There is being a sore loser, and there is being a sore loser. Bill Clinton has many reasons to be angry at Donald Trump. Trump prevented the Clintons from becoming the first husband-wife team to occupy the Oval Office. He launched bitter personal attacks against both of them. But when Clinton whined that we had entered a “post-truth era” with the election of Trump, the hypocrisy was just too much. Clinton's whole political career was based on assuring the public that it was fine to be living in a post-truth, post-integrity era. More than any other politician, Clinton prepared the public for the devil's bargain Trump would later make with his supporters. Having sold their own souls first, the Clintonites are in a poor position to object.
As a presidential candidate in 1992, Clinton burst onto the scene telling obvious lies. He lied about having an affair with Gennifer Flowers, despite recorded evidence of him coaching her to put off the press. He issued bizarre nondenials of marijuana use (I never broke the laws of my country), and when witness testimony emerged, he denied having inhaled. As president, Clinton was caught committing both perjury and obstruction of justice in order to cover up a new affair. He was plausibly accused of sexual harassment by Paula Jones, of sexual assault by Kathleen Willey, and of rape by Juanita Broaddrick.
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