It does. But I wonder if he really thought it would go to hell? Again I think he thought that if things didn't go his way, he'd let them unravel further, to then 'save' us at a later point. And plenty of his people kept his secrets, so he could always bite his lower lip and give a thumbs up and say it wasn't his fault and he feels our pain, gaining more of our affections.
Wanted the world to go to hell? Sure - it's a fair assumption and why not? Look at the messes he left others to clean up in Arkansas. And they did! Or tried to. Folks have gone to jail for him, kept his secrets, some never leaving the jail alive. I just saw Denise Rich on CSpan (before I could switch channels) defending him and what they were trying to do. I know that the basic narcissists/sociopaths can be charming, but wow! What kind of Svengali-like hold does he have over his peons?
And also, he may have know hte mess he created would explode, but either he could do more damage control with Gore in office and try to clean it up, pushing for the laws to somehow allow him a third term. Or leave the mess for his Repub successor, then blaming it solely on him. Either way pushing for a return of him to office - he did say he would gladly serve a third term if only the law would allow. Not, 'but the law is quite clear and doesn't allow'. I think he was hoping we'd say, and some did, forget the law, you're the best, keep being our president. Or paving a way for his wife to step in as president to clean up the messes left by the 'republican presidency'. I think it was purely self serving. And he - and I! - are surprised that the media is at all exposing him or allowing him to unravel on air.
What he didn't anticipate was how easy it would be to document the landmines he planted around the world during his 8 years in office.
Again, remember how he had Hollywood bigs and media darlings all towing the pro-Bill line? Not even one tiny blurb on Hillary or Chelsea in the MSMedia unless to say how wonderful they were. I think he thought the media would always love and adore and protect him. I'm a little surprised that he was allowed to unravel on air. Of course, he yelled at his staff, to blame them, but, still...