Sunday, September 24, 2006

When pathological narcissists attack

Bill Clinton Freaks Out

"Right wingers"? What a great statesman! Settle down, little boy! Your knee-pad brigades would still kill to give you the Monica Treatment!

NRO's Byron York finds that even Dick Clarke's sympathetic account doesn't jibe with Clinton's tirade.

This is the same Boy Clinton who earlier told an obsequious David Remnick: "I never thought Saddam presented any kind of a terrorist threat."


Yet ...

PRESIDENT CLINTON ENDS STRIKES



December 19, 1998

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So long as Saddam remains in power he will remain a threat[emphasis ours] to his people, his region and the world. With our allies, we must pursue a strategy to contain him and to constrain his weapons of mass destruction program, while working toward the day Iraq has a government willing to live at peace with its people and with its neighbors.

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Ooops. Maybe it depends on the meaning of "threat"? Or perhaps some Clintonian parsing is in place: He used the phrase "terrorist threat" to Remnick, so perhaps he believed Saddam posed another sort of threat to "the world", but with no navy and a negligible air force, this seems unlikely.

Perhaps the Boy has forgotten that he signed The Iraq Liberation Act, though that law was probably more a result of Dick Morris' polling with no intention of follow through. Typical teenager -- strong words with no backup. Toss in a few cruise missiles -- they have no next of kin and don't cost precious approval rating points. Otherwise, kick the problem down the road to the next guy.

Boy Clinton is Dick Darman's legacy: A jejune mediocrity who took advantage of Bush 41's bungled first term, inherited a recovering economy and a "holiday from history", frightened America into electing the first GOP majorities in decades then took credit for their successes.

A perfect example of a dope with a (allegedly) high IQ.

A perfect example of narcissistic personality disorder.