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Camille Paglia: How Bill Clinton is like Bill Cosby

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TUESDAY, JUL 28, 2015 06:00 AM EDT

In exclusive Salon interview, the cultural critic finds parallels between Cosby and Clinton, takes down modern p.c.

DAVID DALEY

Over the next two days, she’ll hold forth on the GOP presidential field in devastating ways, and offer surprising thoughts on how she thinks Clinton vs Sanders will end. We start today with thoughts on Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton, campus political correctness and modern feminism.

The banner on the Drudge Report this morning is that Kathleen Willey is starting a site to collect harassment claims against Bill Clinton. New York magazine, meanwhile, has the stories of 35 women who say they were raped or assaulted by Bill Cosby. I wonder if you see a connection between the two stories: Would Bill Clinton’s exploits be viewed more like Cosby’s if he was in the White House now, instead of in the 1990s?

Right from the start, when the Bill Cosby scandal surfaced, I knew it was not going to bode well for Hillary’s campaign, because young women today have a much lower threshold for tolerance of these matters. The horrible truth is that the feminist establishment in the U.S., led by Gloria Steinem, did in fact apply a double standard to Bill Clinton’s behavior because he was a Democrat. The Democratic president and administration supported abortion rights, and therefore it didn’t matter what his personal behavior was.

But we’re living in a different time right now, and young women have absolutely no memory of Bill Clinton. It’s like ancient history for them; there’s no reservoir of accumulated good will. And the actual facts of the matter are that Bill Clinton was a serial abuser of working-class women–he had exploited that power differential even in Arkansas.  And then in the case of Monica Lewinsky–I mean, the failure on the part of Gloria Steinem and company to protect her was an absolute disgrace in feminist history! What bigger power differential could there be than between the president of the United States and this poor innocent girl? Not only an intern but clearly a girl who had a kind.

https://www.salon.com/2015/07/28/camille_paglia_how_bill_clinton_is_like_bill_cosby/

15 thoughts on “Camille Paglia: How Bill Clinton is like Bill Cosby

  1. Both men seem to be pigs that being said i do not recall any one saying Clinton went after women that were drunk or that he supplied them or added drugs to whatever they were drinking. Cosby seems to be worse and Bill is not running for office.

  2. @4.13pm: Yes, Bill is not running for office. However, he is now out stumping for his wife, who is running for President. Her main platform is women’s rights. I’m not going to ask if you see the problem as you are clearly for Hilary, no matter what. I do, however, think this stuff resonates with people who have a degree of political honesty in them.

  3. Clinton is not a drugging rapist.

  4. So how would you like it if your 22 year old daughter was interning for the head of General Motors and she came home with a stain on her blue dress?

  5. what your daughter does is her business.

    Bill Clinton still has high approval ratings. Your attempts to tarnish his name are pitiful.

    The Republican party will go down in flames because they have allowed Trump to shoot off his big mouth and pretend to speak for the party. The post mortem after 2012 showed that they needed to reach out to women and minorities. They have done the opposite.

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/6-big-takeaways-from-the-rnc-s-incredible-2012-autopsy

  6. Bill Clinton is a sleaze bag from down south who disgraced the office of the president.
    He led the decline of morals in this country with his conduct.

  7. Slick Willie, we all made money!

  8. Glad to see that Camille has finally grown a pair and knocked her former hierophant, Bill Clinton.

  9. In the case of Hillary running for president, the bottom line, it doesn’t matter what either Bill C did. It matters what Hillary did to the lives and careers of the victims of her husbands actions. That, is what should be brought into question.

  10. Hillary Clinton is rumming for president, not her husband. Thought most of you could tell the difference between the two.

    That being said, if Bill Clinton could run again he would win easily – none of the Republicans could come close. No matter how low some people go to criticize him, Americans remember a great presidency.

  11. There are a lot of “victims” in Ridgewood too. Lots of married men who cheat. I know women two who forgave. When you criticize Hillary for what Bill did are you also criticizing other women who decided to make their marriages work?

    What can we do to support these wives? Think global act local.

  12. I Googled Camille Paglia – never heard of her.

    She is a social critic who regularly takes on liberals. So what maked her complaint worthy of our review? If I wanted to listen to this nonsense I would just call my brother.

    1. you need to get out more

  13. “Clinton is not a drugging rapist.”

    … He just likes sharing a nice cigar with his concubines.

  14. @508… I’m sure he had jello pudding pops in the fridge too….

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