# Clinton Slips Leash; Jennings Critical **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807 "2004-11-20T06:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roseworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@Roseworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roseworm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/1 "2004-11-20T06:32:13Z")
Holy pit bull, Batman! Did you see the Peter Jennings interview with Bill Clinton? I thought Bill was going to rip Peter’s head right off and crap down his neck. Bill can be a very charming putz, but when his mask slips, he is _not_ a pretty sight. It was all there, exposed to the light - the self-denials, the narcissism, the whining self-pity, the seething resentment, the infantile rationalizations, the insatiable need for approval, and the total lack of any moral compass whatsoever. I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/2 "2004-11-20T06:35:23Z")
I’m glad you had fun! ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/3 "2004-11-20T06:40:30Z")
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: and I repeat… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/4 "2004-11-20T06:41:32Z")
Just another :rolleyes: for good measure. I take it you voted Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/5 "2004-11-20T06:41:41Z")
> [@Roseworm](#): > > It was all there, exposed to the light - the self-denials, the narcissism, the whining self-pity, the seething resentment, the infantile rationalizations, the insatiable need for approval, and the total lack of any moral compass whatsoever. I’m sorry, this is about Clinton, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/6 "2004-11-20T07:05:51Z")
So long as we’re bashing former presidents… Reagan was a doddering old bully without a scrap of human compassion who should have been charged with treason for Iran-Contra. George Bush, Sr. should have been his cellmate. If Carter had just shown a single ball over the hostage crisis, America might have been spared eight years of Reagan. Ford was the epitome of mediocrity. Nixon… well, what hasn’t been said about Nixon? ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/7 "2004-11-20T07:26:10Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Nixon… well, what hasn’t been said about Nixon? Awwww, he’s so adorably cuuuute!!! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/8 "2004-11-20T07:30:25Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m sorry, this is about Clinton, right? Actually, on a fundamental level, it’s all about **Roseworm.** :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/9 "2004-11-20T07:35:13Z")
Well, we can’t _all_ run up record deficits, lose American jobs, destroy the countries reputation, and get our military into a quagmire. 😉 Oh, and that “moral compass” crack is just priceless…cough, cough…abu ghraib…cough…halliburton…cough… ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/10 "2004-11-20T08:26:09Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Nixon… well, what hasn’t been said about Nixon? > [@moriah](#): > > Awwww, he’s so adorably cuuuute!!! …Touche’, **moriah**. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/11 "2004-11-20T08:29:01Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Actually, on a fundamental level, it’s all about **Roseworm.** :rolleyes: (I think you’ve been wooshed) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/12 "2004-11-20T08:30:40Z")
on re-read, I think I may’ve been wooshed. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/13 "2004-11-20T09:34:06Z")
I love how people think criticism of Clinton should only be rebutted with criticism of Bush. As fun as it is to be really stupid, I think we should for the sake of mankind ration ourselves to 25% stupidity on weekdays and 50% stupidity on weekends. Anyways, Clinton is pretty egotistical and the consummate politician. I’ve yet to see a President yet that I don’t think has certain social or mental “differences” that would make them seem simply batshit weird if you knew them intimately in real life. Also btw next time someone feels the need to talk about treason pick up a copy of the U.S. Constitution, the Cato Institute has been selling them in little red leather-bound form at book stores for some time now. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/14 "2004-11-20T09:38:02Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > I love how people think criticism of Clinton should only be rebutted with criticism of Bush. Oh please - tell me you honestly don’t think **Roseworm** is beating off to a picture of Bush as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/15 "2004-11-20T09:44:46Z")
I don’t know anything about Roseworm personally but I doubt it. If he’s American like me he’s probably asleep right now. And if he’s gay, well, I don’t know the tastes of gay men but I’ve known many gay men and seen the types they prefer and Bush really doesn’t fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/16 "2004-11-20T09:51:44Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > I love how people think criticism of Clinton should only be rebutted with criticism of Bush. That amuses me greatly, since so many Republicans only react to criticism of Bush by saying whatever the problem is (the economy, September 11th, Iraq), Clinton is actually to blame. This clearly cuts both ways. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/17 "2004-11-20T09:58:12Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > I don’t know anything about Roseworm personally but I doubt it. If he’s American like me he’s probably asleep right now. > > And if he’s gay, well, I don’t know the tastes of gay men but I’ve known many gay men and seen the types they prefer and Bush really doesn’t fit the bill. Man, are you ever fucking obtuse. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/18 "2004-11-20T09:59:41Z")
Michael Moore said that Clinton was the best Republican president we ever had. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/19 "2004-11-20T10:13:58Z")
> [@Roseworm](#): > > Holy pit bull, Batman! Did you see the Peter Jennings interview with Bill Clinton? I thought Bill was going to rip Peter’s head right off and crap down his neck. > > Bill can be a very charming putz, but when his mask slips, he is _not_ a pretty sight. It was all there, exposed to the light - the self-denials, the narcissism, the whining self-pity, the seething resentment, the infantile rationalizations, the insatiable need for approval, and the total lack of any moral compass whatsoever. > > I loved it. **Roseworm** , what question/comment from Jennings made Clinton get especially mad? For the record, you’re a female worm , are you not? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807/20 "2004-11-20T10:59:11Z")
Let’s face it, Clinton was a great leader but definitely a flawed man and probably not all that great of a guy in person. Bush, on the other hand, is probably an awesome guy to hang out with but a _horrible_ leader. What’s more important to you, a cool guy that can’t lead a horse to water without shooting himself in the dick and scaring the horse off, or flawed asshole that is a master politician and competent leader? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-slips-leash-jennings-critical/275807.md?page=2)