Standing in the White House drive at 5 a.m. waiting for a glimpse of Mr. Starr's car arriving for a secret grand jury proceeding is not a dignified way to earn a living. The blather that ran all of Monday and into the wee hours on CNN was the sort of television that when you turn it off, you feel so much better. And then came the New York Times, with the highest horsefeather content of all. Almost the entire front page was given over to the carnival. This is not a grownup question.
People do such things.
It has no relation to intellect or political talent. It has to do with being human, and there is a lot of human nature in everybody, including our Bill.