Monday, January 27, 2014

Senator Paul's revival of the Clinton Impeachment is unfortunate. Those that live in glass houses should cast stones.

No finds infidelity attractive or a character strength. President Clinton was not predatory. Ms. Lewinski was equally seductive in her behavior. She claimed they were in love and I am sure that is the way she felt.

Ms. Lewinski has moved on. It would be unfortunate to cause her any adverse problems with her life. This is very old news. I am quite certain Mrs. Clinton has made her peace with the troubled times, has seen her daughter married and carried out a successful career as a Senator and a Secretary of State.

Monica Lewinsky (click here) is Rand Paul's answer to Democratic charges that Republicans are waging a 'war on women.' But it could backfire. Bill Clinton remains broadly popular with the public.


By Peter GrierStaff writer 
January 27, 2014

Senator Paul referenced Ms. Lewinsky when talking about past Democratic charges that the Republican Party wages a “war on women."
When making that rhetorical attack, Democrats should remember that their now-beloved ex-President Bill Clinton had an affair in office with a woman who was much, much younger than he, said Paul....

I am quite certain Senator Paul would love a sex scandal to end the career of Secretary Clinton. That is a common Republican strategy and it simply won't happen.

Republicans have more than their fair share of sex scandals, including those that have involved interns. The latest is the Vitter wants to be Governor. Amazing. He might even pass a law making prostitution legal. 

This was the vote for impeachment:

...In the noisy House chamber, (click here) a lone Republican applauded. Five Republicans crossed party lines to vote against impeachment. Five Democrats broke with their party to support it.

The margin was enough to forestall charges that the President's fate might have been different if the vote had been delayed to the 106th Congress, which will have five more Democrats.

A second article of impeachment, charging Mr. Clinton with obstruction of justice, passed on a narrower vote of 221 to 212. It accused him of inducing others to lie in order to conceal his affair with Ms. Lewinsky. This time 12 Republicans voted no, while 5 Democrats voted yes....

Perhaps Senator Paul was too young, but, certainly his father would remember; there were members of the US House that excused themselves from leading the charges because they had engaged in infidelity. 

As a matter of fact, the Republcans had to go through at least two members before they found one that hadn't committed adultery.

By bringing this up Senator Paul is trying to prove the war on women is artificial and hoping people would believe that Secretary Clinton should have divorced her husband.

Really? I thought Senator Paul was more savvy on women's right than this. No one is going believe for one minute Senator Clinton is an example a victimized woman. She isn't. She made her choices and she lives with them. She is accomplished unto herself and is eminently qualified to serve as President of the USA.

I want to repeat, "She made her choices and she lives with them." That is the issue Senator Paul and the rightwing has yet to come to terms with it. Women are more than capable of making decisions about their lives. They are capable of deciding when they want to be married, start a family and how many children they will bring into a family.

The rightwing chronically victimizes women because they disrespect their life choices by putting limits on reproductive choice. That means women have the right to make the decision to use contraception or not. It also means women are capable of deciding that an unwanted pregnancy is adverse to their best outcomes. When a woman has to make a decision that her life will be ill effected by an unwanted pregnancy, it means she has made the decision the child would not have the benefit of all she is capable of providing.

Republicans demand women allow the state make child bearing decisions for them. That is the USA? No, it is not. Women don't want to be raped and be required to carry a fetus to birth when the father has caused her permanent emotional damage. 

The state wants women to carry fetuses to term in the case of incest. I don't think so. The emotional burden of the mother to lie to the child about how he or she was conceived and what the father did isn't really a bedtime story now is it?

In the state deciding women can't have birth control, that means they may very well have one baby after another. Multiple pregnancies beyond two are proven to adversely impact a woman's long term wellness. And what is the solace to women with many children? "The hand me downs will be a great savings to child rearing?"  It will never be enough savings to put all those worthy children through college.

Senator Paul, your statements only prove, you have never learned to accept a woman's decision. When a woman makes a decision it isn't up for barter. She has decided a path for her life and invests in it. Her decisions are her own. Secretary Clinton made her choices. She loves this country. She loves her husband and family and they love her. She is admired for her personal strength that brings reality to her personal and professional decisions.

It isn't enough for a political figure to state they respect and honor women; they have to live it. In this case, Senator Paul has regressed to a very old paradigm for women to apply to Secretary Clinton. Sir. She broke the mold.