New Hampshire Democrats Remove Bill Clinton’s Name From Annual Dinner

Bill Clinton New Hampshire Democrat Dinner

New Hampshire Democrats have removed the names of two powerful political families from their annual dinner. The ‘Kennedy-Clinton’ dinner is no more, with the party instead opting to name the event after Eleanor Roosevelt.

The name change is two-fold for the party – it will honor the former First Lady and diplomat while allowing Democrats to distance themselves from two notorious womanizers in the #MeToo era.

It had been named in honor of John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.

“We are proud to honor Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman revered around the world for her bold leadership and tireless efforts to create justice,” State party chairman Raymond Buckley claimed without addressing those names which were removed.

“She dedicated her life to helping all hard-working Americans and all those who needed a champion,” he added.

The New Hampshire fundraising dinner has been a source of controversy before, having been renamed to the ‘Kennedy-Clinton’ dinner in 2016. It was originally the ‘Jefferson-Jackson Dinner,’ but party leaders made the switch when they suddenly discovered their histories as slave owners.

They must have finally found out that Kennedy was a notorious womanizer. Big mystery.

And Clinton’s history with an intern in the Oval Office and the alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick must have just dawned on them.

It’s to nobody’s surprise that it took Democrats three tries to find someone in their party’s history that wouldn’t be blatantly offensive to minorities and women.

Terry Shumaker, a Granite State Democrat, said he voted against the name change but added it was more important for his party to get Democrats elected.

“In the greater scheme of things I think President Clinton would agree with me that it is more important we elect Democrats in the fall given who is in the White House versus which figures from the past we name a political dinner after,” he told the Boston Globe.

Well, that and they’re probably tired of having to explain away Broaddrick and Monica Lewinsky. And Paula Jones. Oh, and Kathleen Willey. Lest we forget Leslie Millwee.

The #MeToo movement has claimed many serial sexual predators, and if this played a role in the dinner’s name change in any small way it wouldn’t be surprising.

But the Democrats have come a long way, shunning the Clinton name from the days that they cheered his impeachment on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice following an extramarital affair with Lewinsky.

Hopefully, they won’t have to change the name again in two years.

Rusty Weiss has been covering politics for over 15 years. His writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, Fox... More about Rusty Weiss

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