[spinestein]

I absolutely LOVE this article because it illustrates how dishonest salespeople can nevertheless charm people into buying nearly anything. First Tiger Woods tells us how he witnesses President Clinton blatantly cheat:

[Woods described a hole on the back nine. "President Clinton rolls one in the bushes, then hits another one off the tee ... right in the middle of the fairway, hits a nice little wedge shot up there to about, I don't know, 6-7 feet. "I hit a bad pitch, I blasted it by about 12 feet. ... Then all of the sudden, he does one of these," Woods said, gesturing like a player picking up his ball. "It was 6-7 feet and he walked off the green. ... So I'm sitting in the cart. He's writing down the numbers, I happen to kind of ..." Woods said, leaning back as if reading a scorecard over someone's shoulder. "Woods 4, Clinton 3."]


Then Woods tells us how charming Clinton was:

["We had a good time," Woods said. "He was a cool person to play with, very intelligent. Brilliant, the things that he knew to describe world politics ... actually really remarkable."]




Salespeople know that if they can charm you into liking them, then they can sell you crap-on-a-stick. Remember, politicians are just salespeople, selling public policy in exchange for votes.

[OldFriend]

Tiger is being the politician here. He just had slick willie at the opening of some sort of golf school for children. (at least I think it was some sort of golf school)

[Hildy]

Why is everyone reading into this. He was asked a question and he answered it and then, as a Gentleman would he tried to protect the honor of the person he just basically ratted on. We all know what Tiger really thinks of Clinton, so he just showed that he's a classy guy by what he said.