We are unwittingly lending weight to a bogus theory: i.e., The Political Genius of William Blythe Jefferson Clinton. WBJC was elected twice ONLY because a Third Party candidate bled 11% and 9% from his feckless opponents. It clearly would have been more than enough to serve as his margin of defeat, even against Dole. Had the campaign lasted another 6 weeks, Old Dole would probably have beaten WBJC!
His erstwhile pal, the ferret-faced Tony Blair, is still in power (IMHO) because of 9/11. Prior to that date, I am convinced the guy was on his way out. He immediately joined himself at the hip to George Bush, whom he previously made no bones about despising, for the War on Terror, which incidentally fits in with his War on the Tories.
God, I pray that GWB can get something done with this congress! We need him for another term, and with a well led Republican Congress.
The media have only themselves to blame. I am currently reading the book John Adams, by David McCollough, and the part about Washington's and Adams' presidency and the emergence of activist journalism is fascinating when juxtaposed against the era of Clinton and Bush.
-PJ