Posted by
Bill Crawford on Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:53:45 PM
I really don't care what passed with him four years ago. Nor do I give a rip exactly why he is getting divorced.
His personal problems may be what's behind his curious silence on the oil spill in the Gulf, but I find his absence on that subject to be constructive, given the argumentative standards he has established for himself.
The truly interesting part is his contribution to the resurrection of the Clinton's, already well under way. It has been noted by many on the campaign trail this year that Bill Clinton's political acumen is more welcome on the 2010 trail than any of the Chicago Mafia in the White House. This part is nothing but good news in the effort to re-establish Hillary as an independent player in Presidential politics again, her service as Sec State only adding points for her loyalty.
The really crazy part is that Gore's police report is manna from heaven for Bill and Hillary- glorified comeuppance for a Vice President who never stopped ripping Bill for how his moral failures became an insurmountable obstacle for a 2000 campaign Al thinks, by all rights, he should have won.
Gore's moralizing over this was directed at both Clintons. He was close enough to them to know that Hillary knew all about Bill's ways, and her anger at Bill in 1998 was not that he played around with an intern, but did so in a way that almost got them thrown out of power.
Al made a habit of looking down his nose at Bill's incapability of controlling himself, as well as Hillary's tolerance of it in exchange for political power. Now he is being served humble pie from both Clintons, and I don't imagine it being pleasant.