A Thought Experiment On Hillary Clinton And Victim Blaming
In the 1990s, with her husband’s political career on the line, Hillary Clinton and other supporters engaged in one of the most famous and well-orchestrated victim-blaming campaigns in recent history.
Speaking of presidential contenders who are poor role models for activists fighting sexual assault, do we even need to get into Hillary Clinton? Here’s a woman who reportedly called Monica Lewinsky, a sexual assault survivor, a 'narcissistic loony toon.'
Susan Ferrechio contributes to a panel on Fox News, 7/24/14
"Clinton is offering Democrats her resume. Warren is offering them a plan." - Byron York
David Drucker speculates on potential GOP nominees in 2016 on C-SPAN, 7/21/14
Examiner Chief Congressional Correspondent Susan Ferrechio made an appearance last night on Fox News' On the Record with Greta van Susteren, discussing the challenges Hillary Clinton will face should she run for president.
"Dint of Hard Work... Makes $200,000 a speech"
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Hillary Clinton is no stranger to tough questions. Now it’s your chance to ask her anything.
Click on the ‘ask a question' button and send us your text, image and video questions.
Christiane Amanpour may ask yours during Tuesday’s live town hall at 5pm ET.
Any questions for Hillary?
As secretary of State, she urged President Obama to bomb Libya, congressional authorization be damned. If the results haven't been particularly pretty, at least Clinton got some amusement out of the war. Upon hearing that Gadhafi had been killed by a rebel mob, she cracked, "we came, we saw, he died."
I shed no tears for the "mad dog of the Middle East," but given that he slipped this mortal coil while being sodomized with a combat knife, that seems a little callous. At least we could hope for a secretary of State with a dash more decorum, one who avoids the rhetorical stylings of Julius Caesar.
But Clinton is to the Imperial manner born. And if she realizes her ambitions in 2016, she won't have to urge anyone else to bomb.
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"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt," Clinton told Sawyer, adding that they had racked up substantial legal fees while in the White House. "We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea’s education. You know, it was not easy.
"Bill has worked really hard — and it’s been amazing to me — he’s worked very hard. First of all, we had to pay off all our debts, which was, you know, he had to make double the money because of obviously taxes and then pay off the debts and get us houses and take care of family members,” she added.
Note: “Houses.” Plural.
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Hillary Clinton wants you to know that the struggle is real.
"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt," Clinton told Sawyer, adding that they had racked up substantial legal fees while in the White House. "We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea's education. You know, it was not easy.
"Bill has worked really hard -- and it's been amazing to me -- he's worked very hard. First of all, we had to pay off all our debts, which was, you know, he had to make double the money because of obviously taxes and then pay off the debts and get us houses and take care of family members,” she added.
Note: “Houses.” Plural.
Hillary Clinton wants you to know that the struggle is real.
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And, well, just because. (via)
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Things Hillary Clinton regrets.
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