[COUNTrecount]

His rage is due to the fact that the MSM isn't covering up his true personality traits and actions and is reporting him as he really is. He's no longer the "golden boy" that he's been perceived as for all of his life.

[ClearCase_guy]

His rapes and sexual assaults that occurred prior to 2004 are evidence that his “state of rage” may not be tied to his surgery.

[nikos1121]

I think there is some validity here. He has a short fuse. I’d say he’s suffering from depression.

[madison10]

William Jefferson Clinton still needs heart surgery, but not of a physical nature.

[rod1]

Utter nonsense. He is the same old rapist, purple rage, finger wagging liar we had come to know from his WH years.

[bill1952]

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.

Uh, guys? All of that is absolutely true.

Vanity Fair, in case you have not glanced at one in the local Barnes & Noble, is well to the left of Pravda.

[Malone LaVeigh]

"I'm very careful to say that there is no clear-cut evidence that President Clinton has done anything improper," he said.

That's a first.

[RichInOC]

That assumes he was of sound mind before the surgery.

[SlapHappyPappy]

Heart surgery my ass.

Now that he has no more offices for which to run, he’s able to be himself. It may have taken him a while to get out of 24/7 campaign mode, but now that he is the rest of the world is seeing what many have always suspected.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

2004 heart surgery fundamentally altered his state of mind and that he is constantly in rage.

No. It's called becoming a 'grumpy old man'....

[gridlock]

People are looking for an explanation for the fact that Bill Clinton is a idiot and a jerk now, but he was so wonderful just a few short years ago.

The reason they have to latch onto unsatisfactory explanations is because the question itself is flawed. Bill Clinton was always an idiot and a jerk. He has not changed a bit, but perceptions about him have changed.

Nobody bothers to suck up to an ex-President.

[ikka]

He had time in the hospital to look back over his life and he realized his “legacy” was about as legitimate as a can of non-alcoholic beer.

[A.A. Cunningham]

[Nextrush]

Bill Clinton is no different today than when he was president.

Its just that the media for whatever reason feels its time to talk about it.

Heck, this could be a veiled attempt to create sympathy for Bill and Hill by bringing out anti-Clinton sentiment.

[gridlock]

[library user]

More info at yesterday's thread as well:

FOX Morning News all over new Vanity Fair Clinton bribe and sex story

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2024720/posts

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"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"

A little ancedotal evidence here. A co-worker has definitely had his personality change (for the worse) after an operation he had a couple of years ago.

Quite frankly, I could care less about this story. He's just another private citizen and my only question to Vanity Fair is... What took you so long? Where were you when this misogynist was running for election and re-election and as President of this country. That's when these issues of character and womanizing were important. As long as he's not breaking the law right now, I could care less about who he's bopping or who he's yelling at.

[normy]

Wasn't it Meriwether Lewis who went nuts from syphilis and tried to shoot himself in the head? When it failed to kill him he ran around screaming manically that he couldn't be killed.

[mad_as_he$$]

Every time I see Bill the more I am struck that he appears to be the fifth Rolling Stone. Partied out and still wacked on something.

[MindBender26]

Article is yet another attempt to “medicalize” everything.

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.

[trisham]

Not buying it. He's just angry that Hillary's the focus of attention now, and that it's more difficult for him to continue with his usual despicable behaviour.