Miscellaneous

Bill Clinton is Kind of a ... Dick

Did anyone find Bill Clinton's facial performance during Hilary Clinton's speech last night a little dishonest? It was, without a doubt, a fantastic speech, and I actually felt all of my pre-campaign fondness for Hillary return, at least for now. But while it might be easy to read into Bill's fawning facial expressions a doting admiration for his wife, I found it somewhat disingenuous, particularly when he began mouthing the words, "I love you, I love you, I love you." Personally, I preferred it when I could think of the Clinton's as calculated politicians, their marriage an arranged one, for political convenience.

But seeing Bill facially express his love for Hillary during that speech, what came for the forefront of my mind was not, "Oh, he loves her. He's so proud of her," but: "You walked all over this woman for years, had two or three affairs that we know about, and lied repeatedly to your wife." Bill has treated Hillary like a walking mat for at least three decades, and now -- now -- he's becoming Mr. Territorial Don't Fuck with My Wife Husband? Give me a break.

I understand why he feels a little jilted by the Obama Campaign and why tonight's speech will probably be tepid, at best. But what I don't get is where Bill gets off insinuating that Barack Obama and his campaign treated Hillary badly during the primaries. They were elections. Contests! Meanwhile, Bill Clinton mistreated his wife where it really matters: In life. In love. And in marriage. And now that all the real political power lies within Hillary, Bill seems to be claiming ownership of that marriage again. *I love you. I love you. I love you.*

Puh-lease.

Here's hoping -- praying -- that Bill Clinton shows some of that old magic again tonight, and not what we've seen lately: The hostile rantings of a bitter ex-President.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on August 27, 2008 (boomark / email).