A Hopeful Thought From The Clinton Years

While the impeachment of Bubba Clinton did not take place until 1998, his first sexual encounters with Monica Lewinsky occurred as early as 1995. The timeline from the Wikipedia page asserts the following dates:

"Monica Lewinsky alleged nine sexual encounters with Bill Clinton:
November 15, 1995, in the private study of the Oval office
November 17, 1995, while Bill Clinton was on the phone with a member of Congress
December 31, 1995, in a White House study
January 7, 1996, in the Oval Office
January 21, 1996, in the hallway by the private study next to the Oval Office
February 4, 1996, while Clinton was meeting in Oval Office
March 31, 1996
February 28, 1997, near the Oval Office; this is when the blue dress stains were created
March 29, 1997 (Clinton denied that this day's encounter actually happened)"

While, in talking with friends, I mistakenly placed the impeachment in his first term, I'm gratified to see the inappropriate actions took place then.

That's because I believe the First Rookie's administration will similarly be plagued by scandal by the third year of his term. I don't necessarily believe the incoming President will knowingly behave in a scandalous manner, and certainly not like Clinton.

I do, however, think that his total lack of any meaningful life experience, including running anything even as minor as a lemonade stand, suggests that his underlings are going to run rampant in the Federal government.

Coming, as he does, from the corruption of the Chicago Machine, the Rookie is used to looking the other way, while his minions are used to, well, being corrupt.

What makes you think they will all suddenly change their stripes in Washington? Jimmy Carter's aides certainly couldn't behave properly.

So I think conservatives will have the satisfaction of seeing a major seam burst in the incoming administration well before the term is up. Imagine the mess he'll have when the Illinois Rookie has to manage damage control on the corruption of some of his chosen underlings, while simultaneously trying to convince American voters that he has wrought positive change, and cleaned up the Federal government.