Ken Starr is a terrible person. Therefore, the president is an innocent person. Such are the leaps in logic that dominate our post-Monica political conversation. If the debate is ever to move beyond its arrested adolescence, we need a refresher course in elementary logic. Let's start with the Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle.
All elms are trees.
Therefore, all oaks are elms. Well, in Washington these days, there are a lot of people who think all oaks are elms. In fact, perhaps the next edition of that logic textbook can include some more contemporary variations on the theme. Paula Jones has had a sexual past. Therefore, Paula Jones asked for the president to expose himself and offer her the chance to perform oral sex.