"Bill Clinton’s Homer Simpson moments are sometimes endearing"

[ProSense]

The Needles and the Damage Done

Bill Clinton’s Homer Simpson moments are sometimes endearing - such as when he fell asleep behind the orator during a Martin Luther King day event earlier this week at a Harlem church - but the getting-all-mean-and-then-backing-down act that has been scripted in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and, now, South Carolina has begun to wear thin among many Democratic party faithful and others.

“He said several times yesterday that maybe he got a little bit carried away,” Hillary Clinton said this morning on CBS.

One time might constitute getting “carried away.” Twice, a pattern. Three times, a tactic. Four times, a strategy. And part of the strategy is to then back off and appear to play fair again. But watch the same cycle occur next week between South Carolina’s results on Saturday and the February 5 Tsunami Tuesday contests.

This time, though, the backlash is palpable, not just from Obama supporters (who will still be around after the nomination is settled, whichever way it goes) but from an interesting cross-section of high profile Democrats, media figures and editorial boards, not to mention members of the general public.

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From John Kerry:

“…being an ex-president does not give you license to abuse the truth, and I think that over the last days it’s been over the top. Things have been said about Barack Obama’s positions that are just plain untrue. It was said in Nevada, it’s been said about Social Security, it’s been said about Yucca Mountain, and it’s been said in South Carolina. I think it’s very unfortunate, but I think the voters can see through that. When somebody’s coming on strong and they are growing, people get a little frantic, and I think people have seen this sort of franticness in the air, if you will.”

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[GodlessBiker]

1. D'oh!

[thereismore]

2. "franticness" = desperation. nt

[tularetom]

3. Admittedly Kerry didn't fight hard for the 04 election but

Clinton never lifted that finger he's always pointing at somebody to help him. In fact I still believe one of his minions tipped off the boosh people about his intentions in Ohio. It's plain he wanted Kerry to lose in order to have Hillary become the favorite for the 08 nomination.

I don't give a shit what Kerry says but I really don't want to hear anymore of the small dog whining about how mean everybody is to Hillary.

[rox63]

4. Carville's the one who tipped off Bush about Ohio

through his wife, Mary Matalin. It's in Bob Woodwards' book.

[PervezClinton]

5. Sometimes a donut is just a donut.