Bill & Hillary: Has America had enough of the Clintons?
February 28, 2007
Hollywood mogul David Geffen recently threw his money behind Barack Obama and blasted the Clintons sparking a battle between the presidential campaigns. It is a minor political spat that nobody save for a few Washington elites should care about but it has brought up the interesting question of whether we all have had enough of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Referring to Hillary Clinton, Geffen told New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd, “I don’t think that another incredibly polarizing figure, no matter how smart she is and no matter how ambitious she is - and God knows, is there anybody more ambitious than Hillary Clinton? - can bring the country together.” Geffen went on to call Bill Clinton a “‘reckless guy’ who gave his enemies a lot of ammunition to hurt him and to distract the country.”
Geffen’s acidic comments about Hillary are unfortunate, especially this early in the ‘08 campaign season. How can one fault her for being ambitious when Geffen’s candidate of choice is aiming for the presidency after serving only two years in the Senate? As for Bill, it’s unfair to dismiss him as an asset to Hillary’s campaign based solely on his past behavior. You can not ignore the transformation his image has undergone since leaving office. Recent polls place Bill Clinton somewhere among the top 5 greatest presidents as he has now become a respected elder statesman.
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