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The day after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, Bill Clinton gave a press conference in which he weaved and danced and lied his lies. Finally, one reporter rose and simply asked, "Mr. President, if Monica Lewinsky were here today, what would you say to her?" Caught in mid-step, unprepared for the question, Clinton turned, smiled at the reporter, and said, "oh, that's good. That's real good." A ripple of laughter spread through the room as the reporters all bent forward to see how the con-man extraordinaire would pull it off this time. They knew he knew they knew the game. The whole scandal may have been a shame, but it was also an impressive and successful sham, a truly masterful performance. In the end, the American public sided with Clinton, not because we believed him innocent, but because we identified with the con-man sinner more than we did with the morally perfect Republican witchhunters. As Edwards said, a sense of our mutual sinful condition tends to promote mutual compassion. If Clinton could get away with it, so can you.

So choose a voice, put on your mask, march onto the stage of that blank white piece of paper, and construct a story that will wow the crowd.