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Article: CLINTON: A FAILED PRESIDENT.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- January 15, 2001
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Byline: George Will
WASHINGTON -- Because of his political monomania, and because he is a perpetual preener who can strut even while sitting, Bill Clinton relished being president. The pomp, the cameras, the microphones make that office a narcissist's delight. But other than by soiling the office, he was a remarkably inconsequential president.
It is axiomatic: Some people want public office in order to do something; others in order to be something. Clinton was the latter sort. Which is why he never seriously considered dealing with America's most serious policy problem, and why he was an unserious president.
Some problems come as bolts from the ...