Clinton and Condit behaviour is nothing new.
Ever read about Warren G. Harding?
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=40044&tocid=0
Scandal upon scandal, sexual affairs, workers committing suicide, it goes on and on...well, at least Harding had the good sense to drop dead before all of his shady dealings and affairs became public!
and lucky for him too, and FDR, and JFK, that journalists didn't pry into a public official's private life in those days...