Mrs. Clinton Is Forgiven, But For a Price (DEFCON 4 MEGA HURL BARF ALERT!)

New York Slimes ^ | 6.19.2003 | Joyce Purnick

[NYC GOP Chick]

A "Don't eat dinner while reading this one" ping!

[Miss Marple]

It is amazing to me that we have to endure all of these psycho-analytic and sociological analyses about the Clintons and their marriage. What is so darn hard to understand?

She stayed with him because he was the source of her power. As a divorcee, she was nothing.

She stays with him now because his charisma is what she needs if she is going to campaign for the presidency.

There, was that hard?

[Congressman Billybob]

Is Hillary! "strong" as the article asserts? No doubt about it. Just like Cleopatra, Lucrezia Borgia, and Lady MacBeth (but without any hint of sexual attractiveness). But can the word "dignity" EVER be applied to this woman -- Hillary! Clinton?

Not in this life. Not on this planet. Only in the words of the Times.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, now up FR, "Bits and Pieces."

[Sacajaweau]

She had the stage when all this occurred. Why couldn't she told us all at that time? There are 8 million reasons.

I suppose the "pigs" book will "verify" her feelings. Ain't they something?? He couldn't tell the truth in court, why would he now?? There are 9 million reasons.

[Lucy Lake]

So why is an article in today's NY Post about Bubba's new girlfriend, a wealthy, blonde, almost divorced Canadian?

Does Hillary need the sympathy to boost her book sales?
Just wondering.

[NYC GOP Chick]

There, was that hard?

For the leftists, the answer is HELL YES!

I find it incredibly ironic that the ONLY reason that the icon of the feminutties is in the position that she's in is because of who she married -- and from whom she accepted repeated humiliations.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Yes, she needs sympathy in order to "succeed" at anything. She won her election because of it.

[Michael.SF.]

I find it incredibly ironic that the ONLY reason that... she's in is because of who she married -- and from whom she accepted repeated humiliations.

True feminists , like Camille Paglia, also despise the:

$8,000,000.000 woman

To paraphrase Belle Starr (as played by Pamela Reed):

'I may be a whore, but at least I ain't a cheap one.' The Long Riders 1980

PS: love your tag line!

[Paulus Invictus]

Given all the hype about her ludricrous, fictional book, how is Hitlery now reacting to the news about Billy's new Canuck multi-millionaire girlfriend? This is a marriage she fought to preserve, if you believe her book. What a pair of "semi-married-occasionally together" idiots! As for the females now raving about her and the book--they are all hopelessly brain-dead.

[Howlin]

So why is an article in today's NY Post about Bubba's new girlfriend, a wealthy, blonde, almost divorced Canadian?

And what WILL she say the "next time," because as sure as you and I are breathing, you know there WILL be another time.

[Lucy Lake]

Yes.

And another....and another....

[ladyinred]

often to members of the news media who once besieged her and her husband.

ROTFL! Oh yeah, the media was so hard on poor Hillary!

[Howlin]

I can hardly wait..........LOL.

[Sacajaweau]

She addressed "the next time" on Barbara Wawa. She said it would between her and her husband. I just can't imagine ANYONE answering that way who is in a REAL marriage.

The broad is disgusting. (Both of them). All of them!!

[Howlin]

She said it would between her and her husband.

And The National Enquirer, and The Globe, and the rest of us!

[Lucy Lake]

After today's newspaper article, one would think they would be so embarrassed they would go into hiding, maybe move to New Zealand or South Africa.

They wear their amoral behavior as a badge of pride.

[mewzilla]

Joyce Purnick? More like Todd Purdham in drag. Lelyveld's doing a fine job, ain't he?

[small voice in the wilderness]

There is a movie in this. Or maybe a play by Wendy Wasserstein.

Or maybe a Lifetime for Women Movie. Quid Pro Blow: Anything for Power, The Hillary Clinton Story

[Sonny M]

Does Hillary need the sympathy to boost her book sales?

Book sales were the least of the reasons this book was written for. This book is for "political innoculation" or "strategic campaign innoculation".

In other words, in several years, when she runs for president, and people ask her questions, like Monica, or whitewater or whatever, she can say or more accuratley she gets to say "I've already addressed that", or "I talked about it in my book", "its old news", "thats already been discussed at lenght".

This is actually pretty standard for both political parties and is done in a variety of ways. Her writing a book is probably one of the better strategy moves.

This book was never about money, it was about her testing the waters for the future, and getting a future campaign distraction out of the way, so as to make anyone who brings up her past sound like they are "beating a dead horse". The media will happily say that over and over again.