Take your blue dress with you

one just 'go away'?? Doesn't she have a right to earn a living also?

I am sick to death of the hypocrisy we so criticized in Republicans with issues like this.

Lewinsky took the brunt of the back lash for that affair.

Typical, women tend to always get the blame.

Yes, she was responsible for having an affair with a married man.

But the married man has even more responsibility, to his family, especially his wife.

However, thankfully, none of this is against the law.

And both are free to go on with lives, as does at least half the population who apparently cheat on their spouses.

To tell a woman to 'just go away' so we can protect the man, doesn't sound very progressive to me.

He could have just sent Monica away. It was incredibly irresponsible of him to do what he did. He could easily have said "No" gently but firmly and then told his aides not to let her see him in private again. He was the most powerful man in the world and he chose to do something like THIS? Sure, she was wrong to even suggest what she did, but he had total control over the situation. And the whole country suffered through that whole impeachment crisis as a result, not to mention humiliating his wife and daughter in the process.

as if she were totally responsible for all of it, and should go hide in a closet, while Clinton looks forward to returning to the WH. I don't get that kind of hypocrisy frankly.

At the time, I did not believe the initial reports. I thought the Right was just trying to smear him.

But people I worked for at the time who are close to the Clintons, told 'it's true'. I was shocked, that anyone could be so incredibly SMART and so stupid at the same time.

I blamed Monica for her part, but as you pointed out, it was all in his hands. He could have stopped it so easily.

He exposed us to the most vile attack on our democracy we would experience. His irresponsibility put our whole country at risk. It was total insanity.

I get totally out of patience when some people say "it wasn't so bad..." Yes it was! While I give Clinton credit for some of what he did during his two terms, this was a total disaster...

and out of control, that he benefited from it in the end.

But it takes two to tango and to blame Monica Lewinsky for everything is simply wrong imo.

I'm not moralistic when it comes to mutually agreed upon sex, but as I recall there was way too much slut shaming of Monica and endless harangues about how Hillary was "enabling" Bill. But he knew how vile those Republicans were and went right ahead with his liaison and then the cover up and "denials."

It is infuriating because whenever Republicans have such flagrant affairs, they all "get religion" and that makes it all OK. Bunch of hypocrites!

hire Lewinsky, I can't think of anything other than to embarrass the Clintons. Maybe they deserve the embarrassment, but Lewinsky on that show would distract from the important issues in 2016. Maybe Barbara Walters doesn't want Hillary to run. That's fine with me. But the fact is that it wasn't Hillary who had an affair with Lewinsky. I'm commenting on Walters' motivation, not Hillary's qualifications.

Monica Lewinsky has been pretty quiet for a long time, her life was defined by that affair and everything that resulted from it. Any plans she had as a young woman, were ruined by the world wide attention, mostly negative, she was subjected to.

Clinton, otoh, survived and the affair hasn't hampered him in pursuing his goals.

If he had said 'no' to her back then, we probably never would have heard of her.

If she is being offered a way to change the public impression of her now, I don't see why she should be expected to remain in the shadows, feeling shame forever.

I doubt the Clintons have done much to try to help her.

She fell in love, thought he was in love with her. He otoh, was just using her. It's an old story and I give her some credit for not using it to her advantage for all these years.

She is under no obligation to stay hidden away for the rest of her life.

Clinton should have thought of all of these things before he made the decision he made. It could have been a lot worse had Monica been someone like Paula Jones, eg.

for The View or be interested in hiring her for The View?

So isn't Lewinsky getting an opportunity to appear on The View because of her relationship with Clinton? Might some other young woman who had not had a sexual relationship with a president but rather had a lot of self-control and better judgment be losing an opportunity to appear on The View precisely because she did not make the mistake that Monica Lewinsky made?

In other words, Monica Lewinsky's life has been pretty unremarkable and boring but for her affair with Clinton. So it seems to me that to reward her with a television job that she gets because of her notorious past is to provide an incentive for others to climb the ladder to fame through her method rather than through the use of good judgment, a life that is responsible for and to others and self-control and thoughtfulness toward others.

Personally, I think the hiring of Monica Lewinsky for a show like The View kind of sums up what I object to about TV. Products are sold by titillating people and glorifying behavior that hurts others.

had the affair with Clinton. It is true that the woman usually gets the bad end of such "scandals," but it does not, in my opinion, change the fact that the only name recognition and fame and therefore the only advantage for the View in hiring Lewinsky is her affair with Clinton.

Lewinsky would draw viewers mostly out of curiosity seems to me.

That is why I think that Barbara Walters might want to hire Lewinsky in order to embarrass Clinton.

The first thought that comes to our minds when we hear the name Lewinsky, Monica Lewinsky, is the affair with Clinton and Clinton's cowardly behavior in refusing to admit to it.

Lewinsky may be a very nice person, but there are other better known people who might be picked for The View and for better reasons. Lots of other women. One thing would be interesting about Lewinsky and that would be her opinions on the problems of women who are harassed or taken advantage of in the workplace. I seriously doubt that Barbara Walters would pick her to discuss or highlight that topic. It is possible, but I doubt it. And if Walters did it for that reason, there are so many extremely articulate women who know even more about the problems women, especially attractive women, meet in the workplace, and I ask why not hire one of them? Lewinskiy might make a guest on a couple of shows, but more?

In addition, maybe because Barbara Walters had an affair with I believe it was a senator from Massachusetts and did not marry him, she identifies with Monica Lewinsky and wants to help Monica Lewinsky.

I see a motive to try to embarrass the Clintons in this. It's just my opinion, but that is what I see.

and I don't particularly hate Monica Lewinsky.

That's the only reason I can think of. Lewinsky reminds people of Clinton's poor judgment and womanizing.

against Clinton. It's putting blame where blame should be...

And you know I am not a Hillary fan. But it seems unfair to me to draw attention to Bill's conduct when Hillary is the candidate. Hillary is not responsible for Monica Lewinsky.

To the extent that Lewinsky was responsible for her affair with Clinton (and she did have some choice in the matter; she may have been overwhelmed by Clinton's power and fame, but she was not coerced), Hillary Clinton had nothing to do with it -- as far as we know. So it seems unfair to Hillary to bring Lewinsky into the spotlight, into a position for which someone else might be better qualified, at this time. Looks very political and cheap to me. I could be totally wrong. Maybe Monica Lewinsky is very knowledgeable and very witty and will attract all kinds of young viewers, but somehow, I think she would have already had a chance somewhere is she had that much talent and that much to say.

Just my opinion.

an obligation to the people of the country not to do this and he FAILED. That was wrong.

I don't much care about Lewinsky. What she did, she did. It wasn't good and it wasn't nice but she did it anyway. I think she was so immature that she fashioned herself some kind of "power behind the throne" or maybe the "king's favorite consort" or something....who cares...

Perhaps Monica is jealous of Kardashian capitalization on American sexual voyeurism. One is making millions for her reputation as a cheap slut, the other is still the butt of jokes.

She's very expensive.

I'd say the ONLY thing Clinton did "was get caught".

And, please IF you don't agree with my it doesn't MATTER AT ALL.