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... unless my husband is the one doing the harrassing

"As women and as lawyers, we must never again shy from raising our voices against sexual harassment" 

-Hillary Clinton
“Sexual harassment decried | Hillary Clinton, Anita Hill join in call to ABA for vigilance”
San Diego Union-Tribune
By Lorie Hearn

August 10, 1992

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NOW Statement on Bill Clinton Sexual Harassment Case

April 1998- The New York Times reports that great concern was raised in the women's rights community by President Bill Clinton's successful defense of charges of sexual harassment allegedly directed at Paula Jones. (The ruling was appealed by Ms. Jones and later settled out of court.)

Women's advocates worried that the dismissal could make men feel safer about making sexual advances on their female co-workers, and lead women to believe that they have no recourse. In her suit, Ms. Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, charged that while Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton exposed himself to her and asked for oral sex. She accused him of having ruined her career with the state as payback for her refusal.

''If the C.E.O. of your company has you escorted to his room, strokes your hair, drops his pants, fondles his p***s and tells you to kiss it, that changes your job, immediately, in a lasting way,'' said Kathy Rodgers, executive director of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. ''The law on sexual harassment is supposed to deter that kind of conduct.

''This decision might leave employers saying that as long as you harass one woman at a time, and only once, you don't have a problem. And it may leave women feeling there's nothing they can do about serial gropers.''

“A Cause for Relief and Concern on Sex Harassment”
New York Times
By Tamar Lewin
April 3, 1998

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Former Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) on Hillary Clinton

Former Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) on a Healthcare Meeting with First Lady Hillary Clinton Where She Threatened to “Demonize” Anyone Who Proposed Changes to Her Plan: 

"That was it for me in terms of Hillary Clinton. You don't tell members of the Senate you are going to demonize them. It was obviously so basic to who she is. The arrogance. The assumption that people with questions are enemies. The disdain. The hypocrisy."   

“A Woman In Charge”
Carl Bernstein (reporter of Watergate fame)

Knopf, 2007
p304

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On this date in Hillar-istory- 1996

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press releases the results of a poll, in which people were asked "what word best describes Hillary Rodham Clinton".  The top 3 responses: 

1- Intelligent

2- Smart

3- "Rhymes with rich" 

“Democratic Congressional Prospects Improve”
People-Press.org
April 5, 1996

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On this date in Hillar-istory- 1992

Hillary Clinton Apologizes for Rumor Mongering

"It was a mistake.  People were asking me questions at the time and I responded, but nobody knows better than I the pain that can be caused by ever discussing rumors in private conversation." 

- Hillary Clinton apologizing for passing on unsubstantiated innuendo about alleged extramarital affairs of George H.W. Bush that appeared in an interview published in the May 1992 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. 

Gail Sheehy, who interviewed Hillary Clinton for the article, said that she had spoken to Mrs. Clinton shortly before the interview was published, and said that Mrs. Clinton "didn't back away from it." 

“Candidate's Wife; Hillary Clinton: Speaking About Rumors”
New York Times
By Deborah Sontag
Press date: April 5, 1992

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Hillary Clinton Meets Man Who Gave Her 2 L's

April 1995- The photo op of a lifetime was almost missed, as logistical problems almost prevented Hillary and Chelsea from meeting Sir Edmund Hillary.  Mrs. Clinton, who was traveling with her daughter on a goodwill mission to India, was to spend an evening with Sir Edmund Hillary, for whom the First Lady claims to have been named.  Due to mechanical problems, Sir Edmund's flight from New Zealand had been delayed, and their time together was unfortunately limited to a few minutes on the airport runway. 

Mrs. Clinton confessed that her mother, Dorothy Rodham, had read an article about the intrepid Edmund Hillary, a one-time beekeeper who had taken to mountain climbing, when she was pregnant with her daughter in 1947 and liked the name.  

"It had two l's, which is how she thought she was supposed to spell Hillary," Mrs. Clinton told reporters after the brief meeting on the tarmac, minutes before her Air Force jet flew past the peak of Everest itself. "So when I was born, she called me Hillary, and she always told me it's because of Sir Edmund Hillary." 

“Hillary Clinton Meets Man Who Gave Her 2 L's”
New York Times
By Todd S. Purdum

Press date: April 3, 1995

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Rumor Mongering

"She (Cox Newspapers Chairwoman Anne Cox Chambers)'s sittin' there in her sun room saying, 'You know, I just don't understand why they think they can get away with this  -- everybody knows about George Bush,' and then launches into this long description of, you know, Bush and his carrying on, all of which is apparently well-known in Washington." 

-Hillary Clinton
“Hillary Clinton Sees Double Standard On Bush Sex Life”
Reuters

April 4, 1992

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April Fool!

"Hillary Clinton was principal for a day at a New York City middle school. Apparently the kids loved it, because they could all fool around and she had no idea that anything was going on." 

  -Conan O'Brien (May 1999) 
“Best Quotes of 1999”
Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 2, 2000

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From the National Organization for Women (NOW) endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President:

At the national level, NOW PAC will work to increase public awareness of the extraordinary career, accomplishments and leadership of Senator Clinton. Our members will conduct voter registration drives, make phone calls and go door to door to encourage women to vote as if their future depended on it, because it does. Finally, we will help elect feminist candidates to the House and Senate who will work with President Clinton to undo the damage done by the Bush administration. 

“Statement of NOW PAC Chair Kim Gandy”
www.now.org

March 28, 2007

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Hillary Clinton and the sweatshop tycoon of Saipan

March 2006- The Hill reported on Sen. Hillary Clinton's acceptance of campaign donations from an alleged sweatshop operator
 
According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records, Willie Tan and members of his family contributed a total of $8,000 to "Friends of Hillary", the Senator's political action committee in late 2005.

Willie Tan has received great levels of condemnation from Democrats in the U.S. Congress, who accuse him of paying his garment factory workers substandard wages.  He has also cultivated relationships with Washington insiders to continue his home territory of the Marianas Protectorate's exemption from U.S. labor laws. 

“Hillary Clinton and the sweatshop tycoon of Saipan”
The Hill
By Byron York

March 16, 2006

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On this date in Hillar-istory- 1992

"I've never broken a state law, but when I was in England I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it. I didn't inhale it, and never tried it again."  

-Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton
“Clinton Admits Experiment With Marijuana in 1960's”
New York Times
By Gwen Ifill

Press date: March 30, 1992

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On this date in Hillar-istory- 2006

Sen. Hillary Clinton votes AGAINST Senate Amendment No. 3176, which would have established a Senate Office of Public Integrity, an independent body of non-Senators who would be authorized to investigate and report on alleged ethical violations by U.S. Senators.
 
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On this date in Hillar-istory- 1992

"The thing with Clinton is that you have a scandal a week"

-Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton's 1992
Presidential primary opponent
“Clinton Denies Wrongdoing In Aiding Change In Ethics Bill"
St. Petersburg Times
Press date: March 28, 1992

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Arkansas Ethics

March 1992- The New York Times reports that, while Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton and his advisers made last minute changes to a proposed ethics law, in order to delete any conflict-of-interest provisions for the Governor.

If subject to the law's conflict-of-interest provision, Gov. Clinton would have had to disclose all transactions in which his "duties would include the taking of an action or the making of a decision that may cause financial benefit or detriment to him, to a member of the public servant’s family or a business in which he or she is an officer, director, stockholder owning more than 10 percent of the stock of the company, owner, trustee, partner or employee, which is distinguishable from the effects of the action from the public generally or a broad segment of the public, shall: prepare a written statement describing the matter requiring the action or decision and stating the potential conflict."

Then-Gov. Clinton's wife, Hillary, was a partner in the Rose Law Firm, which did business for the State, and also had a significant level of business representing clients in disputes with the State.  If subject to this law, Gov. Clinton would have had to report all such conflicts-of-interest periodically.

 

“Candidate's Record; Clinton Worked to Exempt His Office From Ethics Code"
 by Jeff Gerth
 March 27, 1992
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On this date in Hillar-istory- 2004

Sen. Hillary Clinton votes AGAINST law to protect unborn children from assault and murder during the commission of a crime of violence against the mother-to-be.

votesmart.org
 Vote date March 25, 2004
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