It’s been plenty fun watching what Dean Barrett refers to as the Fall of the House of Clinton (although, as a fan of old horror movies, I lean toward the House of Clintonstein). Still, I urge my fellow righties not to succumb to our own version of Nixon Hatred Syndrome–a disease afflicting many on the left. It’s the unyielding need to focus on a figure long out of office, and its sufferers include John Kerry, who condemned “Richard Nixon’s war” during the 2004 elections, and Al “Tax-Dodger” Franken, whose home has a bathroom dedicated to our 37th president. (The average person spends 30 minutes a day in the bathroom. Only a clinical masochist would spend that time gazing at photos of someone he hates.) Similar diseases involve Joe McCarthy and Newt Gingrich. Unless Bill Clinton continues to shoot his mouth off like an orangutan with Tourette Syndrome, we should just ignore him after November–as we would Jimmy Carter had he stuck to building houses instead of playing Ambassador Without Portfolio or Shame. Ditto for Hillary if she’s eventually run out of New York on a rail. Don’t be like Andrew Sullivan, who can’t swallow a vanilla petite scone without uttering the phrase “Karl Rove playbook.” We have enough targets to occupy our time. Al-Qaeda. Hezbollah. Harry Reid. The San Francisco-Berkley-Los Angeles Axis of Evil. Great gosh almighty, the leading Democratic presidential candidate doesn’t know how many states there are. That’s certainly enough to win an election or two.
