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Biden Triangulates

February 10, 2023 at 2:07 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Andrew Sullivan: “I used to hate Bill Clinton’s State of the Union speeches. He’d usually arrive inexcusably late; proceed to hug everyone within touching distance; then blather on for well over an hour about every policy minutia the DC wonk class obsesses over. One year, he was still talking an hour and a half in. Then he’d stay forever afterwards, incapable of saying goodbye, absorbing every milliliter of love he could drain from the crowd, and generally looking like he was having the time of his life.”

“I was bored silly. But you know what? People loved those speeches. They loved the laundry list of post-big-government specifics, and they loved the way Clinton effortlessly stole most of the right’s policies, while appearing to be far saner and happier than any of them. And as I absorbed Biden’s SOTU this week, it was Bill Clinton who came to mind, the last Democrat who merrily triangulated his way to a landslide re-election.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy, White House

Obama and Clinton Say Classified Docs Went to Archives

January 25, 2023 at 2:28 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The offices of former Presidents Obama and Clinton say they turned over all classified materials to the National Archives at the end of their presidencies, The Hill reports.

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy, Obama legacy

25 Years Ago

January 19, 2023 at 4:46 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Monica Lewinksy writes in Vanity Fair: “My name became public 25 years ago this week. What have I observed and learned in the quarter century since? Oh, plenty.”

Her most important lesson: “I don’t know how to say this other than to be direct and insufferably corny: You can survive the unimaginable.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy, Scandal

Lucianne Goldberg Is Dead

October 27, 2022 at 4:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Lucianne Goldberg, a colorful, conservative literary agent who played a pivotal role in the scandal that led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment, died on Wednesday at her home in Weehawken, N.J.,” the New York Times reports.

“It was Ms. Goldberg who advised Linda Tripp, a Pentagon aide, to record her conversations with her young co-worker Monica Lewinsky, who as a White House intern had an affair with President Bill Clinton.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy, Political History

Bill Clinton Says the ‘World Is on Fire’

September 19, 2022 at 9:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former President Bill Clinton is calling on governments, businesses, philanthropies and other prominent institutions to draw together and help a world that is “on fire” as he reconvenes the Clinton Global Initiative, the AP reports.

Said Clinton: “The world’s on fire in a lot of different ways. But there are a lot of things that businesses, non-governmental groups and governments working together can do to help with a lot of these problems.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Bonus Quote of the Day

September 18, 2022 at 11:24 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Well, I read the obituary, and I realized that his family loved him, and I think that’s something to be grateful for, and when your life is over that’s all there is to say. But I was taught not to talk about people that I — you know. I have nothing to say. Except I’m glad he died with the love of his family.”

— Bill Clinton, on CNN, about the death of Ken Starr.

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Quote of the Day

September 13, 2022 at 10:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“As I’m sure many can understand, my thoughts about Ken Starr bring up complicated feelings. But of more importance, is that i imagine it’s a painful loss for those who love him.”

— Monica Lewinsky, quoted by the AP, on Ken Starr’s death.

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Ken Starr Is Dead

September 13, 2022 at 4:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ken Starr, who led the Whitewater investigation into former President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday at 76, CNBC reports.

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Judge Throws Out Trump Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton

September 9, 2022 at 11:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A federal judge has thrown out Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, saying the former president “is seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy, Trump Legacy

Chelsea Clinton Says Ivanka Trump ‘Went to the Dark Side’

September 9, 2022 at 9:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Chelsea Clinton said that she used to be friends with Ivanka Trump, Insider reports.

Said Clinton: “We were friends. She is not the person I called when I was curious about something for my kids or if I was debating a life decision, but we were definitely friends … and then she went to the dark side.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Clinton Says GOP ‘Trying to Make This About Me Again’

September 7, 2022 at 8:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton tweeted that the “right is trying to make this about me again,” as Republicans try to compare how she was not charged over her use of a private email server and the ongoing probe into Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents.

Said Clinton: “I can’t believe we’re still talking about this, but my emails… The fact is that I had zero emails that were classified.”

She added: “I’m more tired of talking about this than anyone, but here we are.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Why Hillary Clinton Wears Pantsuits

September 6, 2022 at 10:56 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Hillary Clinton decided to start wearing the pantsuits that became her political trademark after ‘suggestive’ photos taken of her during a visit to Brazil were used in a lingerie ad in the mid-1990s,” The Guardian reports.

“A photo of Clinton showed a glimpse of her underwear while seated. The Brazilian lingerie company DuLoren deployed the image in an ad containing the words: ‘A tribute to one of the most important women of the decade.'”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

How Many of Hillary’s Emails Were Actually Classified?

September 3, 2022 at 1:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Joe Conason: “As more and more evidence of the former president’s reckless and potentially criminal misconduct comes to light, he and his defenders keep pointing to ‘her emails.’ They insist that because the Justice Department declined prosecution of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a long and thorough probe of how she handled allegedly classified information, there should be no investigation, let alone indictment or conviction of Trump.”

“But while we don’t yet know the extent or nature of Trump’s abuse of classified documents, we can determine how many were found by investigators, after exhaustive searches, among Clinton’s thousands of State Department emails.”

“The accurate and definitive answer is zero – although few if any news outlets have informed the public of that startling fact. Moreover, it is a fact that the Trump administration itself confirmed three years ago.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy, Trump Legacy

Hillary Clinton Has ‘No Regrets’ Staying in Marriage

September 2, 2022 at 5:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton said she has “no regrets” about choosing to stay in her marriage to former President Bill Clinton, The Hill reports.

Said Clinton: “It took a lot of, honestly, prayer, and thoughtfulness, and talking to people I totally trusted, to really think through — because it was all being done in public.”

She added: “So it made it even more painful and difficult.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Bonus Quote of the Day

March 15, 2022 at 2:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I want to thank the Russian Academy for this Lifetime Achievement Award.”

— Hillary Clinton, on Twitter, responding to sanctions placed on her by Russia.

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy, Foreign Affairs

Jordan Agrees Clinton Operatives Should Be Executed

February 13, 2022 at 1:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) told Fox News that he agrees with a Donald Trump statement in which the former president suggests Democrat operatives tied to the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign should have been executed.

Trump said that the actions of the Clinton operatives, as described by a Fox News report, “should be subject to criminal prosecution,” and at other times in U.S. history, “this crime would have been punishable by death.”

Said Jordan: “I think is right on target. This is truly unprecedented, truly something that has never happened in the history of our great country.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Clinton to Speak to New York Democratic Convention

February 10, 2022 at 2:21 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Hillary Clinton is expected to speak at next week’s New York State Democratic Party Convention,” CNBC reports.

“The development comes as Clinton, who also worked as secretary of State during the first half of President Barack Obama’s administration, works to maintain relevance in a party that could be headed for defeat in this year’s midterm elections.”

“It may also stoke speculation about a potential new Clinton bid for elected office.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

Clintons See Path Back to Relevance

January 14, 2022 at 7:40 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Playbook: “With the Democratic Party on course for a devastating midterm election and party elder statesmen stepping in to help, people close to Bill and Hillary Clinton said the former first couple sees it as an opportunity to insert themselves back into political life.”

“The intra-party divisions have given them a chance to flex their centrist, dealmaking brand of politics as a way to move the party forward.”

“Another factor that motivated Bill Clinton to get more engaged: the low ratings and muted public reaction to Impeachment: American Crime Story, the FX show produced by Monica Lewinsky.”

Filed Under: Clinton Legacy

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