tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post115927091935133950..comments2024-03-27T11:42:47.601-04:00Comments on Another Monkey: Falwell, women, and politicsD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1159451740040951922006-09-28T09:55:00.000-04:002006-09-28T09:55:00.000-04:00That was me, DB (Bill @ IB).I didn't know that bac...That was me, DB (Bill @ IB).<BR/><BR/>I didn't know that background. But you see, I didn't care about that scandal all that much, because the president can launch thermonuclear war if he wants. If he needs an intern to hum the Star Spangled Banner to take the edge off his day, well, that's none of my business.<BR/><BR/>Clinton, from all reports, was a bit of serial philanderer. If it wasn't this intern, it would've been another. We would have expected nothing less than him. And finding a woman in DC who was attracted to men of power and who would talk about it ... that must've been extraordinarily difficult to find. <BR/><BR/>I hadn't heard the "Monica Lewinsky as patsy" story before. Like so much of the byzantine actions of DC politics, there's really no way to confirm it one way or the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1159407475189015652006-09-27T21:37:00.000-04:002006-09-27T21:37:00.000-04:00Anonymous, it's been a long time since I've read t...Anonymous, it's been a long time since I've read the pre-history of the scandal, but I seem to recall that the path to Washington for Monica Lewinsky (I spelled her name wrong before) consisted almost entirely of being sponsored and shepherded by one Republican after another, ending in the big-sisterly embrace of Republican operative Linda Tripp. Monica Lewinsky was clearly someone strongly attracted to men of power, and Bill Clinton was strongly attracted to women, especially ones who willingly fell on their knees before him. The two of them should never have been brought together; it would be like having an intern in the administration of Bush the Lesser who is an alcoholic coke dealer, and whose one ambition is to get drunk and do a few lines with the President of the United States...and then brag about it to his friends. <BR/><BR/>I'm not saying Monica Lewinsky was a mole; she was a dupe, a pawn, a tool who could be counted on to polish the knob of the President and then blab about it on the phone to her bestest and truest friend.D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1159368555885282832006-09-27T10:49:00.000-04:002006-09-27T10:49:00.000-04:00I hope SuperG isn't saying he understands doing Bi...I hope SuperG isn't saying he understands doing Bill Clinton. Yuck.<BR/><BR/>I've never heard that Monica was some sort of mole (is that what you were implying?) designed to help bring down the president.<BR/><BR/>And I've said before, I think that the vast-right wing conspiracies' attitudes toward Bill Clinton were a horrific black mark and set a terrible precedent. (Specifically, Richard Mellon Scaife's endless investigations into Clinton.)<BR/><BR/>As far as Hillary for president, I think that she lacks the proper temperament ... I think she's authoritarian in nature, though not in politics, and lacks her husband's sense of humor. <BR/><BR/>I never got the total freaking out about presidents when there are term limits. Bush II is gone in two+ years. Everybody just relax. <BR/><BR/>I just want to see some decent candidates this time around (that means no senators and no southern governors.)<BR/><BR/>As far as the Falwell/Coulter comments, see your post about professional wrestling. I'm starting to think that's the future of political discourse. You may be prescient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1159354793140822452006-09-27T06:59:00.000-04:002006-09-27T06:59:00.000-04:00I would personally vote for a wet sock over the Bu...I would personally vote for a wet sock over the Bush Monarchy.<BR/><BR/>I just read where his approval rate has been creeping back up since gas prices have gone down. Please, good people of Ameirca, WAKE UP!!!!!!!annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01306851407588054538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1159321853758901102006-09-26T21:50:00.000-04:002006-09-26T21:50:00.000-04:00Hilary is lacking in so many of the qualities that...Hilary is lacking in so many of the qualities that made her husband a popular and highly effective president (except among those who spent every second of both of his terms working to bring him down at any cost - and anyone who thinks that the Monica Lewinski thing was just a random encounter between a horny President and a horny intern should look into how she came to be an intern in the first place): charisma, eloquence, an ability to relate to the common people while still having a statesmanlike air. At best she has the name, some raw talent...and maybe an ability to change. Still, I can't help but wonder if maybe Rove & Co. are trying to manipulate opinion among Democrats to favor her as a candidate.D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1159318505992799142006-09-26T20:55:00.000-04:002006-09-26T20:55:00.000-04:00Lisa,What a deeply deeply disturbing comment (thou...Lisa,<BR/><BR/>What a deeply deeply disturbing comment (though I get the part about Bill).Super Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241130161232746471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1159310569918769852006-09-26T18:42:00.000-04:002006-09-26T18:42:00.000-04:00I gotta tell ya, I'm a Democrat and I hate Bush bu...I gotta tell ya, I'm a Democrat and I hate Bush but I'd vote for him again-and I know you can't...before I'd vote for Hilary.<BR/>I loved Bill though! He was sexy, I'd have done him!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577495612472431825noreply@blogger.com