Columbia University 2008 Commencement Slideshow

Bill Clinton’s Preoccupation: Screwing

Reading this morning’s paper while watching NY1’s coverage of the Pope’s visit to Ground Zero, an article popped out about how the Clintons are divining who are and aren’t their true friends.

The same could be said of the friend that Bill Clinton has been to registered Democrats.

Related to that is an article about how far apart Al Gore and Joe Lieberman have migrated since the 2000 presidential-vice presidential ticket.

Then it occurred to me: Bill Clinton’s doing it again. He’s screwing the nation. Despite Democrats’ desires and labor to get their nominee elected, Bill’s determined to be the one and only Democratic president in our mind’s recent memory.

In 1999-2000 the nation was held hostage by Ken Starr and Bill Clinton’s teasing dodges with the truth. Because she blew it, he blew it. The Democratic line of succession, that is.

Now he’s screwing Democrats again.

Who can understand the psyche of that man – mommy issues, daddy issues, prepubescent obsessions with sex. Is it an act of omission or commission to subtly sabotage his wife’s electoral bid as he surely sabotaged the Gore-Lieberman ticket in 1999-2000?

If voters could control the system so we elected vessels who would deliver the policies we know will restore our nation then America would stand a chance in the 21st Century.

As it stands, as this past week’s “debate” on ABC News revealed, voters are being shuttled into corners forced to choose between personalities and manufactured points of disagreement.

What would it take for the voters – there are more of us than them, after all – to be able to elect policymakers instead of empty celebrities?

Should we give the parliamentary system a try?

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, New York!!