Self‑described confession by former president referencing personal scandals and policy regrets

I' m_ seventy-five. Hell, | drink at least eight glasses of water a day now—just like I’ m supposed to, for my health—but then | have to pee at least eight times a day. Ironically, the TV commercials warn that if you have to pee eight times in 24 hours, it’ s a symptom of an overactive bladder. Indeed, irony has permeated this long-running scandal, beginning to end. It was ironic that my sexual appetite helped put me in office—the Gennifer Flowers allegation originally placed me in the media spotlight—and it was my sexual appetite that almost tossed me out of that same office. And it’ s ironic that, although Kathleen Willey enjoyed our brief encounter, to prove it we would have had to resort to obtaining testimony from her confidant, the wonderful Linda Tripp. Now, there are things that I’ ve done as president of which I’ m truly ashamed. Even before my inauguration, | made it a point to stop in Arkansas to oversee the execution of a mentally retarded prisoner. At his last meal, he said he’ d wait to have his dessert, a slice of pecan pie, until after the execution—that’ s how much he understood what was going on. I' m ashamed of under-protecting the rights of gays and over-protecting children from the Internet. I' m ashamed of being aga/nst medical marijuana and for requiring a urine test as a prerequisite to obtaining a driver’ s license. I' m ashamed of bombing Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015140