Bill Clinton: O socoteala

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Dar atunci s-a intamplat ceva ce nimeni nu ar fi putut prezice. Era o versiune pre-Twitter, pre-internet, extrem de analoga a #MeToo. Spre surprinderea a milioane de barbati, natiunea s-a dovedit a fi plina de femei – de toate dungile politice si de toate mediile socioeconomice – care trebuiau sa se puna cu Infernul la serviciu. Mamele, surorile, matusile, prietenele, sotiile – milioane de femei au impartasit experienta de a astepta mese, a trage sange, a argumenta cazuri, a face vanzari, toate in timp ce se opresc din pricina, glumele, presiunea sexuala si amenintarea barbatului sefi. Erau liberali si conservatori; guler alb si guler roz; alb-negru si hispanic si asiatic. Experienta lor comuna nu a fost politica, economica sau rasiala. Experienta lor comuna a fost de sex feminin.

Din acest motiv, raspunsul la acele audieri dramatice a constituit unul dintre marile evenimente cu adevarat feministe ale erei moderne. Chiar daca Thomas a supravietuit cu succes, si poate pe buna dreptate, acuzatiilor lui Hill, ceva din tara s-a schimbat in legatura cu femeile si munca si gama de lucruri pe care barbatii le-ar putea face acolo.

Dar apoi Bubba a venit si a explodat piesele.

How vitiated Bill Clinton seemed at the 2016 Democratic convention. Some of his appetites, at least, had waned; his wandering, “Norwegian Wood” speech about his wife struck the nostalgic notes of a husband’s 50th-anniversary toast, and the crowd—for the most part—indulged it in that spirit. Clearly, he was no longer thinking about tomorrow. With a pencil neck and a sagging jacket he clambered gamely onto the stage after Hillary’s acceptance speech and played happily with the red balloons that fell from the ceiling.

When the couple repeatedly reminded the crowd of their new status as grandparents it was to suggest very different associations in voters’ minds. Hillary’s grandmotherhood was evoked to suggest the next phase in her lifelong work on behalf of women and children—in this case forging a bond with the millions of American grandmothers who are doing the hard work of raising the next generation, while their own adult children muddle through life. But Bill’s being a grandfather was intended to send a different message: Don’t worry about him anymore; he’s old now. He won’t get into those messes again.

Yet let us not forget the sex crimes of which the younger, stronger Bill Clinton was very credibly accused in the 1990s. Juanita Broaddrick reported that when she was a volunteer on one of his gubernatorial campaigns, she had arranged to meet him in a hotel coffee shop.

At the last minute, he had changed the location to her room in the hotel, where she says he very violently raped her. She said that she fought against Clinton throughout a rape that left her bloodied. At a different Arkansas hotel, he caught sight of a minor state employee named Paula Jones, and, Jones said, he sent a couple of state troopers to invite her to his suite, where he exposed his penis to her and told her to kiss it. Kathleen Willey said that she met him in the Oval Office for personal and professional advice and that he groped her, rubbed his erect penis on her, and pushed her hand to his crotch.

Bill Clinton: O socoteala

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