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One thing Bill Clinton did that was perhaps a positive in the grand political spectrum is change the way we look at scandal.
And before him it was Regan as the "Scandelous" first divorced president.
At the time of Biden's issue our political culture was just as happy to jump on a perceieved scandel as we are today, however back then, politicians had no way to know if a scandel would destroy them.
As a result a small scandel broke, and a politician had to back away from the lime light for fear of electoral defeat, which is worse then withdrawl in shame.
When Bill Clinton walked through impeachment unscathed it fundementally changed the way politicians viewed scandal.
They realized what the American People had always known. Despite what the talking classes think, we are not easily swayed by false and pointless stories.
If it doesn't effect their message and their ability to lead, the American People simply don't care.
Biden and Obama will survive because their scandals are minor even nonexistant compared to McCain's long history of corruption and alliance with criminal money men.
