Bill Clinton's book "is sloppy, self-indulgent and often eye-crossingly dull"

[The Finman]

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<h2><font color=#003399>The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating a Life, in 957 Pages</font></h2>
As his celebrated 1993 speech in Memphis to the Church of God in Christ demonstrated, former President Bill Clinton is capable of soaring eloquence and visionary thinking.

But as those who heard his deadening speech nominating Michael Dukakis at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta well know, he is also capable of numbing, self-conscious garrulity.

Unfortunately for the reader, Mr. Clinton's much awaited new autobiography "My Life" more closely resembles the Atlanta speech, which was so long-winded and tedious that the crowd cheered when he finally reached the words "In closing.

The book, which weighs in at more than 950 pages, is sloppy, self-indulgent and often eye-crossingly dull --- the sound of one man prattling away, not for the reader, but for himself and some distant recording angel of history.

He writes at length about his awareness that terrorism was a growing threat, but does not grapple with the unintended consequences of his administration's decisions to pressure Sudan to expel Osama bin Laden in 1996 (driving sent the al Qaeda leader to Afghanistan, where he was harder to track) or to launch cruise missile attacks against targets in Sudan and Afghanistan in retaliation for the embassy bombings in 1998 (an act that some terrorism experts believe fueled terrorists' conviction that the United States was an ineffectual giant that relied on low-risk high technology).

He does a persuasive job of explicating his more successful initiatives like welfare reform and deficit reduction, but the failure of his health care initiative, overseen by Mrs. Clinton, is quickly glossed over, as is the subsequent focus of his administration on such small-bore initiatives as school uniforms and teenage smoking.

Lewinsky, his lies about that affair and the damage those actions inflicted on his family and his presidency than he has in the past.

But he still spends a lot of time --- like his wife did in her book --- assailing right-wing enemies for his woes over Whitewater, the Paula Jones case and impeachment.

He writes that seeing his stepfather angry and drunk, he came to associate anger with being out of control, and determined to keep his own anger locked away.

Lies about sex and real estate, partisan rancor over "character issues" (not over weapons of mass destruction or pre-emptive war), psychobabble mea culpas, and tabloid wrangles over stained dresses all seem like pressing matters from another galaxy, far, far away.


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[Hane]

Wow!! The NY Times. :eek:

Something tells me Bubba is in trouble. [img]graemlins/Laughing.gif[/img]

[AnthonyR]

Just as I was reading this article about Clintons rediculous book, a liberal specimen from California tried to sub seven my computer. I figured I would post the IP [img]smile.gif[/img] The Clinton name brings out the most kooky people. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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[TXNavy]

I think they want to trivialize Clinton and keep Kerry in the forefront...liberals are divided on this one...

[The Finman]

I posted this in the humor forum, but I think it's needs to be reposted.