'Let the big dog run' they say. Please God no.
Bill Clinton has quickly descended from being respected elder statesman into an angry and bitter old man. His increasingly crass and wholly cynical interventions in the Democratic primaries (widely held to have backfired in South Carolina) have reminded me of aspects of his presidency I had forgotten. Through the misty fog of seven appalling years of Bush, we tend to look back on the Clinton period as a golden age - a booming economy, coupled with respected international statesmanship. But in these last few days Clinton has cynically sought to racialise Obama's candidacy - drawing an extraordinarily crass parallel with Jesse Jackson's victories in South Carolina - basically implying 'he is a black candidate and won't get very far'. I can't believe he actually said that. For the man who was once described by Toni Morrison as the first black president this is a new and wholly unexpected low. There were also phone calls to voters' homes from Hillary Clinton's campaign explicitly spelling out Obama's full name - Barack Hussein Obama. It reminds us of the other side to the Clintons - this couple who will say anything to get elected.
Well done Ted Kennedy.
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- Thirtysomething passing time in London, England - vegetarian, wannabe DJ, Labour party activist. Waiting for the great leap.
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