As I wrote ‘long about Halloween, I wish I could say I was a great admirer. I really really wish that.
But I’m not. I look at the genocide in Rwanda during his watch. The half-million dead children in Iraq.
The blown up aspirin factory in the Sudan. The decrepit space program. The mess in the Middle East,
the Rubik’s Cube of a health scheme he and Hillary launched. The coercion of much of his Cabinet
into marching out on the
White House lawn and (by saying they believed him) turning his personal lies about Monica into a big,
national lie. No, I don’t believe that was an impeachable offense, certainly not comparable to the house
of horrors of the Bush / Cheney administration. I just wish I could admire Bill’s legacy more.
And just as I wish I could like Bill more, I really really want to like Hillary. Despite her shaky performance
in Iowa, she’s normally poised, quick on her feet, attractive enough in manner and looks, has a ready wit,
pretty good ideas on a range of issues, says many of the right things about the environment, social justice,
health care. Moreover, how exciting it would be to inaugurate our first woman president in 2009.
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