Word: scandalous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cambridge resident blamed the sex scandal surrounding President Clinton for his disaffection...
...reason I ask this question is because it is time we took a deep breath and thought hard about what the Lewinsky scandal is all about. We need to pause between the expressions of outrage and disgust, take a step back and a healthy dose of historical perspective. We also need to think about the lies politicians tell us every day, and why it is that only the ones about sex seem to be grounds for removal from office these days...
What we need now is a leader to harness this national dialogue into something still more productive, to keep us talking once Bill Clinton and his parade of scandal marches out of Washington for good. At some point "Lewinsky" will disappear from the news, but our real problems will remain...
...nothing stuck--except Monica. We can't avoid the scandal because it's become too personal. Although the President claims "it's nobody's business but ours," referring to his family, in this age of total media immersion, his business is our business. You can't invite someone into your home every night on TV, talk about him for years over dinner and maybe even vote for him without feeling involved when he takes such a disgraceful fall...
Avoiding the issue is no longer an option--its consequences are too great and its impact too personal. The chances of the scandal leaving our thoughts are no greater than the chances of it clearing off the front page. Yet, facing it becomes unbearable given the level of detail we now know. Even the jokes don't seem funny anymore...