Bill Clinton's Involvement In The Lewinsky Scandal

Public humiliation has changed immensely weighing heavily on the creation of the internet introducing the idea of online cyberbullying as opposed to scaffolding in a town square. As modern society revels in putting people on a public pedestal, the scaffold that Hester Prynne is put onto marks her as no longer a person with feelings, just as a negative figure people look upon to make themselves feel higher. After the news broke of Monica Lewinsky’s scandal, people no longer recognized her as a young adult who makes mistakes, but was treated like a person with no emotions and incapable of being affected by her mistakes. As the story went on throughout the internet, she was only represented as a person through the mistake she made just as Hester Prynne was recognized for the crime she committed. Publicly shaming Hester Prynne and Monica Lewinsky is and was a way for people to make themselves feel better and place themselves higher in society.

Bill Clinton is from Arkansas, when he was a young mad he met John F. Kennedy and that was when he knew he was going into politics. Clinton was a Democrat nomination, he won the election, and was then 42nd president of the United States, from the years 1993-2001. During his first term as president, he NAFTA in 1993, which made the United States, CAnada, Mexico a single trading unit. After his presidency he gave a misleading testimony on the Lewinsky investigation. Clinton’s license to practice law was suspended and had to pay a $25,000 fine. Now Clinton raises money for different organizations to help them.

Some presidents are remembered for their successes and some are remembered for their scandals. William Jefferson Clinton was a president that is known for his biggest affairs with Monica Lewinsky (John Harris). In 1999 Juanita Broaddrick accused 42nd president William Jay Clinton of sexual assault. He was also accused of pardoning his brothers criminal record (Kaizen). Clinton was a president with many success but most of success were overshadowed by his scandalous behaviors.

The United States' 42nd president, Bill Clinton, became notorious after his scandal with his secretary, Monica S. Lewinsky. He was asked on multiple occasions about this affair, but he lied, stating he did not have a intimate relationship with Lewinsky. However, he eventually confessed in an interview about the affair. Clinton displayed disloyalty to his wife, but he also led people to question his loyalty to the country because of his deceit. According to Michael Isikoff, “...That’s when I knew this was an earthquake. Washington was about to explode…”(“Politico”). Loyalty is an issue that is tested and questioned numerous times throughout history, and it is also a common theme in books and movies.The Odyssey is an acclaimed story that displays

Richard Nixon, the thirty seventh president of the United States, is remembered as the only president to ever resign and step down from his position. He was a Republican congressman and United States senator from California was also served as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He ran for president twice, failing the first time when he ran against Democrat John F. Kennedy. The next time he ran for the presidential position, he won. As president, some of Nixon's achievements included forging diplomatic ties with China and the Soviet Union and withdrawing U.S. troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, but unfortunately, his Watergate Scandal activities overshadowed any good that came about his presidency.

Everything was going great until the media found out about a secret affair between the president and white house intern Monica Lewinsky. Once this story hit newsstands across the nation the president was the only name people were talking about. It has been heard of before about former president John F. Kennedy with celebrity actress Marylin Monroe, but the nation found out about it after his death, so Americans didn’t take it to heart so severely as they did with Clinton. Because of this incident he was looked at more thoroughly by all government officials, so he was taken to court on accounts of perjury and obstruction of justice for that same incident with Monica

One of the only presidents in United States history to almost be impeached, is Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon is most famously recognized for his watergate scandal, in which Nixon’s administration was accused of committing acts in secret that are against the American constitution. However, this scandal is not the only thing America’s 37th president has to remember about him. During his short time in the White House, the republican Richard Nixon was able to accomplish many things such as signing one of the first environmental protection bills, introducing the famous War on Drugs, which legacy continues to be practiced in America today, as well as officially ending the Vietnam War.

Bill Clinton became the 42nd president of the United States in 1992. He was the only president who underwent too many investigations because of his personal and professional issues.

As president, Nixon's achievements included forging diplomatic ties with China, the first president to do this, and the Soviet Union. He was responsible for withdrawing US troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam. However, Nixon's involvement in Watergate tarnished his legacy and deepened American cynicism about government. Richard Milhous Nixon's born on January 9 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. He was the second of five sons of Francis Anthony Nixon (1878-1956). FRANCIS NIXON STURGGLED TO EARN A LIVING RUNNING A GROCERY STORE AND GAS STATion with his wife, Hannah Milhous Nixon (1885-1967). His mother was a Quaker, who had a strong influence on her sons. Richard Nixon's early life as hard. The family experienced tragedy twice early

On August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon resigned from his post as President of the United States of America in ignominy. His resignation was prompted by mounting accusations of his involvement in the Watergate scandal, perhaps the biggest scandal the country has ever seen.  The Watergate scandal was a series of events started by the break-in to the Democratic Party headquarters by members connected to the Nixon campaign with the orders to steal confidential plans. President Gerald Ford later issued a presidential pardon, but many Americans could not forgive Nixon for his involvement. The Watergate Scandal distracted the history books from one of the most productive presidencies in history.

On August 6, Lewinsky appeared before the grand jury to begin her testimony, and on August 17 President Clinton testified. Contrary to his testimony in the Paula Jones sexual-harassment case, President Clinton acknowledged to prosecutors from the office of the independent counsel that he had had an extramarital affair with Ms. Lewinsky. In four hours of closed-door testimony, conducted in the Map Room of the White House, Clinton spoke live via closed-circuit television to a grand jury in a nearby federal courthouse. He was the first sitting president ever to testify before a grand jury investigating his conduct. That evening, President Clinton also gave a four-minute televised address to the nation in which he admitted he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky. In the brief speech, which was wrought with legalisms, the word “sex” was never spoken, and the word “regret” was used only in reference to his admission that he misled the public and his family.

On August 17, 1998, exactly one year after making the statement above, President Bill Clinton prepared to deliver a speech concerning a scandal that had gripped the nation for months. It is needless to say that this was an important moment during the Clinton administration. After accusations of sexual harassment, Clinton addressed the nation and admitted to having a relationship with Monica Lewinsky. In this critical speech Clinton set out to admit to wrong-doings, provide a few reasons for his

Livingston; a Louisiana Republican who called for Clinton's resignation from the House, revealed that he would be leaving Congress for his own case of adulterous affairs. This revelation caused a ruckus in the house between the parties as Republicans attempted to cover up their own sex scandal with going on to say adultery was a private act that the Government, Congress, and business had nothing to do with. They excused Clinton’s case as different and he should be found of impeachment for his abuse of power. Democrats of the House were not the only ones who didn’t want Clinton to be impeached, most of the public was also against the impeachment. A CBS poll out of 538 people said that only 38% wanted their representative to vote for the impeachment. President of the time, Bill Clinton, was impeached that day for having misled a Federal jury about the nature of his relationship with intern, Monica S. Lewinsky. He would go on to apologize on national television but vowed to still complete out his term

President Clinton was a man entangled in his own ruins. He went from one lie to another and eventually was so caught up in them, that he was trapped. These lies brought on his downfall as a great leader. He was flawed like everyone, yet being a representative of the people, you need to keep these flaws hidden so that weakness is not shown. His failings were revealed to the whole world and his pride and integrity fell with them. The world no longer saw a leader, but a broken man. This was his ultimate failure. However, another big failure Clinton had while in office was his failure to

Bill entered politics in Arkansas, and was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas’s Third District in 1974. Bill married Hillary Rodham the following year, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School, in 1980. He only had one child named Chelsea. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. He regained office four years after losing a bid for a second term, and served until he defeated George Bush and third party candidate Toss Perot in the 1992 presidential race and became the President on January 20, 1993. He was Governor of Arkansas from 1979-1981 and 1983-1992) Bill’s vice President was Albert Gore Jr. Both White House and Congress were held by the same party for the first time in 12 years, but the Republicans won both houses in 1994. Bill Clinton was a Democratic President under the United States.