Posted on 06/03/2008 4:46:34 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
New York,June 3: In an embarrassment to Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's despondent campaign, an article has claimed that the aides of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, believe his 2004 heart surgery fundamentally altered his state of mind and that he is constantly in rage. The article to be published in Vanity Fair, and already posted on the magazine's website also questions some of Clinton's business dealings and behaviour since leaving the White House.
"Old friends and long time aides are wringing their hands over Bill Clinton's post White House escapades, from the dubious (and secretive) business associations to the media blow-ups that have bruised his wife's campaign, to the private-jetting around with a skirt-chasing, scandal-tinged posse," the article said.
Some, it said, point to Clinton's medical traumas; others blame sheer selfishness, and the absence of anyone who can say "no," it added.
It also asserts that several of his aides were concerned about reports of his inappropriate behaviour during his travels and one of them unsuccessfully attempted to intervene, believing he was "apparently seeing a lot of women on the road."
The Clinton campaign immediately hit back, saying the theory was flatly rejected as "false" by his doctors who say he is in excellent health and point to his vigorous schedule as evidence of his exceptional recovery.
Bill Clinton also lashed out at journalist Todd Purdum, who wrote the article, for bringing negative attention to his wife's candidature campaign, calling him a "sleazy", "slimy" and "dishonest" reporter, Huffington Post said.
Purdum, a former White House reporter for the New York Times and the husband of former White House Press Secretary admitted he had no evidence but was reporting what the former and current aides of Clinton are saying.
Besides, the theory that the heart surgery had altered his behaviour was based on a doctor who had not seen Clinton.
The editor, who infuriated the Clinton campaign with the explosive article strongly defended his reporting in an interview to CNN. He stood by his article's most controversial assertions including charges that aides to the former president believe his 2004 heart surgery altered his state of mind and that some of them grew concerned with rumors Bill Clinton had been "seeing a lot of women on the road."
But he repeatedly said he was not insinuating that Clinton had been involved in inappropriate behaviour but rather reporting what aides had become concerned with.
"I'm very careful to say that there is no clear-cut evidence that President Clinton has done anything improper," he said.
"What I am careful to say, is that this former senior aide was concerned enough that prominent Democrats around the country were complaining about hearing reports of this that he felt President Clinton... should know that it was out there in the slipstream ... and that it could have an effect in the campaign season."
The Web posting prompted a blistering response from Clinton campaign spokesman Jay Carson Sunday night, who called the piece "journalism of personal destruction at its worst."
"A tawdry, anonymous quote-filled attack piece, published in this month's Vanity Fair magazine regarding former President Bill Clinton repeats many past attacks on him, ignores much prior positive coverage, includes numerous errors, and ultimately breaks no new ground," he added.
I think that it’s a warning that they have names and dates and will release them if Hillary! takes it to the convention.Blackmail, but in a good way.;’)
He’s grumpy now because he can only watch!
As the Dem fringe blocs have learned over the last week, the MSM is the one running things in this election. They should be ashamed of their naked bias, but they're not.
If the Round-Heeled Media chose to, they could prop Bill Clinton up even today, in spite of his manifold flaws. But they do not choose to. They are infatuated with the Flavor-of-the-Month.
Hammer meets Nail.
During the Monica days (and now), he was portrayed as having a “sexual addiction,” as opposed to simply the moral leper who will screw anything with breasts and a pulse.
Now, he is not simply a spoiled brat who has temper tantrums whenever he doesn't get his way, he has “post surgical” problems.
No, that is not it.
He is simply a totally immoral man who is acting now as he always has. He surrounds himself with those who help him get away with it and has a “wife” who care less where he wets his weenie.
You beat me to the punch! When I read the article title, my first thought was “doesn’t untreated syphilis cause the same thing?!” LOL
He isn’t chasing skirts IMO after seeing him up close twice this year he does not have the flirt charisma.
He is over tired. Heard he is supposed to use O2 at night and wont.
His Doc who travels with has a defib machine near by at all times and O2.
So my guess is he is not pacing himself and going full board sun up to late night ignoring any signs of fatigue or need for rest time.
Any real medical doc here at FR could probably spout off what they see by looking at his face health wise.
Ya never know!
I have heard from others that bypass surgery changes some peoples personality. If true, I don’t know how. Could it be brain damage or could it a “why me” reaction which would fit Bill’s personality. Or maybe it is because they got an up close opportunity to contemplate their mortality.
and help make sure wifie never gets to be president which he surely has.
If he's travelling with o2 and a AED at all times, he has serious health issues that are in constant observation.
Maybe that's why he wants his wife to win - so she can laud over him at his funeral.
Too bad (he shall who will remain unnamed) will be the one to present his eulogy....
Calm down ya’ll...this is just about his personal life.
Oh, please. If I had a nickle for every person including the Clintons that used desease or someone who is ill in the family to hide their problems I would be a millionaire.
Add to that the increasing awareness that he'll never get near the Oval Office again in this lifetime.
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