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Jennifer's avatar

To many Republicans here at the Bulwark, they will never stop bringing up Monica.

Could have used Iran-Contra, or 'read my lips' or 'the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud'. But that would go against their core.

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Kate Fall's avatar

I didn't mention Monica because I wasn't sure that the veiled reference to interns was a Jay Leno joke or not. I've been watching Leno's headlines on You Tube (they just kill me), and man it's amazing how he used Monica to make his career and fame. But I also think I'd rate that scandal something a Democrat definitely did that made the nation worse, so I think it's fair game in this context.

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John Bowman's avatar

Not going to agree there... many presidents, e.g., JFK, FDR, have had affairs w/o making the nation worse, and James Buchanan was known at the time to be in a gay relationship with William Rufus King without making America worse. What made America worse was the Republicans who decided to make a huge deal out of it and attempted to impeach him over it, while also using it as an excuse to demean Hillary. Treating it as an ordinary human foible that was nobody's business but their own was also an option, and what harm would have derived from that?

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Tara's avatar

exactomundo!

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