Posted on 11/29/2004 5:40:37 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
It's surprising that four years after President Clinton left office, the Tallahassee Democrat would devote a full, half-page of its precious editorial space to a hate-Clinton column.
The paper didn't give the assignment to Bubba Berlow or to Bubba Cotterrell. It gave the assignment to a carpetbagger from the New York Daily News, Michael Goodwin.
Goodwin thinks he is being cute, catering to us Tallahassee hayseeds by calling ex-President Clinton "Bubba."
The occasion that gives rise to the column is recent dedication of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, our sister capital in the Arkansas, the state that served as a springboard that catapulted Clinton to the presidency.
It is this feat that sticks in Goodwin's craw and keeps him awake nights.
Imagine, a southern governor who, while serving as president of the United States, gave us and Wall Street the best eight years in our nation's history, and did it without resorting to a made-in-the-White House war.
Instead of using this festive occasion to dwell upon Clinton's accomplishments, as did President Bush generously and eloquently in his remarks at the dedication, Goodwin uses the occasion to remind us of a woman named Monica.
He doesn't mention Newt Gingrich, Prince Charles or a certain man from Abilene. Whom is he trying to kid? Their dalliances are writ large in history, and the names of their co-dalliants are well known. When was the last time you read about any of those dalliances in an op-ed piece?
What is so bilious, in 2004, about a character flaw in Bill Clinton, who served as President of the United States from 1993 to 2001? Has Goodwin never seen "The Crucible" or read "The Scarlet Letter" or any of William (Bubba) Shakespeare's great plays?
Why is Goodwin not writing about having a self-proclaimed alcoholic in the White House, one who would mislead the nation into war, costing, so far, more than 1,000 precious lives of American servicemen? Are those 1,000 lives less important than one Monica?
Is a Connecticut aristocrat, posing as a two-gun John Wayne from Texas, less of a miscreant than a Bubba from Little Rock? Yes, a Bubba with warts as well as greatness.
It was Bill Clinton's humanity that made him a great president. Did that human being have flaws? Of course he did. Trying to humiliate him by calling him, "Bubba" only shows the writer's ignorance. In true Bubba country, "Bubba" is a term of endearment. It implies a bond between the Bubba and the people.
That's why Goodwin is frightened to death of "Bubba Hillary." And that's what keeps the hate-Clinton columns coming.
Wot, no barf alert?
Only in our beloved mullet wrapper.
Funniest thing I've read all year!
So Newt's extramarital affair justifies Clinton having tawdry sex with an intern less than half his age in this nation's most esteemed office?
Oh, I see.
Who's this supposed to be?
...and the names of their co-dalliants are well known.
Same question.
Bill Clinton was an exceptional politician. He was and is the master of double-speak, governing by the opinion poll, and straddling the middle line. While he was doing these, he always managed to do what was best for himself as well. No politician can come close to his ability.
I don't like his politics or his wife, but he was slick.
Abe is a fantasy novel writer in his spare time.
Agreed...an exceptionally talented liar.
Bubba's flaws far outweighed his attributes. If you don't believe that just ask Gennifer Flowers Monica Lewinsky, Cristy Zercher, Elizabeth Ward Gracen, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Nancy Hernreich, Susan McDougal, Debra Schiff, Sherrie Densuk, Dolly Kyle Browning, Beth Coulson, Marilyn Jo Jenkins, Juanita Broaddrick, Marsha Scott, Bobbie Ann Williams, Sally Perdue , Eileen Wellstone, Sandra Allen James, and an un-named stewardess aboard Air Force One what they think of the pervert!!!!
He is possibly referring to rumors of an affair by Eisenhower with his British driver.
The guy that wrote this has got it bad, the Bubba loving disease. Bubba was a puke. still is.
Ah, a character flaw now, is it?
Sorry Abe, but the country was in RECESSION when Clinton left office, and WALL STREET gave up all the gains derived from the good years when the tech bubble burst. Remember the attack on Microsoft?
The economy bequeathed to Clinton by Bush 41, the spending discipline placed upon him by the 94 Republican congress (remember welfare reform?) is what created the good years, and now THOSE YEARS are being eclipsed by the present economy, despite billions of losses due the 9-11 attack and the cost of defending ourselves. This is the history that will be written.
Sorry Abe, but the country was in RECESSION when Clinton left office, and WALL STREET gave up all the gains derived from the good years when the tech bubble burst. Remember the attack on Microsoft?
The economy bequeathed to Clinton by Bush 41, the spending discipline placed upon him by the 94 Republican congress (remember welfare reform?) is what created the good years, and now THOSE YEARS are being eclipsed by the present economy, despite billions of losses due the 9-11 attack and the cost of defending ourselves. This is the history that will be written.
Correction....
an exceptionally talented CONVICTED liar
Attempting to diminish President Bush in order to elevate the Clintoon is pathetic.
Style and organization of Abe's writing is a bundle of mixed metaphors and immaturity.
Does Mr. Abe Cesspool(sic) get paid for this scribble?
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