Populist Group Post: Is it really out of order to mention Bill Clinton?

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27. I do see it as different.

On the side of people who don't want it mentioned: without the points I raised in my OP, it might be sexist to assume that a wife approved of everything her husband did while he was in office. For example, I've never heard Mamie Eisenhower blamed for sending troops to Beirut, or Pat Nixon blamed for the Watergate cover up or any of Nixon's other sins.

Ironically, that is because of sexism: in their day, it never occurred to anyone that a wife might be a co-President, an advisor to her husband, etc. even though that was probably true of more than one President's wife.

Abigail Adams comes to mind, as does Edith Wilson. Nonetheless, I don't think it's fair to assume a wife approved of, and was responsible for, everything her husband did in his career, regardless of his profession.

However, in this case, I believe the factors in the OP do justify associating Hillary with what happened during her husband's administration. You can't run as co-Presidents in two elections and one primary (2008), then decide that doesn't suit the new Populist stand you wish to take after all and therefore anyone who attempts association is sexist.