Rumors from the Campaign Trail II

Here’s another rumor that is circulating:  At the height of the Lewinsky scandal, Bill Clinton (pictured saying “I did not have sex with that woman . . . ” — well, no, not really) promised Hillary that if she stuck by him, he would help her become President.  Many people on the Internet openly avow belief in the rumor.  For example, here (comment by “Donald”), here (comment by “Janette”), here (comment by “transam76”), here (comment by “Cameron”), and a more obscure reference here (“You see, they really deserve a second eight years. Bill promised Hillary all those years ago.”).

I also have intelligent friends who report on this rumor to me with the sort of wide-eyed insistence I usually associate with people recounting their abduction by aliens.  The alleged promise is supposed to explain why Bill Clinton has inexplicably been out campaigning for — of all people — his wife! 

But this is exam season, so who can come up with arguments for why such a promise would or would not be enforceable?

[Jeremy Telman]