Time has a funny habit of marching inexorably forward, leaving in its wake a plethora of faded memories. Some fade rapidly while others retain their luster quite well, often long enough for the shine to be ground off by the light of truth rather than a faulty recollection.
This usually happens to the false memories. I call it God’s way of reminding us of how foolish we once were. He allows the true memories to fade intact, preserving the radiance of them forever in our minds. The ironic thing is that we curse him at times for the very blessing bestowed upon us for this gift.
The Clintons were once untouchable, virtually unscathable in the public arena. Whatever their enemies had to toss at them, there was either a well-timed duck or a willing sacrifice there to catch the barb flung, tearing it asunder and using the offending projectile to great effect against he who had flung it. It was truly a wonder to behold for those who were among the non-believers. A modern marvel, if you will.
The not-so-faded memory of the Clinton era has been preserved, in part, by God as I alluded to previously, but also in part by the Clintons themselves by their refusal to go gracefully. They simply would not go away, and so here we are, watching the very press that so adored them beginning to grind away at the radiant veneer that once covered them and protected their legacy. Time heals all wounds, but only if permitted to do so.
Reports were in abundance today about Bill Clinton’s stumping for his candidate wife while touting himself ad nauseam. Perhaps he and his wife were lulled into believing that the cocoon would always hold fast, not realizing that eventually the butterfly is born. Now the press is regaining what could only be called suppressed memories and flinging the barbs themselves, and the shield is nonexistent.
Clinton today stated that he was against the Iraq war from the beginning. The opposition pundits launched into action immediately, pointing out that it was the Clinton administration’s official position of “regime change” in Iraq, meaning that they wanted Saddam gone. Further, they pointed to Clinton’s own support for the impending invasion in March of 2003. The few remaining guardians of all things Clinton dutifully sprang into action, saying that a person was entitled to a rethinking of a position previously held. They were quickly swatted away with the following revelation…
Clinton wrote an OpEd piece in the UK’s Guardian in which he unequivocally supported the looming war. To say otherwise today is not disingenuous, it is a lie. Once upon a time, he would have been given a total pass by the blogosphere, but not so these days. His feet, and hers along with him, are about to be held to the fire, finally. It’s been a long time in coming.
We are already seeing the cracks in the Clinton foundation in the Huffington Post, of all places. Could the Daily Kos be far behind? Even if not, the circled wagons have lost their cover, and it will be oh so much fun in the coming weeks and months to watch the reaction of former royalty forced into final accountability with no safety net.
To be quaintly colloquial, it is akin to seeing the idiot who cut you off on the highway pulled over by the police further down the road. Sometimes justice, however poetic, prevails. And God let’s us remember.
-Woody
