To me he always seemed to be a classic high-functioning sociopath. He would say or do whatever it took to be popular and get what he wanted, right or wrong be damned, but any commitment in the words he uttered ceased to have meaning for him the moment they were out of his mouth. These people live only in the moment, for them there is no past and no tomorrow, but they are incredibly convincing and persuasive because they themselves believe the BS they are uttering while they are saying it. As soon as it's out of their mouths and they are in another setting, it's like it never happened, of course. This particular variety of headcase can actually be a lot of fun to be around, at least as long as they have money (Usually someone else's) and right up until their flawed mental processes bring down a day reckoning on their heads...
Hi Tank,
Couple of things.
1. This is a great article about Clinton and his remarks:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_tony_blankley/there_bill_clinton_goes_again2. Clinton was so mentally screwed up they stated many times that he would have one guy come into his office and take a strong stand on one issue and Clinton, who wanted to be loved, would agree with him. Then fifteen minutes later another person would go into his office and take the entire opposite position and Clinton would sit there, smile and totally agree with him. Problem with a guy like that, he never felt he was lying, you could put him on a lie detector and he would pass it.
Years ago I made one of the bigger mistakes of my career. I had a guy who I worked with at a major client who was loved by everyone, his name was (ficticious) John. Now John worked in the field, then the home office and he knew well how his company functioned. A job came up as a national accounts manager for one of their top accounts and I highly recommend him. I knew the client would love him and he had enough friends and knowledge inside the organization that he could function. Now the company he worked for was in the information business, they gathered certain data and then sold it to their clients in various reports.
Well less than fours years in to his job he was fired for good reason. It seems that the client wanted their information tailored in this and that fashion. He would meet with their top executives and they would get into heated discussions and he would agree to their demands. Then he would go into his own company with those demands and his internal people would take a strong position on what they could or could not do and the pressure would mount and he would agree with them.
Well eventually the client stopped paying the bill. Their reason was the company was not delivering what they had been promised by their national account rep. The VP of sales went in and talked with the client and they documented what they had been promised, showed him letters and responses from John outlining the promises. He then went in to his internal people and found a similar paper trail that told them no problem it would work their way for the client. Bottom line was his need to be like by everyone was so strong he could not deal with the stress or pressure, he just gave in.
To me that was what the reports were on Clinton.
He sold out his own party on welfare reform. He issued an executive order to take out Bin Laden, then, when they had him in their crosshairs, jets were on the runway with engines going, he chickened out and would not give them the "go" order and Bin Laden disappeared thirty minutes later.
He is, was, and will always be a wimpo and failure in my eyes and in the eyes of many who knew him well from what I gather. The balls in the family belonged to Hillary. The stories of her viscious profanity laced tirades were legendary.
regards,
5412
