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September 27, 2006
Clinton and his record
Here is extended take on former President Clinton's sharp exchange with Chris Wallace, which appears in today's Wall Street Journal. You can read it at that link for free.
Here are some quick additional thoughts:I don't think that Clinton's rage was calculated or planned. Wallace said that off-camera Clinton threatened to fire his aides if he had to endure another television interview like that one. Also, his incoherent anger did not advance the positive case for his record (capturing Ramzi Youssef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, in 1995, stopping the Millenium plots in 1999, arming the Predator spy drone plane in 2000 and so on).It was accusatory, contradictory and times flat wrong. I could make a better case for his Administration than he did. Still, his base wants to give him credit for his passion, not his pure reason. That is not a hopeful sign for them or the country.
Posted by Richard Miniter at September 27, 2006 01:38 AM