My respect for Bill Clinton continues his decline ...

Bill Clinton Hopes Democrats Don’t Use NY-26 Win “As an Excuse to Do Nothing” on Deficit

I was impressed with Clinton for refusing to let the ReThugs drive him from office and at the time I thought he wasn't a bad President. But I've changed my mind. It's clear now that Clinton did a lot of damage. As with Obama, Clinton is just so entrenched in the corporate/political corruption destroying this country that it's difficult to imagine there's even one uncorrupted brain cell in his head.

My last shred of respect for Bill Clinton is now gone ...

... Bill Clinton spoke openly about the secret agreement he reached in 1997 with Newt Gingrich to take money out of Social Security and place it in private accounts — something Wall Street has been demanding in order to keep the bubble from bursting. ... [link]

At one time I thought Bill Clinton was a somewhat decent though shortsighted President. It appears, though, that he was as deceitful and deliberately destructive at Barack Obama but just lacked George Bush's he-man stomping shoes to smilingly walk behind [as Obama has chosen to do].

OK, I've had it ...

I keep trying to give Obama the benefit of the doubt. But comparing President Clinton to President Reagan making it 'sound' like Reagan was the more impressive of the two is cowardly, manipulative or insane. And I don't think Obama is insane.

Here are the excuses for Obama's perverse behavior:

Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't by Greg Sargent

Leading The Village By Their Collective Snouts by tristero

President Clinton was a competent President. Reagan was a disaster. We have to break this mold that suggests that in order to be elected Democrats must to sound like Republicans. President Clinton went to close to that divide and Obama is carrying it even further.

This is NOT what the Democratic Party needs. Edwards and Hillary have demonstrated that they are not cowards in this regard. But Obama is cowardly (or by conviction) heading into the Republican camp. Really, a Lieberman with a personality can do even more damage to Democrats. This is not what we need.