Re-thrusting herself into the spotlight, Monica Lewinsky is back, this time in the pages of Vanity Fair with a "tell-all" essay shedding more light onto her affair with Bill Clinton. While I don't think there's anything left worth hearing about the scandal, it's certainly garnering a lot of attention on social media sites, as of late. A recurring theme that I've noticed is how quick some people are to paint Clinton the sole villain in this whole debacle, when Lewinsky was equally as guilty.
Too many folks are trying to perpetuate this farcical idea that because Lewinsky was "young" and "naive" that mean, old Clinton clearly Yoda-mind-tricked her into canoodling with him. Not true, and though Lewinsky's own admission of culpability is enough to affirm that, let's also not forgot that being "young" and "naive" isn't a legitimate justification for anything. It's an explanation, certainly, as youth does bring a certain amount of reasonable foolishness, but inexperience in life doesn't make a person ignorant of right and wrong.
Monica knew Bill Clinton was a married man. Period. Remove the Presidency, remove her youth, and all that's left is a man cheating on his wife with a woman who knew she was being his mistress. No amount of fabrication is going to nullify Lewinsky wrecking a home, and I think it's reprehensible when people try to pretend that she didn't make a conscious choice to do wrong. I can also sympathize with the fact that it was a personal matter between her, Clinton, and his wife (yet another "point" being bandied about online), but there's a big factor that made it the country's business; they were getting busy on the clock.
Fornicating on the job tends to bring a certain level of scorn in this country, so when the President himself decides to bring his sexual escapades to work, it's safe to say that the American public has a right to scrutinize. Americans had the right to voice their disdain 15 years ago, and they continue to today when one half of the dynamic duo decides to put herself back on the radar. Hilary might have forgiven Bill, but I think that he made a mockery of his role doing what he did, and Monica made a fool of herself. We're all humans, in the end, but then, don't sign on to be the leader of the free world if you're a rampant horndog, I say. So go dry clean the dress and get back to life, Monica.
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