Denial is everywhere, in the wake of the President’s infamous speech. I’m talking about those millions of Americans who claim they are surprised that the President admitted that he had lied about the Lewinsky affair.

Come on, people. How many in their right minds believed the President was telling the whole truth anyway?

Let’s be realistic. Those naive enough to believe anyone can be elected governor and president in this country by telling the whole truth about everything are the same ones who probably believe Monica was saving the blue dress, possibly stained with semen and saliva, for a souvenir.

What’s more appalling then a lying president ... a lying populace. Some of the most notorious: “How can he be a role model for our kids?” Why can’t the mommies and daddies asking this question be a role model for their kids?

“How can I explain oral sex to my children?” You’d better learn how. Explaining sex to kids has never been easy. Parenting is not easy. If parents don’t explain it, other kids at school will.

We’re all not as sheltered as we like to pretend. I still remember the dirty little comic books that used to circulate around my school. Perhaps you do too. Yes, oral sex was vividly depicted.

“He should have told the whole truth.”

Come on, he said he did it, although euphemistically. What more do you want? I’ll tell you what you want. You want graphics. You want a play-by-play description of every move that took place on every single sexual encounter. You want juice, soap opera style, but from the highest office in the land. You want the same kind of sordid details that you say you don’t want your kids to see. You know what that does? It turns kids off, because they can see right through your hypocrisy.

“He should have apologized.”

Look, let’s face it. There are those who like the President and those who do not. Those who do will forgive him, while those who do not will snip at him no matter what he does. The big problem goes far beyond the President of the United States. We have a moral argument here, one that has been surfacing for some time, and is just about to culminate in another chapter in a sexual revolution which began about 40 years ago.

When I see these so-called conservatives which eagerly vote to spend billions of dollars on weapons of destruction but hesitate to spend a cent on programs to explore human sexuality, I say: No wonder you’re impotent. All the Viagra in the world will not help you because the cause of your impotence lies not in your loins but in your mind.

It is amazing how well we manage to fool ourselves. As a matter of fact, it’s astounding!

Anyway, some women will make out pretty good from the book deals. Yes, every woman who can claim to ever have been seduced by the President stands to make money, not to mention Monica’s mother and the editor, who has been trying for years to market a successful book about high-level scandal, and who probably believes she has now struck pay-dirt.

Yes, the books will come because they are needed to satisfy the vicarious appetites of the sexually unsatisfied.