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In reply to the discussion: Monica Lewinsky gooooooooooooooafuggingway! [View all]Shemp Howard
(889 posts)In this situation, Bill Clinton was more than just an older charismatic man. He was Lewinsky's boss. Let that sink in. He was Lewinsky's boss. That gave Clinton a certain amount of power over Lewinsky's career.
Yes, Lewinsky was an adult, and she had an agenda as well. But this is not like a 50-50 affair that began on a subway, or anything like that. A closer analogy would be that of a distinguished married professor having an affair with his sophmore research assistant. Legal, but very, very unethical. And any reasonable person would condemn the professor's behavior.
As a side note, it really saddens me how people will twist and turn to defend the indefensible, as long as the accused is one of their own. And yes, everybody, left and right, has done it, since time began.