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In reply to the discussion: No, Monica, you (& Bill) were not alone. I & we were there, too, "#MeToo" as it were [View all]UTUSN
(70,497 posts)51. "don't have to carry (Bill's ) water" - nailed, or anybody's who's a selfish f-up!1
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No, Monica, you (& Bill) were not alone. I & we were there, too, "#MeToo" as it were [View all]
UTUSN
Feb 2018
OP
Thank you, but I fully expect to be lambasted. & I still have CLINTON-KAINE bumpersticker on my car.
UTUSN
Feb 2018
#2
Didn't she once remark that she expected Bill to divorce Hillary and marry her?
3Hotdogs
Feb 2018
#3
The only person who mistreated her was the prosecutor who threatened her with 27 years in prison
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#9
The concept of inbalances of power did exist -- and most corporations had personal guidelines even
karynnj
Feb 2018
#24
They had sex...it was a bad decision for both of them...but hardly rape. She was an unpaid intern.
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#13
At no point does Lewinsky even hint at equating her sexual experience with rape.
PdxSean
Feb 2018
#22
She wasn't an employee...and in some business such relationships are forbidden and are
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#30
So she's equating it to sexual harassment -- even though she was the initiator. The power imbalance
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#34
Bill Clinton was impeached for your information. Lewinsky has as much credibility to speak to the
still_one
Feb 2018
#52
I made clear my "slut shaming" was equally bestowed on Bill. Both oblivious to OUR well being.
UTUSN
Feb 2018
#18
Truthfully saying that a woman initiated a sexual encounter is NOT slut shaming.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#38
Monica had a relationship with a married man before she set her sights on Clinton.
betsuni
Feb 2018
#14
I agree. I would add that Clinton was the most powerful man in the world and could have refused
CTyankee
Feb 2018
#21
She did ask for it. In her interviews she said repeatedly that she was the one who initiated it.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#31
She told friends she was going to have sex with Clinton before she started her job
RhodeIslandOne
Feb 2018
#45
"don't have to carry (Bill's ) water" - nailed, or anybody's who's a selfish f-up!1
UTUSN
Feb 2018
#51