[Mr. Bird]

On paper, anyway, none of these five presidential hopefuls stirs visions of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR or even Bill Clinton.

Witcover should have retired years ago. "Even Bill Clinton"??? Is he implying that Clinton had any more credibility in '91 than these jokers? At the time, Clinton was a newly reelected governor of a small, somewhat backward state, and was primarily known for the most boring speech ever given to a national convention. As time wore on, he became an even bigger joke, with his competitors marveling at his staying power.

But the reason he had staying power was that the media wanted him to stick around. He was charming, and he spouted all the right platitudes to liberal constituencies. Indeed, it was "the economy, stupid", along with Ross Perot, that even gave him a chance. How anyone could endure the draft issues, the inhaling debacle, the Flowers affair, and the trooper allegations and still win the presidency without the aid of the media is beyond me.

Bill Clinton may be the best historical hope for Reverend Al.

[RipSawyer]

"Witcover should have retired years ago. "Even Bill Clinton"??? Is he implying that Clinton had any more credibility in '91 than these jokers? At the time, Clinton was a newly reelected governor of a small, somewhat backward state, and was primarily known for the most boring speech ever given to a national convention. As time wore on, he became an even bigger joke, with his competitors marveling at his staying power."


How can you say such things? We have it on good authority from the inventor of the internet that Clinton was "one of our greatest Presidents". Or maybe he was President of the Arkansas Whorehounds and that was what Gore was referring to.