Our outgoing president strolled into our lives eight years ago, promising to organize the Most Ethical Administration in the History of the Republic. He produced the most indicted.

He vowed to fight for those who "work hard and play by the rules" -- and then broke the rules himself with glee. . . .

In ClintonSpeak, federal spending is "investment." Taxes are "spending." Any given sentence might include a Clinton clause, a linguistic escape hatch. Here are some examples of the art: In response to questions about marijuana use: "I never violated the laws of my country" -- and "I didn't inhale." "I never had sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." (This is based on the peculiar notion that she can have sex with him while he is not having sex with her.) "It depends on what the meaning of the word is, is." . . .

Think back: Every memorable Clinton quote is a lie. He lied about his marriage, his finances, his political record. He fabricated tales about his own life and times -- such as his "vivid and painful memories" of Arkansas church burnings (there were none). He told students at Drake University, "Since I was a little boy, I've heard about the Iowa caucuses" -- which didn't attract national attention until 1972.

He lied so often, with such facility and zest that pundits used a term that previously had seemed too impolite to use against a president: "liar." Smitten reporters applied a new label to his fibs. They called it "spin."

Clinton also did something that was too Nixonian even for Nixon. He hired private detectives to intimidate potentially damaging witnesses. He sicced them after Paula Jones and Willey. He benefited from personal assaults on Kenneth Starr, Henry Hyde and Newt Gingrich.

But then, he needed such help because he had more dirty linens than Sing Sing. Juanita Broaddrick says he raped her more than 20 years ago. He has never refuted the charge. He had a long string of dalliances, most of which he denied as fervently as he denied frolicking with Monica. His finances stank. His political deals stank. And his old gubernatorial records mysteriously disappeared.

As people learned during impeachment, there are two words Bill Clinton never says: I'm sorry. He didn't apologize to Billy Dale and other members of the White House Travel Office for firing them and subjecting them to a baseless FBI probe. He didn't apologize to the telephone operators and civil servants he cashiered in order to turn White House service jobs into political appointments. He didn't apologize to cabinet members he used as human shields during L'Affair Lewinsky. And he has yet to apologize to the American people for mocking the values they try to pass on to their children.

Excerpt from Townhall, January 18, 2001 Full Article

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