Another Clinton Screw-Up

One of the great myths of modern politics is that Bill Clinton is a great politician who rarely makes mistakes. While he may have charisma with certain types of voters, his track record is piled high with stupid mistakes. Michael Goodwin has a good column which points out how stupid it was for Bill Clinton to slam someone else for his personal life. Clinton made a slimy comment about a gay Republican:

In a cheap shot that set a new low for ex-Presidents, Clinton said a gay Republican strategist who recently married his male partner "may be blinded by self-loathing."

Later he asks:

So what is Bubba up to? Besides snuggling up to the Bushes whenever he gets a chance, campaigning for a Nobel Prize and hoping to be secretary general of the UN?

Maybe nothing more. Maybe he's losing his touch. Sometimes smart people do stupid things. Or as Finkelstein friend Michael McKeon deftly put it: "It's really beneath a former President to comment on someone's personal life like that. After everything he has been through in his own life, you'd think he'd know better."

Yes, you'd think.

But anyone looking at his record over the years shouldn't be surprised. He's made this type of stupid mistake his whole career.