However his wife continued to live with him and receive the respect due to the wife of a President. Harold Macmillan who was Prime Minister of Britain in the 1950's had a wife who was having an affair with Lord Boothby a fellow politician of the same party. The European attitude to sex is different to that in the United States. Americans can afford to be concerned about their President's sexual excesses because they are living in a time of unparralled confidence and ease. The economy is booming and Wall Street keeps rising.
People are comfortable and have time to focus on their leaders morals.
Maybe President Clinton has been doing too good a job in bringing prosperity to the American people. President Fidel Castro of Cuba is celebrating his fortieth anniversary in power much to the annoyance of the American government. When he entered Havana on 8th January 1959 nobody could have imagined that he would still be in power in 1999. President Castro who is now 71 years old has seen the passing of four Popes and eight U.S. Presidents. Fidel was responsible for nearly bringing about the end of mankind.