DBWI:Bill Clinton Had A Sex Scandal While He Was President?

I know it might sound unrealistic, but Clinto always did have something of a 'ladies man' quality about him, and he has long had to deal with rumors that he was involved with 'sexual misconduct' while he was a Governor, so I'm wondering, what if he had a Sex Scandal while he was in office, with the news coming out late in his second term? Maybe he had an affair with a White House intern?

Would Hillary end up divorcing him? If so, how would this effect her run for the senate seat in New York, as well as her plans to run for President?

Would Bill end up resigning? Could he be impeached?

What effect would this have on the election of 2000? Would Gore still be able to win with a Sex Scandal hanging over the Democrats?

Your thoughts?
 
I don't think Hillary would have divorced him, because it would have compounded the political problem. Gore might have lost, because Bush ran on "restoring morality to the White House". A President cannot be impeached for committing adultery. Hillary would likely still have won her Senate race, but with Bush in the White House she might not have lost to Mitt Romney in 2008. I believe that the rumours around Clinton are true. The recent revelations about Franklin Roosevelt and Jack Kennedy show you that even in a time when the press was less than objective, the truth will always be revealed to historians and thus the public.
 

Sachyriel

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I think he would have been shot by a Christian nutter because of his sins while in office. Maybe while riding in an open-topped car?
 
The President hasn't used open-topped cars since the 1960s, for obvious reasons. Now the Secret Service does not let the President or presidential candidates dictate the extent of their security, as they did in that era.
 

Sachyriel

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The President hasn't used open-topped cars since the 1960s, for obvious reasons. Now the Secret Service does not let the President or presidential candidates dictate the extent of their security, as they did in that era.

Well, okay, maybe he's shot in a theatre? :confused: I mean, I know there's going to be more security, but at least you didn't say it was totally implausible for the guy to be shot.
 
A photo of Hillary Clinton

Infidelty to Hillary?!?
why should he have done that?

HillaryClinton.jpg
 
Well, okay, maybe he's shot in a theatre? :confused: I mean, I know there's going to be more security, but at least you didn't say it was totally implausible for the guy to be shot.

He could also get it on a train platform (Garfield)

Or he could get it at a Pan Americanism conference (McKinley)
 

Sachyriel

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So, how far did he get with the woman before it came to light? :confused: What...what if it was a dude he had a scandal with, would DADT be repealed after the "outing" of the commander in chief?
 
Infidelty to Hillary?!?
why should he have done that?

OOC : Gotta love those "butterflies" (double pun intended) :p

Im not sure, but I always seen him as a very intelligent fellow, maybe he recognize his infidelity quite fast and publicly ask Hillary to forgive him ?

Thinking of Hillary I´m quite sure that she would forgiven him ... at less because is not only his career that goes downhill ...
 
I agree, she would forgive him, even if for solely political reasons.

mmmeee0: Clinton is or might be many things, but gay is not one of them.
 
Bush could have actually had a chance in 2000, or it would have been close, at least. It makes you wonder what a Bush presidency would be like - probably the United States never goes into Afghanistan, since if you remember Bush ran a campaign on 'no nation building'.
 
Here's my thoughts:

An affair would have been far too much of a distraction for him, especially if it occurred after Gingrich's "revolution". Depending on how he addressed the constant character-based attacks, I can see a series of results ranging from a blemish on his record to resignation.

Now, it's usually more interesting to go for the more extreme reactions so long as they fall within the realm of plausibility, so I'm going to go for resignation under pressure from Congress, his Cabinet, and the American public. This means that Hillary probably doesn't get the Senate seat (The electorate doesn't like victims unless they can be somehow portrayed as heroes, like McCain). Gore would have a tough fight for re-election. I suspect that against a President Gore, the GOP would choose someone a bit to the right to invigorate the base, but you'd have to find someone who expresses himself better than Bush, since I can't see him winning a matchup against Gore in any TL.
 
I think that we're talking about the information actually getting into the press. It was a different media culture back in the day.
Even so, I doubt it would be a big deal if Clinton got caught with his pants down; it will be in the news for a bit, Clinton will say it's something that him and his wife need to deal with on their own, and that'll be the end of it. It's not like a head of state having a mistress is anything new or shocking; at most we might see the woman he has an affair with (assuming she's not a major public figure beforehand; Clinton might go the route of JFK and pick a figure of Marilyn Monroe's beauty/fame for his mistress) manage to turn her 15 minutes of fame into an actual, lasting career.
 
He could also get it on a train platform (Garfield)

Or he could get it at a Pan Americanism conference (McKinley)

I managed to read those two lines without looking at the previous quote and the mental image of Garfield "getting it on" at a train platform and McKinley "getting it" at a conference just made my day.
 
Even so, I doubt it would be a big deal if Clinton got caught with his pants down; it will be in the news for a bit, Clinton will say it's something that him and his wife need to deal with on their own, and that'll be the end of it. It's not like a head of state having a mistress is anything new or shocking; at most we might see the woman he has an affair with (assuming she's not a major public figure beforehand; Clinton might go the route of JFK and pick a figure of Marilyn Monroe's beauty/fame for his mistress) manage to turn her 15 minutes of fame into an actual, lasting career.

You're totally missing the political hay that the Republican majority would make from this. Fox News would push it for all its worth, and would probably show increased ratings driven by a scandal-obsessed public. There would be numerous calls to resign from all quarters. I don't see how his presidency would survive.

Americans are simultaneously the most sex-obsessed and the most puritanical people in the Western world.
 
You're totally missing the political hay that the Republican majority would make from this. Fox News would push it for all its worth, and would probably show increased ratings driven by a scandal-obsessed public. There would be numerous calls to resign from all quarters. I don't see how his presidency would survive.

Americans are simultaneously the most sex-obsessed and the most puritanical people in the Western world.

I agree that his Presidency would probably be crippled, but I don't know if he could be forced to resign. After all, it's not like you can impeach a President for getting (literally) caught with his pants down, whatever the damage caused to Clinton's reputation.
 
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