They were never altered to say things that they didn't say. They were never touched in that way at all, ever. Ugly charges were thrown against him and his approval rating only soared. Every new rumor seems to give the President a new point in the polls. But the allegations still have the potential to be incendiary.
Government proceeds regardless but government is grounded in politics.
Any proposal the President so ably makes, from standing tall against Iraq to shoring up Social Security, still raises a wonder of if a clever politician is making policy to obscure his problems. It would be nice to say that a President's private life has nothing to do with his or her fitness for office. But one of the ugliest parts of John F. Kennedy's legacy is that a President's personal involvements, be it with gangsters, moles, and alleged spies, as with President Kennedy or state employees and former interns sent to the Pentagon, the allegations against President Clinton, can raise at least as many questions about a President's official integrity as who contributes to his campaign. As this week's polls confirm many Americans have fierce affection for Bill Clinton. And I want you to remember that.