Touring the Clinton Library


Two of Bill Clinton's victims make a stand
I don't usually quote from FrontPage Magazine anymore than I do from The Nation. Both are extremely ideological, and both tend to lose perspective because of that.

However....

There are many reasons I am not a Bill Clinton supporter. One of the reasons that I find him personally offensive is because his "public" behavior with women contrasted so wildly with his "private" behavior. He is certainly one of the most misogynic Americans to ever hold office, but he was lionized for his "advances in women's rights."

Just remember what he did to the women we know he had relationships with.

And then remember that Mr, Clinton was also lionized for his "advances in civil rights."

That makes you wonder, doesn't it?

Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey wrote an article for FrontPage Magazine that says some pretty important things about how powerful liberals can be excused for almost any behavior as long as they say the right things at the right time.

Bill and Hillary Clinton are teaching rape and sexual harassment victims that if your assailant is popular and politically powerful, you will be punished more for daring to report the assault than for keeping silent. They are teaching perpetrators of violence against women that as long as you are pro-abortion enough to have the political support of the National Organization for Women, any crimes you commit against women in your “personal life” will be overlooked.
 
When we announced that we are touring the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, this Wednesday, we were asked by friends, family, the press, and the public: Why do you keep dragging this issue up? Why can’t you just let it go? The Clinton Library is a multi-million dollar monument to the legacy of our forty-second president, but part of that legacy is being erased. Part of the true Clinton legacy is the cruel abuse that he and his inner circle committed against us. If we let it go, what does that say to the thousands of women victimized by sexual harassment and assault? Unless we have the courage to ask the American people to hold the Clintons accountable for their abuses against us, we are part of the problem rather than part of the solution. The problem of abuse against women is far too serious for us to sit quietly by while Bill and Hillary Clinton whitewash their reputations and escape all consequences for their actions.
 
Harassment and assault must be denounced no matter the status of victim or perpetrator. But harassment and assault committed by our leaders must be censored even more vigorously because these luminaries set the standards for acceptable behavior in our society. Bill Clinton’s sexual assaults against us, and Hillary Clinton’s active participation in persuading America that those assaults don’t matter, represent a breach of the trust we should place in our leaders. This is not a political vendetta on our part. The two of us assaulted by Bill Clinton were political supporters of the Clintons until Bill Clinton attacked us. This is about the truth, and the sad truth is that the Clintons have exhibited such callous treatment of women that they do not deserve our respect or our votes. Whether or not you agree with the Clintons’ political positions, there are certainly politicians out there who hold similar positions but who actually treat women with dignity and respect. It’s time for us to take abuse against women seriously, and that requires that we demand proper treatment of women from those in positions of power.

There are many things about Mr. Clinton that I find offensive. Being a Democrat was not one of them. Taking advantage of women sexually and escaping the consequences is.

The irony here is that if these two ladies had the same problem with a Republican politician, their choice to stand up and demand accountability would rate headlines from coast to coast.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - October 25, 2005 at 04:47 AM  Tag


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