Posted on 08/20/2010 1:09:46 PM PDT by presidio9
A new book says President Clinton was one of the smartest men to ever occupy the White House but had an immature attitude when it came to sex.
The book quotes NPR reporter Nina Totenberg, who covered the Clinton administration's most inglorious moment when Republicans got Clinton impeached for lying about having sex with Monica Lewinsky, the New York Daily News reported Friday.
Clinton had the "mentality of an 18-year-old" when it came to sex, Totenberg is quoted as saying.
That assessment appears in "A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him" by Michael Takiff.
Totenberg says she believes it was Clinton's inability to face his wife Hillary Clinton that led him to make the fateful lie.
Clinton aides like Paul Begala said they believed the president when he went on television and denied having sex with Lewinsky.
When the truth was revealed, Republicans were frustrated by the lack of public outrage, Takiff writes.
They thought the Clintons were "wizards who had somehow enchanted America out of its moral moorings," Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said.
To this day, Republicans say, Clinton's behavior rankles.
"I never could bring myself to believe that in the case of Bill Clinton I was dealing with a serious adult," said former Texas Rep. Dick Armey.
Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228-206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221-212 vote
It only took the press 15 years to notice.
NO MORE CALLS, PLEASE! We have the winner.
Left wingers have their Buzz words; i.e. “complicated,” “brightest,” “intelligent.” They confuse glibness for intelligence and a chaotic inner life for a complicated personality.
And he had the mentality of a five-year-old when it came to accepting blame.
Totenberg is also the ‘reporter’ who said she hoped Jesse Helms would catch AIDS from one of his grandchildren and die. A real class act, that one.
Well, there’s a shocker.
(That’s what she said.)
Isn’t it amazing how brilliant all the dem presidents are and how dumb all the Republican presidents are? /s
My definition of the term “shocker,” involves a slightly different destination for the cigar. And the President probably wouldn’t have much interest in smoking the cigar afterwards.
My definition of the term “shocker,” involves a slightly different destination for the cigar. And the President probably wouldn’t have much interest in smoking the cigar afterwards.
He’s so smart he got caught hittin’ a girl that was his daughter’s age; he’s so smart he married the Hildebeest.
So smart, how?
Sex with a subordinate, in the office, during working hours- is his PRIVATE LIFE!
Don't try this at home. Results may vary -depending upon political persuasion.
“shrewdest” maybe. I don’t know about “smartest”.
If I recall correctly, Totenberg was among those who drooled over Bill Clinton while he was in the White House. I vaguely remember her writing something about how she enjoyed the way his gaze lingered on her legs...or something along that line. She also befriended Anita Hill and her report of Hill’s allegations against Clarence Thomas pushed the Senate Judiciary Committee to re-open Thomas’ hearings and include Hill’s allegations.
“Republicans got Clinton impeached for lying about having sex with Monica Lewinsky”?
This is a horse manure statement.
Clinton got impeached for lying in a deposition in regards to this matter.
Just like Nixon, he got screwed in covering up.
Yes, eventually. Is there a betting pool on when the press notices that Bubba gave China some of our best ICBM technology? Will it be before or after China nukes multiple U.S. cities with it?
He’s also a sociopath, but let’s not quibble.
‘xcuse me, but rape is a violent crime. More revisionism from the corrupt Left. Tell all this horrid drivel to Juanita Broaddrick.
What’s happening to this country?
Remember when Al Gore told the woman at the town hall meeting that Juanita’s violent assault was simply a “mistake” by his friend Bill?
That was the beginning of the end of civilized institutions and political decency right there.
I don’t even want to write any more. What’s the point?
The media has ignored and then elevated these barbarians, the Clintons to new heights.
They SHOULD both have done the perp-walk AND BE IN JAIL at this point. Nauseating
Black Syph will do that (cause blindness & other complications).
Seriously, does the author of this book think he can rehab the image of this apparently violent sexual predator “just in time” to get his Wife elected to the Presidency in 2012?
If a Republican ex-president had attacked Juanita Broaddrick he would not be glad-handing for candidates in 2010 and priming his wife for the WH.
The Media would have - justifiably - ‘piled on’ with condemnation and BURIED his political career long ago.
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