Posted on 09/28/2009 12:00:58 PM PDT by pissant
Which statement here is weirder? Newsmax boss Christopher Ruddy now declaring that Bill Clinton was a "great president"? Or Clinton telling him he did a "good job" hounding him in the 1990s? Howard Kurtz unraveled this bizarre meeting of former adversaries in Monday’s Washington Post:
For those who remember Ruddy's name from the scandal wars of the 1990s, that is nothing short of remarkable. Ruddy wrote a book titled "The Strange Death of Vincent Foster," questioning whether the Clinton aide, who committed suicide, had been murdered. He also questioned whether Commerce secretary Ron Brown, who died in a plane crash, had been shot in the head. And yet here was Ruddy, now chief executive of Newsmax.com, telling Clinton that "I was one of your critics" during his administration, and Clinton responding with a laugh: "You did a good job."
Ruddy says in an interview that he was "overzealous" and "over the top" when publisher Richard Mellon Scaife was financing his Clinton investigations. (Scaife has also made peace with his onetime nemesis.) "I think he was a much better president than I thought," Ruddy says. "I think he was a great president."
If this deep bow is what it takes to gain access for an interview with the former president, the price is too high. It sounds a lot like Joe Scarborough apologizing all over Hillary Clinton a few years back.
I suggest we wait and get the facts before quoting out of context. We needent eat our own.
You have to be dead from the neck up to think Slick was a “great” President.
I would rather wake up from this ongoing political nightmare!
I agree with this yutz. Compared to what we have now, Clinton was an accomplished statesman.
“I think he was a much better president than I thought,” Ruddy says. “I think he was a great president.”
Hard to imagine the context helping him out
Was this before or after Ruddy consumed massive quantities of tequila?
Clinton still thinks he ‘IS’ President.
Some people are so easily flattered into submission...and Clinton is the biggest BS artist since....well....since...
I’m thinkin’
Clinton was an exceptionally good liar. I guess Ruddy appreciated that.
When people tell me Clinton was a great president, I play the “How did he do that?”
Clinton was a great president
What did he do that was great?
He cut the deficit.
How did he do that?
Uhhhh.......
Clinton was a great president
What did he do that was great?
He had a great economy
How did he do that?
Uhhhh.......
If the choice was between Barack McCain, I mean Obama, and Clinton, I would take Clinton any day of the week.
Compared to Obama, Clinton was a GREAT POTUS.
I know many Republicans who regard Clinton as a good president only because they experienced success in the 90’s.
Agreed. Compared to Obama, Clinton was a great President. And I know this will get me some flack, .... compared to Bush in some ways as well ... Clinton wasn’t so bad. I miss Ronald Reagan!
Well, compared to Obambi I’d have to agree with him...
There’s something very wrong here. Either Ruddy is being completely misquoted in or he is raving mad.
***I would take Clinton any day of the week.****
Only if we could have him under the thumbscrews of a Gingrich congress.
It’s official. Conservatives have no friends in the media.
Obama does kind of make clinton look good.
Clinton just skimmed a few billion off the top. Obama is blowing trillions. Clinton was corrupt, and probably killed a lot more people than Obama, but he was not a Communist extremist, even if his wife tried to urge him in that direction.
Heck, I don’t much care what Ruddy says about clinton now. He did a good job on him back then, when it counted.
I would also say that these comments have probably been taken out of context.
“and Clinton is the biggest BS artist since....well....since...”
OBAMA!;)
Name one.
They got to him and forced the supposed H1N1 vaccine on him. Now with the chemicals therein, he’s a liberal puppet — brainwashing accomplished.
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