>The Clintonites were at home with chaos,
>which was a good thing, given how much of it they created. But some chaos
>is inevitable, and it demands an ability to entertain new, even heretical
>ideas and to improvise ...
... to boldly go where no wonk has gone before -- what twaddle. With the Big Creep himself as example, the Clintonites seemed mainly concerned with self-preservation, which doesn't seem that heretical an idea.
>In 1993, the historian Stephen Ambrose said of Clinton, "I don't
>know anyone who's gone so far appointing friends and cronies since Warren
>G. Harding."
In that and other ways, Clinton does remind me of Harding. And I have the feeling that Clinton is destined to be seen as the same colossal figure as H. in the eyes of history.
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