jojo22 wrote:Morals are indeed variable and people are often faced with hard decisions about their relationship, which is weighted by the nuances of the history of that relationship - nuances that we are not privy to.
I'm not referring to Bill Clinton's morality on adultery but to his abysmally poor judgment, immaturity and lack of self-restraint unbefitting any adult much less the person entrusted with the sober responsibilities of the most powerful job in the world.
Clinton’s inability to keep his dick in his pants was his Achilles Heel throughout his political career, distracting and undermining him again and again as Governor of Arkansas and as President of the United States. Recall that the biggest concern of his campaign staff in the 1992 Presidential election were “bimbo eruptions” from the time he was Governor of Arkansas.
Although I never liked Clinton and don’t share his politics, I recognize his gifts. Clinton had the opportunity and the potential to leave a legacy of historical accomplishments as President, which he squandered by wasting time and political capital on dealing with the sex scandals resulting from his poor judgment, immaturity and lack of self-restraint.
When he became sexually involved with 21 year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky in 1995, Clinton was already facing a sexual harassment lawsuit by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones. His sexual exploits were already under intense media scrutiny. He displayed monumentally poor judgment by nonetheless taking the risk of further scandal by bedding Lewinsky.
Then on March 15, 1998, White House volunteer aide Kathleen Willey alleged on the TV news program 60 Minutes that Clinton had sexually assaulted her on November 29, 1993.
Then in November 1998, Juanita Broaddrick gave an interview to Dateline NBC in which she claimed that Bill Clinton had raped her in 1978, during his first campaign for the governorship of Arkansas. NBC interviewed four people who said Broaddrick had told them years ago that Clinton had assaulted her. One was a nurse who stated that in 1978, Broaddrick claimed Clinton had sex with her "against her will" and had facial bruising, which she treated with ice.
During his second term, from 1996 to 2000, Clinton was distracted from his Presidential duties by sexual scandal. It was during this same period that al Qaeda was perpetrating terrorist attacks against American targets outside the United States and actively preparing for 9/11.
The Lewinsky affair evidences why Clinton’s abysmally poor judgment, immaturity and lack of self-restraint rendered him unfit to be President in a literal sense: Clinton became vulnerable to political blackmail affecting American foreign policy. In a TV interview shortly after the Lewinsky scandal became public, the Lewinsky family lawyer stated that neither Lewinsky’s parents nor Monica nor the lawyer himself had any desire to damage Bill Clinton because Clinton “is a friend of Israel.” Anyone who understands politics would interpret that statement as a veiled threat to damage Clinton if Clinton acted in a manner contrary to the interests of Israel. That's quite a high price to pay for a few blowjobs.
