Comments on: It couldn’t hurt

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:04:57 +0000

Bill Clinton is a successful liar in at least one sense: He was President of the United States for two terms despite a lifetime of prevarication.

As to whether the lies themselves were indeed successful, why do we assume the ones he was caught at are representative? My guess is that these were not the only lies he told. We can speculate as to percentages, but do you think they caught him at half?

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By: Orion

Orion — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:54:37 +0000

Bill Clinton really wasn’t a very good liar; he told stupid lies, lies easily fact checked, and lied even when the truth would have served him better. “OK, you got me!” would have worked much better than “I never had sex with…that woman, Miss Lewinsky!”. There would have been no impeachment and he could have salvaged the last 2 years of his presidency. “But I never inhaled!” underscored the fundamental character flaw of the man: He simply couldn’t take responsibility for his actions.

Clinton unfortunately got a pass from the media and the left because they wanted to believe his lies, particularly the ones about how he was committed to their causes and ideals. Desperate for a viable standard bearer they gambled away their honor and reputations to put him in office and keep him there. They were terribly wrong and are still too stubborn and blinded by pride to admit they were wrong. As a result they risk another era of the Prevaricator-in-Chief sleeping around the White House.

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:49:15 +0000

I voted for Bill Clinton, Bob. He turned out to be a despicable person, but not because he lied to me. I don’t think he lied about the kind of President he would be; I think he was just not strong enough of a man to govern properly or to avoid the abuse of partisan rhetoric and, ultimately, to befoul the Presidency. He is also lying today for political purposes, however, so I cannot get over him so readily. Indeed if his spouse had not — solely by virtue of her association with him, retained solely be virtue of her toleration of his contemptible personal behavior — built a career, and a potential presidency, by standing on his shoulders, believe me, I would not give him all that much thought at all.

By: bob

bob — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:10:27 +0000

You have Clinton Derangement Syndrome in a bad way. You’re so desperate for some way to keep Bill Clinton in the forefront of you mind (“I use Bill Clinton in my work all the time”) you have to pretend he was “the best liar in our lifetimes” even though you were never fooled by him (I think I’m safe in guessing that) and you probably can’t find any of your friends who couldn’t see through him pretty easily, and his supporters for the most part just accepted his lying as part of the package.

Bill has been out of office for years. Get over it already.

By: craig mclaughlin

craig mclaughlin — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:42:06 +0000

I agree with you that Hillary’s supporters don’t give a damn about things of this sort. I almost emailed instapundit to that effect when I read his post but didn’t because he probably gets ten thousand emails a day.

I disagree with you on one point though. Many, you among them, insist on insisting that Bill Clinton is a good liar. Doing something alot doesn’t mean you’re good at it. Clinton is a terrible liar. He keeps getting caught, afterall. Saying Clinton is a good liar is rather like saying that the guy in San Quentin on his fifth prison stretch is good at armed robbery.