Clawing for a Legacy
In Charles Krauthammer's article "Clawing for a Legacy" from Friday, February 1, 2008he writes: “There was general amazement when (the now-muzzled) Bill Clinton did his red-faced, attack-dog, race-baiting performance in South Carolina. Friends, Democrats and longtime media sycophants were variously perplexed, repulsed, enraged, mystified and shocked that this beloved ex-president would so jeopardize his legacy by stooping so low. What they don’t understand is that for Clinton, there is no legacy. What he was doing on the low road from Iowa to South Carolina was fighting for a legacy—a legacy that he knows history has denied him and that he has but one chance to redeem. Clinton is a narcissist but also smart and analytic enough to distinguish adulation from achievement. Among Democrats, he is popular for twice giving them the White House, something no Democrat has done since FDR. And the bouquets he receives abroad are simply signs of the respect routinely given ex-presidents, though Clinton earns an extra dollop of fawning, with the accompanying fringe benefits, because he is (a) charming and (b) not George W. Bush. But Clinton knows this is all written on sand... Clinton knows that popularity is cheap, easily lost, easily regained. (See Lewinsky scandal.) But historical legacies are forever. He wants one, desperately. But to get it he must return to the White House. And for that he must elect his wife. At any cost."
Soap Box Ravings total digust of all things Clinton holds to this day. Today, Neal Boortz reported that Hillary "cried" again. Is it any wonder, a Clinton with tears in their eyes particularly when a camera is focused on them is to be expected. When Hillary Clinton claims to have more experience than Barack Obama this is what she is talking about. While the majority of her experience seems to be sleeping with the President she has had amny years to learn her husbands tricks of the trade (no pun intended).
The full text of Charles Krauthammer's article can be found at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/31/AR2008013102627.html?sub=AR
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