Reply #16: Disappointing I'm sure

[Proud Liberal Dem]

I wasn't very happy about what Clinton did either. It was REALLY boneheaded of him IMHO to get involved with Monica Lewinsky and carry on an affair in the WH when everybody knew about his past. Between everything else, it was one huge distraction (on top of others) that diminished his legacy and ability to accomplish things during the last part of his second term, as well as helped set up a more difficult campaign for Gore in 2000. The only "silver lining" about the whole situation is that, thanks to Larry Flynt, it exposed the GOP's "family values" hypocrisy and brought Newt down. I was disappointed to hear about Edwards but I'm glad that he pulled himself out of the running for POTUS in 2008 rather than continue on and possibly win the nomination and/or get selected as VP or something.