>I knew Marc Rich's name was going to come up. The work of but a moment! <g> (I shouldn't be smiling. That was a really, really, REALLY dumb thing for Clinton to do).
No, dumb is Monica Lewinsky. Marc Rich's pardon is venality that would get you impeached if you did it in office and get you jailed if you did it from a federal bench.
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>>But to really capture the Clintons' last days in office you'd need sponsers like UHaul ( backing up a truck to the White House to carry off the stuff that was property of the nation but the Clintons felt was swag ) or Sotheby's ( holding a pardons auction - with Mark Rich bidding by phone from the Bahamas or someplace ) <bg>
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>>>I think one of the reasons some people don't like Hillary (and that includes me) is her perceived humorlessness. So in that sense this is a smart campaign move. She may in fact be humorless but at least she is willing to indulge humor in others and even participate in the video. Woodenly, but still.
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>>>Did you ever see this one? It was made in the waning days of Bill Clinton's administration. After seeing the Sopranos video yesterday I found it still online and laughed all over again.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN1OCrRrgVw>>>
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>>>>I don't get the Bloomberg thing. On one hand, if taken at his word, why change to an indie if all he ever wanted was to be the NYC mayor? I think he's in....Ross Perot, Version 2.0.
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>>>>As to the Hillary video....very clever indeed. I wouldn't vote for her in a million years but I appreciate good parody.
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>>>>>Just saw this today. Very clever. It will even get free play on Fox News <g>
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>>>>>Glad they didn't include a shot of Vince Foster in Fort Marcy Park. Too much verisimilitude would have interfered with the message <s>
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>>>>>( of course that's a cheap shot ... but that ain't nothin' compared to what next year is gonna be like. You think Bloomberg will get in it, now that he's an independent? )
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>>>>>>I think this is pretty clever ---
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http://www.hillaryclinton.com/blog/view/?id=8262
Charles Hankey
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- Thomas Hardy
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-- T. S. Eliot
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