During the height of the Paula Jones’ scandal, I wrote a column bemoaning our media’s frenzied attack on the President, and I especially found it discomforting that Jones would be willing to trash the most esteemed position in the world for what I thought to be simple money and exposure. My opinion hasn’t changed on that specific subject, but now there is simply a new name to a depressingly familiar tale.

However, it is silly to lay all of the blame for our nation’s collective freak show on just the media and Monica Lewinsky. There are two other integral players in this unfortunate sex circus. One is obviously Clinton, perhaps the most untalented womanizer in our nation’s history (other chief executives most certainly had extra-marital affairs, but they were intelligent enough to keep them relatively hidden), and the other is the American population that elected and re-elected the jerk in the first place.

Now, even I have to admit that I’ve appreciated Clinton’s presidential performance to an extent, especially since he’s given up his liberal roots and opted for a more dignified and workable centrist approach. The healthy economy shouldn’t be attributed solely to him, but at least he didn’t mess it up. In truth, Clinton has done what a president should during times of economic growth stay out of the way.

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But ladies and gentleman, a reasonably trained rooster could be our president and the economy would look relatively the same. A capitalistic economy is just too complex for one individual to exert that much influence over it, even if he is the president. In that sense, character truly is important, because this man represents our nation. He is our ambassador to the world, yet he cannot keep his pants up. It’s no wonder other nation’s refer to us as sex-crazed infidels.

So a question arises. Should we impeach him? If it is proven he asked Lewinsky to lie for him, then the answer probably is yes. As chief executive, it is his job to carry out the laws of the land, not to obstruct justice from occurring even if it is against himself. However, because the impeachment process is as much a political event as it is a legal one, it probably won’t happen. Clinton is no Nixon, who was already despised by the time Watergate came to light.

Regardless of what happens to Clinton, though, some good will come of this mess, providing we learn from our mistakes. The Clinton Administration reeks of scandal, and it always has. Hopefully, it is going to be a very long while before anyone with even a hint of smell on them attempts to live in the White House.

This is a great nation, and we deserve to have great people lead us. Our elected officials should be expected to follow a rigid moral code. These are our servants, and Clinton is the most important of them. Servants should not behave in such manner, and we should be responsible enough to avoid hiring those that do.