Monica Lewinsky at Brave New Films

B*#ch, Please.

2008-10-14T21:30:38Z

Lindsay's got a bone to pick with all the First Ladies out there who just can't help but "stand by their man."

Chelsea Clinton refuses question

2008-10-22T15:30:28Z

Mar. 26 - Chelsea Clinton sharply refuses to answer a question about the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Chelsea was speaking at Butler University in Indiana, part of multi-college tour in support of her mother's campaign. Former President Bill Clinton admitted to having a sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky which led to impeachment hearings and a damaged legacy.
Lindsay Claiborn reports.

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"The real dangers in Hillary's schedule." Or not.

2008-03-21T14:08:29Z

Subtext, it's always the subtext:

Preliminary reviews of Hillary Clinton's just-released schedules as First Lady haven't yet found anything earth-shattering or controversial. Instead, the biggest danger for Clinton's presidential aspirations in having journalists comb through the documents is that unpleasant memories of the Clinton years may soon be back in the headlines.

If it's Monica Lewinsky he's referring to, who cares!

An early example from ABC News: "Hillary Clinton spent the night in the White House on the day her husband had oral sex with Monica Lewinsky, and may have actually been there when it happened, according to records of her schedule released today by the National Archives."

What a yawner. Between that and Rev Wright, I've about had my fill.

The other big danger is that the schedules will shed some light on some of Clinton's claims of "35 years of experience," such as this headline from The Guardian: "Clinton a long way from the White House at key foreign policy moments."

At least that's somewhat pertinent.

Or this from the AP: "She was also involved in helping her husband win congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal she now criticizes and says she would try to change."

Yeah, yeah, I posted about that here. So 5 minutes ago.

With five weeks until the Pennsylvania primary, expect political journalists to use these documents to source many more stories on Clinton's White House years.

If there's a legitimate point to the digging, then fine. But if it's all Lewinsky all the time again, drop it. Been there, done that, never cared.

Monday..... again

2008-01-12T20:43:40Z

Just huge craploads of snow here. **sigh**

LA Times: Island Tax Havens Factor Into Romney's Business Success
While in private business, Mitt Romney utilized shell companies in two offshore tax havens to help eligible investors avoid paying U.S. taxes, federal and state records show.

Hoekstra: House To Probe CIA Tapes The Los Angeles Times reports House Intelligence Committee ranking Republican Peter Hoekstra "vowed Sunday to press ahead with the congressional investigation of the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, despite the strenuous objections of the Justice Department."

NY Daily News: Women More Willing To Forgive Monica Scandal Than Judi Giuliani's Trysts
A straying husband is bad. But a home wrecker is worse - at least when it comes to who should end up in the White House.

Washington Post: No Running Jokes Here
Al Franken doesn't want to be funny these days, not really funny. Wit has its place in politics, he says...But funny can be a distraction from the serious stuff Franken is trying to talk about, such as veterans' health care, global warming, his opposition to the war in Iraq, etc. Besides, Franken has always had funny. What he needs, as a candidate, is gravitas.

Edwards Graces Cover Of Newsweek Newsweek, in its cover story profile of John Edwards, reports Edwards had "envisioned the campaign coming down to a two-person race between him and Hillary Clinton --a match-up he thought he could win by exploiting her divisiveness and high negatives.

Clinton/Obama: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

2008-10-21T03:30:57Z

Obama and Clinton have a disagreement over who's "blacker."

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