McCaskill To Rand: Don’t You Dare Play The Lewinsky Card
TOM KLUDT – JANUARY 28, 2014, 2:02 PM EST
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is incensed that Rand Paul dredged up a scandal from the 1990s.
McCaskill ripped the Kentucky senator on Tuesday for saying that Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky undermines Democratic claims of the GOP's "war on women" and that, fair or unfair, the scandal could be a factor in Hillary Clinton's anticipated presidential campaign.
"I think I can speak for most women to say that I found what he said infuriating. I think most women understand they should not be held accountable for the behavior of their husbands," McCaskill told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. "You know, frankly, it was a long time ago. Our country did very well under the leadership of Bill Clinton."
Paul accused former President Clinton on Sunday of engaging in "predatory behavior" with Lewinsky and, pointing to the successful female members of his family, argued that there is no such thing as a "war on women."
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Do the back-pedaling, Rand!
Rand Paul: Bill Clinton's Affair Still Terrible, But Doesn't 'Apply' To Hillary
CATHERINE THOMPSON – JANUARY 28, 2014, 2:28 PM EST
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) still thinks former President Bill Clinton's '90s-era affair with a White House intern was deplorable, even if he concedes the scandal “doesn’t really apply” to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Paul accused Bill Clinton of "predatory behavior" on Sunday's "Meet the Press," and said the scandal could factor into a potential Hillary Clinton presidential bid even if it wasn't her fault.
In a Tuesday interview with Politico, the Kentucky Republican emphasized that he didn't dredge Bill Clinton's past up himself. Rather, he had been asked about his wife's critical remark about the former president in Vogue magazine.
“It’s not as if I’m bringing this up 20 years later. I was asked a direct question,” he said. “However, if I’m asked a direct question, I’ll usually answer it. And I think that one of the things that have moved forward, one of the things that was rotten about the old patriarchal system we did have, was that bosses took advantage of young women in the workplace."
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