Clinton Had Gas
....and he was scared to death in the spring and summer of 1996 that the price of it would spike as it has been this year, jeopardizing his re-election chances.
So writes Dick Morris in today's New York Post. It's a take as plausible as the one that has Mr. Bill going easy on pressing the Saudis for a full-bore investigation of the Iranian-backed, al Qaeda-executed Khobar Towers bombing in exchange for illegal foreign campaign contributions. Anything that helped his re-election chances he was for, and anything that harmed them he was against. The lone Clinton core belief: look out for #1.
Direct campaign contributions, indirect campaign contributions - and to hell with fighting a war with Islamic fundamentalists that was already raging but that Sick Willie refused to even acknowledge existed because to do so would have required him to take political risks. Or, put another way, exercise leadership and create a legacy for himself beyond pecker tracks on a blue dress and the under-oath parsing of transitory verbs, none of which he considered part of his job description.
They say that some want to be president to be something, while others seek the presidency to do something. And, make no mistake about it, Bill Clinton was in the latter category. He sought the White House to do something, alright - get laid.
Chicks dig Old Resolute - until they get blown up.
But what else are harems for?
[HT: Newsmax]
So writes Dick Morris in today's New York Post. It's a take as plausible as the one that has Mr. Bill going easy on pressing the Saudis for a full-bore investigation of the Iranian-backed, al Qaeda-executed Khobar Towers bombing in exchange for illegal foreign campaign contributions. Anything that helped his re-election chances he was for, and anything that harmed them he was against. The lone Clinton core belief: look out for #1.
Clinton was obsessed with gas prices....We would talk about them all the time. Every poll probed the issue and measured the level of popular animosity over their increase and the extent to which Clinton himself was blamed.
[Morris recalled that in one-on-one meetings with his boss, Clinton would tell him] "If gas goes down or stays the same, I'll be OK. But if it goes up, I'm cooked."
In direct and indirect ways, Clinton sent messages to the Saudi monarchy: If you want to help me, you'll increase oil production and hold down prices....For Clinton to have picked up the phone and demanded that the Saudis let the FBI question their suspects would have risked annoying them by implying skepticism about their toughness on terrorism. And Clinton could not risk alienating Riyadh.
Direct campaign contributions, indirect campaign contributions - and to hell with fighting a war with Islamic fundamentalists that was already raging but that Sick Willie refused to even acknowledge existed because to do so would have required him to take political risks. Or, put another way, exercise leadership and create a legacy for himself beyond pecker tracks on a blue dress and the under-oath parsing of transitory verbs, none of which he considered part of his job description.
They say that some want to be president to be something, while others seek the presidency to do something. And, make no mistake about it, Bill Clinton was in the latter category. He sought the White House to do something, alright - get laid.
Chicks dig Old Resolute - until they get blown up.
But what else are harems for?
[HT: Newsmax]
posted by JASmius at 11:21 AM
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