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Monica Lewinsky Breaks her Silence

I wasn't a politician in DC at the time, so I don't care. I have given Clinton credit many times on this board for doing a good job as President.

She wasn't a jerk. She never took any vows of fidelity to Hillary, as far as I know. She was footloose and fancy free. And young and naive.

Of course she was a jerk. Sleeping with married men is just plain wrong. And she was a repeat offender. The very definition of a jerk.
 
Of course she was a jerk. Sleeping with married men is just plain wrong. And she was a repeat offender. The very definition of a jerk.

Married men sleeping with women who are not their wives is wrong.

Married women sleeping with men who are not their husbands is wrong.

Single people sleeping with anyone of legal age is none of my business.
 
I doubt Reagan cheated, since, well... they didn't have Viagra in the 80's.

I doubt he ever cheated on her. That was, IMO, a true love story.

I think the same thing about Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter, and George HW & Barbara Bush.

I wouldn't bet my mortgage payment on the rest of them.
 
Well, you should, Top Cat, when it's the President of the United States using his power and station to inflict real harm on a 19-year-old girl.

We have been over this. She was 22. Not 19. She had an affair with another older man previous to Clinton. She admitted it was consensual. The only harm on her was possible cigar burns.

To suggest she is not partially to blame is silly. I am not letting Bill off the hook. Did he abuse his office? Absolutely. Was it wrong what happened? Yes. I have even said it was a national security risk.

But it was consensual.
 
I doubt he ever cheated on her. That was, IMO, a true love story.

I think the same thing about Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter, and George HW & Barbara Bush.

I wouldn't bet my mortgage payment on the rest of them.


Whoa are you suggesting that Dubya was getting some on the side?
 
I agree with you, though. It would seem that powerful men have penis's that just won't stay in their pants. Stronger zippers?

And the women who sleep with them?
 
We have been over this. She was 22. Not 19. She had an affair with another older man previous to Clinton. She admitted it was consensual. The only harm on her was possible cigar burns.

To suggest she is not partially to blame is silly. I am not letting Bill off the hook. Did he abuse his office? Absolutely. Was it wrong what happened? Yes. I have even said it was a national security risk.

But it was consensual.

Clearly consensual. At with a prior 4 or 5 year affair with a married man (she kept in contact with him during her White House years) she was pretty well experienced.
 
We have been over this. She was 22. Not 19. She had an affair with another older man previous to Clinton. She admitted it was consensual. The only harm on her was possible cigar burns.

To suggest she is not partially to blame is silly. I am not letting Bill off the hook. Did he abuse his office? Absolutely. Was it wrong what happened? Yes. I have even said it was a national security risk.

But it was consensual.

And I have been over the fact that there can never be a consensual relationship between an unpaid intern and the President of the United States.
 
And I have been over the fact that there can never be a consensual relationship between an unpaid intern and the President of the United States.

That's not a fact. That is pure supposition. Nearly 20 years after the fact, Monica says it was consensual.
 
That's not a fact. That is pure supposition. Nearly 20 years after the fact, Monica says it was consensual.

I guess you don't understand power imbalance. A college professor will be censured if he has sex with his college protege' for the same reason. A doctor? Same reason. Psychiatrist? Same reason.

President of the United States? Are you kidding me?
 
I guess you don't understand power imbalance. A college professor will be censured if he has sex with his college protege' for the same reason. A doctor? Same reason. Psychiatrist? Same reason.

President of the United States? Are you kidding me?

I never said it was right or ethical.
 
Monica Lewinski was used and abused by the President of the United States. She was barely an adult. He should, for the rest of his sorry life, be embarrassed by his actions. He's a scum bag. So's his wife.

but it was a right wing conspiracy.....
 
Clearly consensual. At with a prior 4 or 5 year affair with a married man (she kept in contact with him during her White House years) she was pretty well experienced.

She left the West coast and took the unpaid position as an intern to get away from her older, teacher, lover. Distance.....
Experienced? hmmmm. Monica had issues growing up. One of them was her weight. Being fat and attending Beverly Hills High School is not a good combination. Especially if you are hoping to get a date. She transferred to a prep school her senior year. That is where she met her lover, married drama teacher. She was 18. She told that because of her weight, he was the first man that ever made her feel beautiful. Yeah, really sounds like an experienced ole gal. :roll:
 
Of course she was a jerk. Sleeping with married men is just plain wrong. And she was a repeat offender. The very definition of a jerk.

No. It's the married man that is a jerk. She made no commitment to either one of them, Bill or Hillary.
 
I believe his behavior was illegal. He was in a power position over her and her job was purely at his discretion. The vast disparity of age plays into that. Btw, federally, sexual harassment at the workplace is against the law.

Bob Packwood lost his office because of it. Clinton should have too.
 
And I never said it was illegal. I said he was a dog.

Her life was made a mockery. Him? He goes on. And his wife?? What a piece of work she is. She should have been crying her eyes out for Monica Lewinsky. She should have distanced herself from her whore-hound of a husband. Instead, she "stood by her man," accepted his lies (in public), and set so bad an example for women all over the world, that it will take us years to recover.
 
Her life was made a mockery. Him? He goes on. And his wife?? What a piece of work she is. She should have been crying her eyes out for Monica Lewinsky. She should have distanced herself from her whore-hound of a husband. Instead, she "stood by her man," accepted his lies (in public), and set so bad an example for women all over the world, that it will take us years to recover.

Except it was a welcome thing for her political career. It was her dealings with the Rose Law Firm that landed him in hearings in the first place. His sexual harassment distracted the public from that and allowed her a future career in politics.
 
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