As president, Bill Clinton was so exquisitely sensitive to journalistic criticism that he whined to Rolling Stone in a 1994 interview that he had “not gotten one damn bit of credit from the knee-jerk liberal press, and I am sick and tired of it, and you can put that in the damn article.”

Ten years later, Clinton is interviewed in Rolling Stone again, and now, his standard of how fiercely presidents should be criticized has shifted. Now, apparently, films that suggest President Bush has had a collaborative relationship with Osama bin Laden are perhaps an itty bit over the top:

Rolling Stone: Have you seen “Fahrenheit 9/11″?
Clinton: I have.
Rolling Stone: What did you think?
Clinton: I think every American ought to see it. As far as I know, there are no factual errors in it, but it may connect the dots a little too close — about the Saudis and the Bushes, and the terror and all. I’d like to see it again before making a judgment about whether I think it’s totally fair.