by Sandy » Sun Jun 23, 2019 9:03 am
Bringing up Clinton isn't a valid argument as long as the same thing happens with Republicans and all they do is nothing. If there's going to be any kind of moral force behind your argument, then your GOP buds and particularly your other Evangelical friends will have to do more than complain about Clinton but do nothing about the mess in your own house.
What makes the GOP hypocrisy even worse when they bring up Clinton is that Trump took advantage of the women who claimed sexual harassment and abuse by Clinton. He used them, blatantly, despicably and shamefully manipulating their feelings and their situation to try and blunt the effect of the Access Hollywood video that came out just two days before he played their feelings and anger and got them to come to a press conference two days before the debate. His only concern for them was how their presence could help him politically. So Clinton getting brought up as an example when there's been sexual abuse by Republicans erases any credibility of the argument.
Clinton's affairs and the allegations of assault was the philosophical foundation of Evangelicals and the Religious Right. Character in a candidate mattered to them, they claimed, and Clinton was disqualified because of his immorality. But Trump is not, because God uses evil people to accomplish his purposes, and nah nah boo boo, Clinton did it too.