but i'm the guy telling you the truth. it's a fascinating sort of psychological experiment. >> gary hart was a path creator. bill clinton in the same respect. look at these amazing numbers. through what many consider to be the worst days of his presidency, bill clinton received high marks from the public when it came to his overall job performance, despite what they may have thought about his personal behavior. for example, march of '98, six weeks after clinton famously denied, quote, having sex with that woman, ms. lewinsky. he stood at 66% job approval according to the nbc/wall street journal poll. three days after clinton told the nation that he had lied about his relationship with lewinsky, he held a 69% job approval rating. on the day the u.s. house of representatives voted to impeach president clinton, his job approval 72%. and nearly five weeks after being acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice charges by the senate, he now had a 66% approval rating.