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In reply to the discussion: Monica Lewinsky gooooooooooooooafuggingway! [View all]Beacool
(30,258 posts)60. I agree and she was 22 at the time.
I don't condone Bill's behavior. He was older, the president and should have definitely known better. On the other hand, I have no use for women who pursue married men. Bill was not her first affair with a married guy. By her own admission she pursued him, not the other way around. Therefore, she was responsible for her actions. This was not a case of a dirty old man chasing a naïve girl and forced her to do something against her will, quite the contrary.
You play with fire, you get burned.
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True, but a sensible, moral President would have quietly told someone to have the
karynnj
Jul 2014
#97
I certainly empathize with young interns who are taken advantage of by their bosses
IronLionZion
Jul 2014
#5
Do we have to know that he explicitly threatened her for it to be inappropriate?
hughee99
Jul 2014
#37
You can successfully date the boss and not have it fuck up your career -- I did.
moriah
Jul 2014
#74
monica was not vunerable and bill wasnt her boss. and after he's out of office how could
leftyohiolib
Jul 2014
#49
She wasn't taken advantage of, she made the first move, he never made any effort to try to be with
JI7
Jul 2014
#76
You have to work hard to remember who Donna Rice was. (WARNING-racy pic of woman in swimsuit!)
MADem
Jul 2014
#12
If 20 year olds are not responsible, then Budweiser owed my parents an apology
liberal N proud
Jul 2014
#30
Gee: Hillary is a probable 2016 Presidential forerunner & Monica is stepping out of the shadows...
C Moon
Jul 2014
#38
I disagree again. I don't think anyone was guilty of anything outside of Republicans. nt
stevenleser
Jul 2014
#73
Someone told me that she used to live here in the Pearl district in Portland
cascadiance
Jul 2014
#41