The shadow of Lewinsky: why Clinton deserves more respect

Painter Nelson Shanks’s recent revelation that he showed the shadow of Monica Lewinsky’s stained dress in his official portrait of Bill Clinton has garnered him kudos. But is he really such a hero?

I wonder what would happen if an artist revealed that in an official portrait of George W Bush, he painted a dark shadow representing the Iraq war.

Actually I know what would happen. Fox News would lead a conservative uproar that condemned this insidious piece of unpatriotic propaganda. I can hear them now.

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