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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

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The Truth About Thomas Jefferson

William Jefferson Clinton was impeached in 1998 for lying about having sex with a 24-year-old intern. The president had his DNA all over the young woman's dress, which he swore he hadn't done. This led reporters and pundits to compare alleged conduct of our third president with the actual conduct of our 42nd. Just look at Thomas Jefferson, they told us: If a man who rapes his 13 year old slave girl can stay on Mount Rushmore, well then surely a man who lies abouthaving sex with an intern can stay in the White House.

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