Former President Bill Clinton today unleashed a salty stream of epithets to describe former New York Times reporter and current Vanity Fair writer Todd Purdum, calling him “sleazy,” “dishonest,” “slimy” and a “scumbag.”
The former president made the comment at a local campaign event after I asked him if Purdum’s much-commented upon Vanity Fair story was weighing on his mind.
Tightly gripping this reporter’s hand and refusing to let go, Clinton heatedly denounced the writer, who is currently married to former Clinton White House Press Secretary, Dee Dee Myers.
“[He’s] sleazy,” he said referring to Purdum. “He’s a really dishonest reporter. And one of our guys talked to him . . . And I haven’t read [the article]. There’s just five or six blatant lies in there. But he’s a real slimy guy,” the former president said.
When I reminded him that Purdum was married to his former press spokesperson Myers, Clinton was undeterred.
“That’s all right– he’s still a scumbag,” Clinton said. ” Let me tell ya– he’s one of the guys — he’s one of the guys that brought out all those lies about Whitewater to Kenneth Starr. He’s just a dishonest guy– can’t help it.”
Video here.
Marine lets loose salty stream of epithets.
– At his funeral, slick willy will have someone stand up and explain that “he did not have sex with all those women”, and what the meaning of “have” is…..
Hey. Don’t bogart that air popped double butter Redenbacher’s, dude.
Some days… are just worth it.
Excellent post , Dan.
I especially liked those subtle and not so hints.
Hopefully the Clinton dynasty is finally going away.
Imagine 2009, no Bushs no Clintons.
What a relief….
– Funny yopu should feel so comfortable sashal, seeing as to how theres some possibility this time next year you could be living in a country led by a fellow who’s politics are so straight shooting Sam clean he was just forced to resign from a church, get that “a church”, who’s doctrines are so radical it threatened to single handedly sink his candidacy. Bon appitite’ mon ami
you don’t think it could be McCain, hunter?
And regarding BHO, all this fears are greatly exaggerated. We will survive and pretty handsomely…
– Yes we will sashal. The DNC, in its infinate wisdom, just made sure that McCain will garner a sizable number of the crossover vote, without which even a small amount, the minority party just kissed its ass goodbye.
– I just thought it was rather remarkable that you’re so relieved to be jumping from what you consider the boiling pot into a potential fire.
I don’t think that picture really shows our marine peoples in the best light really. Do you have something maybe more heroic? I like the ones with stoicism and grim determined gazes too. And anything with kids.
Even after the Bushes and Clintons are gone the media will just find someone new to drag through the gutter.
Prolly Miley Cyrus.
Mr. Purdum is currently married to Dee Dee Myers? Says a lot right there.
The uniform does not look right. Marines do not wear that sort of service uniform, they do not wear dark boots with the service uniform, they do not have shoulder patches like that on the service uniform, and the figure is not wearing a cover (a cap) as would be required.
I am calling shenanigans.
The same protest applies to the US Army.
Right you are Mikey NTH. And a boot-knife? Please.
“I don’t think that picture really shows our marine peoples in the best light really. Do you have something maybe more heroic? ”
We have a marine wizzing on Jane Fonda. That’s about it.
Actually, that photo was doctored. The original is here. The source photo was supposedly from the Daily Mirror, in a long-gone article detailing “British soldiers torture Iraqis” or something of the sort. Seems someone (not me) changed the pisser (added the patch) and the pissee (from Saddam to another goat f*ker).
Note the stream in the original; the pshopper couldn’t manage to make the stream ‘float’ correctly to target. Hmmmph. Amateur, obviously.
“We will survive and pretty handsomely…”
I don’t prognosticate or read tea leaves, but it’s shit like this that gives you away, sashal. No, no allegedly classical liberal or paleo-conservative would have such a hard on for BHO. I understand to a point, your disdain for the Bush presidency, but this bullshit lovefest for BHO is ridiculous. You’re either not who you say you are or an idiot. I don’t think there’s a compromise.
Notice the date on the original, April 2002.
And Serr8d shows the racism we always knew he had! Awesome work. Care to work in a “sand n*gger” or a “haji” or a “dink”. Don’t spare us the epithets, my man. let em’ fly*
*or photoshop something really, really funny. Prick
What does one have to do with another? Why is this any more interesting than the McClellan flap? So piss on the sandniggers all the livelong day; what does that prove? I know; ignore it.
language
henny, you seem to project a bit, don’t you? And, religion is not a ‘racist’ subject. One of my favorite people of all time is Mohammed Ali. I’ve never met a better person, all around, and I probably won’t (but I hold out hope…)
Post your pic, I’ll put you in there if you like.
But something tells me you would prefer to see George Bush on the canvas.
Poor little pudpacker’s feelings got hurt, I think. The “muslim” race? Funny that.
Hey, feets, how’s the turtles?
Language? Wha…? It’s an inflammatory inage designed to cause trouble. Some screwball gets pissed, and meaningless thirdworlders die. When do you fucks learsn?
#21 – Its teh brown people, so you get race and religion with the Left….its a “twofer”…
(someone should get the Imam a towel)
Happy turtles. Five by five. They need chicken though. Or crickets. They’ve never gone this long on just pellets. I will do that this week for sure. I think they’re full grown now so maybe you don’t have to worry so much about giving them too much protein. If you do that while they’re growing they can outgrow their shell and… I’m not really sure but that sounds really kind of gruesome.
Cynn, just what adult beverage are you consuming tonight?
There are no ‘meaningless’ people on this mudball, Cynn. Anyone who thinks that is in for a rude re-awakening.
I’ll give $50 to your charity of choice if you post that to liveleak, and it gets traction, boor.
what happened to the bunnies, happyfeet?
Yes, language. There’s a scene in the movie Plenty where Sir John Gielgud does this spiel about the importance of decorum or something and for real I would quote it right now if I could find it but I can’t. Even though it’s probably slightly overwritten to where it only really scans when delivered by someone like Sir John Gielgud. I could probably put a semi-ironic gloss or something on it and it would still be really apropos. But I can’t find it.
I’m not sure what ‘liveleak’ is, Cynn. Keep your cash, you probable will need it to buy another box of wine.
Yikes, outliving their shells? Doesn’t sound serene. We have one. A red slider. She seems to love romaine and the pellets. I have to get some crickets, also. She’s a little older (not exactly a juvenile) so I am sure she’s jonesing for some real protein.
That should be “outgrowing”.
Oh. The bunnies I just got nervous about cause I keep the place open so much and they have that temperature issue. Delicate little monkeys. But they’re doing fine. They have a new home with this lady who just got divorced. Mostly the castle sold it … remember that was built for the bunnies by this guy that makes props and it was pretty amazing. But also it took up a lot of space. Also the turtles are easy to hide from the apartment people and I’m going to beg for some refurbishing if I end up staying here another year.
ah, I’d forgotten about the bunnies and then RTO said something about how you hadn’t mentioned them in a while. I’ll let him know.
Oh. My guys are sliders too. They’ve never gotten too excited by green stuff, but I can’t remember if I tried romaine ever. I’ll definitely give that a shot.
Brrr. spooky turtle talk. Hiding under lily pads? Code talk for I got naught.
‘feets, I saw a turtle on a log a couple weeks ago, while on my favorite river, and I thought about you.
See here there, to the left?
well, ‘her’ or ‘him’, I didn’t check.
McClellan is on the NPR with the rat-woman and he’s really stupid. Now I feel like an astounding underachiever. He’s really genuinely an ass, too. No self-awareness at all. Tool.
The fact remains that you made a shitty nasty picture; when are you enlisting to defend it?
Ummm, Cynn, I didn’t make that picture.
Moron.
That’s a big turtle. Probably at least 20 years old I’d guess. My favorite part is watching them bask. I hardly ever bask myself so it’s kind of fascinating how in the moment and peaceful it is. And they’re so nonchalant about it.
I did make this one.
See how I always ‘sign’ my stuff?
– I hyst listened to Hogans kid sobbing to his mom from solitary confinement. It was gut wrenching. Something like the 3rd season of sex in the city.
So that’s a real picture? I should have known. You warmongers are really fucked for sure. Sorry for the misunderstaing, ser8d.
They will slip off their perches very quickly when they see something like me coming. Sometimes there’s half a dozen or more hitting the water as we approach.
Without the telephoto lens, that shot would’ve been impossible.
Cynn, did you even read #15? That photo is ‘shopped, but not by me. Probably by some British leftist war protesters to inflame others like you to sympathize with the wrong side.
Because that’s how they recruit the twodigits.
– Feets, I only hat wabbits when I was young, but I did have a long haired Peruvian Cavi in my 30’s. He was jet black, very large and plump, with a one inch wide pure white stripe from the tip of his nose to his rump. They have no tails of course, but I could brush his mop up over his ass in a huge wave, and with the white strip on the shiny black pelt, he looked exactly like a baby skunk.
– It was always fun handing him to unwelcome guests, and telling them to be extremely careful and not make any sudden moves.
My wife tortures me with a…common housecat.
Please don’t mistake this as ‘catblogging’. I couldn’t bear the shame.
s88ted, great seagull reference. Wish I could apply it to actual life.
Stop drowning in your cynicism for a start, Cynn.
Life will follow suit.
Iowahawk has a new post up. Fits this thread, too.
How’d he know?
I am not a cynic, because I believe in nothing! Have a great night; just trying to find someone to talk with.
– Ok cynn. I think its finally beginning to dawn on all of us that you don’t like the picture. We promise if we find the guy who did it we’ll beat the crap out of him for you, and his uncles and aunts, any stray cousins, any neighbors, and friends, and friends of friends, and anyone who had a friend that ever heard of him.
– Now smile. Its just a picture of life in the desert. If you’re getting pissed on in the ME, the good news is you’re not getting your head cut off. Thats always a good day in the Sahara.
“He who believe in nothing have nothing to live for.”
(maybe)…Reconstructed Eagle
{Lend binoculars, Warmasabe. Me lose weiner, not eyesight.}
all I can say is that article (via Karl’s link) was “spot on”.
I always hated ol’ Billy Boy even though I voted for him. What choice did I have? Republicans just do up front what Bill does in the shadows.
pretty farcical blaming the ‘whitewater mess’ on Purdim. Bill’s losing his memory apparently. Actually the NYTimes was all over it. (well, maybe Purdim was the source? )
Every time President Clinton is on camera he’s reminding people why they voted for President Bush in 2000 and why they were so relieved on 9/11 that it was him in power. That cannot help the Democrats.
I think (judging from your comments in this thread) you’re applying the wrong preposition. You say “with” but you seem to mean “at.”
I always hated ol’ Billy Boy even though I voted for him. What choice did I have?
Indeed.
dd, don’t you mean Dan’s link?
Karl posted the previous thread.
I’ll be happier when Bill Clinton’s quieter. It’s near rocking-chair and grandkids time for him.
Or he could be a worse version of Jimmah. If there could be anything worse.
Hillary has shown time and time again that her judgment is poor, i.e., her mismanaged campaign, her mismanaged husband, her mismanaged staff, her miscalculations, her misspeaks continually ………….
Let go and let the party come together as a united front. The forces that have driven this country apart for the past eight years must be stopped & swept from the White House … it’s time to step down and encourage your supporters to support the Democratic party. We NEED to win the Whitehouse back. Our country can’t take another 4 years of Bush which is what we’ll get with McSame.
When will this end. Enough already, Hillary. ENOUGH!!!!
um….
– …..sounds of the street…..Camera pans in toward an open window….voices beginning to rise…..camera stops panning just beside the sill….
“Damn it Howard….shes got to cave soon…Even she can’t keep it going forever….”
“I know Terry….fucking bitch….I think after we nailed her ass at the hearing Sunday, and when the supers start checking in this week, we’ll…..”
…..thweeepppprrrrrnnnn ……thweeeprrrrrnnnn…..
-“Yeh…..what…..Um……Who is this?…..Rush you cocksucker…..is that you….fuck…..How do I like what?…..”
….sound picks up so you can hear the voice in the cell phone…..
….”And listen you pricks…..I’m just getting started…”
“Rush you asshole…..when the fuck is this going to end?”
“…Ha hahaha ha….It will end when we say it will end you anti-American shitbags….”
….camera pans back as sound of diabolical laughter fades…..picture to black….and cut.
…it’s time to step down and encourage your supporters to support the Democratic party.
Somehow they always give themselves away.
Bill Clinton knows a sleazy, slimy scumbag when he sees it. He looks in the mirror every day.
yeah, I meant the link to the Vanity Fair article thru Karl’s. Dan’s link seemed to have audio but the video was just ol’ Bill in stasis. Bill sounds just dumb…although I note that the reporter that did the most whitewater stuff was indeed the same author, husband of DeeDee, while at NYTimes. (and you claim NYTimes is a lapdog of the left. Maybe, as Bill wasn’t of the ‘left’… really Republicans should appreciate him more..)
I gotta get over the Hate. Something about Bill’s hair bugs me. I’m sure I’d be bowled over by his famous charm if I met him…but never will that happen. ‘course I bowled over Gov. Howard Dean so well with my charm he never left his state police escort ever after ’til he left the governorship. I asked him about his ‘legacy’ and the guy was so steamed. Good temper, Howard has. (But hand it to him, our current Republican governor’s even worse.)
Now, Rush Limbaugh said Obama would never be the nominee of the Democratic Party this year anyway. I heard him on radio…in one of my few listens. Hold him to it.
Um, by not letting Obama be the nominee? What is it you want to hold, dave?
I think that’s the new campaign slogan. Subslogan: “It’s all we’ve got.”
Yep, Rush and Karl thought they were on top and ready to mount of the golden armadillo when they were going looney on Rev. Wright.
It’s Barack O’s day today. The Man’s too strong.
O!
Pablo, both party’s slogan?
O, Man. From the Lincoln state.
Aw, damn. Speaking of fallen black men, one of the cornerstones of rock and roll is gone. Bo Diddley dies at 79.
Thanks for everything, Bo. Too bad you couldn’t take Bill with you.
Yeah, dave. I can totally see McCain running on the “4 more years for Bush” platform.
Baracky ’08 – Throwing family members, friends, mentors, and churches under the back of the bus since ’08.
thor, are you aligning with datadave? A small sample of his blatherings is all you need to see that he’s been using model-airplane glue as a nasal spray decongestant.
James Webb for vice president? or a qualified woman? (ah oh, that be hillary? any others out there?)
– How about: “…Hope we can barely tolerate”
alpo, that’s better than huffing dog food. Sorry you can’t keep up with the blatherings. You be funny, tho. like thor!
Bo Diddley, yeah!!!
“Changiness you better believe in Komrads- ~Q~ !“
Jim “I picked up the young boy, turned him upside down, and placed his crank in my mouth” Webb ? Please.
“I quit my church MoFo’s now STFU – ~Q~ !, ’08 “
“Dah Brutha and dah Bitch – ~Q~!, ’08”
Hey, McCain might yet help out his ‘friend’.
Trust him, we can’t.
“I got your “change” right here honky” ~Q~!, ’08
Rumor has Kathleen Sebelius as a likely Veep pick.
“Sebelius vetoed, like her Republican predecessor Bill Graves, a concealed-carry law that would have allowed citizens to carry concealed weapons after obtaining a state permit and passing an FBI background check.”
Bitch.
So was Graves. Bitch, that is.
“McCane – He puts the “R” back in Rino. McCane,’o8″
Whitey knock down Greenburg? Huh?
Happy turtles. Five by five.
I know the tell of a “Buffy” fan when I see it …
We NEED to win the Whitehouse back
The “Whitehouse” … is that a new restaurant chain or something? Drive-byes are so much fun.
One way McCain could ensure that I stay home in November is to pick Kathleen Sebelius for VP.
Don’t do that serr8d, I just ‘threw up a little, inside’ Question, Dave, with Scarlett, Obama girl, and a whole host of others, whose to say Bill 2.0 won’t
be plagued by similar problems as the original. How can Douglas, be worse than Dean. The man left the Episcopal Church
over a bike path. His campaign self
destructed faster than the briefcase on
Mission Impossible. He was born on Park Avenue, and pretended to be ‘white bread
working man’s savior. Like Sherman McCoy
doing the Black Power salute. His temper
tantrum, while courting more promising delegation like Nevada, has led to this empasse we have now.
Now as two Bush’s third terms, can you find a more original talking point. McCain is probably the GOP’s most ostracized nominee since Garfield in 1880 or Roosevelt in 1900. One forgets
Hanna put him on the ticket, to keep him out of the limelight. If he suspected for one minute, that McKinley would fall
to some wannabe anarchist fan of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman he would have never gone along with it. You must have realized the antipathy to his stands on, CFR; which principally only extends the atrocity to the First Amendment that is the Federal Communications Act.Aggressive interrogation procedures, objections to
domestic oil exploration, an outright
amnesty on illegal immigration, the shame Leiberman/Warner cap and trade bill. His crusade againstpharmaceuticals,
oil company CEOs, lobbyist in principle, et al. But he’s a Vietnam Vet. who has the right instinct on foreign policy, generally respectful of law enforcement
In that way, He’s closer to McKinley, who had his reformist streak, the McKinley tariff, bore the wounds of Antietam as a reminder of the costs of war. Either that or Garfield and/or Hays; who were veterans of a long and grisly conflict, with populist streaks. Before one goes off on Hayes, one must consider that the fraud charges, came in the context of a terror campaign by ‘insurgents against civilians’ during
a protracted ‘occupation’ by 1876.
Divided government is a good thing. Too bad there’s no Republican running. That means I vote for the least noxious Dem – McCain.
When Dave’s correct I will align myself with his correctness. Dave don’t scare me, unless he starts talking that Jewspiracy shit of his.
I ask that you man-up and congratulate the Obamamiester on his day. He’s a good American. he deserves a hat-tip.
O!
what JEwspiracy? Just because I give Darleen heck for supporting Israel all the way and she calls me a peckerhead Nazi, doesn’t mean I give a damn about some ethnic-based conspiracy. Besides there is intermarriage. Soo much interbreeding keeps the conspiracies to a minimum. That’s another reason the two state solution isn’t an option…..the world needs more intercarnality and ‘trade’ for whirled peas. Stop drinking Darleen’s spiked lemonaid. She’s already yearning for Zion. Let her enjoy plural marriage in the mind. Thinking of those hunky Mormon guys servicing their women….she’s getting hot over it. That’s the kind of Zionist she is.
so Hillary for VP? Would the Clinton’s hope for an ‘event’ to put her in the driver’s seat?
McCain: “His crusade againstpharmaceuticals,
oil company CEOs, lobbyist in principle, et al really! He’d better get cracking on that line of attack soon.
troy: Hays and his “Compromise“?
For Slick Willy to call anyone sleazy is laughable. Between the two, a disgusting, vile reporter and $3 Bill? Hmm. Bill is lying. How do I know? His lips are moving.
“Being called a liar by Bill Clinton is truly a unique experience.”
–Ross Perot
Holy Hell; are these people actually coming to Denver? God help us.