President Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton. He is the most powerful man in the world. He is also our President. However, what do we really know about him? With all the scandals and controversies surrounding this man and his family, is it possible to ever really know the truth about him? Perhaps the only way to do so is to examine the myths surrounding him, many of them of Clinton's own making, and delve beneath the surface. One of the most well known scandals surrounding Bill Clinton is the marijuana issue. During the 1992 election, at a time when Clinton least needed trouble, it became known that Clinton had smoked marijuana while attending Oxford. "When I wasin England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, And I didn't like it. I didn't inhale and I never tried it again," Clinton said in a 1992 interview. He later added, "I was curious, other people were doing it and I tried it. I assumed it was against the law, but when we got there they told us that as long as we did it inside of our apartments orwhatever; nobody would hassle us. But I was not into that" (Allen 31). Clinton's grudging confession, especially the "didn't inhale" quote, would bring him much ridicule. According to an acquaintance in England, Sara Mait
" Since all the women named denied the chargesnothing was ever printed. The draft story raised doubt in the minds of many. Clinton's method of givingelliptical answers to questions, the draft and drug issues for instance, helped support thisimage. Also atthis time, rumors began circulating concerning an extramarital affair Clinton wassupposedly having. The rumors concerning Clinton's extramarital affairs reached a feveredpitch. Rodham Clinton stated that they were totally untrue, and that without a doubt,Flowers had been paid to fabricate the story (Allen 187-189). Since Nixon had made the lotterybased on birthdays, Clinton was practically guaranteed not to be drafted. These charges came with a lawsuit filed for whatNichols termed an "unjust firing. Strangely enough, after a radio station's report in 1990,Flowers had denied the charge angrily and had threatened a lawsuit. How much of these accounts are true we canonly guess. He pleaded guilty and served a little over a year in federal prison (Clinton149). That, combined with his dodging of the question for so manyyears led to the furthering of the Slick "Willie" image. I, personally, do not like the Clintons, probably a result of livingin a household where their names are considered as bad as certain four letter words.
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