This despite the absurdity of one hour condemning the President's actions on the House floor and the next hour running to the White House lawn to charge that Republicans have been overly partisan. Nor did the media enjoy their greatest day. As I see it, feminists also suffered damage. Those who spoke out forcefully against Clarence Thomas and Bob Packwood were nearly silent on Bill Clinton, even as the President's legal team attacked his female accusers with the worst kind of character assassination. You have to be consistent in condemning patterns of behavior that demean women.
Feminists have a challenge in regaining a sense of consistency.
And it seems feminist leaders are starting to get tough on the President. His approval ratings are phenomenal, and they have been throughout the past several months - even while most Americans believe he lied to us and to the grand jury. The real question we should be asking is whether the American people gained or lost during the past year. We were misled and embarrassed. But while life in Washington seemed to many to come to a standstill, life went on around the country.