1998 Flashback: Charlie Crist Calls for Bill Clinton’s Resignation

In 1998, Charlie Crist Called for Bill Clinton’s Resignation, Now He’s Welcoming His Endorsement (National Review Online)

Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist will welcome Bill Clinton to Miami for a Friday campaign rally. As is the case for Crist on so many issues, he used to sing a much different tune about Clinton.

During his 1998 Senate race, amid the Monica Lewinsky scandal facing then-President Clinton, Crist, who was running as a Republican, expressed his disappointment in the president and called on him to step down.

“Regrettably, I believe that the president has shattered the confidence and trust of the American people,” he said. “I think he needs to be accountable for that. That’s why I believe the best thing he could do for the country would be the resign the office of the president.”

Crist, who left the Republican party in 2010 after losing a Senate primary to Marco Rubio, is now looking to unseat the current Republican governor Rick Scott in what appears to be a close race.