• @Smokeydope
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    117 months ago

    Also back then a president getting a BJ was grounds for impeachment lol it really puts things into perspective

    • @Oderus
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      127 months ago

      IIRC, he was impeached for lying about it, not actually doing it which IMHO, is less of an issue than cheating on your wife.

      • @Smokeydope
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        Great now im imagining a timeline where bill was 100% honest about it in a congressional hearing “Yeah I solicited a blowjob from monica, im one of the most famous and wealthiest politicians of the era. Spoilers, all us rich politicians like to get away with stuff we shouldn’t be doing, and the system is rigged to let us do it. So, what are you gonna do about it?”

        • @SCB
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          Or even better:

          “Hilldawg and I have been ethically non-monogamous since reading The Ethical Slut and I don’t really understand why America should be brought into our personal business. Monica is regularly our third and we both filed paperwork with White House HR before any physical interaction to avoid suspicion of bias towards her job performance”

          I mean if it’s my dream timeline, I wanna make it fun.

          • @yumpsuit
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            67 months ago

            Photos from early in their relationship definitely had the requisite amount of fuck-mojo

            • @SCB
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              67 months ago

              The young Clintons could both get it, ngl

          • @[email protected]
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            17 months ago

            I’ve always wondered why they stuck it out. It seems they both have different ideas about physical intimacy, so why stay? Is money worth years of being unloved and unhappy. It makes no sense to me.

            • @SCB
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              17 months ago

              I don’t think they’re unloved. I genuinely think more politicians than you think have “arrangements.” Even if not, infidelity happens, and I’m glad they worked through it

      • VR20X6
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        97 months ago

        Cheating on his wife was reprehensible, but not really impeachment-worthy. Did it make any difference in his ability to govern? Nope. But sure, if it didn’t happen in his second term, I’m not going to say you shouldn’t have been allowed to consider it for whether or not you should vote for his reelection.

        • @voidMainVoid
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          27 months ago

          Cheating on your wife isn’t illegal, because we don’t live in a theocracy. That’s between him and his wife and maybe a marriage counselor. It has nothing to do with his office.