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JMCKUSICK

(5,563 posts)
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 08:30 PM Feb 2

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 Feb 2 OP
Everyone knew the con was a rapist and they knew he hung out with Epstein who was convicted of raping children Quiet Em Feb 2 #1
I'm just stunned that there's literally zero blowback for what's in those files. JMCKUSICK Feb 2 #4
Just proof that MAGATS don't really give a damn B.See Feb 2 #15
Are any of the news stations they watch even covering this? JMCKUSICK Feb 2 #17
Wouldn't know because B.See Feb 3 #24
He was impeached for lying about it under oath. Not the act itself. n/t Ms. Toad Feb 2 #2
Isn't tRump lying about it too? debm55 Feb 2 #3
There is a legal difference between lying and lying under oath. Ms. Toad Feb 2 #6
Technically, you're right, but the OP still makes a valid point FoxNewsSucks Feb 2 #11
Had it been phrased that way - Ms. Toad Feb 2 #13
I know, and I have always appreciated your posts FoxNewsSucks Feb 2 #22
In reality, he was impeached because they could impeach him. They don't give a damn about crimes unblock Feb 3 #27
While correct, it doesn't change the accuracy of the OP. Ms. Toad Feb 3 #30
I want to the dark side and there was not one topic on epstein Tribetime Feb 2 #5
Are you surprised? JMCKUSICK Feb 2 #10
his orange ass should be in jail. IzzaNuDay Feb 2 #7
...along with the rest of his stinking carcass.... lastlib Feb 2 #16
Reporters not asking questions because they fear what the president will do FullySupportDems Feb 2 #8
The cultists are so deep in Bettie Feb 2 #9
Because the times and the rules have changed. Trump changed them. Marie Marie Feb 2 #12
Amazing what one psychopath can accomplish. OGBuzz Feb 2 #20
All of a sudden the standard bearer for "decency" is Marjory Taylor Greene? FakeNoose Feb 2 #14
The US media isn't AWOL, they've just been bought and subjugated FoxNewsSucks Feb 3 #23
Unfortunately, that's true JMCKUSICK Feb 3 #29
Republicans only care about political power and most of our media is in the tank for them. W_HAMILTON Feb 2 #18
Everything Epstein was doing his best friend of 15 years was doing also. OGBuzz Feb 2 #19
Right, just like every other word out of his mouth. JMCKUSICK Feb 2 #21
Wilhoit's Law usonian Feb 3 #25
I forgot that idiom JMCKUSICK Feb 3 #26
Why isn't 💩 ing in public big news? We all have seen the clip.nt MaeScott Feb 3 #28

Quiet Em

(2,650 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
Feb 2

and some people in this country voted for him anyway.

It's all so disgusting.

B.See

(8,059 posts)
15. Just proof that MAGATS don't really give a damn
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:27 PM
Feb 2

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

(8,059 posts)
24. Wouldn't know because
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:24 AM
Feb 3

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

(38,421 posts)
6. There is a legal difference between lying and lying under oath.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:04 PM
Feb 2

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

(11,565 posts)
11. Technically, you're right, but the OP still makes a valid point
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:08 PM
Feb 2

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

Ms. Toad

(38,421 posts)
13. Had it been phrased that way -
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:14 PM
Feb 2

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

FoxNewsSucks

(11,565 posts)
22. I know, and I have always appreciated your posts
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:59 PM
Feb 2

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

unblock

(56,086 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
Feb 3

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.

Ms. Toad

(38,421 posts)
30. While correct, it doesn't change the accuracy of the OP.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:07 PM
Feb 3

The impeachment was not for receiving a blow job. It was for perjury. The motivation for pursuing impeachment doesn't change that.

Tribetime

(7,104 posts)
5. I want to the dark side and there was not one topic on epstein
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:03 PM
Feb 2

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

IzzaNuDay

(1,264 posts)
7. his orange ass should be in jail.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:07 PM
Feb 2

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

(27,827 posts)
16. ...along with the rest of his stinking carcass....
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:34 PM
Feb 2

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

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

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

Bettie

(19,454 posts)
9. The cultists are so deep in
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:21 PM
Feb 2

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.

FakeNoose

(40,798 posts)
14. All of a sudden the standard bearer for "decency" is Marjory Taylor Greene?
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:17 PM
Feb 2

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



The US media has gone awol ....

W_HAMILTON

(10,244 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
Feb 2

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

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

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

(24,166 posts)
25. Wilhoit's Law
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:14 AM
Feb 3

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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