A Question

Are Republicans Republicans because they hate Bill Clinton, or do they hate Bill Clinton because they are Republicans?

One person I asked thinks that the Republicans are obsessed with Bill Clinton because he got away with eight years of peace, prosperity, and even some legislative accomplishments — without having control of Congress for the most part — whereas the Republicans, after six years of virtually complete dominance of all three branches of government, have nothing to show but a yawning deficit and a catastrophic foreign war. The only explanation is that Bill Clinton worked some weird mojo on them and is still laughing from the sidelines. (She dismissed the idea that people are obsessed with Clinton because he is an unethical male horndog — after all, doesn't one expect that of our (male) politicians?) What do you think?