The media can’t explain Bill Clinton’s fall from grace:

It’s going to be tougher for her husband. The most talented and resilient politician of this generation has damaged his standing with gaffes, political miscalculations and a series of paranoiac, volcanic eruptions.

A common question these days among political heavyweights — including longtime Clinton devotees — is this: How can a guy this smart act so dumb?

The “most talented” politician of his generation never exceeded 50% of the popular vote in either of his presidential runs. And that was with Ross Perot undermining the Republicans on both occasions. His presidency is largely devoid of any long-term, legacy building policy wins. He faced few real challenges, and the major decisions he did make, like ignoring bin Laden and terrorism, were completely incorrect. At best, he was a philanderer, and at worst, he was a rapist. His campaign took money from the Chinese and provided the technology corridor through which their nuclear capabilities soared. And all the while his administration and wife aimlessly bounced from one scandal to another.

The media built the Clinton mystique not on fact, but their own thankfulness that he’d delivered them from 12 years of Republican presidents. Bill Clinton didn’t wake up stupid yesterday. He’s always been this way. It just wasn’t convenient to admit it then.

The media is far to busy building castles in the clouds for Barack Obama to be bothered with Bill Clinton. That explains Bill’s bitterness at the press far more than anything else.  It’s tough going from number one to also ran.

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