Noun

1. The policies of U.S. president Bill Clinton.
2. A statement made by Bill Clinton.

Quotations

• 2002, P. J. O'Rourke, The CEO of the Sofa, http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=ydvj7I-LDFkC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&sig=a8Bk5lxw0SnlXa0gX5OK7oMhzCo

  President Clinton commenced the blathering with orotund Clintonisms: “The international community must take a side, not merely stand between the sides or on the sidelines.” With a side of fries.

• 2004, Michael Kranish, Brian C Mooney, Nina J Easton, John F. Kerry http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=NTBBcBYFs-8C&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&sig=ZDmslbj3nOTe-DboFv5W1zQUbVw

  Kerry had even borrowed a Clintonism in his remarks, transforming the Arkansas governor’s call for a “new covenant of social and personal responsibility” into his own call for a “social contract, a covenant wherein every right is matched with a responsibility.”

• 2004, William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=tAvrsubxdZkC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&sig=P4uf9jJ6t7vDFd_99_HzY1T9zSQ

  Another Clintonism that those who remember his administration fondly like to recall is the campaign semislogan, “It’s the economy, stupid.”