As America faces a raft of sexual harassment allegations, particularly out of Hollywood,
Democrats and liberals have been trying to come to come to grips with the legacy of Bill
Clinton.
On one hand, they're saying that the women who are accusing Alabama senatorial candidate
Roy Moore should be believed unconditionally.
Yet, back in the 1990s, many of these same individuals covered up for Clinton when Juanita
Broaddrick, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and others accused the sitting president of even
more disgusting behavior.
And while we won't discourse on the guilt or innocence of Mr. Moore, we will note one
particular difference between him and and the former president: UInlike Moore, Clinton
was proven to have had a relationship with an intern roughly his daughter's age, a
relationship that, while consensual, also involved an enormous difference in power dynamic.
Those are the kind of relationships liberals — and most people, really — are decrying
at the moment.
Yet, on Dec. 19, 1998, the party of the left cheered him on for it, just hours after he
had been impeached in the House of Representatives for lying under oath about that relationship.
That day, Clinton had been impeached on two counts: perjury to a grand jury and obstruction
of justice.
We know the story — even though we know he lied to the grand jury and obstructed justice,
no Democrat was willing to break ranks, and Clinton went on to finish his term.
And this video shows exactly why.
In the oleaginous speech that followed, Clinton tried to hide behind a document his party
is usually more than happy to ignore: the Constitution.
"The words of the members here with me and others who are a part of their endeavor in
defense of our Constitution were powerful and moving, and I will never forget them,"
Clinton said.
"The question is, what are we going to do now?
I have accepted responsibility for what I did wrong in my personal life, and I have
invited members of Congress to work with us to find a reasonable bipartisan and proportionate
response.
That approach was rejected today by Republicans in the House, but I hope it will be embraced
by the Senate.
I hope there will be a constitutional and fair means of resolving this matter in a prompt
manner."
Clinton, of course, only "accepted" responsibility (a telling turn of phrase that I love — why
does everyone say they're "accepting" responsibility for acts nobody was offering
responsibility to anyone else for?) after it became apparent that evidence of his perfidy
existed in the form of Monica Lewinsky's infamous dress.
The important point is, however, that back when Clinton was in power, Democrats believed
actually pursuing sexual harassment and assault allegations was nothing more than character
assault.
"I want to echo something (then House Minority Leader Richard) Gephardt said.
It is something I have felt strongly all my life.
We must stop the politics of personal destruction," Clinton said.
"We must get rid of the poisonous venom of excessive partisanship, obsessive animosity
and uncontrolled anger."
That's right.
Back then, listening to women like Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick and Paula Jones
was a result of the "poisonous venom of excessive partisanship, obsessive animosity
and uncontrolled anger."
Nearly two decades on, the left is finally coming to the inexorable conclusion that they
did something wrong by offering a serial adulterer, deviant and accused rapist a fig leaf in order
to … well, what?
Holding onto the White House in 2000 was probably the biggest concern, but the scandal (and
the lack of actual responsibility-acceptance from his boss) likely had something to do
with Al Gore's electoral loss, and they likely should have realized that political
calculus then.
The Atlantic's Caitlin Flanagan — one of the prominent liberals who have turned
on Clinton in recent weeks — thinks that the former president "was rescued by a surprising
force: machine feminism.
The movement had by then ossified into a partisan operation, and it was willing — eager — to
let this friend of the sisterhood enjoy a little droit de seigneur.
Whatever it was, it's worth pointing out that most of the people who have come out
condemning Clinton on that December day almost 19 years ago — Flanagan, MSNBC's Chris
Hayes, The New York Times' Michelle Goldberg — are not only late to the party, they weren't
on that lawn applauding Clinton almost 20 years ago.
Many of the men and women who were are still in office.
If they are willing to give accusers a fair hearing, as we all should, then let's hear
their mea culpa for how they treated women like Paula Jones and Juanita Broaddrick.
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