Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bill Clinton Attacks MTVU Editorial Board On Gay Marriage
Appearing before the MTVU Editorial Board, Former President Bill Clinton went off again, this time on Lilly Lamboy of Smith College and the MTVU Editorial Board. In the video it becaomes clear that Clinton is not only horse in his voice, but prone to becoming testy very quickly.
Will there be more or fewer Gay couples in harrassment if couples can go to Massechusetts and not Utah? That was Clinton's question, but before Lilly could say anything, Bill shot back "Answer the question!" Well, you can see the exchange here, but the result pissed off Andrew Sullivan who stated that Clinton was running away from his record of having more Gays ousted from the Military than at anytime before.
Clinton, incredibly, states that the Defense of Marriage Act, which protects one state from having to recognize a "pro-gay" marriage act, paints the policy of the DOA, which he backed as not being anti-Gay. He then accuses Lilly of trying to re-write history.
Clinton is not helping his legacy. He comes off as an angry old coot who thinks the World and America should just fall down at his feet.
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I think Bill Clinton's response was perfectly appropriate. And that's coming from a serious Obama supporter.
ReplyDeleteBill Clinton's response to Lily Lamboy seemed defensive, yes. At the same time, these student-reporters are among the top debators in the world and they they had the singular opportunity to go toe to toe with a former President who modelled what happens in the "real world" of debate. A novel idea, I'm sure, but why doesn't someone like Rush Limbaugh a) watch the whole video b) ask Lily Lamboy - who can clearly hold her own - whether what bothers him actually bothered her??
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