Reply #135: If you don't think that the Lewinsky scandal has set us back you're crazy [View All]

[American Tragedy]

Just as one example, the Dem party was systematically destroyed here in Kentucky in the subsequent months and years. It goes Clinton in 92 and 96, then in 2000 it goes Bush by about 15 points. That doesn't just happen by chance. I would argue that we are still paying for that one tiny stupid mistake that he made.

I don't give a damn about any politicians' sex life on either side of the aisle, neither do the others on this board I would suspect. But apparently, a significant section of the electorate does. So, all public figures that represent our party and other progressive organizations have an obligation to be discreet.