Bill Clinton Jokes About 'Rebellious' Women: "Got Any Advice On That?"

The Wall Street Journal reports on the Tuesday meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong -- where the former President was overshadowed a bit by his wife's Secretary of State nomination:

Clinton never talked about his wife openly Tuesday. But later in the afternoon, as Clinton chatted onstage with Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, about world affairs, he did make an indirect reference that earned him a few appreciative laughs.

Answering a question about the role of women's education in alleviating poverty, Lee commented with no apparent awareness of the irony that once subservient Japanese women are heading abroad to find work in New York and Washington, "rebelling against being slaves to their husbands."

"Got any advice on that?" Clinton deadpanned.

Comments

[elcojonu]

That's my Bill; cool to the end !
A great comeback from a sharp mind going 500 M.P.H.

[orangepetal]

giggle....

[ohmercy]

Holy Hell you people really need to lighten up or go to a support group for clinton Derangement Syndrome-
It was a light moment of humor and irony.
ridiculous.

give it up already- You sound like the faux news crowd.

Wonder what Keith will make of it.
Lord have mercy, what a bunch of humorless prigs.

[MrsPeel]

Need to read more, or see video, for context. I'm not a big Bill Clinton fan, but I can see where this quotation would be easy to take out of context.

It's just too easy.

[Fabienne]

Not a good sign that Bill Clinton believes a woman who stood by him after his philandering was brought out into the open as "rebellious".

[boycottrightwingthings]

Fab- Duh, it was a JOKE. You know that Bill loves Hill and wouldn't have her any other way!!

[ohmercy]

OHMYGOD!
Talk about Clinton Derangement Syndrome!

It was cute, funny, silly, a moment of irony-
charming.

HUMOR!

GAWD, stop taking your hate so seriously.
lighten up!

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

Wife: one who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again. H.L. Mencken

[jgirl]

don't know whole story but ...I am a Japanese woman and working in NY for 15 years.
and a lot of Japanese women are figuring out their lives at outside of Japan, that's a irony.

[MizLiz]

I'm so pleased with Japanese women. They have figured out how to bring their men into the 21st century to be equal partners. They want to get married and have children? Better shape up, boys.

[Knowbetter]

I love ya, man, but don't go there. You got no room to be talkin' like that.

[Jaxy]

Rebellious women? I don't think so. More like self-reliant and self-assured.

[redneckliberalpostbush]

that's what valium and prozac are for! If only there was a microchip! Coming soon for Dem women via the GOP

[mcantwell]

Good for the Japanese women.