defending Monica
Libby Copeland’s WaPo article “From Thong to Thesis” expresses a sort of dumbfounded amazement that Monica Lewinsky could manage to both have an affair with a president and earn a master’s degree. I don’t understand Copeland’s surprise at Lewinsky’s erudition and the title of her thesis. After all, media interest in Lewinsky during the scandal was largely limited to her sartorial selections and involvement with the Clenis.
Amanda Marcotte has some comments at Pandagon, and concludes with this observation:
No matter how you slice it, this article really says more about Copeland’s intelligence than Lewinsky’s.