I don't remember Bob Dole constantly harping on Clinton after he was defeated in the '96 election. Isn't there some unwritten political code that if you are the loser in a presidential race, its poor taste to bash the man who beat you post-election?
The dems lost the facade of honorable behavior with Clintion. That's when the Moveon.org morons got started. They could have had a president, who was most likely a rapist, convicted and removed, replaced by Vice President Gore. They took the dishonorable choice.