Why has Bill Clinton turned so nasty and mean?

[BluegrassDem]

Everyday he's blowing up at somebody for some reason or another. He's really embarrassing. Has he ever heard of letting something just roll off of his back? He should take some temperament lessons from Obama. He's the epitome of grace under fire. Bill Clinton has really turned into a nasty, mean individual during this campaign. I'm sure he was like this while he was president, but at least he kept it undercover. I can't believe I supported and defended that man for over a decade. I'm really sick of him wagging that finger. Everytime he does it, I can't help but think of Monica!

[grasswire]

1. get over the Clenis

This obsession with the Clintons is too weird. Just let it go, man.

[dorktv]

2. Seconded.

[anonymous171]

3. Because for the longest time Bill had a monopoly on inspiration within the party.

Then Obama comes along and ruins his entire setup.

[jeff30997]

4. "Everytime he does it, I can't help but think of Monica! "

Really? For me it's cigars! But sometimes a finger is just a finger :)

[oasis]

5. Bill doesn't want a second rate politician leading our nation in these troubled times,

I don't blame him for being over zealous.

[anonymous171]

6. Then why is he supporting Hillary? lol.

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[Raine]

11. Hehe

:thumbsup:

[Kahuna]

22. Rimshot. nt

[unlawflcombatnt]

21. Exactly

And Obama is 2nd rate at best, but probably worse.

[mcctatas]

7. Maybe it's "pump head"?

At least that's one theory...

"Brain damage during bypass surgery is so common that hospital personnel refer to it as “pump head.” The primary cause is emboli produced during surgery from clamping the aorta and from the “heart-lung machine.” This machine pumps blood to keep the patient alive while the heart is stopped during the operation. Unfortunately, this pump also introduces toxic gases, fat globules, and bits of plastic debris into the bloodstream of the patient under anesthesia. Once they are in the bloodstream, these particles migrate to the brain where they can clog capillaries and prevent adequate amounts of blood and oxygen from flowing to the brain. Essentially, all patients experience brain emboli during surgery and for many the damage is permanent.

In 2001, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that 5-years after bypass surgery 42% of patients showed decline in mental function of approximately 20 percent or more.2 A study published this year (2008) in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery using MRI testing just after bypass surgery found brain damage in 51% of patients.3 Three years after their time on the bypass pump, significant permanent reduction in mental capacity was identified in 31% of patients. I am not talking major stroke here; but these patients can't remember names or numbers as they once did, experience sleep disturbances (including nightmares), suffer mood swings, and lose intellectual acuity. Approximately 30 percent of people suffer persistent depression and some even contemplate suicide.

Our former president needs our understanding and support. A simple explanation by his doctors of the cause of his recent aberrant behaviors should bring peace of mind to Hillary and her campaign staff. If Mr. Clinton better understood his current limitations, he and his staff could take precautionary steps to avoid embarrassments. A long-overdue explanation would help his adoring public more easily accept his mistakes and readily forgive him. It is not your fault, Mr. Clinton."
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2008other/080412clinton.htm

[Raine]

14. I believe it...

my boyfriend's father was never the same after he had that operation, he had violent moodswings and ended up with dementia.

[mcctatas]

15. Maybe it's because I am still holding onto my big

crush on the big dog, but I think there has to be something more than a reaction to percieved unfairness etc. towards Hillary. It's not like this is their first dance, I'm sure he has seen/heard her get slammed before and managed not to explode with such regularity. Something has changed, the consumate politician does not become a petulant child this quickly... (IMHO ;) )

[jimmyfungus]

8. BIG BAD BILL CLINTON

Very good point bluegrass. I am not a psychologist, but I think I know why. Bill Clinton has spent his whole life being a politician, and pretending to be charming and polite to people he hates, and people who annoy the holy heck out of him. Now, he has been President, as high as you can go in politics, and he will never be President again...so there is no point for him to pretend to be polite and charming anymore. And besides he has decades of pent up rage about what he probably believes was unfair treatment from the press and his political enemies. So now he is making up for lost time by biting off everyone's head for the slightest thing. (They say McCain has a bad temper...if it is worse than Clinton's oh man, I would hate to have to deal with him.)


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[Tresalisa]

9. Maybe he gets angry at what he sees as unfair

attacks on his wife? He supports her 100%, and to see her get treated in ways he sees as wrong fires him up, IMO. He should realize that this is how political campaigns work, but I imagine he finds it difficult.

[MrSlayer]

10. He's not wagging his dick at you.

C'mon. Bill is highly competitive and he's not winning. He's not used to not winning. You can bet your ass he was this mean and nasty throughout his political career. You don't get to be President by being nice and affable, it's a cutthroat business. There is the political face and the real person. And you rarely get to see any of the real person during when they are running or when they are acting in their official position. He is neither right now and he's letting the emotion show. He's just very frustrated. It doesn't excuse the attempted kneecapping of a fellow Democrat but it is understandable. None of the methods they have used, tried and true methods, against Obama have worked. It's driving him crazy. Obama is a singular case, the exception that proves the rule. I have never seen a politician quite like him. Neither have they, that's why they can't beat him.

[my3boyz]

12. He can't stand to lose! nt

[JI7]

13. he has always been that way

but usually in private. he ran for President before cable tv and the internet was as big as it is now. what politicians do and say are seen more closely by more people now.

i'm not sure clinton would have been able to deal with the 24 hour news cycle we have now. remember he ended up getting impeached just around the time when cable tv and internet started being used more in politics.

[VotesForWomen]

16. he hasn't. nt

[Oleladylib]

17. BC has a right to...he put in his time and now he is seeing the American

public for what it is...rather stupid.

[mitchum]

18. Because TeamClinton has been well compensated for covering up for bushco...

and it's a long term contract.
Let's just say he's a loyal employee rather than nasty and mean.

[Clintonista2]

19. Why has Michelle Obama ALWAYS been so nasty and mean?

[Perry Logan]

20. It makes you want to "tear his eyes out."