William Jefferson Clinton Memorial Library

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Dedicated to preserving the true legacy of the 42nd President of the United States.

William Jefferson Clinton
President of the United States (1993 - 2001)
Democrat

Bill Clinton promised as President that his would be the "most ethical administration in the history of the country.” As you explore the pages of this website, you can decide for yourself whether he lived up to that promise.

Bill Clinton and His Values

The spiritual values contained in Biblical Christianity (honesty, integrity, purity, love for God, respect for oneself and others, etc.) are the values that make for strong lives, strong families, strong churches, and strong societies.

Economist Warren Brookes said,
The spiritual values [Christians and Jews] celebrate are universal and fundamental, and without them, even the most conceptually efficient economic system will fail. Democracy itself could disappear into tyranny. After all, economic activity is about the adding of value. But in its essence, value is spiritual, the expression of qualities of thought: self-discipline, order, self-respect, honesty, integrity, purity, loyalty, principle, genuine pride, love and respect for others. The list is infinite. Societies with strong spiritual values tend to generate economic value and expand. Societies with too materialistic values ultimately fall into disrepair and decay. Those that have tried to abandon religious or theological support for moral values, which are the key to self-government, have generally declined into despotic deprivation.
[Warren Brookes, "The Key to Well-Being," The Washington Times, December 25, 1989]

Bill Clinton does not share those values.

"We are redefining in practical terms the immutable ideals that have guided us from the beginning."
                              President Bill Clinton, Nov. 8, 1997

What's troubling is that many American people don't care. They either don't think a person's values are important or they actually share those values. For others, they are willing to overlook the character issues if the candidate will tell them what they want to hear. And for many others, they have become desensitized to corruption because in their view ALL candidates are corrupt.

How is being President a reflection on the American people?

What are the values Clinton thinks important?

Honesty and Truth

Honesty and truth is a value that many Americans no longer hold. Far too Americans have for so long listened to the lies, they no longer have the capacity to discern truth from lies. Rather, they have taken the easy broad road of accepting whatever they hear without question.

Bill Clinton, over the years, has repeatedly evaded tough questions, or offered partial truths, instead of being forthright and honest. Clinton says one thing (what people want to hear), do another, and then change his tune again almost before the ink is dry from the pens of Establishment owned reporters. In politics it's called "maneuvering" - in reality, it's called lying. Sadly, many Americans judge the man by what he says rather than what he does.

In his 1995 State of the Union Address, of 23 points made, 23 were incorrect and/or outright lies. Did anyone in the liberal mainstream media call him to account? Of course not. Rather, they praised him.

It is astonishing to me that Bill Clinton, a man of obviously questionable moral character, was even considered by the American people for the highest executive office in our government, let alone be elected to it. And to be re-elected after showing his true colors was a disgrace!

What the Democrats and the Clinton administration wanted to change is everything we have stood for during the past three hundred years, from the leadership of respected elected officials to the moral foundations of liberty. Hence, the reason they don't like to look at the past but only the future. To liberals, their failed programs and crimes of the past should not reflect on their empty "promises" for the future. They never speak of retaining America's greatness; they want to remake it after their own image.

Integrity

Bill Clinton and his liberal cronies have no real ideas except for spending more money. So, rather than addressing the issues in a constructive way, these liberals have taken a different tack:

• They lie.
• They redefine terms to fit their agenda.
• They call their opponents "extremists."
• They frighten the country with fraudulent claims of the threat Republicans supposedly pose.
• They scare old people.
• They charge that their adversaries actually want to starve the vulnerable, take food from childrens mouths, poison the earth, oppress the helpless and make little children sick.

Leadership

Liberal Democrats loved to say,
          "President Clinton is a leader who does what's right — not because it is easy, but because it is the right thing to do."

• Since when was lying the "right thing to do"?
• Since when was sexually harrassing women the "right thing to do"?
• Since when was turning away from the covenantal vision and biblical principles of our Founders the "right thing to do"?
• Since when was infanticide the "right thing to do"?
• Since when was limiting First Amendment rights based on political beliefs the "right thing to do"?
• Since when was funding with American tax money obscene and sacrilegious paintings the "right thing to do"?
• Since when was obstrucing justice the "right thing to do"?
• Since when was promoting homosexuality the "right thing to do"?

Doing the right thing is an honorable thing and a value all Americans should aspire to, but redefining perversion, dishonesty, and evil as "the right thing to do" is an affront to all that is right, dishonors the office of the Presidency and is hardly a value to esteem.

As the foremost leader in our nation, Bill Clinton ruthlessly ignored the wishes and values of the American people, as he has pursued a liberal social agenda the likes of which we have never seen before.

The direction President Clinton led this country was appalling to all who fear God and dare to believe that the old fashioned morality of the Bible has yet to be improved upon. Bill Clinton's outspoken support for homosexual and abortion rights should alarm all Christians. Add to that allegations of marital infidelity and for most Christians, this man epitomized all that is really wrong with America.

Opportunity and Responsibility

President Clinton claims he believes in opportunity for every American, for every child, for every family. But opportunity, he says, must be accompanied by responsibility; we should meet our responsibilities to one another, to our families, to our communities, and to our country. Public policy should help people who act responsibly.

Ironic that a "draft dodger" would talk about meeting our responsibilities. And, what's his idea of an opportunity... to join Hillary's Village.

Principle and Ethics

Candidate Bill Clinton said, "American politics is being held hostage by big money interests.... [C]liques of $100,000 donors buy access to Congress and the White House.'' Yes, as President Bill Clinton sold private White House dinners to donors who gave at least $100,000 to the Democratic National Committee - plus ``private impromptu meetings'' with senior officials, a ``personal DNC staff contact'' to cut through federal red tape, and seats on foreign trade missions.

Although Clinton promised to raise ethical standards when he first ran for president, his administration was totally mired in an ethical swamp and according to the GAO, ethics investigations of the Clintons and their aides are costing American taxpayers more than $1 million per month.

• In May of 1993 the White House fired seven long-term travel office employees and hires Clinton's cousin Catherine Cornelius. The White House released on Jan. 4, 1996 a 1993 memo by ex-aide David Watkins: Hillary Clinton was "insistent" he fire all the White House Travel Office employees.
• Commerce Secretary Ron Brown was the target of criminal investigation by the Justice Department.
• Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros faced criminal investigation.
• Mike Espy, Clinton's former agriculture secretary was the target of a full scale special counsel's investigation.
• Roger Altman, the deputy Tresury secretary was forced to resign amid allegations that he misled Congress about his involement in the Whitewater affair.
• White House administrator David Watkins resigned on May 26, 1994 after using the presidential helicopter, at a cost to taxpayers of $13,000, for a golf outing.
• Ira Magaziner, a White House advisor, was under investigation for allegedly lying under oath about the activities of the health-reform task force headed by Hillary Clinton.
• Webster Hubbell, formerly the No. 3 power at Clinton's Justice Department, resigned shortly before pleading guilty to two felony counts involving theft from his former Little Rock law firm.
• The Washington Times revealed on Nov. 7, 1995, Veterans Secretary Jesse Brown was sending statements critical of the Republican Congress to his employees via e-mail and printed on their pay stubs.
• The Washington Post on Jan. 13, 1996, calls Clinton's ambassador to the Vatican, Raymond Flynn, a "political hack" for waging a letter-writing campaign at taxpayer expense in support of Clinton's domestic policies.
• The Wall Street Journal reported Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary spent more than $43,500 of taxpayer money compiling an enemies list of reporters who have been critical of her or her department.
• The The Washington Times revealed on Jan. 23, 1996, that nearly 600 Commerce Department employees used government credit cards to pay for personal expenses.