This is Bill Clinton's very own Private Hell.
And I am thrilled to be alive to see it.
:o)
This piece crystallizes Clinton's role and his legacy.
The author makes a great case for his irrelevance, which I have considered since Mr. Bush was elected the first time. Every time this guy made the news I wondered aloud and sometimes in writing 'why is this news, why does he matter?' I'm gratified to read that I was not alone with those thoughts.
How much could his advice to Gore and Kerry have been worth since neither won the prize by following it. Ok, in Kerry's case we have read in hindsight that he chose to ignore some of it, but the majority of the portion he followed obviously didn't serve him well. For his part Gore followed the leader and it led to nowhere (God be praised).
Extrapolating this perspective into Hillary's inevitable run for the WH in 2008, Clinton's advice or behavior won't work for her either in the post 9/11 world. Do LIBs and DEMs really believe that we don't know who she is or what she represents? The charade of her senatorial behavior isn't fooling anyone. This woman has been on the national stage since before the 1992 election. We KNOW who she is. We KNOW where she came from. I believe she is damaged goods and considering what she TRULY is and TRULY represents is equally as irrelevant to the future as her husband.
Peace -