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posted at 10:10 pm on June 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“There’s an anger in him that I find surprising,” one senior aide, who has known and served both Clintons for years, told me this spring. “There seems to be an abiding anger in him, and not just the summer thunderstorms of old. He has been called into question repeatedly by top staff. The fact is, you can only weigh in so often on this stuff. It’s just a huge force of nature.”…
In the end, this is Clinton’s most grievous sin, his steady refusal to take grown-up responsibility for the consequences of his own actions. In the White House, on the day of his last sexual encounter with Monica Lewinsky, Clinton told her that he was worried that a foreign embassy might be listening in on their calls, and that if she were ever questioned, she should say they were just friends. Then he looked into her eyes and sang, “Try a Little Tenderness,” a song that goes: “She may be weary, women do get weary, wearing the same shabby dress.” On the day this winter that he accused Barack Obama of spinning a “fairy tale” about Obama’s anti-war stance, Clinton went on to whine about an Obama campaign research sheet criticizing his business dealings and insisting, “Ken Starr spent $70 million and indicted innocent people to find out that I wouldn’t take a nickel to see the cow jump over the moon.” So, yes, let us stipulate: Ken Starr was a prurient, partisan zealot. Yes, other ex-presidents have made a lot of money and it is hard to begrudge Clinton his earnings (even if he did take six million nickels for a speech to the Australian Council for the Peaceful Reunification of China). Yes, Obama is a daring opponent who thinks he is hot shit and has benefited from the same enthusiasm, energy, and fresh-faced appeal that a fella named Bill Clinton once elicited (but he has suffered from some of the same skepticism, too). It is Clinton’s invariable insistence that his problems are someone else’s fault, and that questions or criticisms of him, his methods, motives, or means are invariably unfair, that is his unforgivable flaw.
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Weight of Glory on June 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM
He and Michelle are eerily alike. Angry.
SouthernGent on June 1, 2008 at 10:17 PM
If anyone thinks that the Clenis will actually “support” the new Messiah (uh… apparently a Messiah presently without a church) they’re crazy. Hillary is going to put on a facade and Bubba is going to “clandestinely” try to sabotage Barry. But frankly, BHO doesn’t appear to need any help with that. The dude’s a pending disaster of a candidate.
Sugar Land on June 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Fonzie after bypass surgery.
Limerick on June 1, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Right on the money, ALLAHPUNDIT. Billy Jeff has never taken responsibility for his screw-ups. He always blames someone else and the whole Democrat party attitude when we confronted him, was “so what?”, or “every man does it”. A huge pile of “Bravo Sierra”. Hopefully, this will prove to be a strong “smack down” for he and his wife. But they still won’t learn a thing from it. It’ll still be “our fault”. Jeez.
Roger Brown on June 1, 2008 at 10:25 PM
I hope you are right, Sugar Land. I would love to see the Clintons go about undermining Obama. What fun that would be.
Everyone would know it and that would forever destroy any run for president by any Clinton after that.
cjs1943 on June 1, 2008 at 10:34 PM
That describes the Left wing in general. It’s one of the core traits that binds them all together and drives their entire political philosophy.
TheBigOldDog on June 1, 2008 at 10:34 PM
About 98.5% of everything that could have possible gone wrong with Shillary’s Campaign From Hell can be laid firmly at the feet of Good Ol’ Boy Bubba Billy, or in this case, at his big fat mouth. Every single time something was uttered from between his teeth, she dropped about 6 percentage points in the polls, yet she seemed to feel it was perfectly OK for him to go out on the campaign trail and throw a hissy fit here, and another one there, and another one there, and so on and so on. Even her now infamous Tuzla Sniper Fire gaffe pales in comparison to the rousing rounds of Bronx Cheers her husband got at virtually every single campaign stop he made, and unfortunately for her, he made a whole lot of them, and left a whole slew of very pissed off people in his wake. They even lost their once invincible Hollywood connections during this whole bold but dumb experiment exercise in reverse-campaigning the Clinton Clan was engaged in.
In the end, you can also contribute the remaining 1.5% of what went wrong with Hiil The Shill’s campaign with what has now been affectionately refered to in the MSM as “Clinton Fatigue”; namely that people, Democrats especially, are now just plain sick and tired of these two and would like very much for them to go away, preferably far away.
The bottom line is that the once mighty Clinton Era has at long last breathed its last gasp. Only thing remaining is for Hill to formally and finally announce that the Fat Lady has at long last burst into gusty bravura.
Maybe then we can wish Shillary and Company a long overdue adieu. And make sure she takes her fellow shills Lanny Davis and Harold Ickes with her!
pilamaye on June 1, 2008 at 10:36 PM
He`s either become a cranky old man or it`s all part of a plan. Make sure she`s never president so it`ll all be his. Too bad getting to that goal will wreck his “legacy” forever.
He`s “Jimmy Carter sad.”
ThePrez on June 1, 2008 at 10:37 PM
A Mongoose fighting a Cobra.
Oh, gee, who to bet on?
Decisions, decisions.
profitsbeard on June 1, 2008 at 10:38 PM
I think there’s a misprint just above the red Vanity Fair banner on the link.
It says “Go Back”.
Vanity Fair must have been in a rush to get the article out …. hurredly leaving out the “ra”.
Wow, did they slam Clenis, or what?
fogw on June 1, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Still talk that he’ll ask her to be VP. I say she’ll have him assasinated if he does…
Vntnrse on June 1, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Bill Clinton shepherded the death of of industrial America as did his party. The United States is rusting away and the clarion call to the lemmings who live in the rust belt is hope, change, experience. Take your pick morons.
This week in Michigan Ford announced 12000 layoffs and at the same time announced 3.5 billion in new investments in Mexico for the global Fiesta.
Just about everything I buy says made in China including fucking plywood, which I found out was made on a Chinese ship sitting off the coast of Washington using US lumber.
I’m not a protectionist but I am a patriot and want alternatives to outsourcing and the destruction of our local communities.
Let’s see some of Billy Jeff’s anger projected towards solutions to real problems rather than his sense of loss regarding his self perceived legacy.
His fat cow of a wife is just as vapid as he is.
winemkr
out
winemkr on June 1, 2008 at 10:46 PM
How easy you all forget……….
“Count the White House Silverware” ball…..
……. fools.
Seven Percent Solution on June 1, 2008 at 10:47 PM
I’m thinking Vanity Affair meets Mien Kampf
Kini on June 1, 2008 at 10:49 PM
That dang article was about as LONG as Mien Kamph. Geez, i’d like to have been the editor on that piece.
surrounded on June 1, 2008 at 10:54 PM
America’s prisons are full of people with the combination of exceptionally high self-esteem and exceptionally low self-control. People just like our 42nd President.
RBMN on June 1, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to the dark side
/Yoda
Krydor on June 1, 2008 at 11:02 PM
This doesn’t help Clinton’s kid.
hadsil on June 1, 2008 at 11:03 PM
I read the article and the rebuttal. I had totally forgotten why I had a visceral negative reaction to the Clintons — I am glad for the reminder. It is really saying something that Obama makes the Clintons look good.
HawaiiLwyr on June 1, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Yeah, I agree. I only like articles with lots of pictures and no big words.
Kini on June 1, 2008 at 11:07 PM
The rebuttal?
Help a guy out…
what rebuttal?
Saltysam on June 1, 2008 at 11:08 PM
For Obama, his sins are just a distraction because he’s not grown-up enough.
Kini on June 1, 2008 at 11:10 PM
This is a guy who was in the limelight or even better yet
Bill Clinton was the Limelight,this was a guy who was so
obcessed with the Middle East Peace, he had Yesser Arafat
sit on a bench,in the Rose Garden,while he had Monica
perform a tune up,and service,in the form of an oil change
so to speak!
Then we had Bill,on prime time,address the American people
and red faced,finger extended and pointed at the camera,
so you the viewer,were looking at Bill,all pissed off and
telling you,with anger that “I did not have sex,with that
women,Ms.Lewinsky!
There was an episode where a journalist at a press conferenc
asked a question,and Bill said,with anger,”I can’t believe
you asked me that”,and on a dime,went to the next question!
Then there’s the whole nine yards of Bimbo gate,and Bill’s
anger of being caught,and the most amazing part of that saga
was Bill’s ability,with the help of the Liberal press,who at
the time were agaga of Bill’s ability to”Compartmentalization”,that is his ability to be President
and have all his problems in little rooms of his brain,so
Bill could still be an affective President!
And the greatest and best yet,that Bill pulled off,which
still baffles my brain,is his ability to sick the Liberal
Press on Republican’s,pundit’s,Kenneth Starr,as if they
were the ones who were guilty,and not lying,cheating,
angry Bill!
And,then, there’s the angry verbal ambush that Bill Clinton
layed into Fox News interview!
So,Bill,with besmirching the African Americans,the American
people,and the Liberal press,you just can’t keep your mouth
shut,so enjoy the results,that being,the centrefuge of
destorying your wifes chances of POTUSOA!!!
canopfor on June 1, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Wow. Good rant, Allah.
Troy Rasmussen on June 1, 2008 at 11:12 PM
How easy you all forget……….
“Count the White House Silverware” ball…..
……. fools.
Seven Percent Solution on June 1, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Outstanding post 7%
winemkr on June 1, 2008 at 11:13 PM
I appreciate that point…i had a discussion just today on the difference between “self-esteem” and “self respect”…wish i had seen that comment beforehand.
surrounded on June 1, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Yeah but Bill’s anger never fed a hungry child.
See? See how easy it is to emotionally conflate and deflect?
Pen and Teller (or at least Pen) call that misdirection.
Both Clintons are a disappointment. There’s hope for Chelsea to do better with her life, and I wish her well.
Doug on June 1, 2008 at 11:20 PM
How easy you all forget…
Seven Percent Solution,on June 1,2008 at 10:47PM.
Seven Percent Solution: After consulting my deeply
imprinted memory banks,Team
Clinton,pilfred Airforce One,
the White House!
And as a kicker,someone thought
it would be a great joke to screw
up the computers,like a bunch of
teenagers!
canopfor on June 1, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Well, Allah, of course you nailed it…but what democrat can you not say this about…well, maybe one or two examples if you spend a day or two thinking really hard (and when you find an example, you have to think really hard if they really ARE a democrat)…but Willy Jeff exemplifies the dem mindset…that of the petulant child who blames every contrary outcome to others…like the spoiled kid in Willy Wonka…never his fault. But it’s larger than him, he’s just a minor (and now irrelevant) symptom of a world view that has gripped the dems (and ever increasingly more of this country) for the past 30 years…being a victim is good!
AUINSC on June 1, 2008 at 11:23 PM
um, Allah didn’t write this ya know…its the quote of the day
surrounded on June 1, 2008 at 11:29 PM
I think he did…if you look carefully, the main point is not in quotes.
AUINSC on June 1, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Did Clinton sing to monica before or after staining her dress I wonder.
I can’t wait until he is truly gone, and his disgustingly evil “wife.”
Neo on June 1, 2008 at 11:31 PM
I think you are right, and i am wrong. How the hell does that happen??
surrounded on June 1, 2008 at 11:32 PM
That’s not what I’ve heard.
Spirit of 1776 on June 1, 2008 at 11:38 PM
That’s pretty common amoungst most liberals who believe that being liberal is never having to admit your wrong.
docdave on June 1, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Where were all these ‘objective’ Judases when the Clintons were in the WH?
Vanity McClellan
MostAllLiberal McClellan
They think we’re all stupid, with extremely short memories.
This from someone who’s not in love with the Clintons, never been. However, I’ve grown to respect Mrs. Clinton a bit in the last 3-4 weeks. It’s a miracle, but it’s true, all being relative.
Entelechy on June 1, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Nver get tired of that picture.
reaganaut on June 2, 2008 at 12:06 AM
…and y’all thought this savior business started with Obama…
Red Pill on June 2, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Where were all these “objective” Judases when the
Clinton’s were in the WH?
Entelechy on June 1,2008 at 11:56PM.
Entelechy:(Tongue in cheek,with a smirk),the Judases
were running for their life’s,trying to dodge
real Sniper Fire!
But ya,barring any attempt to run for their
lifes,they were probably scarred to death,to
say a peep,after all,people associated to Bill
and Hill were dropping off left,right,and
centre!——————– :) :).
canopfor on June 2, 2008 at 12:18 AM
What I still don’t understand is that Clinton was elected – twice!
OldEnglish on June 2, 2008 at 12:20 AM
The “Gospel according to Bill Clinton”:
Reminds me of Nancy Pelosi….
Red Pill on June 2, 2008 at 12:22 AM
And didn’t get over 50% of the vote either time…
Red Pill on June 2, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Entelechy & canopfor my good friends.
Where were all these ‘objective’ Judases when the Clintons were in the WH?
Let’s ask…
Vince Foster, Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.
Ron Brown, Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash.
Victor Raiser, died in a private plane crash in July 1992
Paul Tulley, found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock.
Ed Willey, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head.
Jerry Parks, Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock.
James Bunch, Died from a gunshot suicide.
Notice a pattern?
Kini on June 2, 2008 at 12:33 AM
If we elect Her
We also get HIM.
TimBuk3 on June 2, 2008 at 12:42 AM
What I still don’t understand is that Clinton was elected – twice!
OldEnglish on June 2, 2008 at 12:20 AM
I don’t understand how Jimmy Carter was elected once.
Travis1 on June 2, 2008 at 12:42 AM
He never won a majority of the vote. He was the beneficiary of the conservative vote being split by third party candidates.
TheBigOldDog on June 2, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Who you mean WE!
Kini on June 2, 2008 at 1:04 AM
In the end, this is
ClintonBush’s most grievous sin, his steady refusal to take grown-up responsibility for the consequences of his own actions.Mainly, his responsibility in the defeat of America in Iraq for five years by groups of thugs.
Bush had the audacity to send America to an unplanned war and like a chicken, he hid under his desk in the Oval Office when things go wrong.
Bush is a coward who should have never been in the White House in the first place if our system of voting was like the rest of the world: one person, one vote.
I have had it with the Bush family.
Go and don’t ever let us hear from you and your family.
By the way, if you have the intention to call me “liberal,” don’t bother, just ignore my message. I’m not writing it for you anyway.
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 1:20 AM
You’re 100% spot on, this is what I said under another posting. McCain has to run from these guys, it’s imperative. I blame Rove and Cheney more than Bush though. Bush’s big problem is he is too easily led and too stubborn for his own good.
Regarding Shillbilly – my prediction is she loses and they will finally get that long needed divorce.
AprilOrit on June 2, 2008 at 1:37 AM
Nice. You managed to turn a thread not about Bush into a Bush thread. Really what are BDSers going to do when he’s gone?
terryannonline on June 2, 2008 at 1:38 AM
Mccain will be doing Barack Obama a good deed in the long run.
McCain will be the next POTUS and Obama will be safe from any harm with regard to this election.
AprilOrit on June 2, 2008 at 1:42 AM
Bush bears responsibility whether he was influenced to make a decision or not.
It was HIS decision at the end of the day.
He NEVER apologized for his failures in Iraq.
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 1:44 AM
I didn’t have the intention to do anything regarding this thread. Allahpundit inspired me because Bush is like Clinton, both are cowards.
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 1:47 AM
This thread is not about Bush or Iraq. Don’t you ever get exhausted with saying the writing the same thing on blogs everyday? Bush is a failure. Iraq is a huge failure. You’ve made you’ve said it a thousands times. Your not saying anything new. You’ve got your message. Now the country disapproves of him and IRAQ. What else do want? His head?
terryannonline on June 2, 2008 at 1:49 AM
As long as George W. Bush is president, and as long as an occasion arise where I can talk about his miserable failures and especially not admitting them, I’ll say it loud and clear.
Don’t read my messages if they bore you.
I don’t want his head. I don’t want to hear or see him again, and all his extended family. Nor would I want to hear or see the Clintons, the Husseins and the McCains.
Like I wrote previously, I will put my name on the ballot, meaning that I am going to vote for myself.
If every honest American who share the same conservative values as I do would vote for himself or herself, this country will change to the direction we want, not to the lesser of two evils.
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 1:57 AM
If you don’t want to see the Bushes, Obamas, Clintons, and McCain then a political blog is probably not the best place to be. You can always visit celebrity sites.
terryannonline on June 2, 2008 at 2:04 AM
Thank you for your advise.
But I already visit celebrity porn sites.
You really don’t want to see Dennis Kucinich naked, trust me.
Besides, it’s boring watching porn all day, so I swing here to vent about politics.
Other times, I visit interesting websites like this one about how to make clean and cheap gas from ants poop.
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 2:12 AM
I think Ron Paul is in the room!
p40tiger on June 2, 2008 at 2:17 AM
So, Whats new? He is a socialist!! Of course he is stuffed with sage anger!
allrsn on June 2, 2008 at 2:36 AM
Dude
……. ?
Kini on June 2, 2008 at 2:43 AM
Republicans aren’t willing to say bad things about their own? Apparently this guy has never actually met a Republican. Or listened to Rush, Hannity, Malkin, or Ingraham. Or read National Review or the Weekly Standard. Or been to any conservative websites. Or heard supporters of Fred, Paul, Romney, or Huckabee. Or heard of immigration reform. Or…
vonspringer on June 2, 2008 at 2:44 AM
It’s so completely fascinating, like watching a very poisonous snake.
Quisp on June 2, 2008 at 6:15 AM
Ben Smith has the rebuttal here.
Quisp on June 2, 2008 at 6:21 AM
No, Clinton used the power of his office to crush those who would expose him and Starr investigated those acts as well as everything else that was inappropriate behavior for an employee. Which the president is.
dogsoldier on June 2, 2008 at 6:43 AM
Why would Dee-Dee Meyer’s husband write it? Feels like the Scott McClellan thing.
JiangxiDad on June 2, 2008 at 7:08 AM
What I’m wondering is why they can’t see that hitting back so quickly and so hard and with such hyperbole (everybody sing – Bill Clinton saved my life tonight, sugar bear …) makes them look guilty as hell. For people who are supposed to be the ultimate in political astuteness, it’s an exceedingly dumb move.
Quisp on June 2, 2008 at 7:38 AM
Well…your post is a bit confusing. First, it did sound like a liberal, you have to admit. And…I thought posts are written for everyone on the thread to read. But…
Well, OK, if you insist… :)
inviolet on June 2, 2008 at 7:41 AM
It really is amazing, the zeal with which the left steals and corrupts history and the truth. Liberalism must be a mental illness otherwise we would have to accept that nearly half this country is evil.
peacenprosperity on June 2, 2008 at 8:03 AM
Exactly. That was my thought too.
If you have a weak heart, you really, really don’t wanna see Dennis Kucinich naked, it’s scary.
Believe me.
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Thank you for ignoring my message.
I’ll keep you in my mind for next time.
I promise, it will not be addressed to you.
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 8:35 AM
Did you get lost on the planet Ronulan again?
Buy Danish on June 2, 2008 at 8:49 AM
No, but I did find “Gravel.”
Indy Conservative on June 2, 2008 at 9:16 AM
I find that statement more idiotic than the one about Indy Conservative seeing Dennis Kucinich naked.
Red Pill on June 2, 2008 at 9:36 AM
At various times on this blog, you’ve written that:
everyone in America is an idiot;
Bush is responsible for all the civilian and military deaths in Iraq;
American soldiers are losers;
America sucks so bad that people from 3rd world countries don’t want to come here;
there will be no progress in Iraq in your lifetime;
al-Qaeda is as strong as ever.
I’m completely flummoxed at how anyone could think you’re a liberal.
misterpeasea on June 2, 2008 at 9:44 AM
No problem. :)
Just to yank yer chain tho I’ll quote one of the bad guys from C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength: “If [IndyConservative] wishes us not to hear his views, I suggest his end might be better attained by silence.”
inviolet on June 2, 2008 at 9:55 AM
I’m sure that was submitted arguendo, but I agree with the commenters who wrote that this wasn’t really fair to Starr. Starr’s scope was initially quite narrow, but Reno kept adding and adding and adding to it, making him appear to be pursuing a relentless and far-reaching quest to nail Bubba. What was he supposed to do, refuse the charge to undertake the other investigative authority?
DrSteve on June 2, 2008 at 10:35 AM
We are all entitled to our opinions you included. Just because one deviates from another’s personal opinion hardly proves Liberalism.
I never thought I would see the SS Blog Police patrolling here, they are usually on foot patrol over at Kos or DU.
I mean if Bush isn’t responsible for all of those lives than who is?
AprilOrit on June 2, 2008 at 10:50 AM
I understand.
But you aren’t going to get some here to agree. They’re like the Republican dominated Congress who gave Bush a pass and yes-ed him repeatedly at every juncture over the last 8 years.
AprilOrit on June 2, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Universal explanation for everything Clinton: PHONEY!
landlines on June 2, 2008 at 11:10 AM
My only point is that we are beating aI understand.
But you aren’t going to get some here to agree. They’re like the Republican dominated Congress who gave Bush a pass and yes-ed him repeatedly at every juncture over the last 8 years.
AprilOrit on June 2, 2008 at 10:56 AM
My point to indy is this thread about Bush and that’s not the topic. The article was about President Clinton. Also, people who continually want to beat the drum that Bush is failure and Iraq is a complete failure are not being productive. Fine say what you believe but my goodness at some point don’t these people who continually post negative things about Bush feel like a broken clock? The folks that believe that Bush was the “worst president evah” have made their feelings known. You’ve written in blog several times now and it will be there years and years to come. It’s been recorded. Can we move on now?
terryannonline on June 2, 2008 at 11:29 AM
I would have thought Clinton was more of a Def Leppard sort of guy.
Chuck Schick on June 2, 2008 at 12:46 PM
I’ve said for some time Obama is Bill Clinton without the women.
abcurtis on June 2, 2008 at 1:06 PM
From the Vanity Fair article:
If Hillary:
1) Loses the super delegate battle and the nomination,
2) Realizes that Bill hurt her more than he helped her (for example in South Carolina), and
3) Concludes that she might have won the nomination if it hadn’t been for his “help”
Then:
Hillary might help ensure that Bill takes his last breath before she tries to run again.
Red Pill on June 2, 2008 at 1:20 PM
AP shoots, he scores! “In the end, this is Clinton’s most grievous sin, his steady refusal to take grown-up responsibility for the consequences of his own actions.’
Yes, and if somehow Hilly executes a coup’ on the nomination Billy will be her (Achilles) heel–he always has been.
I will pick this bone however:
I agree that “Ken Starr was a prurient, partisan zealot” but I need to add that his worst sin was that wouldn’t go after the real issues such as Chinagate. In that case, BJ really could have been charged with Treason. His sex, (etc), addiction is/was bad enough, but his treasonous activities show how maniacal he was and still is about personal power. The twisted, cowardly lion doth project 24/7.
As much as i would like to see the Clintons exiled to, maybe Venezuela, I’m not looking forward to hearing that BJ showed up somewhere with his pants around his ankles, shouting obscenities at anyone who would listen. Things are bad enough now for Bubba, I don’t want him to humiliate us all any longer.
Christine on June 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Geez, BDS in full flower.
silverfox on June 2, 2008 at 10:02 PM
So you are proposing censoring ue to some kind of historical record on a blog?
AprilOrit on June 2, 2008 at 11:15 PM
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