There's much disapproval of former President Bill Clinton's recent speech-making. When Senator Ted Kennedy is unhappy with the Clintons, it's an unusual time.
Some criticized Mr. Clinton's bare-knuckled comments to promote his wife's candidacy as "un-presidential". It is true that there used to be an ex-Presidents tradition of leading a more muted life after leaving office.
I'm enamored with Mr. Clinton's intelligence, his command of complex issues and I believe he cares about the average citizen. He's also a fine speaker, gifted politician and a Democrat with some fiscal moorings. After all, we haven't seen a budget surplus since Bill Clinton left the White House. His peccadilloes aside, one must give him some credit for those balanced budgets.
On the other hand, he used the Oval Office like a sex parlor, deceived the American people about it, lied under oath, rented out the Lincoln bedroom, pardoned billionaire tax cheat Mark Rich and one could go on. So, he did not always behave in a "presidential" manner while in office.
One could say the same about many other presidents, so the word requires added defintion.
