I have a theory. The last few episodes of "The West Wing" have dealt with the process of revealing secret of the President's multiple sclerosis. There's talk of lawyers, conspiracies, and coverups. They throwing around phrases like "perpetrated a fraud against the American public." It's all very sad, because we know that President Bartlett is a good man and had only the best intentions at heart, that his condition never caused any real danger, et cetera et cetera. It seemed like just another May sweeps climactic story arc. Then it hit me. Aaron Sorkin (the writer of the show) is using his fantasyland White House as a bully pulpit. This is his way of joining the ranks of Clinton apologists. There are many similarities. In this case, though, the integrity of the President is (ha ha) inimpeachable. So we take his side. We make excuses for him. We rationalize. And then the next time we think about Clinton, we're a little softer on the guy, because at some level, we've realized that the other side of things is a little harder and more complex than we thought.

What did you expect? It's called jaded.

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