The media making Weinstein a Clinton scandal is pretty definitive proof that if it wasnt the emails

[tenderfoot]

...it would have been something else.

HRC has endured more vitriolic misogyny on a slow Tuesday than most of us in our lives.

[samnsara]

1. makes me support her even more.....

.....if its not one male its another.....

[Kingofalldems]

2. His own wife didn't know--yet Hillary is at fault.

Unbelievable.

[JI7]

3. They are the reason the russian propaganda and other bs has influence

[malaise]

9. The Russians got it from them

believe me

[emulatorloo]

4. This pisses me off so badly. Some DU'ers feeding at the RW propaganda trough too.

Next we'll hear Hillary and Obama forced Weinstein to abuse those women.

[Paladin]

6. Why all those individuals haven't been banned is a mystery to me. (nt)

[JI7]

10. Especially since most are right wing trolls

Only attack democrats and only defend republicans

[bobbieinok]

5. Agreed.

Would attack any democrat . No democrat since FDR has been considered a legitimate president. FDR was considered a traitor to his class. JFK was assassinated. And horror of horrors, LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act; the nerve of someone, a prsident no less, thinking 'those people' had any rights!!

[DK504]

15. And FDR was nearly thrown out via a coup.

So these "titans of industry" care only about themselves.

Even after the Nixon debacle we still had a chance, then Regan, he set the hatred meter up with his racial garbage and never turned it down. It was always an issue with him, every one but him and his pals were lessers. He made the country believe we were less than and he strolled in and began ripping everything apart.

The media has never done a real expose on the damage he did to the country, I doubt they ever will.

[maddiemom]

27. Sad and outrageous that the Republicans tried to build Reagan into an icon.

It became nauseating. The last good Republican president was Eisenhower, but even Nixon, obsessed with his legacy, did more good and less harm than St. Ronnie in terms of policy.

[TheMastersNemesis]

51. You Forgot Bobby Was Assassinated. That Story Has Never Been Correctly Told.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. I'm sure in an alternate universe somewhere....

.....they'd be demanding a Congressional investigation regarding President Clinton, demanding with feigned outrage "What did she know and when did she know it?"

Because some realities change, and others don't.

[meadowlark5]

8. Good grief! She isn't even anything in congress

Nothing like aiding and abetting Trump and his deplorables. SHE'S NOT PRESIDENT! She's not a representative, she's not a senator. She is a private citizen now. So what the hell difference does it make if a presidential candidate who lost their election once took donations from a sexual predator? It has no bearing on us as a whole. If she were president, then go ahead and try to make hay out of it. But she's not.

Seems there is plenty of news they could "report" on instead of reaching with Hillary and Weinstein. It's not like the deplorable in chief isn't constantly providing them with shit to ruminate on every minute.

[mythology]

11. The email issue is what stuck because it fed on her image

She was already viewed as edging on the line after things like white water. Whether that was deserved or not is irrelevant. But things like Benghazi didn't. I don't think the Weinstein stuff would stick to Hillary either.

[robbob]

45. The fact that Whitewater,

A failed real estate deal in which the Clintons LOST money, ever became a "scandal" in the first place is a testimony to just how biased the American media really is. Not to mention the corruption of the Repigs, who's first appointed investigator into Whitewater found the Clintons guilty of no wrongdoing, which necessitated the appointment of Ken Starr, who proceeded to take the proceedings into all kinds of bizarre and irrelevant directions searching for some mud that would stick to Bill Clinton.

Many years and much money later he came up with...a blow job.

[Irish_Dem]

12. It was never about the emails. nt

[UCmeNdc]

13. The media should be making Weinstein a Trump scandal

Trump did the exact same thing as Weinstein.

[JI7]

14. But trump did give some money to hillarys senate campaign so maybe the media will demand Hillary

Apologize for and be held responsible for trumps pussy grabbing .

[agingdem]

17. It is a false equivalency story

and it's a non-story...Harvey Weinstein is a sexual predator...how shocking!...sarcasm intended. When Rachel wastes her precious on-air time on this dreck instead of methodically laying out a case for impeaching the Pussy-Grabber-In-Chief I get pissed and click her off. BTW Hillary is a big girl...she doesn't need us defending her..she needs us to prove her right!!

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[RobinA]

41. +2

Talk about a distraction. Movie mogul is a lech, film at 11.

[Initech]

16. It's not about Hillary.

It's about a party that's become so fucking drunk with power that they'll do anything to silence the opposition. Shit, they are that batshit crazy that they'd revoke the first, fourth, and fifth amendments if they could.

[Not Ruth]

22. It is about Hollywood, look at Matt and Ben

[Initech]

23. The republicans want to take down Hollywood.

Because, liberal derangement syndrome. Looks like they might get their wish.

[Not Ruth]

31. Does Samantha Bee want to take down Hollywood?

https://www.facebook.com/fullfrontalsamb/videos/2103007699926865/

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

53. I'm afraid you might be right. Unfortunately, Hollywood handed the Rethugs the rope to hang em with.

[tenderfoot]

54. Are you suggesting there are no conservatives in the entertainment business?

If so, explain Steve Bannon.

Explain 'The Apprentice'.

Explain 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians'.

Explain Clint Eastwood.

Explain 'Duck Dynasty'.

etc...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

55. No, not suggesting that at all... please don't put words in my mouth. Thanks.

[maddiemom]

33. McConnell is a snake, and Ryan an ineffectual wimp,

but they still managed to do much harm. I still love to see tRump and Mitch at odds.

[oberliner]

19. It should be a humanity scandal

And a climate should be created where more people feel comfortable enough to tell their own stories about their own Harvey Weinsteins.

People who engage in this behavior need to face consequences. Too many have gotten away with it for too long.

Everyone should be rallying together in the fight to end, or at least curb, the continuing exploitation of young vulnerable women (and men).

Encouraging to see so many people doing that.

We ought to do what we can to help give folks the courage to come forward and tell their own stories so that steps can be taken, where appropriate, to bring the criminals to account and make others think twice about engaging in such reprehensible behavior.

[IronLionZion]

21. I'm still not sure what this story has to do with Hillary

All sorts of people donate money to politicians. We certainly didn't elect Weinstein for president, or to any office.

Should we add a questionnaire to all campaign donations: "Have you ever been a creep?"

[oberliner]

36. Harvey Weinstein is one of the Democratic Party's most prolific donors

Thus, many Democrats, including HRC, have condemned him in the strongest possible terms and are donating money to causes that fight for women

[IronLionZion]

47. I got that. I just don't see how it's scandalous for Hillary to have accepted donations

She wasn't going around grabbing men's dicks and bragging about getting away with it for being rich and famous. She's no Donald Trump. And she says she didn't know and I believe her.

And we can't screen everyone who donates to political parties. Although if we did, we might ruin the GOP fundraising machine once and for all.

[oberliner]

50. I don't find that to be scandalous

Are there non-RW people who do?

I think HRC has handled it exactly right. She gave a strong statement condemning him and pledged to donate whatever money her campaign received from him to women's charities.

[rainin]

24. I thought we knew it wasn't the emails

when the entire trump cabal was discovered to be conducting government business on private email servers. They suddenly stopped caring as soon as he was sworn in.

Has anyone heard it mentioned?

[maddiemom]

25. YES!

The guts this woman has showed over the years puts other "politicians" to shame. Nitpicking and "politics as usual" aside, she would have been a strong leader, like her or not.

[PatSeg]

26. That's the way it has been for Hillary

for decades. Few people could endure the endless attacks that she has.

[uponit7771]

32. It's 100% false that it was to avoid FOI

[JHan]

35. No that's your disgusting spin.

It was not to avoid FOI. Just stop. This has been debunked a zillion times.

[DownriverDem]

29. Won't fly

The majority of the country will not buy it.

[tblue37]

30. K&R. This is an absolute truth. nt

[Lithos]

37. The media has long been apologists for people like Trump, Ailes and Weinstein

Makes me think it's a good old boy's club who protect their own.

L-

[HipChick]

39. The media has made Hillary more accountable than Trump for his own sexual assault scandals..

[-Steph-]

40. Republicans will try whatever tactics they can to deflect attention away from the shit-show that

is their party. They're constantly flinging crap against the wall to see what sticks. This is just their latest pile. They know there isn't anything that unites their base quicker than their obsessive hatred for Clinton and Obama. Any chance they get to feed that hatred and turn attention away from their own wrongdoings , they're going to run with it, and run with it.. and run with it some more.

[L. Coyote]

42. Democrats are responsible for the actions of donors, while Republicans take money from Russia?

Not to mention, blame the only women in the room for the bad behavior by the worst man in the room!

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[JHan]

44. It's crazy.

[dlk]

46. The Blame Women First Propaganda Machine is Very Real

[loyalsister]

48. Seems like the hysterical defense is whats is keeping this going

The mention of Clinton is a distraction from the pattern of harrassment by men with power. Trump, Cosby, and Weinstein are cut from the same cloth. But, they're just three high profile guys who got caught as it continues unchallenged in ordinary life.

Dismissing what has been exposed as a political attack is a symptom that only benefits the culture that objectifies women to continue. "Who cares about those women, it's all about Hillary" benefits the accused. We shouldn't fall for it.

[Progressive dog]

49. The Republican & now Russian-Trump

political machines have been after HRC, starting with Whitewater and even trying to turn the suicide of Vince Foster into a murder to shut him up.
There is a multi-million dollar industry built around destroying Hillary. Now they are working to prevent her from running again.

[WinkyDink]

52. Yep. And any "Clinton Caught In Sex Scandal!" sells. ALL Democrats need to say: "This is not a

political issue. Mr. Weinstein is not a politician. Taking money from Russia and Putin IS a political issue."

[RainCaster]

56. It's all about Ben Gozzy

or whoever that guy is that help Hillary get an email account that wasn't hacked.