I sort of agree with Slick. Monica could have avoided all of the publicity had she simply kept her mouth shut - either before or afterwards.
I disagree. What he did to a young lady who was the lowest of his subordinates was sick. What they did to her afterwards spoke directly towards their character.
Monica made mistakes, but in the “maturity” department there is no comparison. A star-struck young intern and the most powerful man in the world in the Oval Office. There is NO WAY to equate the two in judgment.
How many General officers were separated from the military during his 8 years for such behavior? How many senior NCO’s were separated from the military during his 8 years for such behavior?
In my opinion, she's definitely not blameless, and the same ambition that her to become a White House intern also likely contributed to her life becoming a public mess. She definitely targeted him, and I don't think women, even young women, should think that ‘flirting’ with married men is in any way OK. She knew he was married, knew he had a child, and should have also known that there was no way it was going to end well for either of them.
That said, he was the ‘grown up’, was POTUS having relations with an intern, and he has a track record of these kinds of escapades both before and after Monica. Even worse and telling about his character is that he would have destroyed her reputation entirely if he could have gotten away with it and saved himself from discovery and judgment for his actions.
Bubba says he's a victim too. He feels like someone has had it in for him?