Posted on 02/05/2003 7:23:19 AM PST by Liz
With all the campaign focus on Lieberman, Kerry, Edwards, Gephardt and company, the last man you'd think anyone would be worried about is Bill Clinton.
After all, he's constitutionally barred from running again.
Yes, we know everyone's expecting Hillary to try to reclaim her old mansion in '08. Tim Russert said the other day that she landed a spot on the Senate Armed Services Committee as a bit of political positioning for that post-Dubya campaign. But the former first lady surely realizes she's a divisive figure in the country. She seems to be enjoying her new job. Maybe she'll run, maybe she won't.
In any event, it's Bill who's causing all the buzz.
Maybe it's the way he keeps piping up – scolding the Democrats for timidity after the '02 debacle, criticizing Bush's foreign policy last week. Maybe it's the fact that he's quietly advising the other White House wannabes. Maybe there's a wistfulness for an economy that seemed to roar during his tenure and is barely squeaking now.
Maybe he seems larger than life because the others, with Gore out, face a stature gap that's often unavoidable at this early stage of the game.
Maybe journalists miss the guy because his tabloid adventures were such good copy.
Or maybe it's the simple fact that he was the only Democrat since FDR to win a second term.
Whatever the explanation, Clintonism still looms large on the Democratic landscape, just as Reaganism did after Ronnie stepped down (and has made a comeback, both in terms of policy and personnel, under Bush 43). The Dems may be ready to move on to the next historical phase, but no one is quite sure what that is or who will lead the way.
The Nation's William Greider grapples with the Clinton legacy:
"If the Democratic Party in exile is ever to find a new voice and sense of purpose, it will first have to get around a peculiar obstacle left behind by the Clinton era: The man did not really go away. Other former presidents went home gracefully when their terms ended and essentially disappeared from national politics. Bill Clinton is keeping his hand in, also his handsome face and savvy intellect, plus his insider influence as strategist and money-raiser."
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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
It's a Clinton article. No need for redundancy.
Every VastLeftWingMedyuhWhore'd "journalist" to which this notion applies should be called what they are, "Pro-Soddomite Anti-Americans!!", 'cuz what's GOOD fer Sodom'sInsane is Good fer Osama bil Clinton...BOTH Are Mass-Murderin' TyrantThugs, IMHO!!
FReegards...MUD
BTW...RE-IMPEACH. CONVICT. DETHRONE.
DISBAR. DE-PENSION. DE-LEGITIMIZE.
INDICT. CONVICT. IMPRISON. DISCARD KEY.
If you wanna hang out...WE've gotta take him out, HUSSEIN!!!
If you wanna lay down...Baghdad's yer town, RATbrains!!
Soddom lies, he ain't Right, FReedomFight...Hussein!!
(ConservativeMusician rockin' it a tad...)
If you got RATviews, you needta sing MUD's blues...Be Sane!!
When yer fightin' THUGS, you need the Bigger Gun..."Prevail!!"
Willie lies, Slick's a SPY!! Let's INDICT...RATS' Shame!!
(ConservativeMusician workin' it like only a 20-year vet can...)
Pack yer things...yer gone, boy, you best just ride on, Hussein!!
Don't forget this fact, OUR Target's Yer Back, Hussein!!
Dubyuh's RIGHT...Soddom'sBlight...Right Shall Smite...Hussein!!
Clinton lied...Chi-Com SPY...Slick, WE'll Try...Clinton!!
(ConservativeMusician jammin' 'til fade)
FReegards...MUD
You just don't know how funny that is to me. In impolite society, I ALWAYS call him PENIS NOSE.
Did you ever really look at it from a full frontal position?
(Martin, do you have a picture that shows what I mean? I can't find one doing a quick google search. Thanks.)
THE CLINTON LEGACY COOKBOOK
His Legacy is here!Yo William Greider......take it home NOW!!
Total BS.
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