AXO Alum, the difference is the irony, IMO. Clinton never claimed that he was bringing morality and family values back to the white house (like Bush, Quayle and other repubs have made their platform). So, yeah, Clinton shouldn't have done certain things, but at least he never promised us he wouldn't do them. Bush was all about family values and the irony (although not law-breaking) on his part was that either he considers his daughter's 2 run-ins with the law and 3 other "incidents" to be what makes up "family values" or he is advocating something he has an unusually hard time (more than, like I've said before, anyone I have EVER known) performing himslef (i.e. his expectations of others are higher than his expectations of himself or personal abilities.
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