TTom50
Orlando, Florida USA
Posted: Mar 8, 2008, 3:12 PM CST
I was in a Baltic country when the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinski story broke. And I ask my friends...all Europeans.....what they make of this.
None even raised an eyebrow. One said "We expect our leaders to do that. To have a woman on the side."
I find this really interesting. That nearly 10 years later. Dude, a European, would be finding so much interest now in the Bill C.
& Monica L. story. Today 10 years later, it is juicy gossip for those desiring Obama to get the nomination.
I guess the best way to describe the European morale code is this.
If it is in your country, you can turn a blind eye. If it is someone else country, you can turn a blind eye as well. Untill there is a political issue, then it is fair game to use it for political gain.
To me, the issue was never really about Bill C. and Monica L. The real issue then, that it was a way to compromise and influence a
sitting President by foreign or domestic power that came aware of their affair. An affair he was hiding. Then he might have been influnced not to conduct his office for the best of the country. When I mentioned
this again to my European friends. They missed the point he had his finger over the nuclear devices of our country. They smiled and said...well that is politics and gov't.