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JMCKUSICK

(5,367 posts)
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 08:30 PM 8 hrs ago

So let me get this straight (trigger warning)

Bill Clinton got impeached for getting a blowjob from a consenting adult, but not a whisper from the same people when Trump gets credibly accused of molesting children?

WTF

Why isn't every reporter in the USA asking about this?

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So let me get this straight (trigger warning) (Original Post) JMCKUSICK 8 hrs ago OP
Everyone knew the con was a rapist and they knew he hung out with Epstein who was convicted of raping children Quiet Em 8 hrs ago #1
I'm just stunned that there's literally zero blowback for what's in those files. JMCKUSICK 7 hrs ago #4
Just proof that MAGATS don't really give a damn B.See 5 hrs ago #15
Are any of the news stations they watch even covering this? JMCKUSICK 5 hrs ago #17
Wouldn't know because B.See 4 hrs ago #24
He was impeached for lying about it under oath. Not the act itself. n/t Ms. Toad 8 hrs ago #2
Isn't tRump lying about it too? debm55 7 hrs ago #3
There is a legal difference between lying and lying under oath. Ms. Toad 7 hrs ago #6
Technically, you're right, but the OP still makes a valid point FoxNewsSucks 5 hrs ago #11
Had it been phrased that way - Ms. Toad 5 hrs ago #13
I know, and I have always appreciated your posts FoxNewsSucks 4 hrs ago #22
In reality, he was impeached because they could impeach him. They don't give a damn about crimes unblock 2 hrs ago #27
I want to the dark side and there was not one topic on epstein Tribetime 7 hrs ago #5
Are you surprised? JMCKUSICK 6 hrs ago #10
his orange ass should be in jail. IzzaNuDay 7 hrs ago #7
...along with the rest of his stinking carcass.... lastlib 5 hrs ago #16
Reporters not asking questions because they fear what the president will do FullySupportDems 7 hrs ago #8
The cultists are so deep in Bettie 7 hrs ago #9
Because the times and the rules have changed. Trump changed them. Marie Marie 5 hrs ago #12
Amazing what one psychopath can accomplish. OGBuzz 4 hrs ago #20
All of a sudden the standard bearer for "decency" is Marjory Taylor Greene? FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #14
The US media isn't AWOL, they've just been bought and subjugated FoxNewsSucks 4 hrs ago #23
Republicans only care about political power and most of our media is in the tank for them. W_HAMILTON 5 hrs ago #18
Everything Epstein was doing his best friend of 15 years was doing also. OGBuzz 5 hrs ago #19
Right, just like every other word out of his mouth. JMCKUSICK 4 hrs ago #21
Wilhoit's Law usonian 3 hrs ago #25
I forgot that idiom JMCKUSICK 2 hrs ago #26

Quiet Em

(2,616 posts)
1. Everyone knew the con was a rapist and they knew he hung out with Epstein who was convicted of raping children
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 08:34 PM
8 hrs ago

and some people in this country voted for him anyway.

It's all so disgusting.

JMCKUSICK

(5,367 posts)
4. I'm just stunned that there's literally zero blowback for what's in those files.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:00 PM
7 hrs ago

Drip, drip, drip

B.See

(7,969 posts)
15. Just proof that MAGATS don't really give a damn
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:27 PM
5 hrs ago

about what they CLAIM to care about. They only care if it "owns the libs."

Anyone who expects any better of them is a damned fool.

B.See

(7,969 posts)
24. Wouldn't know because
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:24 AM
4 hrs ago

I don't watch the news stations they watch (for network evening news I only watch ABCs World News Tonight w David Muir and various shows on MS Now). The rest from online news aggregators, and I decidedly refuse to click on the rw rags like Fux, etc.

But IF they're covering it I'm sure it'd be everyone but Trump, or it'd be spun into some "fake news liberal conspiracy."

they're immune to facts because they're a CULT.

Ms. Toad

(38,389 posts)
6. There is a legal difference between lying and lying under oath.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:04 PM
7 hrs ago

Not to mention that Clinton admitted lying - so the perjury was admitted to. With Trump, he took the stand in the E. Jean Carroll case for all of 3 minutes, said nothing substantive, and did not admit to lying. So there would need to be a trial to prove perjury.

But my point is that Clinton wasn't impeached for a blow job. He was impeached for perjury. So the analogy in the OP is not relevant.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,527 posts)
11. Technically, you're right, but the OP still makes a valid point
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:08 PM
5 hrs ago

They were "outraged" about a bj from a consenting adult, and are silent about raping children.

Ms. Toad

(38,389 posts)
13. Had it been phrased that way -
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:14 PM
5 hrs ago

instead of asserting Clinton was impeached for a sex act - I wouldn't have responded as I did.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,527 posts)
22. I know, and I have always appreciated your posts
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:59 PM
4 hrs ago

I've not always been able to give a timely response, but do give a lot of consideration to your pov.

unblock

(56,059 posts)
27. In reality, he was impeached because they could impeach him. They don't give a damn about crimes
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:06 AM
2 hrs ago

They all supported an actual convicted felon.

They've given Donnie a pass for who knows how many impeachable offenses.

They have *zero* principles whatsoever other than blind, misplaced loyalty.

Tribetime

(7,094 posts)
5. I want to the dark side and there was not one topic on epstein
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:03 PM
7 hrs ago

So all the maggot that wanted to have the files released now.Have nothing to say about it and ignore it

IzzaNuDay

(1,254 posts)
7. his orange ass should be in jail.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:07 PM
7 hrs ago

I don’t know exactly how accurate it is but child s3x abusers have to be isolated from the general prison population. They are not tolerated. the orange one deserves such treatment…

lastlib

(27,756 posts)
16. ...along with the rest of his stinking carcass....
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:34 PM
5 hrs ago

It should literally be a life sentence for him, b/c he wouldn't live to serve the full sentence he should get. I would praise Baby Jesus to see him die in prison.

FullySupportDems

(420 posts)
8. Reporters not asking questions because they fear what the president will do
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:15 PM
7 hrs ago

That's straight up censorship, right? He definitely retaliates.

Bettie

(19,415 posts)
9. The cultists are so deep in
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:21 PM
7 hrs ago

that he could literally rape their children and grandchildren in front of them and they would simply gush about how wonderful he is at abusing the children and how lucky they were to have it happen.

Look at what's happening in their churches? No drag queens molesting children, but tons of pastors and youth pastors.

Right wing evangelical churches are full of men who think that women and children's bodies belong to them.

OGBuzz

(77 posts)
20. Amazing what one psychopath can accomplish.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:49 PM
4 hrs ago

But then I think Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler and I'm no longer amazed.

FakeNoose

(40,621 posts)
14. All of a sudden the standard bearer for "decency" is Marjory Taylor Greene?
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:17 PM
5 hrs ago

The rest of the Repukes are just silent nodding to everything Chump says ...



The US media has gone awol ....

W_HAMILTON

(10,213 posts)
18. Republicans only care about political power and most of our media is in the tank for them.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:39 PM
5 hrs ago

We are the only ones that rush to kneecap our candidates over ultimately insignificant things to maintain the moral high ground.

And Republicans and the media in the tank for them have and will happily use this against us to further their political agenda.

OGBuzz

(77 posts)
19. Everything Epstein was doing his best friend of 15 years was doing also.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:39 PM
5 hrs ago

Trump said that he never set foot on Epstein's plane and then we found out that he was a frequent flier, with at least 8 entries in the flight logs. Every Trump denial is just another Trump lie.

usonian

(24,023 posts)
25. Wilhoit's Law
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:14 AM
3 hrs ago

Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition … There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
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