The Clintons' Grim Fairy Tales

Here was Bill Clinton up in New Hampshire, his hair now silver-gray, leaning comfortably against the lectern, microphone in hand, surrounded by rows of rapt students and framed against a giant blue banner for his wife's campaign. Full Story »

Posted by Kevin Reilly
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Topics: Hillary Clinton
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Posted by: Posted by Kevin Reilly - Jan 28, 2008 - 6:18 AM PST
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Jim Filby
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by Jim Filby - Oct. 1, 2008

The starting point of the review is the claim by Bill Clinton that the media is giving Obama a "free ride" and the "fairy tale" on his judgement and it gets lost right away. The remaining points of the article focus on the Clintons, votes and statements on the Iraq War. Given, from the media, we only have Obama and his stance on the War to compare to, it is pretty clear cut - he was right on the war and she was not. There may have been lies and lack of investigation by the media on the run up to the war, but it was her responsibility to see through the fog from the White House like Obama did, and she did not. That does not eliminate the charge that the media, including this author is giving Obama a "free ride" in this campaign. ... More »

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Kevin Reilly
3.8
by Kevin Reilly - Oct. 1, 2008

Effective in creating an image of( to borrow the NYTimes term) "Clintonism". As an editorial it provides supporting documentation and perhaps captures the mood of the large, on-the-fence subset of Democrats and Independents.

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