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Does Bill Clinton Need a Time Out?
1/24/08 -- Posted by Catherine Morgan
Bill Clinton is not on the ballot for the presidential campaign, but he is getting a lot of attention this week in South Carolina. I would say that his behavior over the last few days has been not only disappointing, but seriously un-presidential like, especially on Wednesday... DILLON, S.C. - Bill Clinton said Wednesday he expects blacks to vote for Barack Obama and women to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the dynamic may cause his wife to lose the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary Saturday. Even though this type of behavior and controversy makes better political fodder for pundits and ratings, it's this kind of thing that really turns people off to the process. I've expressed my displeasure with this type of campaigning before, and my feelings have not changed. Campaigns do a disservice to the voting public by not focusing on the issues. Voters deserve to hear the issues important to our country...not just bickering and rhetoric. Don't get me wrong...I like Bill Clinton, in fact I'm somewhat concerned about him. I realize he is very passionate about supporting his wife for president, but I would suggest that he may be overworked. Even for a healthy person (and lets not forget that it was just 3 years ago that Bill Clinton had heart bypass surgery), the pace of his schedule must be physically and emotionally exhausting. Please, give this man a time-out or something. Even if I'm wrong, and Bill isn't totally exhausted, he still needs to take a break. It seems to me, that his recent behavior will ultimately hurt Hillary and the democratic party - by giving any Republican nominee an open door for this same type of attack. Here is some of what the bloggers are saying... This from a post by HeatherB at Blogher. I'm being effusive here because it's aggravating and an egregious conjecture that should never have been brought up in the first place.The question never should have been "Vote with your race or vote with your gender?" I would hope that would never be the question for anyone. The answer should be that we don't vote with our race nor do we vote with our gender but we have always and will continue to vote with our brains based upon the issues at hand. It seems like the obvious and intelligent answer and yet it's not for there are still things that are decided upon solely by looks. But voting whether you are black, white or magenta, is not one of them. From Katharine Steelye of the New York Times... The woman said Mrs. Clinton "knows the issues," but, "I want her to stop taking the bait from Obama. We don't need any more bickering." She said she understood the temptation to respond when Mr. Obama says something, but she wished Mrs. Clinton would just ignore it. Also See: The Moderate Voice *cross-posted at The Political Voices of Women |
Tuesday January 29, 2008, 5:14 PM