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Fineman: Bill Clinton 'Almost Beloved'
Newsmax via "Hardboiled" ^ | March 11, 2005 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 03/11/2005 10:53:13 AM PST by spycatcher

Six years after he became the only elected U.S. president ever to be impeached, Bill Clinton is now almost "beloved," says Newsweek's Howard Fineman.

"Whatever desk he occupies, he will always be center stage," he gushed to MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday night. "That is the way [Clinton] is."

Commenting on the ex-president's surgery this week, the Newsweek scribe added: "Everybody wishes him well. He's almost reached the beloved stage."

Writing on Newsweek's web site two days later, Fineman still sounded like the president of the Bill Clinton fan club.

"I imagine it’s tough, even for Clinton’s enemies, to hate the guy anymore," said Newsweek's top political reporter, apparently without consulting Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey or Juanita Broaddrick.

"The sense exists, perhaps grows more vivid, that Bill Clinton somehow embodies us all," he insisted.

Despite the ex-president's terrible record on terrorism, the Newsweeker suggested that President Bush might consider "turning over Middle East diplomatic portfolio to him." Clinton, said Fineman, "knows the history, indeed he has helped shape it."

Of the recent thaw between the Bush family and Mr. Clinton, he posits:

"Who knows? By 2009 the Bushes and Clintons could be together at the White House again - with Hillary as hostess."


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1 posted on 03/11/2005 10:53:14 AM PST by spycatcher
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To: spycatcher

Beloved Horndog.


2 posted on 03/11/2005 10:54:22 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: spycatcher

Indeed I did . . .

3 posted on 03/11/2005 10:55:26 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Posted one minute too late

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4 posted on 03/11/2005 10:56:19 AM PST by spycatcher
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To: spycatcher
"I imagine it’s tough, even for Clinton’s enemies, to hate the guy anymore," said Newsweek's top political reporter

Not much of an imagination, apparently.

5 posted on 03/11/2005 10:56:23 AM PST by workerbee
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To: spycatcher

Is this reporter on drugs?


6 posted on 03/11/2005 10:56:27 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: spycatcher

Indeed I did . . .

7 posted on 03/11/2005 10:56:38 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: spycatcher
"Whatever desk he occupies, he will always be center stage,"


Only because of the efforts of the MSM. (Recall the Clinton/Bush 41 tsunami tour, and how some headlines referred only to Clinton.)
8 posted on 03/11/2005 10:57:10 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
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To: spycatcher
"I imagine it’s tough, even for Clinton’s enemies, to hate the guy anymore,"

Think again, Howie.

9 posted on 03/11/2005 10:58:40 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: spycatcher

Groveling Toady.


10 posted on 03/11/2005 10:59:32 AM PST by Old Professer (A man's conscience is like his garden, it is his and his alone to tend.)
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To: spycatcher

Remember the Bad Old Days, when the mainstream media was all we had? You'd hear some talking head say that Clinton is "beloved," and you'd figure he knew what he was talking about. You must be one of 10 people in the United States who thinks Clinton is a jerk.

Now they say this stuff, and we laugh at them. Behold another liberal talking head, on another liberal show. It must suck to be them.


11 posted on 03/11/2005 10:59:40 AM PST by Nick Danger (The only way out is through)
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All depends on what the definition of "beloved" is.


12 posted on 03/11/2005 10:59:45 AM PST by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: Beelzebubba

Does Fineman have his own blue dress, or what.


13 posted on 03/11/2005 11:00:11 AM PST by Thebaddog (Dawgs off the coffee table.)
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14 posted on 03/11/2005 11:00:54 AM PST by BenLurkin
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Seeing the Bush family snuggling up to the treasonous pervert damages them immeasurably.

Fineman is a lunatic.


15 posted on 03/11/2005 11:01:25 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com
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