Bill Clinton's Affairs Are Still an Issue
Imagine the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy running video of Bill Clinton
lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky -- the impact on Hillary Clinton's
campaign will be devastating!
-- By Rake Morgan
I wish I could forget about Monica Lewinsky, the stained blue dress, the
cigars, and BJs in the White House.
By and large, I was pretty happy with the Clinton Administration. After
decades of mental abuse at the hands of Reagan and Bush Sr., it was a relief
to have a president that I agreed with on most policy issues. Then there was
the Hillary Factor -- for me, obviously, another plus.
Then I read today the story of Genarlow Wilson, a young man serving 10
years in prison for having oral sex with a girl when they were teenagers.
According
to the AP story, what Wilson did was against Georgia law. They have since
changed the law, but at the time he committed the nasty deed, Georgia said it
was a felony for teens to have consensual sex.
Now they want to release Wilson, but D.A. David McDade has released a video
of Wilson having oral sex with a 15 year-old and intercourse with another
teen at a New Year's Eve party. Some are accusing McDade of distributing child
pornography because the participants are underaged.
I am writing about Wilson not just because his case is troubling in its own
right; I am bringing this up because it makes me think of Bill Clinton.
Consider this: Georgia sentenced a teen to 10 years in prison for a
sexual act that Bill Clinton also committed in the White House.
Sure, Monica was not a minor and was a very willing participant. But
that's besides the point. What's relevant during this presidential season is
that other voters will make a similar connection to Bill Clinton
every time they read a story like the one about Wilson. And that's not good
news for Hillary.
Like many with my political beliefs, I have tried to forget about all this.
"Bad judgment" is how I have excused Bill Clinton's behavior. Pardoning him
that way is easy when you look at his successor, who has shown such bad
judgment on so many issues of far greater consequence.
Still, the images of Bill Clinton's disgraceful behavior in the White
House just won't go away.
The most famous quotation from Bill Clinton's presidency won't be about
health care, or Bosnia, or Iraq, or the economy. It will be the lie he told a
national audience on January 28, 1998, when he said: "I did not have
sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."
From A Rake's Progress
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