Doug Thompson
Capitol Hill Blue
Wednesday, January 31, 2001

Bill Clinton’s despicable legacy lives on.

It didn't end when his aides vandalized the White House and Old Executive Office Building, stripping “W” keys off computer keyboards, sealing desk drawers closed with glue and redirecting computers to porn sites.

It didn't end with Bill and Hillary sneaking out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with silverware, plates and God-knows-what-else hidden in their suitcases.

And it didn't end with the Clinton entourage stripping Air Force One bare of coffee cups, glassware and logo towels during the flight from Washington to New York.

No, Clinton continues to moon the American public and rip off taxpayers every chance he gets.

The former President, one of the youngest ever to leave the White House alive, plans to rent more than 8,000 square feet of prime office space in Manhattan, signing a lease for the entire 56th Floor of New York City's Carnegie Tower at a cost of more than $700,000 a year to American taxpayers.

That's more than the cost we currently pay for all of the office space for all of the other ex-presidents (Ford, Bush, Reagan and Carter).

“President Clinton’s office space would shatter all previous records for former presidents, who are already living high on the taxpayer tab,” said Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union.

That's our Bill. If there's a record for ripping off the taxpayer, or bringing the image of the Presidency to a new low, your can be sure he will shatter it.

It wasn't enough to bring shame to the Oval Office with perjury, obstruction of justice and blowjobs from eager young interns. Clinton continues to drop his pants and flash his ass to the world for all to see. He doesn't care.  He's Peck’s ultimate bad boy, the flashy rogue who always gets away and thumbs his nose at all who shake their heads and wonder how he does it.

From lying to the American public (“I did not have sex with that woman”),  perjuring himself before a grand jury, obstructing justice at every turn and,  finally, to selling pardons to the highest bidders, Clinton has over and over again proven himself to be nothing more than Arkansas trailer trash.

Here is a man who, along with his shameless wife, is more than $10 million in debt from legal bills alone, yet who manages to get not one, but two, multi-million dollar mortgages for mansions in New York and Washington and furnish them by openly soliciting lavish gifts from political supporters.

Then he charges the federal government rent for the U.S. Secret Service operations on his New York estate, rent which just happens to be the same as his mortgage payment.

Now he plans to move into lavish, $700 grand-a-year offices in Manhattan.

Yes, Bill Clinton has left Washington. However, the legacy of that rotten, corrupt son-of-a-bitch will continue to haunt (and cost) us for years to come.