Daily Show correspondent John Oliver on the 10-year
anniversary of the Monica Lewinsky affair going public: "This was the
scandal to end all scandals. It had everything -- power, sex, lies, cover-ups,
a federal investigation. The world changed on January 17, 1998, and we've been
living in a post-1/17 world ever since. It's one of those moments in history
where you never forget where you were. Suddenly, we were living in a world
where anything that anyone said could immediately be construed as a double
entendre for fellatio.
And remember this, this was at a time when political
comedy shows meant something [on screen: a clip from 1998 of Stewart saying,
'The car's emergency system malfunctioned during the accident, but Lewinsky,
nevertheless, reportedly kept busy in the moments after the crash by inflating
the air bag herself']. Jon, your younger brother was talented! I think it's
fairly clear that the main thing we've learned is, time is a cruel
mistress."
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