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Bill Clinton Had Affair with Mondale's Daughter? | 35 comments (35 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: BooMan Tribune/ National Enquirer (none / 0)

I don't understand.

According to Monica, she suspected something and Clinton denied it.

The source for the affair is not Monica, it's Mike McCurry quoting the president himself.

It's not totally clear from the article but here is what I think happened.

Purdum asked McCurry (slyly) if Clinton was going jogging with Mondale. McCurry relayed this question to the president, who responded that there is a difference between jogging and boning. McCurry went back and gave the direct quote to Purdum, knowing it was too crude for him to use in print. And, also, probably knowing that he wouldn't betray the confidence. That is basically what Purdum just reported, twelve years later.

If it isn't true that this conversation took place then McCurry will deny it. Well, he may deny it anyway, but if he doesn't deny it then that is confirmation.

by BooMan on Sun Jun 1st, 2008 at 04:31:14 PM EST
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Re: BooMan Tribune/ National Enquirer (none / 1)

I don't understand you at all. I guess I've misunderstood who you were for a long time now.

I don't care about evidence. That wasn't my point in mentioning Monica. I feel sorry for Ms. Mondale that she is now going to suffer a loss of privacy she never could have expected when (if) she entered into this affair. Before Monica, women who had affairs with presidents received privacy - at least from sources other than gossip rags.

Out of that entire Vanity Fair article you picked this to write about? Vanity Fair didn't even make it a headline.

by maryb2004 on Sun Jun 1st, 2008 at 04:47:45 PM EST
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Re: BooMan Tribune/ National Enquirer (none / 0)

What other item from the article do you think is likely to be more newsworthy?

The failed intervention?

Please don't tell me it's the dubious financial shenanigans because we all know what sells newspapers.

It doesn't matter whether a blogger makes it a headline or not. What matters is that these types of stories are out there and represent a serious electability liability. I didn't write the article and I have nothing to do with the ensuing loss of privacy for Ms. Mondale. The horse is out of the barn. You might as well blame me for Lewinsky's loss of privacy every time I mention her.

I've endured endless guilt by association attacks against Obama, many pushed by the Clintons, even today. All the Clinton blogs argue relentlessly that Obama is not electable. But all along we've known that the Clintons have a lot of baggage. I have almost never mentioned that point except defensively. But it's articles like this Vanity Fair piece that really give the lie to the argument that Obama has electability problems and Clinton does not. That's my point. Accusing me of smearing Ms. Mondale is ridiculous. She's going to be discussed extensively and I have nothing to do with it.

by BooMan on Sun Jun 1st, 2008 at 04:59:00 PM EST
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Re: BooMan Tribune/ National Enquirer (none / 1)

There is no response to this that I feel comfortable publishing on an open forum.

sorry.

I really am.

Bye.

by maryb2004 on Sun Jun 1st, 2008 at 05:12:35 PM EST
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Absolutely. (none / 0)

This is what "properly vetted and more electable" looks like? Really? Are these people for real? Geeze--old, but not wise.

Look, we know he's a whore. That's been well-established. And it's boring and it's none of our business. But you're right, Boo--sex sells and the rethugs "got nothing." And in this case, sex with an impeached-because-of-it president on top of his shady financial dealings a heartbeat away from the Oval Office could have done the party a boat load of damage.

Does anyone on this blog REALLY think that this wouldn't have been plastered all over the place and caused a colossal headache? Seriously?

I shudder at the thought. Really, I just shudder.

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Sun Jun 1st, 2008 at 05:24:16 PM EST
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Re: Absolutely. (none / 1)

Earlier today in BooMan's post on an Obama cabinet, I linked to this VanityFair piece as one of several reasons why the Clintons can't be included in an Obama Administration....because this is what awaits - distraction.

Ben Smith has the Clinton's reply - a 2,244 word memo.

I may add that (except for the Mondale affair) the nuggets in this VF piece, finances, the heart surgery that may have changed his personality, have been published in the WSJ Bloomberg News and elsewhere. So a threat of libel?

The Memo from Bill Clinton -via Ben Smith, Politico
The Clinton camp responded today to Vanity Fair's long article on Bill with its own 2,244-word memo, which includes attacks on the magazine's "penchant for libel," on editor Graydon Carter, and on writer Todd Purdum and his wife, former Clinton aide Dee Dee Myers.
The memo (after the jump) calls the piece "journalism of personal destruction at its worst" and singles out, among other things, Purdum's suggestion that Clinton's heart surgery changed his personality.
Purdum "is not an MD," the memo points out.
The memo, provided by Clinton aide Jay Carson, also singles out Myers for this unexplained criticism:
Purdum's disclosure of [his marriage] in the piece does not, as Vanity Fair apparently concluded, remove the obvious conflict of interest. It's a conflict that would likely not be contemplated at more reputable publications, especially considering that, as a result of this relationship, at least one source's anonymity was revealed to others.
The memo also lists Bill Clinton's post-presidential accomplishments.
Bill Clinton's Memo
TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Office of President Clinton
RE: Vanity Fair Article on President Clinton
DATE: June 1, 2008
A tawdry, anonymous quote-filled attack piece, published in this month's Vanity Fair magazine regarding former President Bill Clinton repeats many past attacks on him, ignores much prior positive coverage, includes numerous errors, and ultimately breaks no new ground. It is, in short, journalism of personal destruction at its worst.[.]

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Sun Jun 1st, 2008 at 06:46:51 PM EST
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Re: Absolutely. (none / 1)

Agree. Did he deny it? I don't think so. He's already been down that road before.

by Bob In Pacifica on Sun Jun 1st, 2008 at 07:18:43 PM EST
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