September 9, 2014 1:15PM # Clinton and Bush Introduce Leadership Program By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) --- SHARE ![Media Name: clinton-bush.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/clinton-bush.jpg?itok=0uNVEELN) Yesterday Bill Clinton and George W. Bush reportedly gushed “about each other’s leadership and acute decision-making skills.” The two former presidents were launching a “joint program to train young leaders.” According to the *New York Times* [story](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/us/politics/bill-clinton-george-w-bush.html?_r=0), the audience was “packed with Bush and Clinton White House alumni.” Oh, that explains all the laughter and backslapping. The former presidents were confident that no one would ask them serious questions about their actions in office. Here are a few questions that young leaders might consider asking the gentlemen before applying for their program: - Why did you leave us with [trillions of debt](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2013/5/cj33n2-2.pdf)? - Why the [unending war](https://www.cato.org/blog/isnt-seven-years-war-distortion) in Iraq? - Why did [you](https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/dereliction-duty-constitutional-record-president-clinton) [both](https://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/power-surge-constitutional-record-george-w-bush) disregard the Constitution? ##### Related Tags [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).