The Picture of Political Masturbation
Boy, but Howard Fineman has had it out, stroking furiously this week:
Six years after he became the only elected U.S. president ever to be impeached, Bill Clinton is now almost "beloved," says Newsweek's Howard Fineman.
By whom, Howard? Even the Democrat base isn't exactly thrilled at the moment over the Clintons cozying up to the Bush Dynasty.
Or is this just maudlin, high-octane nostalgia?
"Whatever desk he occupies, he will always be center stage," he gushed to MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday night. "That is the way [Clinton] is."
Geez, guys, get a hotel room, will ya?
Writing on Newsweek's web site two days later, Fineman still sounded like the president of the Bill Clinton fan club.
"I imagine it’s tough, even for Clinton’s enemies, to hate the guy anymore," said Newsweek's top political reporter, apparently without consulting Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey or Juanita Broaddrick.
Well said, Newsmax. Speaking for myself, I never did "hate" the man, other than in the sense in which the Clintonoids themselves defined it, which the rest of us interpreted as "opposition."
If there was a greater level of passion in that opposition than there otherwise might have been, it was only because it was Bill & Hillary themselves who went out of their way to make politics personal. If they hadn't ridden into D.C. like dual messiahs on a secular Palm Sunday, if they hadn't broken all their '92 promises and gleefully rubbed our noses in it in the process, if they hadn't written the book on "the politics of personal destruction" - and if Mr. Bill had swallowed enough of his own damn pride and settled with Paula Jones when he had the chance, or kept his hands off of one fewer portly intern - then maybe he wouldn't have been impeached, and maybe the passage of time since his regime exited stage left would have mellowed the aforementioned passion.
On the other hand, Sick Willie left the United States stark naked to al Qaeda, and has at least some of the blood of 3,000 dead Americans on his hands. That's something people like Howard Fineman might want to figure into the equation when trying to put their porcine god over as "almost beloved."
"The sense exists, perhaps grows more vivid, that Bill Clinton somehow embodies us all," he insisted.
Insulting, solpsistic left-wing twaddle. Fineman was speaking entirely for himself and his own ilk.
Still, I'm going to take another shower ASAP, and make arrangements to get myself deloused, just to be on the safe side.
Despite the ex-president's terrible record on terrorism, the Newsweeker suggested that President Bush might consider "turning over Middle East diplomatic portfolio to him." Clinton, said Fineman, "knows the history, indeed he has helped shape it."
In your dreams, Howie.
Of the recent thaw between the Bush family and Mr. Clinton, he posits:
"Who knows? By 2009 the Bushes and Clintons could be together at the White House again - with Hillary as hostess."
On that, he's probably right.
Six years after he became the only elected U.S. president ever to be impeached, Bill Clinton is now almost "beloved," says Newsweek's Howard Fineman.
By whom, Howard? Even the Democrat base isn't exactly thrilled at the moment over the Clintons cozying up to the Bush Dynasty.
Or is this just maudlin, high-octane nostalgia?
"Whatever desk he occupies, he will always be center stage," he gushed to MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday night. "That is the way [Clinton] is."
Geez, guys, get a hotel room, will ya?
Writing on Newsweek's web site two days later, Fineman still sounded like the president of the Bill Clinton fan club.
"I imagine it’s tough, even for Clinton’s enemies, to hate the guy anymore," said Newsweek's top political reporter, apparently without consulting Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey or Juanita Broaddrick.
Well said, Newsmax. Speaking for myself, I never did "hate" the man, other than in the sense in which the Clintonoids themselves defined it, which the rest of us interpreted as "opposition."
If there was a greater level of passion in that opposition than there otherwise might have been, it was only because it was Bill & Hillary themselves who went out of their way to make politics personal. If they hadn't ridden into D.C. like dual messiahs on a secular Palm Sunday, if they hadn't broken all their '92 promises and gleefully rubbed our noses in it in the process, if they hadn't written the book on "the politics of personal destruction" - and if Mr. Bill had swallowed enough of his own damn pride and settled with Paula Jones when he had the chance, or kept his hands off of one fewer portly intern - then maybe he wouldn't have been impeached, and maybe the passage of time since his regime exited stage left would have mellowed the aforementioned passion.
On the other hand, Sick Willie left the United States stark naked to al Qaeda, and has at least some of the blood of 3,000 dead Americans on his hands. That's something people like Howard Fineman might want to figure into the equation when trying to put their porcine god over as "almost beloved."
"The sense exists, perhaps grows more vivid, that Bill Clinton somehow embodies us all," he insisted.
Insulting, solpsistic left-wing twaddle. Fineman was speaking entirely for himself and his own ilk.
Still, I'm going to take another shower ASAP, and make arrangements to get myself deloused, just to be on the safe side.
Despite the ex-president's terrible record on terrorism, the Newsweeker suggested that President Bush might consider "turning over Middle East diplomatic portfolio to him." Clinton, said Fineman, "knows the history, indeed he has helped shape it."
In your dreams, Howie.
Of the recent thaw between the Bush family and Mr. Clinton, he posits:
"Who knows? By 2009 the Bushes and Clintons could be together at the White House again - with Hillary as hostess."
On that, he's probably right.
posted by JASmius at 11:38 AM
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