Jon Meacham: What Almost Brought Down Bill Clinton in the 90s Doesn’t Weigh as Much as It Was Today

RUSH EXCERPT:

MEACHAM: “Look who is president of the United States? This is something for — we’ll be dealing with for generations, I think. I don’t mean to be overly grand about it, but think about what brought almost brought down and ended the presidency of Bill Clinton 25 years ago, and then think about what much of the country pays almost no evident attention to in terms of the behavior of the incumbent president of the United States. Now, I’m not casting stones, judge not lest ye shall be judged, all of that is very important, but as a clinical matter, the culture, or at least a significant part of the culture decided to suspend the ordinary moral standards for people in the public eye, and you can argue about that, whether that is, you know, mercy on or a blind eye. Where it’s affecting all of us. Where it’s affecting all of us is in the White House.”