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[quote=Anonymous]I only read this news story and this thread, so I don't know much about this woman.  But here's what I've come away with.

I believe this poor 12 year old girl was lured away in a car by two men, one the defendant 40 year old creep and another a 15 year old creep, and raped and beaten up when she struggled.  I believe that was horrible and degrading.

I believe that Hillary Clinton then went on to defend this creep and get his sentence reduced from 30 years to one year based on largely a screw up by the technician who threw away the scrap of panties that proved the rape after the first round of tests on it rather than preserving it.  I think Clinton was around 26 years old at the time, so not more than a few years out of law school.  Young and not very seasoned or experienced.

I also believe the other parts of this woman's story -- that Clinton asked for the victim to have psychological testing, that Clinton may have insinuated that the girl was looking for older male role models/companionship.  I also think that Clinton ruefully laughed when, in later describing this travesty of a case to an interviewer, she said that her client even passed a lie detector test which made her doubt the accuracy of such tests for the rest of her career.  In other words, I believe that Clinton may have felt in her gut that he was guilty even if she did not have concrete evidence to prove that, and yet she still worked hard at getting this scum the best deal she could.

I believe all of this and I feel sorry for this woman, but I'm still okay with Hillary Clinton.  Partly it's because I'm a lawyer and I have worked in support of deals that I personally oppose.  So I know that's part of the job.  And partly it's because I have been a 26 year old woman surrounded by men trying to get my head above water so I can survive to fight another day.  And she did survive to do a lot of good for a lot of other people.  We're not all saints all the time.

And partly I look at the other choice in this election and I think you've got to be kidding me.

I'm very sorry for this woman and it sounds like she has had a difficult life in part as a result from this terrible rape.  But Clinton didn't rape her, and all the things she did in service of her client were standard and considered smart strategy back then.  Women internalized and reflected back a lot more sexism twenty years ago than they do now.  I know Clinton isn't perfect and she makes mistakes.  But I still like her.[/quote]

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