From Monkey Business to Monicagate: Hijinks on the High Seas, Whitewater, a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, and the Rise of FOXNews

Gary Hart’s involvement with Donna Rice and his mishandling of the media firestorm following its revelation perhaps made it possible for Bill Clinton to get away with his bad behavior with respect to extramarital relations. Short summaries of the events surrounding Hart’s political demise and Clinton’s slide to impeachment help to identify these behaviors as scandals and make note of the many ways in which each contributed to our pop culture.