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[ksmith]

Interesting day yesterday.

I will vote for whoever wins the Democratic nomination. I'd prefer Obama, but will vote for Clinton. Like others, I take exception to those "it's 3am--do you know who will answer the red phone" ads. But Clinton is, I think, trying to draw those Obama Republicans and Indies who worry about her strength. Judging by yesterday's outcomes, the ploy may have worked.

I'm not convinced idealism will carry the day here. Call me a cynic.

The thing I fear is that if Clinton wins it all, she'll just about get her footing when her husband will get caught in some scandal, sexual, financial, or other. It's possible he may behave for 4 years, but I admit that I don't trust him to not give his self-destructive streak an airing. If that happens, that's all the press will report for two years at least. Congress will have hearings, all the resident moralists will tut-tut, and nothing of worth will be accomplished for the balance of Clinton's presidency. Then the Republicans will have a much better shot in 2012.

I want to be wrong. But we're top-heavy with hypocrites in this country, sexual and otherwise, and if Clinton-the-ex-pres puts a foot wrong, Clinton the current pres will pay the price.

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[jhetley.livejournal.com]

"...some scandal, sexual, financial, or other."

He acquired the nickname "Slick Willie" rather before running for president, and it wasn't just for the girls smuggled into the governor's mansion in state police cars.

On the other hand, I don't recall seeing any serious stains on _public_ ethics, like hiring cronies for massive no-bid contracts...

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The question is, which will the Mainstream Media beat to death? The no-bid contract issues have been going on for years, but for all I've seen about them on the TV news programs, the sense is that 1) they don't matter, or 2) they do matter, but voters don't care.

But sex is easy. It grabs viewers. It does the work so the MSM doesn't have to.

I think sometimes about the President of France--divorces, philanderer prior to that, married now to an ex-supermodel who had affairs with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, among others, and who also had an out of wedlock child, iirc. Can you imagine the same couple going through the election gantlet here? OMG.

Sometimes you just want to shake people.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

From what I see in THE ECONOMIST, Sarkozy has been losing favor in France with his antics.

Yeah, sex is easy. I've muttered in public that the "liar" thing was Bill doing just exactly what a gentleman of the Old School was supposed to do -- no true gentleman will tell. You are supposed to carry such secrets to the grave or even the gallows. "Long Black Veil."

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I read an article about Sarkozy last week. He can apparently be a rude jerk. Be interesting to see how long he remains in office. But my point was that in the US, he would never have made it as far as an Old Boy backroom discussion.