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June 21, 2004
Annual Report: Barbecue with Dan Rather
Watching Clinton on 60 Minutes last night was a lot like seeing an old boyfriend years after you've broken up. Seeing his face glisten with intelligence and honest Arkansas sweat I was overwhelmed by nostalgia, and suddenly I didn't care that he'd been bombing Iraq behind my back for our entire relationship. I just wanted him back.
Like many meetings with exes, the conversation was sort of disappointing. I wanted to hear him talk about the good times we'd had together, like the time he facilitated peace talks between Israel and Palestine, but he just kept on bringing up those tired old sex issues. Monica, Paula, Jennifer, Hilary -- where was America's name on that list, Bill? Don't you care anymore? Don't you miss me like I miss you? You eat barbecue with Dan Rather as if you're just another guy, but I know better. You were the first president I ever had a crush on, even though I knew from the start that our relationship was doomed to end, and you are anything but average.
At the end of the hour, I was a little bit older and a little bit wiser. I know there will be other presidents, but never again will I let myself fall as hard as I did for that squashed-nose, just-folks charmer known as Bill Clinton*.
*and sometimes Bubba.
Posted by didofoot at June 21, 2004 10:09 AM
Comments
Do you know what upsets me? The fact that I spent most of Clinton's 8 years in office too spaced-out on my parents' conservative brainwashing to appreciate or understand anything about what he was doing in office, good or bad.
Oh. Sex scandals make people ineligible to ever be considered decent leaders? *vapid nod* Okay. Peaceful negotiations are boring and unimportant? *glazed look* Okay.
I should be allowed to do it over again. You should too.
Posted by: Dianna at June 21, 2004 10:59 AM
I bet things would be a lot more hopping around CH if Clinton were president. Blog, Dianna. Blog for me. My boredom is taking over.
Posted by: didofoot at June 21, 2004 01:40 PM
Dance for me, minions!
I'll work on it. That last one took a lot out of me, though.
Posted by: Dianna at June 21, 2004 01:44 PM
you know what's good? copying an e-book from project gutenberg and pasting it into the body of a work email so you can sit reading a book and appear to be working.
Posted by: didofoot at June 21, 2004 01:55 PM
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