Fifteen years ago, perhaps the most serious allegation ever levied against a sitting U.S. president – a nationally televised accusation of forcible rape, widely regarded by the public as credible – came to light. Yet Bill Clinton not only survived the allegation, he also survived an impeachment that included other sexually lurid charges and went on to become the beloved elder statesman of the Democratic Party.
Today, news headlines almost daily include political sex scandals, including these recent instances:
- Ex-congressman Anthony Weiner is running for mayor of New York City despite his obsession with electronically sending graphic sexual images of himself to young women.
- Former governor Eliot Spitzer, running for New York City comptroller, ignores recent polls showing 59 percent of New Yorkers view him unfavorably. He fell from power after public revelation that he patronized prostitutes.
- San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, a Democrat, like Weiner and Spitzer, has vowed to “get help” for his “problems” – he’s accused of bullying, badgering and abusing women – but then cut out of rehab after only one week.
Illinois-based clinical psychologist Dr. Dathan Paterno blames the arrogant attitude displayed by today’s politician-perpetrators directly on Clinton.
“Modern-era politicians like Weiner, Spitzer and Filner are nothing if not good historians. They merely have to recall the survival of their patron sinner Bill Clinton and realize that all scandals are eminently survivable – for liberals, that is. All that is required is for the leftist band of brothers – media, political allies, and the voters who most aggressively and eagerly suck at the government teat – to distract, rationalize, and minimize,” Paterno said.
“Then the power carries on, transfers and remains,” he said. The men who use and abuse women in these ways retain their power and money. Only the victims are left broken, and in debt and depression. Their voices are quiet.”
When it comes to alleged Clinton victims, Broaddrick is hardly alone. The list of women who accused Clinton of sexual misdeeds reads like a beauty pageant lineup, including: Elizabeth Ward, Miss America 1981; Sally Miller Perdue, former Miss Arkansas; Gennifer Flowers, an aspiring singer and nightclub performer; Monica Lewinsky, a Beverly Hills prep school daughter of a divorced doctor and reporter. Each had life experiences that led to a vulnerability that some say predators can identify.
One, who did not want her name to be used, said Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin, Weiner’s wife and close assistant to Hillary Clinton, aren’t “standing by their men” as is commonly said. Rather, they’re standing on the heads of the women their husbands have victimized.
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