Was William Jefferson Clinton a good president? In my opinion, Bill Clinton was not a good president. I am not saying he was the worst one we have ever had, but he did a lot of things to give himself a bad name to the citizens of the United States of America. Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was born in 1946 in Arkansas. Clinton is the second president to get impeached. He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, and he has one daughter, Chelsea Victoria Clinton. Clinton served two terms from 1993 to 2001. From the very beginning of his term to the very end, it always seemed as though he was in some form of trouble. The Whitewater scandal was the first, and heaviest investigated item of accused wrongdoings by the Clintons. Whitewater is a development of land for tract housing in Arkansas. The Clintons invested into Whitewater before his term of Governor of Arkansas. This would be just a normal, everyday investment. The partners that the Clintons were in with bought a small savings and loan. When this savings and loan went bankrupt, it was bailed out by the Resolution Trust Corporation. The Resolution Trust Corporation is a Federal Agency, and questions were raised that the Clintons involvement with politics may have influenced Resolution Trust to bail the savings and loan out to protect the Clintons interest. Word of the Whitewater scandal can still be heard on TV occasionally. In 1994, a woman named Paula Jones hit Clinton with a civil lawsuit. Jones claimed that her civil rights were violated when Clinton made a sexual proposition to her while Clinton was serving as Governor in Arkansas. She also claimed that Clinton punished her for denying his sexual advancement, by blocking any pay raises, and promotions. The suit was going to be delayed until Clinton was out of office, but then it was ruled that the president had no protection from civil lawsuits. Jones eventually settled for $850,000. The man in charge...
