The Return of Monica Lewinsky
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The intern who nearly brought down a Presidency is back in the news for the first time in over a decade after penning an article in 'Vanity Fair' describing her affair with President Clinton and explaining why she has stayed silent for so long. Ms. Lewinsky wants to clear the air about the affair and provide her side of the story about what happened with the former President.
Ms. Lewinsky will say that her affair with Bill Clinton was entirely consensual but feels that she became a "scapegoat to protect his powerful position" as President. She writes that she felt under siege from all sides, including the media and special prosecutors who all seemed to brand her in a way that would benefit them politically and "that brand stuck, in part because it was imbued with power.”
The Lewinsky scandal is something that is a black scar for our country for a variety of reasons, but I agree that she was made a scapegoat by political elites on both sides of the aisle. I will always believe it was a political witch hunt on the part of Republicans who wanted nothing more than to bring down a Presidency and not anything to do with infidelity. Presidents from both political stripes have cheated on their wives for the past two hundred plus years. When did that ever become grounds for impeachment? Not just that, but they also tarnished the reputation of a twenty-two year old woman in the meantime.
After years of silence, Ms. Lewinsky has found a new calling in sticking up for those who have been shamed and humiliated like she was. She writes that the suicide of the 18-year-old Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi was the straw that broke the camels back and decided it was time to share her story with the world.
Is anyone planning on reading her story in this month's 'Vanity Fair'? What do you think about her deciding break her silence and reappear in the public spotlight?
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jared, why now? Why is she coming forward now? It's too early to have the most impact on the 2016 election. If she wanted to affect the 2016 election, she should have waited another year, at least.
Yes she was used and abused by Bill Clinton, as were many other women. She says it was consensual between two adults, and she's right but that doesn't excuse the most powerful man in the world taking advantage of a very young girl (compared to his age) in his office while on the job. Just about anyone else would have, and should have been fired.
He had decades of affairs, taking advantage of many women, so this was nothing new for him. A pro and a rookie...no contest.
She was also used and abused by everyone in Washington and the national media who thought they could advance their own agenda by the story.
To many of us, the cover up was worse than the crime, which is not uncommon.
"I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN...MISS LEWINSKI." The lies and denies were much worse than the affair, and it has been happening for a long time with our presidents, but most famously with Clinton and Kennedy.
Yes, Lewinski was a "scapegoat" but she did it to herself by her actions, just like Clinton did it to himself by his actions. They both deserve all the criticism that they received. Responsibility for ones actions? What a concept!
As terrible a person as Clinton was, he was our last good president.
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..."why did she keep the uncleaned dress?"... She had to.
She had to keep it. It was the only way people would believe her. It was her word against Bill's and who was going to believe a nobody against the word of the most powerful man in the world? Almost no one.
If she had NOT kept the dress, Bill would STILL be lying and denying that it ever happened.
I don't know why she is doing this and why she is doing this now. Writing a booK? Maybe. I think she would have plenty of offers.
She already had her 15 minutes of fame, but that apparently was not enough. Is it because of Hillarys approaching coronation? Is she trying to help Hillary or to hurt her? Is it about influencing the election, or just about helping herself, or both?
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Lots of things could have happened.
She could have kept her mouth closed.
Bill could have kept his pants zipped up.
All we have is what we know happened back then, and we try to figure out why. And what she's doing now and why.
Was she paid off by someone back then? Is she being paid off by someone now?
When we are talking about the highest level of politics, personal scandals of the most powerful man in the world, there will always be people trying to exploit things to their own benefit. Where does Monica fit in to someones plan? Or is she REALLY doing all this on her own?
I would not be surprised to see Monica, or a skit about Monica, make another appearance on SNL.
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