Bringing Back Monica

MONICA LEWINSKI is back in the news, after twenty years of not being in the news. For those under thirty, you might not have much of a memory of Monica,; the rest of us can and never will forget her, whether we want to or not. she looks better than ever, in this old's man's opinion. Time has been god to her. she must be about forty five now, and she is much better looking than she was at twenty one. She wasn't half bad then, but seems to have lost weight, burned off a bit of baby fat. She has a new book: Monica: Her Story", which would seem to indicate that she didn't write the book, but merely cooperated in its writing. A quick google revealed that she is an activist, a fashion designer, and television personality, so maybe she hasn't been quite as under the radar as it seemed. Her TV career consisted of doing ads, her activism was a crusade against cyber bullying, as good a cause as any, I suppose, and her fashion design career was a line of handbags, her first attempt to truly prosper from her relationship with president Bill Clinton and the fame it brought her. She has done pretty well taking advantage of her affair with Clinton to enrich herself and make herself famous, yet, until two days ago I had entirely forgotten about her, as I imagine many others had, so, her efforts have seen limited success. This book is doubtless a continuation of her lifelong project to take advantage of her infamy of 1995-96, when she was a media star, a star which began to fade when Clinton left office. I apply the same standards to Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, and I don't like what I see in either man. It amazed me that Clinton couldn't even quit chasing women just for the time that he was president, if no other. He failed to respect the office. Trump, I think, is far worse, but Clinton is bad enough, and I thought that while the Monica episode was ongoing. I rolled my eyes at Clinton for not being progressive enough, for lying too much, and for Monica, which jeopardized and cost so much. I wish my fellow Americans the conservative Republican Trump supporters would apply the same standards to both me, because if they did, they would have to dump Trump, considering how severely they condemn Clinton. Alas, Trump and his supporters seem to have multiple, innumerable sets of standards, depending on the situation.