[DogBarkTree]

I have no sympathy for GHB on this. He laid down with a dog and got up with herpes. Being a friend of Bill’s was the worst thing he could ever have done.

[conservative blonde]

I totally agree. Bush Senior should never ever have involved himself with the likes of bubba. I am glad he set it down straight that he had no intention of traveling the world as a diplomat with Bill Clinton.

[The Pack Knight]

There has always been a tradition of public comity between former Presidents, and I can't fault President Bush for trying to preserve the dignity of the Office by continuing that tradition.

I think it's a stretch to say he was ever a "friend of Bill's." President Clinton only sullies his own legacy when he attempts to abuse that tradition of comity like this, and I think President Bush did a fine job of calling him out on it without turning it into a political food fight.