Bill Clinton: “No. I want to emphasize this: I have no judgment about whether whatever they did violated the law. That's not the…”

“No. I want to emphasize this: I have no judgment about whether whatever they did violated the law. That's not the question. The point I was trying to make--Calvin Klein are not the only people who do this--but let me just say, here's the situation in America: The crime rate's coming down, and the murder rate's coming down. Drug use by people 18 to 34 is coming down. But violent crime among people between the ages of 12 and 17 is going up, casual drug use between--about people between 12 and 17 is going up. And these young people, in their most vulnerable years, trying to come to grips with their physical developments, with their intellectual challenges, where the world may seem bewildering to them, I just don't think they ought to be used as commercial objects. I don't think you ought to put teenagers out there selling jeans where you show their underwear. And basically, you send a message to all these kids out there that are struggling to try to come to grips with the world that what's really important is how they look in jeans and whether they can show their underwear and whether they can basically be sex objects when they're teenagers. I just think it's wrong. And it was an emotional, visceral reaction on my part. It has nothing to do with the law. I just think it's wrong. And I think the American people are going to have to reassert some things are important--more important than commerce, and the welfare of children is one of them. Mr. King. And speaking of nothing to do with the law, was Senator Dole also right in his criticism of what some of the things Hollywood turns out? And I know you're supported here very well--tonight there's going to be a gala with a lot of those people there.”