Re: Obama abdicates to Bill Clinton, lunacy

On Mon, 13 Dec 2010, Johne Cook wrote:
> As a married man, you lean on your wife for certain things even if she's 
> not physically in your presence.

But if you're posing for a photo op and she ain't there ...

> I know we want to have this unified presence that the President is a 
> rock, unshakable, a firm hand at the tiller, and all that. But it's a 
> facade. The Presidency is a system, not just one man.

Hey, I'm a Canadian, remember?  We don't romanticize our Prime Ministers 
the way you guys do your Presidents.  We have the Queen for that.  :)

> However, in the grand scheme of things, letting Clinton (Bill) field 
> some questions while he gathers his wits is hardly the worst thing he's 
> done.

True.  But it's often the smaller things, rather than the bigger things, 
that carry the symbolism that comes to define our memories.

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