FOR THE RECORD

"The Clinton administration has the dubious honor of breaking the record for the most number of:

Convictions and guilty pleas

Cabinet officials under criminal investigation

Independent counsels named (Attorney General Janet Reno has had to tap more than all other attorney generals combined)

White House lawyers

Claims of executive privilege

Presidential legal bills

Witnesses who fled the country or took the Fifth

Key witnesses who died unexpectedly

Illegal foreign donations accepted

No other elected, sitting president has ever been:

Impeached

Recommended for disbarment

Guilty of violating The Privacy Act

Held in contempt of court and fined for giving false and misleading answers under oath

Sued for sexual harassment

Forced to settle a sexual-harassment lawsuit

Accused of rape

In business and/or good pals with more convicted felons

Now after 39-plus scandals (the White House counsel's office's own internal count) and seven special outside investigations, you'd think Clinton's crookedness would be bumper-sticker obvious to even his sappiest apologist (Dan Rather) and shrillest shill (Eleanor Clift). Fat chance."

-- Paul Sperry

Clinton is the only president ever impeached strictly on grounds of personal malfeasance