Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, despite the recent media focus on the President, little attention has been paid to the most important thing of all: his agenda. Poll after poll shows that the American people believe the President's policy agenda is far more important than the alleged scandal. Last week, according to a CBS poll, the President's job approval rating was at a remarkable 73 percent soon after his State of the Union address. A majority of the American people seem to strongly support the President's policy agenda. In the coming months, our biggest concern should be that the recent saga...
...together, will make a decisive impact on people's lives. For everyone, from students who need loans for college to parents who need child care, Clinton's proposals broaden the circle of opportunity and give people the tools they need to take control of their lives. When the current scandal fades, our future is what will matter...
Amidst the media frenzy and daily serving of allegations surrounding the current scandal, it is difficult to determine who or what should be believed. Whatever the out-come, this case has been a sad episode in our history. Monica Lewinsky has suffered irrevocable damage to her reputation, career prospects and potential for leading a normal life because of her involuntary brush with notoriety. The First Family has been forced to endure a humiliating crisis in full view of the world...
Despite the damage that has already been done by this scandal, some good may yet come out of it. Greater awareness of the scope of sexual harassment litigation and the unrestrained jurisdiction of independent counsels to probe the lives of the accused may finally cause a long-overdue revision of these two peculiar facets of the American justice system...
Additionally, if the Lewinsky affair inspires a vigorous public debate about the responsibilities of the media when covering rumors of scandal and about the appropriate balance of our expectations regarding the public and the private lives of our elected officials, then perhaps situations like our current one can be avoided in the future...