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Revising Lewinsky

Last year, people decided to revisit the Monica Lewinsky scandal. This time, however, they did so with compassion. Poor Monica was the victim of a sexist time. Bill got off easy, while Monica was dragged through the mud, and then thrown in history's scrap heap. Okay, I thought, I'm onboard for this line of thinking.  After all, when the scandal went down, Lewinsky seemed like an adult to me, because I was just a kid, and now I'm almost a decade older than she was when it happened, so I can look at her with a different perspective. People in their early twenties do stupid shit.  And the stupid shit you do in your twenties shouldn't ruin your life. But then this year rolled around... And suddenly, Monica was off the hook, and Hillary Clinton was impaled on it. As for Bill--Well, he's the guy, so people love him.  They don't want to love him, but they just can't help themselves.  He does that "Aw shucks, I'm just a country boy, but here