Nora Ephron channels my feelings about Bill Clinton.

Nora talks in the article about loving Bill Clinton and I completely understand what she meant by that because, though I did not "love" Bill, I had faith in him. I do not have faith in a great many things, but I had faith in Bill.

But my faith did not last. Bill got caught doing what many powerful men had been doing since the dawn of time, getting a little on the side. Then Bill lied to world about his mistake, and that was where he lost me.

Bill is just a man. I understand that. But he had to pretend to be much more then just a man. He had to be a President! We want perfect Presidents! And Bill was far from perfect.

Of course George Bush has made the office of President much less prestigious then it was when Clinton had the job. Bush is so imperfect and flawed that the bar is now almost lying on the ground. And that is another reason that I will never forgive Bill. Here, let Nora tell you.

Years passed. I'd sit around with friends at dinner talking about How We Got Here and Whose Fault Was It? Was it Nader's fault? Or Gore's? Or Scalia's? Even Monica got onto the list, because after all, she delivered the pizza, and that pizza was truly the beginning of the end. Most of my friends had a hard time narrowing it down to a choice, but not me: only one person was at fault, and it was Bill. I drew a straight line from that pizza to the war. The way I saw it, if Bill had behaved, Al would have been elected, and thousands and thousands of people would be alive today who are instead dead.

That is exactly right! If Bill had been more Presidential we would never have fought this unnecessary war and our country would never have become so incredibly screwed up!

Men have sacrificed many things in the search for sexual gratification, jobs, marriages, respect from their peers, but Bill sacrificed his country. Has any larger price ever been payed for a blow-job? I don't think so.