Monica's Story, by Andrew Morton

Monica's Story, by Andrew Morton

The most watched and talked about woman of 1998 finally speaks. Andrew Morton's biography is the #1 sales pick at Amazon.com. Barbara Walters interviewed her for two hours while a nation watched. Monica laughed, she cried, she apologized to Hillary and Chelsea. I'm one of the many who is sick of the scandal and wished it ended before it began, but I'm glad that Monica is finally able to project herself into the national consciousness. Her actions may have been morally wrong, but they were private. She didn't seek this publicity. She's accepted responsibility for her part of her "relationship with Bill Clinton. She never meant for anyone to find out. Did we need to find out? Did she need to be held in a hotel room for 12 hours and interrogated ruthlessly? Did her mother need to testify against her? Did she need to incur 2 million dollars in legal fees? In her interview she said that she learned not to trust so easily and that she developed greater appreciation for her family and true friends.This is probably a lesson that we could all stand to benefit from. It's sad about the trusting part. Hopefully, small-minded, vindictive, selfish, people like Kenneth Starr and Linda Tripp will learn some lessons too. Did they expect to be heralded as heroes? Do they see themselves as witch hunters ferreting out incriminating information to play upon the weaknesses of their victims in order to make the United States a more moral nation? For better or worse this is a drama that is played out time and time again around the world. All you need is a starry eyed young woman and a needy older man, and as affairs go this was on the polite side. There wasn't any violence like the Amy Fisher drama. There wasn't any mental abuse. Every woman is warned against the dangers of falling in love with a married man yet for whatever psychological or cultural reason, it happens again and again. This is probably the issue that deserves to be explored. Like Anorexia or drug abuse, a propensity to be attracted to the wrong people or to have an insatiable need for love and / or sex is a psychological problem. Monica revealed to Barbara that she is taking anti-depressants, and that she had another relationship during the time she was involved with Clinton. She said that she wants to get married and have children. Hopefully she'll be okay. The Clintons aren't at liberty to be as public about their feelings. We don't know how they feel or how their lives have changed. It's interesting from the perspective of family psychology but it's not a national issue. I wish that Hillary and Bill could openly discuss their problems without risking the scourge of moral judgment. Their revelations might shed light on the evolving evolution of the institution of marriage, certain inescapable personality profiles, and the impact of parental indiscretions on the lives of their children. Unfortunately, this entire media monstrosity has emphasized the improbability of that ever happening..