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President Bill Clinton 1990's Analysis

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The extreme bias of the 1990's seemed to branch from Republicans’ feelings that Clinton represented everything conservatives hated about the 1960's. In college, Clinton smoked marijuana and participated in antiwar protests. He ended up marrying a feminist, leading a multicultural administration and supporting the gay rights movement. Opponents of Clinton and the media waited in the shadows for chances to assail him and he provided. In the 1980's and 90's, the criticism of the private lives of public officials’ escalated quickly. Since the second that Clinton began office, charges of misconduct shadowed over him. In 1993, an investigation was launched into an Arkansas real estate deal. Known as Whitewater, Clinton and his wife profited greatly.

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