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Tuesday
Sep222009

The Other Side of Bill Clinton

I haven't picked up The Clinton Tapes yet, and odds are I won't ever because 600+ pages is a lot, but this interview with the book's author (who's known the Clintons since the early 70's), Taylor Branch, speaks to a reality more complex than the standard portrait of a greatly talented man whose flaws nearly undid him.  While his reputation for obfuscation makes me wonder if anyone can really find the objective truth about him, many of the details are fascinating.  This one in particular is really upsets the applecart of my perceptions (even if it's a little tawdry):

It was interesting to read your descriptions of Bill and Hillary. Halfway through the impeachment trial, the doorman at the White House refused to let you in because they were making out in a hallway.
Well, that only happened once. I don’t know if their relationship is romantic, but it’s not cold... there’s warmth there. There’s communion. They would hold hands. How much eroticism is in there, I have no idea. But it was striking.

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