"Didn't Clinton create a 'hostile work environment'?"
I don't know whether the law considers a single unwanted advance to be sufficient to establish a hostile work environment, but if it does, then I think the law should be changed. Otherwise it gets too much like Orwell's "Anti-Sex League." I think the term "hostile work environment" should be reserved for situations where there is a pattern of ongoing activity after the recipient has made it clear that they are not interested. I haven't heard of Clinton continuing to pursue Jones after she said no, nor of any adverse impact on her career.
"I know that if a corporate CEO were to abuse his position in the same manner, many of those defending Clinton's bad behavior, would be livid- calling for resignation and financial penalties."
Maybe, but I sure wouldn't be one of them. If the law proposes to punish a CEO or anyone else for a single advance, then I think the law is wrong. I believe that sexual harassment standards should be designed to address real abuses without suppressing freedom of expression any more than necessary. That goes for both government and private industry.
"We may see a replay of the Monica episodes should Kerry select Bill Richardson as his running mate..."
I'm not familiar with Bill Richardson, but I would hope that politicians would take note of the fact that polls taken during the Clinton years showed that his sexual escapades did not seem to hurt his popularity, and that he would have been much better off to just admit it and get it behind him.
