That's because his Republican counterparts/enemies blew things like the Lewinsky scandal so far out of proportion, you weren't supposed to notice, much less remember, anything really important about his presidency.MissingOne said:Wow! I must have been asleep through the entire Clinton presidency. I didn't notice any of that stuff.
The saddest thing about humanity is that we're so shallow that we measure people more by their mistakes rather than their accomplishments, and when it comes to those who are famous or hold public office, their mistakes are magnified to a point where when history is written, their accomplishments are overshadowed by them.
Clinton didn't do anything truly malignant—he was just being human. He held a very stressful job. Granted, he wronged his wife and he picked the wrong place to do it, but in the end, it was no one's business but theirs and they should be commended for having managed to mend their marriage in spite of the fact that he had a very long-term history, of which Hilary was well aware, of infidelity.
As for Hilary's part, she's a very intelligent and accomplished woman in her own right and with the possible exception of Eleanor Roosevelt, I don't think any First Lady has come close to being her equal. She managed to remain remarkably calm and dignified during her husband's time in the White House and there was never any doubt of her strength. She is every bit as well-educated, and I have no doubt that if given the opportunity, she will make a good president. I hope she does become the first woman president, because I believe she alone would open the door for many more. The first woman to hold that office will be the one who must prove to all Americans that a woman really can do the job. That will be no mean feat, but I think that if any woman can pull it off, Hilary can.
However, all that said, no one ever proved that she was the perfect wife. She stood by Bill regardless of all his philandering, but was she any more worthy of him than he was of her? It takes two to make a marriage and the marriage had problems—of that there can be no doubt. Maybe the whole problem was that they were both just as well educated and they both wanted to be "on top" so to speak. Few marriages survive that kind of "equality." It's a wonder theirs did considering the blows it took, particularly given that they were taken in public.