Most of the better presidents have been a bit on the randy side—one way or another.

The only time it becomes a problem is when somebody, usually with malice aforethought, makes it public, sending an army of "Mrs. Grundys" of both genders into a wall-eyed hissy-fit to the extent that it interferes with the president's real work.

Case in point, Linda Tripp's shooting her mouth off to the press about something that Monica told her in confidence, which branded Monica as a brainless twit and Linda as treacherously mercenary (she hoped to get a book deal out of the scandal she could cause).

Bill Clinton's fiddle-diddling had absolutely nothing to do with his administrative abilities, which happened to be quite good.

As long as it doesn't interfere with his or her job, my interest in a president's sex life can be measured only in micro-give-a-shits.

Don Firth