10. Clinton Channeled His Inner Frat Boy When Pulling This Stunt That Got Bad Press:
The Clinton administration decided that would play a joke on the incoming Bush administration. Basically, they trashed the White House. Staffers, with the apparent consent of the President (when pressed, several Clinton administration officials confirmed they had played the pranks), ripped phone cords from the walls, left obscene voice mails, covered the desks in glue, and stole antiques.
Some of the pranks were actually funny, like when someone stole every letter “W” from the computer keyboards. Others weren’t so laughable, but actually quite bitter. Notes were posted on cabinets that read “GET OUT” or “Hail to the Thief,” and stickers were put up displaying portraits of George Bush as a monkey. It was estimated that there was about $15,000 worth of damage.
The Clintons tried to defend themselves by saying all presidents played outgoing transition pranks, citing the Bush-Quayle bumper stickers they had found stuck to desks in 1993 as evidence. Eventually, they did admit to their wrongdoing, even going so far as to call Dick Cheney to apologize.
