Bill Clinton’s last-minute endorsement of Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral race is all too fitting: both men represent the corporate Democratic establishment, opposed by socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, that has abandoned the working class.
“And I will add, I did NOT have any sexual relations with that man, Andrew Cuomo” - Clinton, probably.
To give the devil his due, based on Kenneth Starr’s definition of sexual relations, that was true in the Lewinsky case, there was no peen-in-poon contact. And the whole investigation was set up as a trap, so Clinton did the lawyerly thing and responded technically correctly to the exact question asked.
Notice that, despite all the funding and political malice directed against him, he was never charged with perjury. The Arkansas disbarment was another hatchet job, so he settled.
End of Clinton defense. I agree that his strategy of triangulation handed the country to the worst of the Republicans, and three strikes, don’t ask don’t tell, financial deregulation and other Clinton initiatives were disastrously bad. And let’s not forget Hillary’s convoluted, botched attempt at health care reform. Bill was the more talented of the pair, but I wouldn’t piss on either of them if they were on fire.