Mark Steyn: Bill's bogus journey

The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 05/12/2002 | Mark Steyn

[SkyPilot]

Wonderful!

I guess I am not as "hip" as I should be--but I don't get this part:

"there was the shameless wheeze of his Harlem "office", at the opening of which black New Yorkers thronged him, some of them drolly shouting "Bwana!"

[Argh]

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[FlyVet]

Even today we still have the occasional hate crime rooted in race, religion, or sexual orientation. So terror has a long history."

Oh, darn, Bill, your world will never be perfect. Waaaah.

...when the old schmoozer raged at Yasser Arafat, "I'm a loser and you made me one!"

No, Bill, you made yourself that quite handily, all by yourself.

[FryingPan101]

Hmmmm. I think this was an incredible article.

[small voice in the wilderness]

I said that I found Chelsea rather attractive in a coltish sort of way,

Wow, he really knows how to turn a phrase. I would have put it another way: She has a face like a horse.

[BigWaveBetty]

Yeah, that was sweet as well as the intire article. Guess that's why he get paid the big bucks!

[aculeus]

Bill Clinton looked like a historical first: a man unfit to be ex-President.

Priceless.

[Miss Marple]

I just finished watching "First Mothers" on The History Channel. Every president's mother was a woman of character and accomplishment, women of faith and character, and THEN we get to Bill Clinton, and the whole program took a downturn. Harry Thomason was on and his comment was amazing.

He said that Virginia Kelley would enter a room and if everyone was paying attention to her but one person, she would wonder what was wrong with that person. Thomasson said Bill Clinton is exactly like his mother.

The other presidents inherited courage, duty, compassion, and faith from their mothers. Clinton inherited an obsessive need to be popular. Some legacy.

[scholar]

One of many great lines in this piece!

Thanks for the ping. He has so many great lines it's hard to pick the best. I have to be careful about eating or drinking while reading his column 'cause I may aspirate and die laughing.

[another cricket]

It is Swahili and it is what the workers call the plantation owner.

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[Brian Allen]

..... in two years' time he'll be on some shoestring cable station at two in the morning.

Please, Dear Lord?

Please?

[baseballmom]

No president has been so obsessed with his "legacy" as Bill Clinton. There was that poignant moment during his final Middle East peace talks when the old schmoozer raged at Yasser Arafat, "I'm a loser and you made me one!"

How typical. He's a loser, and he blames it on someone else. There is no shame, no soul, no substance to this person. There will be a time when the term "narcissistic" will be replaced by "clintonistic". That will be his legacy. I pray he lives a long life and that he is lucid and aware of what a national disgrace he is and will be known as forever.

[Carolinamom]

Will this program be repeated? My son insisted on watching some Blue Water fish program!

[headsonpikes]

"globe-trotting lounge act" bump. ;^)

Steyn's a wickedly funny man!

[Paul Atreides]

On the other hand, so are many of the most influential figures in the American media, and in recent days they've been doing their best to persuade the world that Bill is still the coming man.

Monica certainly is convinced.

[WIMom]

"...in two years' time he'll be on some shoestring cable station at two in the morning.

Infomercials? Maybe his own line stain remover?

[Pokey78]

Ping.

[RippleFire]

He said that Virginia Kelley would enter a room and if everyone was paying attention to her but one person, she would wonder what was wrong with that person. Thomasson said Bill Clinton is exactly like his mother.

And the rooms she frequented were barrooms.

[Miss Marple]

Actually, you are quite correct. She took her young son with her to the nightclubs she frequented.

I cannot tell you the contrast between the Clinton family and the rest of the presidents' families. It was quite striking.

We are really lucky we survived his presidency.

[RippleFire]

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