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In March 2010, a Newsmax/Zogby poll asking Americans which of the current living former presidents they think is best equipped to deal with the problems the country faces today, found that a wide margin of respondents would pick Bill Clinton. Clinton received 41% of the vote, while George W. Bush received 15%, George H. W. Bush received 7%, and Jimmy Carter received 5%.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/poll-clinton-obama-bush/2010/03/07/id/351887 |title=Bill Clinton Bests Former Presidents to Handle Crisis Today, Newsmax/Zogby Poll Finds |author=Jim Meyers |publisher=Newsmax |date=March 7, 2010 |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
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AsClinton theè firststato [[babyil boomer]]primo president,presidente Clintonda wasmezzo the first president insecolo a half-century not to haveessere beennato alivedopo duringla WorldSeconda WarGuerra IIMondiale.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sandalow |first=Marc |title=Clinton Era Marked by Scandal, Prosperity: 1st Baby Boomer in White House Changed Notions of Presidency |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 14, 2001 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/14/MN71509.DTL |accessdate=October 29, 2008}}</ref> AuthorsSecondo Martin Walker ande Bob Woodward statei Clinton'sfattori innovativepiù useimportanti ofdel [[soundsuo bite]]-readysuccesso dialogue,vanno personalricercati charisma,nell'uso andinnovativo publicdi perceptionun dialogo basato su battute mordaci<!- oriented-"sound-bite campaigningdialogue"-->, wassul asuo majorcarisma factorpersonale, ine su una campagna hisorientata highsulla publicpercezione approvaldel ratingspubblico.<ref>Martin Walker, ''Clinton: the President they deserve'', Fourth Estate 1999</ref><ref>Bob Woodward, ''The choice: how Clinton won'', Touchstone 1996, ISBN 0-684-81308-4</ref> WhenQuando Clinton playedsuonava thesuonava saxophoneil onsassofono nel noto talk-show '' [[The Arsenio Hall Show ]]'', healcuni wasconservatori described<!-- byreligiosi some-->lo religious conservatives asdefinirono " theil MTVpresidente presidentdell'MTV."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bresler |first=Robert J. |title=The Muddled Meaning of the 2000 Election |publisher=USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)|month=January |year=2001 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2668_129/ai_69698398 |accessdate=January 2, 2007 }}</ref> OpponentsGli sometimesavversari referredgli tosi himrivolgevano asa volte col soprannome "Slick Willie" (''l'astuto Willie''),<ref>{{cite book |title="Slick Willie": Why America Cannot Trust Bill Clinton |author=Floyd G. Brown |year=1993 |publisher=Annapolis Publishing |isbn=978-0-9634397-0-3 }}</ref> ausato nicknameper firstla appliedprima whilevolta hequando wasera governorgovernatore ofe Arkansasdurato andper tutto il lastingperiodo throughoutdella hissua presidencypresidenza.<ref name=WaPoNickname>{{Cite news| title = It's Come To This: A Nickname That's Proven Hard to Slip | last = Merida| first = Kevin| date = December 20, 1998|work=The Washington Post | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/slick122098.htm }}</ref> StandingAlto at a height of {{nowrap|6 ft 2 in}} (1 .,88 m) metri, Clinton isè tiedil withquarto fivePresidente otherspiù asalto thedella [[Heightsstoria, ofin Unitedparità Statescon Presidents and presidential candidates|fourth-tallest president]] in the nation'saltri historycinque.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Baker |first=Peter |title=Head and Shoulders Above the Rest |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/10/11/head_and_shoulders_above.html |date=October 11, 2007 |accessdate=August 30, 2011 | work=The Washington Post }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Carnahan |first=Ira |title=Presidential Timber Tends To Be Tall |url=http://www.forbes.com/2004/05/19/cz_ic_0519beltway.html |date=May 19, 2004 |accessdate=September 11, 2011 |work=Forbes}}</ref> HisLe folksysue mannermaniere ledpopolaresche him<!--folksy to--> bevenne [[List of nicknames of United States Presidents|nicknamed]]soprannominato "Bubba", especiallysopratutto innel thesud Southern U.SUSA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/item_QmEh4WrpgVtGtmVB4prTtI |title=Rudy Bops Bugga |work= New York Post |date=June 27, 2007 |accessdate=August 23, 2012 | first1=Charles | last1=Hurt | first2=Carl | last2=Campanile}}</ref> SinceDal [[2000 ]], heviene hasspesso frequently been referred to aschiamato ''"The Big Dog" '' or(il "Biggrande Dogcane). "<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/opinion/liberties-dare-speak-his-name.html |title=Liberties; Dare Speak His Name ▼<!-- "Slick Willie" redirects to this section heading. If the heading changes, please update the redirect too. TIA -->
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▲As the first [[baby boomer]] president, Clinton was the first president in a half-century not to have been alive during World War II.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sandalow |first=Marc |title=Clinton Era Marked by Scandal, Prosperity: 1st Baby Boomer in White House Changed Notions of Presidency |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 14, 2001 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/14/MN71509.DTL |accessdate=October 29, 2008}}</ref> Authors Martin Walker and Bob Woodward state Clinton's innovative use of [[sound bite]]-ready dialogue, personal charisma, and public perception-oriented campaigning was a major factor in his high public approval ratings.<ref>Martin Walker, ''Clinton: the President they deserve'', Fourth Estate 1999</ref><ref>Bob Woodward, ''The choice: how Clinton won'', Touchstone 1996, ISBN 0-684-81308-4</ref> When Clinton played the saxophone on ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'', he was described by some religious conservatives as "the MTV president."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bresler |first=Robert J. |title=The Muddled Meaning of the 2000 Election |publisher=USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)|month=January |year=2001 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2668_129/ai_69698398 |accessdate=January 2, 2007 }}</ref> Opponents sometimes referred to him as "Slick Willie",<ref>{{cite book |title="Slick Willie": Why America Cannot Trust Bill Clinton |author=Floyd G. Brown |year=1993 |publisher=Annapolis Publishing |isbn=978-0-9634397-0-3 }}</ref> a nickname first applied while he was governor of Arkansas and lasting throughout his presidency.<ref name=WaPoNickname>{{Cite news| title = It's Come To This: A Nickname That's Proven Hard to Slip | last = Merida| first = Kevin| date = December 20, 1998|work=The Washington Post | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/slick122098.htm }}</ref> Standing at a height of {{nowrap|6 ft 2 in}} (1.88 m), Clinton is tied with five others as the [[Heights of United States Presidents and presidential candidates|fourth-tallest president]] in the nation's history.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Baker |first=Peter |title=Head and Shoulders Above the Rest |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/10/11/head_and_shoulders_above.html |date=October 11, 2007 |accessdate=August 30, 2011 | work=The Washington Post }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Carnahan |first=Ira |title=Presidential Timber Tends To Be Tall |url=http://www.forbes.com/2004/05/19/cz_ic_0519beltway.html |date=May 19, 2004 |accessdate=September 11, 2011 |work=Forbes}}</ref> His folksy manner led him to be [[List of nicknames of United States Presidents|nicknamed]] "Bubba", especially in the Southern U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/item_QmEh4WrpgVtGtmVB4prTtI |title=Rudy Bops Bugga |work= New York Post |date=June 27, 2007 |accessdate=August 23, 2012 | first1=Charles | last1=Hurt | first2=Carl | last2=Campanile}}</ref> Since 2000, he has frequently been referred to as "The Big Dog" or "Big Dog."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/opinion/liberties-dare-speak-his-name.html |title=Liberties; Dare Speak His Name
|work= The New York Times |date=October 22, 2000 |accessdate=August 23, 2012 | author=Dowd, Maureen|quote="They're going to have to let the big dog run."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/us/politics/21clinton.html |title=Bill Clinton Stumps for Obama |work= The New York Times |date=September 20, 2010 |accessdate=August 23, 2012 | author=Rutenberg, Jim|author2= Zernike, Kate|quote="The Big Dog, as he is known among those in the tight world of Clinton associates..."}}</ref>
[[File:FEMA - 14697 - Photograph by Ed Edahl taken on 09-05-2005 in Texas.jpg|thumb|Clinton greetssaluta un evacuato a causa dell'[[Hurricaneuragano Katrina]] evacuee, who issulla insedia a wheelchairrotelle, inpresso theil ''Reliant CenterCentre'' at theallo ''Houston Astrodome'' on Septemberil [[5, Settembre]] [[2005]]. StandingDietro di lui il behindfuturo ClintonSenatore ise then-SenatorPresidente [[Barack Obama]].]]
ClintonOttenne drewun stronggrande supportsostegno fromdalla thecomunità Africanafroamericana Americane fece communitydelle andrelazioni madesociali improvingtra racerazze relationsuno adei majorpunti themefondamentali ofdella hissua presidencypresidenza.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/07/b122950.html |title=A Conversation With President Bill Clinton on Race in America Today |publisher=Center for American Progress|date=July 16, 2004 |accessdate= August 30, 2011}}</ref> InNel [[1998]], il [[NobelPremio Prize|Nobel]] laureate [[Toni Morrison]] calleddefinì Clinton "theil firstprimo Blackpresidente presidentnero", saying,dicendo: "Clinton displaysmostra almostquasi everytutti tropei oftratti blacknesstipici dei neri: single-parentfamiglia con un solo householdgenitore, bornnato poorpovero, working-classdella classe lavoratrice, saxophone-playingsuonatore di sassofono, amante del cibo spazzatura e di [[McDonald's]]-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas".<ref name=MorrisonNewYorker>{{cite web|last=Morrison |first=Toni |authorlink=Toni Morrison|title=Clinton as the first black president |work=The New Yorker|month=October |year=1998|url=http://ontology.buffalo.edu./smith/clinton/morrison.html|accessdate=December 1, 2006| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20061021020246/http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/clinton/morrison.html| archivedate= October 21, 2006 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> NotingNotando thatche la vita sessuale di Clinton's sexera lifestata wasesaminata scrutinizedpiù moredei thanrisultati hisdella careersua accomplishmentscarriera politica, Morrison comparedparagonò thisquesto tofatto theagli stereotypingstereotipi ande [[doubleal standards]]doppio statuto che i neri thatdevono blacksdi typicallysolito enduresopportare.<ref name=MorrisonNewYorker />
===Accuse d'infedeltà coniugale===
===Allegations of sexual misconduct===
Clinton hasè beenstato subjectaccusato todi severalaver allegationsavuto ofmolte sexualrelazioni misconductextraconiugali, thoughsebbene heabbia hasammesso onlysoltanto admittedquelle extramarital relationships withcon [[Monica Lewinsky]] ande [[Gennifer Flowers ]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/14/us/testing-president-accuser-jones-lawyers-issue-files-alleging-clinton-pattern.html | title=Testing of a President: The Accuser; Jones Lawyers Issue Files Alleging Clinton Pattern of Harassment of Women|work=The New York Times | date=March 14, 1998 |accessdate=August 30, 2011 | first=Francis X. | last=Clines}}</ref> ▼{{main|Sexual misconduct allegations against Bill Clinton}}
▲Clinton has been subject to several allegations of sexual misconduct, though he has only admitted extramarital relationships with [[Monica Lewinsky]] and [[Gennifer Flowers]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/14/us/testing-president-accuser-jones-lawyers-issue-files-alleging-clinton-pattern.html | title=Testing of a President: The Accuser; Jones Lawyers Issue Files Alleging Clinton Pattern of Harassment of Women|work=The New York Times | date=March 14, 1998 |accessdate=August 30, 2011 | first=Francis X. | last=Clines}}</ref>
InNel [[1994]], [[Paula Jones]] broughtlo acitò sexualin harassmentgiudizio lawsuitper againstmolestie Clintonsessuali, claimingsostenendo hedi madeaver unwantedricevuto advancesdelle in''avances'' nel [[1991]], whichcosa heche deniedClinton negò. TheIl caso fu caseinizialmente wasmesso initiallyda dismissedparte,<ref name="JO#$">{{Cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/02/clinton.jones.reax/ |title=Clinton Welcomes Jones Decision; Appeal Likely |date=April 2, 1998 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=September 11, 2011}}</ref> butma la Jones appealedfece ricorso.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/jonesappeal073198.htm |title=Text of Jones's Appeal |date = July 31, 1998 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=August 25, 2010}}</ref>
Durante Duringla thedeposizione depositionper foril the Jones lawsuitprocesso, whichtenuta waspresso heldla at[[Casa the White HouseBianca]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/03/13/jones.v.clinton.docs/clinton/ |title=Deposition of William Jefferson Clinton, January 17, 1998 |publisher=CNN |date=March 13, 1998 |accessdate=September 11, 2011}}</ref> Clinton [[Scandalo Lewinsky scandal|deniednegò havinganche sexualdi relationsaver avuto rapporti sessuali]] withcon [[Monica Lewinsky]]{{spaced, ndash}}deposizione aper denialcui thatvenne becamepoi thesottoposto basis for thead [[impeachment]]. charge of perjury.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|chapter=Lewinsky scandal |title='The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition' |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2008 |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Lewinsky_scandal.aspx |accessdate=February 9, 2010}}</ref> HeIn laterseguito, agreedle toparti antrovarono out-of-courtun settlementaccordo, ande paidClinton versò alla Jones $850,.000$.<ref name="CO{}{">{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/18/jones/ |title=Appeals court ponders Paula Jones settlement |date=November 18, 1998 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=September 11, 2011}}</ref> HisBob attorneyBennet, Bobil Bennettsuo statedavvocato, thataffermò heche onlyl'unico mademotivo theper settlementcui sostrinse hel'accordo couldfu endquello thedi porre fine al processo in lawsuitmodo forda goodpoter andandare moveavanti oncon withla hissua lifevita.<ref name=clqc>{{cite news
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InNel [[1992]] nudela modelmodella anddi actressnudo e attrice [[Gennifer Flowers]] statedaffermò thatdi sheavere haduna arelazione relationship withcon Clinton thatsin began indal [[1980]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/flowers031398.htm |title=Declaration of Gennifer Flowers |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 13, 1998 |accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref> FlowersInterrogata atsulla firstquestione, deniedall'inizio thatnegò, she had an affair with Clinton,ma butpoi latercambiò changedla hersua storyversione.<ref name="Flo*^">{{cite news |url=http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/1119flower.html |title=Gennifer Flowers may proceed with defamation suit |publisher=Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | date=November 19, 2002 |accessdate=2008-03-20 |quote=AtAlla the pressconferenza conferencestampa, la Flowers – whoche initiallyinizialmente deniednegò allegationsle thataccuse shedi hadaver anavuto affairuna withrelazione thencon Arkansasl'allora governorGovernatore dell'Arkansas Bill Clinton butma thenpoi changedcambiò herla storysua versione – playedfece tapesascoltare ofdei conversationsnastri shedi hadconversazione secretlytra recordedlei betweene herselfClinton andda Clintonlei segretamente registrati}}</ref><ref>http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/97591856.html</ref> Lo stesso Clinton admittedammise thatdi heaver hadavuto aun'incontro sexualsessuale encountercon withla Flowers.<ref name=rp.x>{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E4D91739F937A25750C0A96E958260| title=TESTING OF A PRESIDENT: THE ACCUSER; JONES LAWYERS ISSUE FILES ALLEGING CLINTON PATTERN OF HARASSMENT OF WOMEN| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=March 14, 1998| quote=InNella hissua Januarydeposizione depositiondi Gennaio, theil PresidentPresidente, thoughfinalmente finallyconferma confirmingdi aaver sexualavuto encounterun withincontro Ms.sessuale con la signorina Flowers, wase precisefu inpreciso denyingnel Ms.negare il rapporto della signorina Willey's reportche thataffermava heche hadlui soughtavesse totentato kissdi herbaciarla ande feeldi hertastarle breastsil seno.| accessdate=2008-03-20 | first=Francis X. | last=Clines}}</ref>
In 1998,Nel [[1998]] Kathleen Willey]] allegedaccusò Clinton gropeddi heraverla molestata in aun hallwaycorridoio innel [[1993]]. AnUn independentcomitato counselindipendente determineddeterminò Willeyche gavela "falseWilley information"aveva to thefornito all'[[FBI]] informazioni false, inconsistentnonché withincoerenti sworncon testimonyla relatedtestimonianza togiurata thenel Jonescaso allegationJones.<ref name=wilo9r>{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/03/23/time/willey.html | title=The Lives Of Kathleen Willey | publisher=CNN |date= March 30, 1998 | accessdate =September 11, 2011}}</ref> AlsoAncora, innel [[1998]], [[Juanita Broaddrick accusò Clinton di averla stuprata circa nel [[1978]], allegedsebbene Clintonnon hadricordasse rapedla herdata thoughesatta. sheLe didaffermazioni notdella rememberBroaddrick thefurono exactprovate datecontraddittorie e inattendibili, whiche maynon havesi beenarrivò 1978mai al processo. <ref name=CapitalHillBlueWebArchive1>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060216043650/http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Feb1999/022599/datelinetranscript022599.htm |title=Full Transcript of NBC Dateline report on Juanita Broaddrick |date=February 1999 |accessdate=February 2006}}</ref> Sempre In anothernel [[1998 event]], [[Elizabeth Ward Gracen]] recantedritrattò auna six-year-oldsua denialtestimonianza anddi statedsei sheanni hadprima, asostenendo onedi nightaver standpassato withuna notte con Clinton innel [[1982.]],<ref name="comgrawc">{{cite web
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</ref> Gracene laterin apologizedseguito tosi scusò con [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/25/clinton.gracen/ |title=Former Miss America Apologizes To First Lady – April 25, 1998 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=November 9, 2008| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080614143559/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/25/clinton.gracen/| archivedate = June 14, 2008}}</ref> Nel Throughoutcorso the yeardell'anno, howevertuttavia, la Gracen eludedsi arifiutò [[subpoena]]di fromcomparire Kennethin Starrtribunale tononostante testifyfosse herstata claimcitata income courttestimone da Kenneth Starr.<ref name="Gracen0s">{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/subpoena122498.htm | work=The Washington Post | date=December 24, 1998|title=Big Year for the Bad News Bearers}}</ref>
==Post-presidential career==
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