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Originally Posted by GGG
There is pretty strong evidence that Bill Clinton harassed Paula Jones. Or at least a similar amount of evidence to the claims that Trump has assaulted women.
However there is no evidence that Hillary was involved in covering it up. The statements made by the accusers are vague around Hillary and consist of statements like Hillary coming up to them and saying Thank you for your help". Which was interpreted as a threat.
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Yeah, I've said before (I think on here, but maybe elsewhere) that it's important to neither dismiss Bill Clinton's accusers or to draw equivalencies between them and Trump's. Each sexual assault allegation is important enough that it needs to be dealt with on their own, rather than a 'this doesn't matter because the other side has similar skeletons' approach. Even if the charges against Bill and Donald were similar (they aren't), it's a disservice to the victims to use them in this sort of dismissive way. The observation that Trump is effectively using them like a human shield (I think that was Bee's observation?) rings true to me.
An articulate argument for how this negatively reflects on Hillary's character or on her ability to govern is needed for this to be part of the election debate. And so far, I haven't heard such an argument; instead, there's only a vague 'Bill has a dark past and that involves Hillary too.'