Reply #175: I honestly don't recall saying he didn't... [View All]

[Mythsaje]

But it doesn't shock me. Hell, there's no reason to believe Clinton hasn't done similar things...just not in front of an audience. Old goat, born of a way different generation than us, accustomed to power, arrogant in his assumption of privilege. We all know there are a number of legal actions she can take--and, depending on the way everything shakes out, she can win in court against him and possibly get him fired.

Sounds to me that it's past time for him to go.

I occasionally find myself in these kinds of debates...where I've taken an unpopular position and end up having to defend it. It's kind of interesting, actually.

I've said on many occasions throughout this whole debate that I think what he did was wrong and she was within her rights to retaliate in any way she thought fit, including through the law. But, in the end, it's HER decision how she handles whatever she feels about it. Any woman it happens to ends up having to deal with it in whatever way she likes.

He only ended up going this far in the open because he'd been getting away with this sort of behavior most of his life. If he'd been shut down some time earlier--by whatever means--she wouldn't have ever had this experience.

Are people somehow getting the impression that I'm blaming the victim, or think this is okay behavior? If so, I'm really miscommunicating.

What I'm saying is that this is and always has been fairly common behavior, and sometimes it seems as though the law does very little to curtail it. The law is just one tool to handle it, and not necessarily the best one every time.