We Could Use a Guy Like Him Again
I missed the interview, darn it; but I caught it on You Tube, so I guess that's almost as good as having seen it the first time.
bluedogtxn's diary :: :: No matter how the nutjobs spin it; and of course they will, they can't help themselves, I saw fighting President Clinton again, in his interview with Fox's Chris Wallace. The interview was obviously a set-up; a whack-job ambush intended to embarrass President Clinton, but it very seriously backfired on Wallace.
The narrative that has become the Rosetta Stone of the GOP'rs, that Clinton let Bin Laden go or didn't go after him or ignored him; that he did nothing about him... That whole sacred narrative was sliced to pieces in a moment, when President Clinton described the efforts undertaken to get Bin Laden, when he described what he'd have done had he had time to continue after Bin Laden...
And then, not to be satisfied with merely shredding the jaded image that Idiot Bush's sheep have of Clinton, or their faded memories, Clinton went on to unapologetically call FOX for their own bullshit.
I had my problems with President Clinton, but I think it is important to remember what it was like to have an intellectual heavyweight for a president. I think it is important to remember what it was like to have a real honest-to-goodness man in the White House, instead of a fratboy idiot.
So props to President Clinton for the reminder. I wish the biggest item on the national radar was what was going on under your desk.
I sure remember those days, and I'm sorry I took for granted how dang good they were.
Balanced budget, a nation at peace with the world, a booming economy (even in its bust), the simple working people respected by government...
Mister, we could use a guy like Bill Clinton again.