The GOP did an unworldly job smearing his reputation, and unfortunately so much of the media just played along for the cheap joke and sensationalism value. Unfortunately, I think this helped poison the views of a bunch of younger voters, costing perfectly worthy successors to him such as Gore and Hillary to fall short, electing a vastly inferior alternative each time, as a result.

The small list of Clinton’s moral failings never affected his presidential ability in a significant way, and are absolutely dwarfed by what came later.

So America collectively got to have its larfs at Clinton’s expense, while in the long term shooting itself in the collective face. Haha?