Andrew Sullivan: The Clintons, a horror film that never ends

[Jersey Devil]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/andrew_sullivan/article3510778.ece

It’s alive! We thought it might be over but some of us never dared fully believe it. Last week was like one of those moments in a horror movie when the worst terror recedes, the screen goes blank and then reopens on green fields or a lover’s tender embrace. Drained but still naive audiences breathe a collective sigh of relief. The plot twists have all been resolved; the threat is gone; the quiet spreads. And then . . .

Put your own movie analogy in here. Glenn Close in the bathtub in Fatal Attraction – whoosh! she’s back at your throat! – has often occurred to me when covering the Clintons these many years. The Oscars host Jon Stewart compares them to a Terminator: the kind that is splattered into a million tiny droplets of vaporised metal . . . only to pool together spontaneously and charge back at you unfazed.

The Clintons have always had a touch of the zombies about them: unkillable, they move relentlessly forward, propelled by a bloodlust for Republicans or uppity Democrats who dare to question their supremacy. You can’t escape; you can’t hide; and you can’t win. And these days, in the kinetic pace of the YouTube campaign, they are like the new 28 Days Later zombies. They come at you really quickly, like bats out of hell. Or Ohio, anyway.

-snipped - a whole bunch of interesting and entertaining stuff from Sullivan -

One is reminded of the words of Bob Dylan: “And here I sit so patiently / Waiting to find out what price / You have to pay to get out of / Going through all these things twice.”

[MonkeyFunk]

1. I don't understand why Sullivan is allowed as a source here

he's no better than Larry Elder, and a thread referencing him was locked toute-suite.

Oh... but Elder attacked Obama... I see now.

[Maribelle]

3. I agree. I find the forked-tongue neocon less believable than banned sources.

It is in the forked-tongue neocon's contradiction of his own words where I found his is even less trustworthy then his contradictions pretend.

This guy is a fraud that spits into the wind.

[Jersey Devil]

9. I am sure Her Majesty would approve

All dissenting viewpoints should be suppressed

[MonkeyFunk]

17. The fact is

other right-wing sources are routinely locked.

[Perry Logan]

2. Clinton haters always think everyone feels the same way as they. It's part of the delusion.

But in fact, normal people like the Clintons just fine.

[cali]

6. Actually, lots of normal people don't like Clinton

just as lots of normal people don't like Obama. There's a difference between not liking and hate.

[Perry Logan]

14. Talkin about Clintophobes. It's a nightmare for them...so they think it's a nightmare for everyone.

[cali]

4. I would never stoop to posting

right wing creeps like Sullivan and Morris. And I find this piece sexist and ugly- particularly the "Fatal Attraction" crap.

[Jersey Devil]

7. I suppose that makes me an "uppity" Democrat

You are confirming what Sullivan wrote quite nicely. Why, how can I dare be against Her Royal Majesty?

[cali]

10. No. It makes you someone willing to go into the gutter

with right wing creeps, because you don't have the ability to cogently criticize Clinton yourself, or find thoughtful articles. This piece is misogynistic and hateful. It does not contain anything thoughtful. It's just bile.

[Jersey Devil]

11. Really? I guess all Replicans are the enemy, huh?

Here we go with that red state-blue state anachronistic Dick Morris-Bill Clinton thinking.

[cali]

16. No. Not all repubs are the enemy

but Andrew Sullivan is a hateful little creep and right wingers are not people who should be used as reliable commnentators.

[Jersey Devil]

22. Have you even read Sullivan the past few years?

He's been bashing Bush more than Hillary, that's for sure.

[WinkyDink]

5. Topic also here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4996155&mesg_id=4996155

[Jersey Devil]

8. shoot

I usually do a search before posting. Sorry about that, but since it was a day or so ago I guess I'll leave it up to the mods.

[terrya]

12. I'll never forgive Sullivan for being a shill for George W. Bush.

Fuck Andrew Sullivan. I agree with MonkeyFunk...Sullivan shouldn't be cited around here.

[Jersey Devil]

13. So you disagree with Sullivan about everything?

Or, more likely, just some things.

I posted this because it eloquently (and I think you will admit he is a hellova good writer) says what I have been thinking. I could care less about his politics.

[Jersey Devil]

15. Mods - please lock - sorry - I duped by accident (x)

x

[tyne]

19. Sullivan has

been trashing Bush for over 3 years now. Just an fyi

[Jersey Devil]

21. Yes, I am aware of that but to know nothings it doesn't matter

Andrew Sullivan = Republican = Evil

[MonkeyFunk]

23. Lots of conservatives have trashed Bush

it doesn't make them reputable liberals.

[Scurrilous]

18. Kick

:kick:

[WillyT]

20. K & R !!!

:kick: