Posted on 08/09/2004 4:15:49 AM PDT by thegreatbeast
In an interview in the Guardian, former president Bill Clinton relates how Nelson Mandela guided, counseled, and comforted him in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. According to Clinton, Mandela told him of how “he forgave his oppressors because if he didn’t they would have destroyed him.”
Clinton recalls Mandela as having said, “They destroyed my marriage. They abused me physically and mentally. They could take everything except my mind and heart. Those things I would have to give away and I decided not to give them away.” And then Mandela added, “Neither should you.”
Clinton took a leaf out of Mandela’s book of forgiveness and forgave special prosecutor Kenneth Starr and the rest of his “legal tormentors.” Proving himself a true child of psychobabble, Clinton continued, “You do this not for other people but for yourself. If you don’t let go it continues to eat at you.” And could anything in the world be more important than the former president’s peace of mind?
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That's a pretty cogent take.
Hahaha! I haven't even held Clinton's literary vomit, but if this is an example of his purple prose, no wonder the Chinese decided they could improve on it. I suppose in the sequel, he'll tell us he was having oral sex with Monica, "for the children." Democrats are beneath contempt for idolizing this pervert.
On the same vein:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1187831/posts
So just this once, it's all about US, not him.
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