This is an image I saw on Pundit Kitchen, the Cheezburger network site devoted to news and politics. The implication is that it's hypocritical/ironic/something to talk about respecting women while highlighting a man notorious for his affairs. But that's entirely wrong, because Bill Clinton favors policies that promote the well-being of woman and fight against the long-term oppression of women. Mitt Romney, on the contrary, has probably been completely faithful to his wife, but favors policies that would, relatively speaking, reduce the welfare of women and continue their long-term oppression. And in politics, that's what matters. Sure, Bill Clinton's personal life may not be a paragon of respecting women, although I'm not sure one can deduce that just from his promiscuity and since I wasn't particularly aware of his Presidency in real time I'm not sure I can comment any further than that. But that doesn't mean that, as a person and a political figure, he doesn't respect women. He respects them in the most meaningful way possible, by wanting to shape public policy in a pro-woman direction. Likewise, Republicans can talk all they want about how important women are, etc., but until they stop favoring relatively anti-woman policies it's just talk, and just empty talk at that.
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