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Presidential libraries have always been monuments in praise of the American political system. Clinton’s is the reverse.
The Lewinsky matter is covered in an alcove dedicated to the “politics of persecution.” The display lumps together Newt Gingrich’s “Contract With America” and independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s Whitewater investigation in a collection that evokes the memory of Hillary Rodham Clinton describing a “right-wing conspiracy” against her husband.
“We had to show this was a systematic attempt by Republican leaders to delegitimize Bill Clinton and the administration,” said former Clinton adviser Bruce Lindsey, who worked with the ex-president during the exhibit-design process.
Come on Bill—take a little responsibility. The Nixon Library’s exhibits on Watergate don’t make partisan attacks on Democrats.
Liberals pretend that the Right is divisive. Note that the exhibit is specifically intended to be devisive.
To put a partisan attack on permanent display in a presidential library is rude, crass—even vulgar.
The exhibit indicates that Clinton isn’t very apologetic for the affair. No wonder people consider Republicans by far the stronger party on values. This exhibit will reinforce that to all its many visitors every year. So it is an ongoing attack not only on the Republicans, but also on the Democrats, and even on Clinton himself, since he’s making his own party look bad.
The Clinton Library would be well-advised to rethink this exhibit.
