Bill Clinton's Fairy Tales

With his wife's inevitable march toward the Democratic presidential nomination unexpectedly stalled by Sen. Barack Obama's win in the Iowa caucuses, former President Bill Clinton has taken it upon himself the role of lead attack dog in beating back the charismatic, upstart challenger. Speaking at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, a few days before the primary, Clinton lashed out at Obama, claiming that he had misrepresented his position on the Iraq war and that the media had assisted Obama by failing to press him on the point.

It was wrong that Senator Obama got to go through 15 debates trumpeting his superior judgment and how he was against the war. There's no difference in your voting record, and Hillary's ever since. Give me break. The whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.

After segments of the black community took issue with his tone and language in reference to Obama, Clinton went on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show to explain that his remarks were not meant to be personally disrespectful or a criticism of Obama's pursuit of the Democratic nomination. Clinton, the famous parser of the English language (I did not have sexual relations with that woman. It depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is.), said: "There's nothing fairy tale about his campaign. It's real, strong and he might win." To paraphrase Mr. Clinton, perhaps it boils down to what "the whole thing" means.