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opinion:
our view
Clinton stench
lingers
Tradition dictates
that a United States president leaving office does not comment
on the actions or policies of his successor for at least 100
days, otherwise known as the honeymoon period.
Republican talking
heads lamented that Bill Clinton, given his behavior while
in office, would not have enough tact or respect to honor
this unwritten rule. As it turned out, Clinton made the question
moot, both with his actions and his statements before leaving
office.
Thanks to his list
of questionable pardons, Clinton has shown that he thinks
he is permanently exempt from every law and moral guideline
the rest of us labor under. Of course he did none of this
on his own, he was doing it for the benefit of (insert scapegoat
here).
If it is true that
he went against the advice of the U.S. Department of Justice
repeatedly and pardoned those felons to help Israel, his brother
or his wife's senatorial campaign, it shows the man's gullibility,
weakness, and willingness to bend the rules.
One of the things
voters seemed to like about George W. Bush is that he is the
un-Clinton. Imagine ordering food at a restaurant because
it will not give you heartburn. Mmmm, tapioca president.
Applying the vaudevillian
rule that you should not follow a better act, President Bush
will have to get caught with doing drugs with Larry Flynt
to make Clinton look bad.
The main way Clinton
avoided making comments about Bush too soon into his presidency
was to make them before he left office so as to not break
the 100-day rule. He outlined what he thought the new president
should do, once again showing he is a sanctimonious and self-indulgent
narcissist that believes he should be in charge forever.
Clinton also had
some choice words for Rolling Stone, in what was kind of an
exit job interview, in which he told of all the things he
had hoped to accomplish.
Included in these
statements was the admission that he thought small amounts
of marijuana should be decriminalized. What?! Where was this
kind of candor when a California ballot measure in favor of
medicinal uses of marijuana was shot down by federal statutes?
In storage, along with his dignity.
Given his age,
wife, and bloodlust for publicity, we can assume Clinton will
be making a front-page appearance on a newspaper somewhere
in the world at least once a week for the rest of his life.
One can only guess
what his personal crusade would be if Hillary reaches the
White House. Nancy Reagan had drugs, Barbara Bush had literacy;
Clinton could valiantly lobby Congress to have money spent
on political favors purchased by old friends tax deductible.
That would save everyone in Congress millions.
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