Althouse: "I remember asking Jeffrey, 'What’s Bill Clinton doing here?... And he laughed it off..."

February 15, 2015

"I remember asking Jeffrey, 'What’s Bill Clinton doing here?... And he laughed it off..."

"... and said, 'Well, he owes me a favor.' He never told me what favors they were."

36 comments:

rhhardin said...: Bill Clinton depends on the rogue sentiment for his popularity, and Hilary depends on that rubbing off on her.

Because of soap opera.; 2/15/15, 7:16 AM
Fandor said...: If America is lucky, the Clinton machine will implode before the primaries.; 2/15/15, 7:18 AM
Troubled Voter said...: The article reads like one written in 2008 with some updating to include the Epstein rumors.; 2/15/15, 7:22 AM
George M. Spencer said...: Everything's in plain sight, for those who want to see.

I'm reading "War! What Is It Good For?" by a Stanford historian. He makes the case that people (and the system they live in) will tolerate corrupt leaders, so long as they keep the peace and use force to crush barbarians. Law replaces war, at least in the homelands.

During the first century AD, he writes, Rome had more mad, bad emperors than good, yet the era "probably saw peace and prosperity advance faster than ever before."

Little Selfie Augustus needs to remember that.; 2/15/15, 7:23 AM
Fandor said...: St. George...would you say America has gotten the leaders they deserve?; 2/15/15, 7:37 AM
Laslo Spatula said...: From the article:
"Clinton also visited Epstein’s private Caribbean retreat, known as “Orgy Island.”"

Sounds like the hotel in yesterday's Black River Falls post, only for rich people who can afford beautiful girls to be shipped in.

Probably the same hygiene problems, I imagine.

I am Laslo.; 2/15/15, 7:43 AM
JSD said...: The Clinton Foundation is a thing of beauty. Collects, (ahem) donations, pays salaries to friends and family and covers sundry & travel expenses. A legitimized money laundering machine. Wealthy people have always done the foundation thing, but they do it with their own stock market loot. Who knew politicians could get away with it. What good is a washed up politician, except when you have Hillary in the wings. That’s one 501(c)(3) that will never be audited.; 2/15/15, 7:49 AM
Bobber Fleck said...: #BringBackOurGirls

If Hillary becomes President perhaps Bill can search for the 300 missing girls from Nigeria...; 2/15/15, 7:58 AM
sojerofgod said...: Honestly I don't believe in the end Hilary will run. Despite the 24/7 promotion by her camp and her strategy to keep out of sight to dodge the arrows, I believe a large segment of the Democrat party and especially in the upper/inner party just don't like her. I'm sure many of them remember her stint as first lady back in the day, and from what I recall hearing she didn't treat folk so nice. That sort of bad rep sticks, no matter what your policy positions may do to thrill the legs of the electorate.
Plus (and I know some may find offense, -tough) she is not personally attractive enough on television for a large number of people. If you held up side by side photos of Hilary and of Margaret Thatcher, you would see the difference. Both would be of similar age when assuming power, but Thatcher never allowed herself to be photographed in chairman Mao suits with a hairstyle that has that, -I-just-got-out-of-the-shower look. Whether it's right, has anything to do with governing etc., is irrelevant.
The power of the telescreen, and by extension the Internet is practically absolute. People believe everything they see, most of what they hear, and half of what they read.; 2/15/15, 8:04 AM
Jake said...: Does Virginia get the award for World's Dumbest Question?; 2/15/15, 8:12 AM
chickelit said...: Bland Ambition trumps Blonde Ambition

Walker in 2016; 2/15/15, 8:44 AM
Sebastian said...: What Bill was doing was saving his "marriage."; 2/15/15, 8:50 AM
Gahrie said...: He makes the case that people (and the system they live in) will tolerate corrupt leaders, so long as they keep the peace and use force to crush barbarians. Law replaces war, at least in the homelands.

So what happens when your leader is corrupt, and is on the side of the barbarians?; 2/15/15, 9:08 AM
Michael K said...: Bill Clinton was just born too late. What team he and Catherine the Great would have made !; 2/15/15, 9:20 AM
Paul said...: Should have known that if Bill liked to put cigars up Monica's neither regions that he liked real kinkie stuff. Heaven knows what other antics he and M did.

Bet old Bill likes them shaved (if they are that old) and young. Very young.; 2/15/15, 9:29 AM
SteveM said...: How old was Monica Lewinsky and what was the age difference between Monica and Bill at the time their affair started? This article causes one to look at Monica's young age in a different light.

Also, I think that over time, Bill's affair with Monica has taken the focus away from The substance of Paula Jones' sexual harassment accusations against Bill. Paula Jones alleged that Bill took out his penis, exposed himself to Paula, and asked Paula to kiss it. Ultimately, Bill paid Paula $ to settle the suit. Has the MSM ever asked the Clintons if Bill did this as alleged by Paula; if Paula's accusations amount to sexual harassment if true, and if it amounts to a war on women; and lastly, where did Clintons get the $ if they were dead broke upon leaving the White House.; 2/15/15, 9:30 AM
SomeoneHasToSayIt said...: Staying married to the likes of Bill would surely be immediate disqualification from the Presidency, in any sane world.

And that in addition to the proposition that she is likely an un-indited multiple felon herself.; 2/15/15, 10:08 AM
Big Mike said...: @Althouse, your old buddy MoDo has now turned on the Clinton machine.

It's the end of days, I'm telling you. End. Of. Days.; 2/15/15, 10:11 AM
Big Mike said...: (For anyone who follows the link, be sure to read all the way through the next to last paragraph of the article.); 2/15/15, 10:13 AM
From Inwood said...: Cole Porter – Love For Sale Lyrics

...
Love for sale
Appetizing young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love for sale
Who will buy
Who would like to sample my supply
Who's prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise
Love for sale
Let the poets pipe of love
In their childish ways
I know every type of love
Better far than they
If you want the thrill of love
I've been through the mill of love
Old love
New love
Every love but true love
Love for sale....; 2/15/15, 10:26 AM
traditionalguy said...: Elizabeth warren is tasting sweeter and sweeter to the realist over in liberal land.

MoDo says the MIA Hillary is spending her time polling 200 policy experts on how to show she really cares about the poor while courting the banks.; 2/15/15, 10:27 AM
Wince said...: Fandor said...
"If America is lucky, the Clinton machine will implode after the primaries."

FIFY; 2/15/15, 10:27 AM
MaxedOutMama said...: I did not believe this story at first, so I looked up the logs (they are posted on the internet now), and indeed he did it.

What really perturbs me about this story is that Epstein got a sweetheart deal with an end to the investigation. It's highly, highly suspicious, and now given the news of Clinton's involvement, it raises very alarming issues.

Why was the investigation quashed, and was it done to protect people with a whole lot of influence?? Does being procurer to an ex-president give you this type of protection?

This ought to be a rip-roaring scandal by now, because it appears that the apparatus of justice was corrupted.; 2/15/15, 10:28 AM
MaxedOutMama said...: I mean seriously, THIS IS THE ISSUE:
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni8930489/

The guy was toast, but he slid out. He makes Michael Jackson look like a saint!! How did this happen?; 2/15/15, 10:30 AM
Wilbur said...: Potential for blackmail. It's that simple.

That's why Bill's behavior disqualifies him from coming anywhere near the White House.; 2/15/15, 11:01 AM
retired said...: Clinton vs. Bush:

Who would you vote for?

Easy, character uber alles; 2/15/15, 11:20 AM
Robert Cook said...: "If America is lucky, the Clinton machine will implode before the primaries."

America isn't lucky, because we are stupid, and we will certainly have either a Clinton or a Bush sitting in the White House after Obama leaves...or someone as bad or worse than they!; 2/15/15, 12:36 PM
bleh said...: I still am not buying Bush's candidacy. Walker and Rubio are the fresh faces with less baggage who seem unlikely to make any unforced errors. They appeal to different non-GOP constituencies too.; 2/15/15, 1:02 PM
The Godfather said...: Bill's sexual misconduct didn't sink his own presidency, so I don't see why we should expect it to sink Hillary!'s campaign. If there are Dems who want someone else to run in 2016, they better get working on beating Hillary!. The Republicans better get ready to beat any Dem who wins the nomination.; 2/15/15, 2:23 PM
William said...: They say behind every great fortune lies a great crime. I don't know if that's true, but behind a lot of great fortunes, from the Rothschilds to Carnegie, lies inside information. If you invited Dominique Strauss Kahn to Orgy island back when he was president of the IMF, I bet he would repay he favor by giving you a heads up on interest swings......Epstein's reputation as a degenerate, unlike Williams' as a liar, probably served to further his career.; 2/15/15, 3:00 PM
Marty Keller said...: "Bill never stopped being Bill."

And too many Americans, still believing in the imminent Utopia, like Bill being Bill quite as much as we like Barack being Barack.; 2/15/15, 3:05 PM
William said...: I'm not 100% opposed to stocking a tropical island with sex slaves. The idea of using underaged sex slaves, however, is stupid beyond comprehension. Most world statesman would be willing to risk their reputation for a really fun weekend with sex slaves on a tropical island. But the idea of risking jail time and endless litigation is less appealing. Why not just hire skinny twenty year olds and ask them to wear pigtails? Epstein put his clientele in harm's way. He's lost his reputation as a dependable purveyor of relaxing weekends. He'll probably die broke and friendless (sarc).; 2/15/15, 3:09 PM
William said...: What are the chances that Bill Clinton had a less storied sex life than Silvio Berlusconi or Dominique Strauss Kahn.; 2/15/15, 3:12 PM
Gusty Winds said...: I suspect at some level Hillary is relieved that other women are assigned the task of relieving Bill's cravings. She gets pissed when he gets caught.

She couldn't care less about the power imbalance between Bill and Monica, or the ages of the girls on orgy island.

Is there anything genuine about her in relation to the policies by which she hopes to gain power?; 2/15/15, 4:09 PM
Anonymous said...: If this was the plot of a porn movie--former POTUS visits sex island--I would roll my eyes at how ridiculous it sounds. Thanks, Bill, for correcting my first impression.; 2/15/15, 10:58 PM
Revenant said...: Clinton also spent years traveling and partying with Ron Burkle, a billionaire bachelor with a penchant for very young girls.

Calling adult women "very young girls" is pretty sleazy on the Post's part, especially in an article that includes discussion of statutory rape.; 2/16/15, 12:26 AM