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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Trump threatened to "spill the beans" about Heidi ..........

Just a prelude to what he will do with Hillary and Bill if they are both the nominees for their respective parties.[/quote]

Hillary and Bill are both in the same party. The beans were spilled over a decade ago. The American people are sick and tired of hearing about the Clinton's damn beans (with apologies to Bernie).

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I don't know how it will sell with the American people but it will be painful for the Clintons as evidenced by the speed with which they dropped any reference to Trump's "penchant for sexism" after he referenced Bill Clinton's own less than savory record with women.

I fully expect him to parade women who claim to have been assaulted or harassed by BC, to offer their version of what happened and Hillary Clinton's role in dealing with the "bimbo eruptions".

You are right that many are aware of the history but there is an entire generation of millenials who don't know the details - the Bernie voters - and it will not cause them to vote for Trump but they may be less inclined to vote for Hillary once they hear these details which by today's standards would be untenable for any politician. As it is they are not enthused about Hillary.

The history - proven, alleged and just rumor - is fertile ground for someone like Trump who will not hesitate to surface every detail. A Cruz or Kasich will not bring it up - Trump will have no compunction doing so. It will dominate the news cycle with every salacious tit-bit.[/quote]

Lovely.  I will admit, I am one of your "entire generation" (Gen X) who has only heard whispers of these details, usually from extremely biased sources.  The whispers have not turned me off Hillary, but they have turned me off biased sources.  If Trump starts attacking Hillary for whatever Bill may or may not have done 20 years ago, it will further turn me off Trump.  [/quote]

It's not just a "Gen X" thing.  The reality is, I think we've made some progress wrt how we think about women, "mistresses," and shaming them for what they AND the cheat-ee engaged in.  Monica Lewinsky hit the talk-circuit to reclaim her voice in the scandal (it shouldn't have been a scandal in the first place, but whatever) and what "the machines" (media, political, cultural) did to relentlessly shame her.  Both Clintons played a role in that shaming.  And, oh yes, so did the GOP -- they were also disgusting to her.  (And so were the vast majority of Americans -- Monica was the butt of thousands and thousands of jokes. Keep in mind she was still so young, defenseless against the Shame and Scandal Monster).  She has (wisely) stepped out of the public eye since then.  I suspect she genuinely does not relish being in the limelight.  She emerged from the shadows just long enough--as a more mature 40 year old woman--to reclaim the shreds of her life and reputation.  She is a very sympathetic character... now that the nation has grown up a little.[/quote]

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