On This Day in History: August 17

Bill Clinton confesses about Monica Lewinsky

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After Trump, getting a blowjob in the Oval Office doesn’t seem like such a big deal. But two wrongs and all that. Bill Clinton has numerous allegations of sexual assault against him, and if he’s guilty, he should absolutely go down. In the case of Monica Lewinsky, it may have been “consensual,” but it was also textbook sexual harassment.

--On This Day in History, Shit Went Down: August 17, 1998--

He was 49, she was 22. No law against that. First issue is that he was and still is married. Hillary knew, and defended him, privately supporting the Clinton campaign’s strategy of digging into the history of every accuser to discredit them. I don’t believe it quite qualifies as “cheating” when she had his back like that. The issue is the constant falsehood, portraying him as a faithful leader unfairly maligned by lying whores.

Lewinsky was made to look like a lying whore.

In January of 1998, Bill went on TV and, while standing next to Hillary, said he “did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.” He also lied to a grand jury. That’s where the “it depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” comes from. It’s what he was impeached for: perjury. The articles of impeachment were for lying about the blowjob, not receiving said fellatio.

The second issue is the sexual harassment. She was a White House intern; he was *checks notes* THE MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT! You’re not supposed to do that. Imagine you’re Monica, a young intern. How easy is it to say no when THE MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT wants a sexual relationship with you?

I’m not going to say “to his credit” for coming clean, because fuck that guy. He lied about so much stuff and only told the truth because of the blue dress with the Clinton DNA on it. FYI “coming clean” is supposed to be an oxymoron. Moving on . . .

On August 17, 1998, Bill admitted he’d had an “improper physical relationship” with Monica Lewinsky that was “not appropriate.” No fucking shit.

He bombed Afghanistan three days later. Just, you know, because.

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