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A perfectly relevant question for Rand to ask Hillary ...

Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:30 pm
Posted by RedStickBR
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:30 pm
"Mrs. Clinton, given your husband had sex with a college-aged girl on the clock and in the office, facts that would likely constitute a strong presumption of sexual harassment in any corporate environment in America, if President, what policies would you put into place to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace? Would you require, for instance, that all interns be male or females of a certain age?"

Agree or disagree?

In my view, these questions would be relevant at any major company in America, why not in this instance?
Posted by Decatur
Member since Mar 2007
28719 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:34 pm to
She's gonna knock him out of the park if he doesn't tread lightly on this
Posted by Hawkeye95
Member since Dec 2013
20293 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

She's gonna knock him out of the park if he doesn't tread lightly on this


yeah. I think this is a good question but probably not for a guy who is on the record being skeptical about sexual harrassment.

Hillary could easily turn it around, and say since you believe sexual harassment is an issue, what would you do? To which he would reply. Nothing. BOOM.
Posted by son of arlo
State of Innocence
Member since Sep 2013
4577 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

She's gonna knock him out of the park if he doesn't tread lightly on this


Rand looks like he's spry enough to dodge the errant ashtray or lamp like the one Hillary threw at the ex-philanderer-in-chief.
Posted by RedStickBR
Member since Sep 2009
14577 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:39 pm to
Why would he need to do anything? He doesn't have an "at risk" husband.
Posted by navy
Parts Unknown, LA
Member since Sep 2010
29018 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:40 pm to
her reply:

"What difference at this point does it make?"
Posted by RedStickBR
Member since Sep 2009
14577 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:42 pm to
Can you imagine the CEO of Goldman Sachs having to defend some of the fifty plus year old bankers having sex with college interns on the job? Why is this any different? Bill Clinton is a risk.
Posted by Turbeauxdog
Member since Aug 2004
23111 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

Posted by Decatur She's gonna knock him out of the park if he doesn't tread lightly on this


As if Hillary is capable
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:45 pm to
Actually, the better question/statement would be:

So, can we assume you would support legislation to abolish sexual harassment laws/regulations in the workplace?
Posted by trackfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:47 pm to
If Paul is smart, he will leave Hillary out of his attacks on Bill as far as Lewinsky is concerned. This sort of loaded questioning might appeal to some FOX News viewers, but I suspect it would turn off a lot of women. I can see Ted Cruz doing something like this, but so far Paul has been more careful with his attacks. I also suspect Paul will avoid birthers leg the bubonic plague, lest all his efforts to reach out to Black folks would be for naught.
This post was edited on 2/14/14 at 1:48 pm
Posted by Archie Bengal Bunker
Member since Jun 2008
15520 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:48 pm to
I sure hope Rand doesn't have peabrains running his campaign like the people on this board, though it appears he does based on his attacking Bill's misdeed.

Going up against Hillary with this issue is just going to push votes, particularly female votes, away. Attacking the woman who stood by her man and had to deal with a cheater in a very public way by bringing up the incident isn't going to get you into the White House. No matter how much you peabrains think this is a gotcha. Maybe if he was debating Bill this would matter, but in a debate with the actual candidate, Hillary, Rand is going to come out looking like a petty a-hole.
Posted by son of arlo
State of Innocence
Member since Sep 2013
4577 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:49 pm to
quote:

Actually, the better question/statement would be:


How often would you have to disinfect the carpet in the Oval Office?
Posted by NHTIGER
Central New Hampshire
Member since Nov 2003
16188 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:53 pm to
quote:

Would you require, for instance, that all interns be male or females of a certain age?"


I can't image any workplace intern situation that would require a minimum age of 23, which would be the relevant age since Lewinsky was 22 at the time of their first encounter.
Posted by RedStickBR
Member since Sep 2009
14577 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:56 pm to
So it's okay to ask about Ann Romney having a horse, but it's not okay to ask about Hillary having a husband who is an actual sexual harrassment risk

Got it. Impeccable logic.
Posted by RedStickBR
Member since Sep 2009
14577 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 1:59 pm to
Right, but assuming you've worked in the past couple of decades, I imagine you also couldn't imagine a workplace allowing someone like Bill "back in the office." Do you have any idea what modern corporate sexual harrassment policies are like?
This post was edited on 2/14/14 at 2:02 pm
Posted by son of arlo
State of Innocence
Member since Sep 2013
4577 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

Attacking the woman who stood by her man


Stand by Your Man was always the wrong theme song for Hilly. Here's the Tammy Wynette song that's more appropriate.

Til I can make it on my own.
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54201 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

Attacking the woman who stood by her man and had to deal with a cheater in a very public way by bringing up the incident isn't going to get you into the White House.


You really think this is why she stood by her man? Anybody with a lick of sense knows she did it for her political future and four administrations later, here we are.

If she would had divorced Slick she'd be a community organizer raising children in her villages nowadays.
Posted by NHTIGER
Central New Hampshire
Member since Nov 2003
16188 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

Right, but assuming you've worked in the past couple of decades, I imagine you also couldn't imagine a workplace allowing someone like Bill "back in the office." Do you have any idea what modern corporate sexual harrassment policies are like?




What does the above have to do with establishing a minimum age for interns, which is the specific part of the OP's proposed "question" that I addressed in my post?

The answer is nothing - nothing at all.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

No matter how much you peabrains think this is a gotcha. Maybe if he was debating Bill this would matter, but in a debate with the actual candidate, Hillary, Rand is going to come out looking like a petty a-hole.


Hillary and Bill cannot be separated politically, as much as Hillary wants to be able to use Bill in her campaign when it is an advantage, and distance herself when its not, Rand is going to make Bill her running mate just like Lee Atwater did with Wille Horton and Dukakis.
Posted by Archie Bengal Bunker
Member since Jun 2008
15520 posts
Posted on 2/14/14 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

So it's okay to ask about Ann Romney having a horse,


Yep, that's exactly what I said, RedStickPeabrain. If the plan of attack is to go after the wife for the husband's cheating, better prepare for four more.
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