stravinskian Member since Feb 24th 2003 12698 posts
Fri Nov-17-17 11:17 AM
42. "Well, I'm not really talking about the Monica Lewinsky stuff." In response to In response to 37
He got impeached for that but I think anyone who's honest would admit that a consentual affair (creepy as it is with that huge power imbalance) is not a crime and not an impeachable offense. Even the impeachment prosecutors claimed that it "wasn't about sex."
I'm talking about the allegations from Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and (shiver) Juanita Broaddrick. By today's standards, those allegations would rightfully be career-ending. But back then the left obfuscated, partially because it was a different time and people's standards of proof were different, so it was easy to obfuscate. But also because the messengers were subverting the important issue for flatly partisan ends.
It was an ugly episode, and it set back progress. And while I'm generally happy that Bill Clinton was president, I hope that society had advanced enough that his legacy will pay an enormous price for it.