Gillibrand Says Bill Clinton Should Have Resigned Over Lewinsky Affair

[StevieM]

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WASHINGTON — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, who holds Hillary Clinton’s former seat, said on Thursday that Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency after his inappropriate relationship with an intern came to light nearly 20 years ago.

Asked directly if she believed Mr. Clinton should have stepped down at the time, Ms. Gillibrand took a long pause and said, “Yes, I think that is the appropriate response.”

But she also appeared to signal that what is currently considered a fireable offense may have been more often overlooked during the Clinton era.

“Things have changed today, and I think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction,” Ms. Gillibrand said. “And I think in light of this conversation, we should have a very different conversation about President Trump, and a very different conversation about allegations against him.”

Read More: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/politics/gillibrand-bill-clinton-sexual-misconduct.html

I totally disagree.

[cilla4progress]

1. Maybe not Lewinsky,

But the others, eg Juanita Broderrick who claims he raped her.

[kysrsoze]

4. Given all the lies told about them, I dont know whether its believable

It could be, but I’ve never seen anything concrete from a reputable source. If that is true, it was a reprehensible act deserving of prosecution.

[DURHAM D]

8. Under oath Juanita said he did not rape her.

She only tells the rape lie when she is not under oath.

[JI7]

14. She also attacks other women who have been sexually assaulted by republicans

[Kirk Lover]

15. She testified under oath twice. You should see who she retweets on twitter. Far right conspiracy

wackos.

[kysrsoze]

2. Thats idiotic. She seems not to remember Linda Tripp and the fact it was consensual

By that standard, probably 2/3 of all Washington politicians should have resigned.

[VOX]

6. Precisely. Consensual and revealed only by spying.

Tripp’s phone was wired up like a radio station by right-wing water-carrier Lucianne Goldberg, who also told Tripp that, sure, it’s legal to record phone conversations in without the consent of the other party (it was not).

Total, utter and complete political hit.

[sarah FAILIN]

9. This is what I have always wanted to know.

Who told Monica to get "DNA" on her dress, then put it unwashed in a ziplock bag to save for evidence. Total political hit.

[VOX]

11. You know it. Down to getting DNA evidence.

Republicans, by their very self-righteous nature, completely agree with Machiavelli, that “the end justifies the means.”

[blueinredohio]

3. Why are people talking about things that happened twenty years ago?

Why doesn't somebody do something about what ie happening now?

[loyalsister]

12. Because the best time to have zero tolerance was when the most high profile incident took place

It might have saved a lot of women some pain. Not to mention the fact that it might have been good if we had collectively decided that it is unacceptable for a sexual predator to serve as president before the 2016 election.

[Corgigal]

5. It's way back machine time.

We can't legislate the past. Today the house passed kill the poor bill, who have millions of guns. Can we deal with this today instead? Safety gonna be a factor when people are hungry, even in those gated communities, assholes. God forbid they make that connection, your out of country assets and your passports might be the only way you keep your family safe.

You wanted this class warfare, it may come true in freedom loving America.

But instead let's worry about what should of, could of happened...

Idiots.

[Gabi Hayes]

7. WTF????? Is she so ignorant that she knows not of

the infamous “presidential kneepads” quote from Lewinsky?

A woman of age, who admitted to stalking him?

Clearly an insanely bad judgment on his part, but an act deserving resignation?

One of the stupidest, most ill-informed bits of inanity this side of Fox or Freeperville

This dunce would do well to educate herself on a subject about which she clearly knows nothing

She could start with Fools for Scandal, and The Hunting of the President, before she further embarrasses herself

[BannonsLiver]

10. This makes me question her as a contender in 2020

What Clinton did was bad, but if she's trying to score points by re litigating shit from the 90s I'm not impressed at all.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Crap, this is like family therapy on steroids.

All the old shit hitting the fan.

[joshcryer]

16. A joke.

Doesn't help that Lewinsky dropped her asinine book in the middle of a heated campaign.