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Originally Posted by Maru

I do agree a great deal with kirk/bitontheslides posts, though I have to take a little bit of umbrage with the statement about Clinton's 70% approval rating... a vast majority of people here have stated that having mistresses on the side as not politically relevant. Americans in general don't really care all that much if a political has a mistress on the side, as that's largely considered a personal matter not even worth the media sensation that comes from it. The witch-hunt was primarily Republican driven only as a means to balance out/mitigate Clinton's ridiculous popularity... many many many people still nostalgically refer back to his president as a golden age for American political process and a better quality of life. I remember that vividly because I'm a generation that benefited the most from that time period, when our national self-esteem was at it's highest and our path towards progress was the most clear. Then came 911, that all changed and since then everyday I'm reminded that things are different now.

I have to take a little bit of umbrage with you too Maru

You are perfectly correct about people not caring about an affair, but it was much more than an affair, it was a protracted deception of the American people that culminated in his lying under oath. Which backs up my point that people don't take to new, they prefer familiarity ... perfectly relevant to the question asked I might add