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''Partisanship has a funny way of making small differences seem huge. Listen to Howard Dean and you’d think that Republicans are orcs while Democrats are the saviors of Middle-earth. Similarly, in the 1990s, Republicans — including, at times, yours truly — talked about Bill Clinton as if he were the worst thing ever spewed from the bowels of Mordor. ''Many have noted that this partisan rage is a result of the tyranny of small differences. Clinton’s New Democrat rhetoric made him sound like an old Republican. And George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservative” boilerplate made him sound like, well, a New Democrat.'' Jonah Goldberg,  -"This Common Cause Is No Progress" Poop. If ever there was a time to apply Occam's razor, this be it.  People, ordinary people who couldn't name their own congressman  thought Bill Clinton was the worst thing ever spewed from the bowels of Mordor.  Still do. As George Will succinctly put it, "Clinton is not the worst president the republic has had, but he is the worst person ever to have been president."  If you consider all the collateral damage caused by eight years of Clinton, I'll make the case that he is the worst president too.  Our disgust with him had little to do with his policies, because he didn't have any that weren't subject to change in a twinkle.  We are still aghast that this person could have spent eight years in the White House.  Tyranny of small difference indeed.