always the agenda.
The agenda must be advanced.
For the same reasons evangelicals treat the two differently.
Simple - its ideology.
People acknowledge liberal men are pigs but they expect conservative men to live up to their standard.
Don’t be bothered by the hypocrisy. Its to be expected.
ping
Donald Trump just needs to make one of those GEICO type commercials:
When you are a young, handsome millionaire, you act like a playboy.
That’s what you do.
When you are an older, more mature billionaire who sees how corrupt politicians have run your country into the ground, you run for President.
That’s what you do.
Abortion, and because they don’t care about rapes. They only care about keeping leftists in power.
Because the issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.
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