HE WAS back in fighting mode, back to being the bully, back to assuming the attitude of the man who shook his finger at the nation and said, "I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."
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Bill Clinton's return to form also found a national audience. Taped Friday and aired Sunday, the former president's interview with Fox News talking heads show host Chris Wallace turned downright ugly when Clinton felt himself being accused of going soft on Osama bin Laden when Clinton ran the country.
Wallace asked a legitimate question — one that's been raised countless times — in quizzing Clinton over his efforts to eliminate bin Laden. Clinton took the question itself as criticism and whined that Wallace was supposed to be asking him about his Global Initiative project. Yet when Wallace agreed to get back on that topic, Clinton kept going on about his policy dealing with terrorists.
No fewer than 11 times in the interview was the name of Richard Clarke dropped. Clarke was a national security adviser for Clinton and President Bush who's been critical of Bush's policy on Iraq. He is hardly an objective source for Clinton's defense.
The ex-president showed his hand with his complaints about the interview being a "nice little conservative hit job." When the going gets tough, the tough get going after the vast right-wing conspiracy. Which is precisely what Hillary Clinton did when the Lewinsky affair came to light. Clinton has been so truth-challenged in the past that it's difficult to know when he believes a falsehood strongly enough to make it the "truth."
What Clinton did or should have done about Osama bin Laden is of interest. He should know that and answer questions without the enormous chip on his shoulder.
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