Ayala: Monica Lewinsky was just too nice to say what needed to be said of Ken Starr
TOM BRENNER, STR / NYT
Monica Lewinsky, now an anti-bullying activist, had no reason to be gracious about one of her tormentors.“As I’m sure many can understand,” she wrote on Twitter, “my thoughts about Ken Starr bring up complicated feelings…But of more importance, is that I imagine it’s a painful loss for those who love him.”Lewinsky was a White House intern when she had a consensual sexual relationship with then-President Bill Clinton and became fodder for the politically charged inquiry.
He reminded me of comedian Dana Carvey’s famous “Saturday Night Live” sketch character, the Church Lady, the pious Enid Strict with a talk show called “Church Chat.”That was true of Starr’s Whitewater investigation, which grew to include Clinton’s affair with Lewinsky, and in Starr’s defense of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, accused of having sex with underage girls.