Bill Clinton’s 60th Birthday
Written by John W. Lillpop
Today, August 19, former President Bill Clinton will celebrate his 60th birthday. According to some written accounts, “celebrate” is not quite what Clinton has in mind. In fact, “Grin and bear it” would seem a more apt description of Clinton’s attitude to his advancing years and declining relevance in American society.
The dramatic aging of our 42nd president is so sudden that it is startling. Indeed, it seems like only yesterday that Slick Willie was turning the Oval Office into his personal harem and, unwittingly, a crime scene for the U.S. House Impeachment panel.
Perjury, subornation of jurors, and obstruction of justice charges followed Slick Willie throughout his stay at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He had nearly as many lawyers as mistresses, and knew how to use both.
In those heady days, Clinton was often called a sex addict. Being a Sexagenarian seemed eons away for the man who appeared to have the sexual appetite of a seventeen-year-old and the morals of a stray, non-neutered alley cat.
But now, Clinton has snow-white hair, and more face wrinkles than adulterous affairs. Time has finally caught up with the man from Hope, Arkansas and it shows.
Love him or loathe him, no one can deny that William Jefferson Clinton was wildly entertaining. With Bill Clinton in office, there was never a dull moment. Or if there was one, you knew that it was only a matter of time until another “bimbo eruption” would rock Washington, D.C. and the world into yet another steamy scandal.
Happy 60th, Mr. Clinton!
John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal.
Today, August 19, former President Bill Clinton will celebrate his 60th birthday. According to some written accounts, “celebrate” is not quite what Clinton has in mind. In fact, “Grin and bear it” would seem a more apt description of Clinton’s attitude to his advancing years and declining relevance in American society.
The dramatic aging of our 42nd president is so sudden that it is startling. Indeed, it seems like only yesterday that Slick Willie was turning the Oval Office into his personal harem and, unwittingly, a crime scene for the U.S. House Impeachment panel.
Perjury, subornation of jurors, and obstruction of justice charges followed Slick Willie throughout his stay at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He had nearly as many lawyers as mistresses, and knew how to use both.
In those heady days, Clinton was often called a sex addict. Being a Sexagenarian seemed eons away for the man who appeared to have the sexual appetite of a seventeen-year-old and the morals of a stray, non-neutered alley cat.
But now, Clinton has snow-white hair, and more face wrinkles than adulterous affairs. Time has finally caught up with the man from Hope, Arkansas and it shows.
Love him or loathe him, no one can deny that William Jefferson Clinton was wildly entertaining. With Bill Clinton in office, there was never a dull moment. Or if there was one, you knew that it was only a matter of time until another “bimbo eruption” would rock Washington, D.C. and the world into yet another steamy scandal.
Happy 60th, Mr. Clinton!
John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal.
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