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Bill
Clinton served as the
42nd President of the United States of America.
Before becoming president he served 5 terms
as the governor of Arkansas. Clinton was
a member of the Democratic Party and was
a very popular president, with advances
in the areas of education, jobs, and the
environment domestically while encouraging
peace talks internationally with the Northern
Island and Palestinian conflicts. President
Clinton's achievements were overshadowed
by the Monica Lewinski scandal where he
had sexual relations with a White House
intern and was impeached, yet later acquitted
by the Senate. Clinton's popularity remained
high even after the Lewinsky controversy
and was one of the most popular American
presidents upon leaving office.
President Clinton was born as William Jefferson
Blythe III on the 19th of August, 1946 in
Hope, Arkansas. His father (William Jefferson
Blythe, Jr) was a traveling salesman that
was killed in a vehicle accident before
he was born.
Clinton's grandfather James Elridge Cassidy
was a major influence on the young future
president. Whilst living with his grandparents,
Bill would go to work with his Papaw
at his two jobs, which included a nighttime
security position at a local sawmill and
the running of a small grocery store. During
these times his grandfather would share
his life experience with young Billy.
In the south of the United States there
were major problems with racism and segregation
was used to keep blacks away from whites.
With a regular stream of black customers
to his grandfather's grocery store, Clinton
saw that his grandfather treated them the
same as he treated his white customers.
Both his grandfather and grandmother (Edith
Grisham Cassidy) were against the unfair
segregation laws and the rampant racism
that was an accepted part of life at the
time. Bill Clinton saw the respect that
his grandparents gave to African Americans
as a normal way to treat all people, even
though it was a very unusual way of thinking.
Clinton was one of the few white boys of
his small town that would play with black
children. These early experiences must have
played a part in his later thinking, where
he was called the first black American president
(because of his empathy towards all people,
regardless of skin color).
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