He is claiming that Bill Clinton is a 'sexist' and that therefore his campaigning for his wife won't hurt her, if not hurt her:
"Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, increasingly focusing on Hillary Clinton rather than his GOP rivals, says he's not concerned by reports Bill Clinton will soon hit the trail for the Clinton campaign."
"I think that Bill Clinton turned out to be a liability against Obama when [Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama] ran against each other in 2008," Trump said Sunday morning on "Fox and Friends." "If you look at that whole campaign, it was a mess. [Bill Clinton] said things that were very problematic and troublesome ... certainly Bill Clinton is not going to be the end-all in the campaign."
"Trump also explained his charge, made in a tweet Saturday night, that Bill Clinton has a "penchant for sexism." In the tweet, Trump said "Hillary Clinton has announced that she is letting her husband out to campaign but HE'S DEMONSTRATED A PENCHANT FOR SEXISM, so inappropriate!"
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-sexist-bill-clinton-wont-help-hillary/article/2579113
He's obvoiusly referring to Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, etc. He wants to re-litigate the 90s, in other words. He might want to recall how that movie played out-it didn't work. The more the GOP pursued the 'bimbo eruptions' and assorted faux scandals like Whitewater, the higher Bill Clinton's poll numbers rose and the more it hurt the Republican party itself-they actually lost five seats in the off year election of 1998.
No one mentions that stuff today as it didn't work. Trump now seems to think that reminding Americans of the 90s scandals will harm the Clintons. It won't-Americans have seen this movie before.
The Clintons are not the Bushes; they've had all the mud in the world thrown their way and it never ends up sticking-which is why their enemies hate them so much.
As for Trump he doesn't seem to know what sexism means. What makes Clinton a sexist? Because he has cheated on his wife on occasion? Admittedly that's not a great character trait-perhaps he's outgrown that now-I don't now either way.
But if so, he shares it with a lot of men-including Trump, which is another reason why this will not be productive terrain for him to try to plume-for the general election. Obviously it helps him in the primary.
Trump has cheated on each of his ex wives with the next in line. I also get it that Trump might bring up Juanita Broaddrick back in the 90s the Right pushed a rumor that Clinton had raped her.
Again, Trump lives in the wrong house to be going here as Ivana Trump claimed in her own book that Trump had raped her-for of all things out of anger that he didn't like what her hair specialist did to his hair.
But what this whole Clinton is a sexist meme does is misconstrue what sexism is. For one thing, it's not clear why Hillary should be guilty for the crimes of her husband-as far as his adultery was concerned she was the true victim not all these Right wing phonies exploiting her pain.
But you could say that sexism has its individual, its institutional, and it's structural dimension. At most, you could say that cheating on one's wife is individual sexism. In truth, I'm not sure that simple adultery is sexism per se.
There is also institutional and structural sexism. and on this Bill Clinton at least has been on the side of angels. Certainly compared with his GOP enemies whose goal was to turn back the clock. Indeed, you could say that unlike Trump marrying eye candy half his age, Clinton is standing by the woman now who stood by him all these years.
But on an institutional level in particular the GOP record is horrible. We have Rubio who doesn't believe in exceptions for rape and incest. We have Trump's many attacks on women's looks-which is more individual sexism such as he's trying to accuse Bill Clinton of.
It's pretty clear who is for women's rights and who isn't. The Clintons have been for them forever 40 years since they met in college. The GOP has been against it. Trump has certainly not shown how he is for them and his vile attacks on Hillary are not the way to show that he is.
He lives in a glass house. If he is going to use this argument in the general, it's going to be a very tough one for the Republican party.
"Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, increasingly focusing on Hillary Clinton rather than his GOP rivals, says he's not concerned by reports Bill Clinton will soon hit the trail for the Clinton campaign."
"I think that Bill Clinton turned out to be a liability against Obama when [Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama] ran against each other in 2008," Trump said Sunday morning on "Fox and Friends." "If you look at that whole campaign, it was a mess. [Bill Clinton] said things that were very problematic and troublesome ... certainly Bill Clinton is not going to be the end-all in the campaign."
"Trump also explained his charge, made in a tweet Saturday night, that Bill Clinton has a "penchant for sexism." In the tweet, Trump said "Hillary Clinton has announced that she is letting her husband out to campaign but HE'S DEMONSTRATED A PENCHANT FOR SEXISM, so inappropriate!"
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-sexist-bill-clinton-wont-help-hillary/article/2579113
He's obvoiusly referring to Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, etc. He wants to re-litigate the 90s, in other words. He might want to recall how that movie played out-it didn't work. The more the GOP pursued the 'bimbo eruptions' and assorted faux scandals like Whitewater, the higher Bill Clinton's poll numbers rose and the more it hurt the Republican party itself-they actually lost five seats in the off year election of 1998.
No one mentions that stuff today as it didn't work. Trump now seems to think that reminding Americans of the 90s scandals will harm the Clintons. It won't-Americans have seen this movie before.
The Clintons are not the Bushes; they've had all the mud in the world thrown their way and it never ends up sticking-which is why their enemies hate them so much.
As for Trump he doesn't seem to know what sexism means. What makes Clinton a sexist? Because he has cheated on his wife on occasion? Admittedly that's not a great character trait-perhaps he's outgrown that now-I don't now either way.
But if so, he shares it with a lot of men-including Trump, which is another reason why this will not be productive terrain for him to try to plume-for the general election. Obviously it helps him in the primary.
Trump has cheated on each of his ex wives with the next in line. I also get it that Trump might bring up Juanita Broaddrick back in the 90s the Right pushed a rumor that Clinton had raped her.
Again, Trump lives in the wrong house to be going here as Ivana Trump claimed in her own book that Trump had raped her-for of all things out of anger that he didn't like what her hair specialist did to his hair.
But what this whole Clinton is a sexist meme does is misconstrue what sexism is. For one thing, it's not clear why Hillary should be guilty for the crimes of her husband-as far as his adultery was concerned she was the true victim not all these Right wing phonies exploiting her pain.
But you could say that sexism has its individual, its institutional, and it's structural dimension. At most, you could say that cheating on one's wife is individual sexism. In truth, I'm not sure that simple adultery is sexism per se.
There is also institutional and structural sexism. and on this Bill Clinton at least has been on the side of angels. Certainly compared with his GOP enemies whose goal was to turn back the clock. Indeed, you could say that unlike Trump marrying eye candy half his age, Clinton is standing by the woman now who stood by him all these years.
But on an institutional level in particular the GOP record is horrible. We have Rubio who doesn't believe in exceptions for rape and incest. We have Trump's many attacks on women's looks-which is more individual sexism such as he's trying to accuse Bill Clinton of.
It's pretty clear who is for women's rights and who isn't. The Clintons have been for them forever 40 years since they met in college. The GOP has been against it. Trump has certainly not shown how he is for them and his vile attacks on Hillary are not the way to show that he is.
He lives in a glass house. If he is going to use this argument in the general, it's going to be a very tough one for the Republican party.
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