Would Hillary Clinton's candidacy be on firmer footing if her husband hadn't run off at the mouth and said such crazy, small-minded things every time a camera was around? One could easily argue for the possibility. But are you one of those who look at the litany of Bill Clinton's remarks - from the "Jesse Jackson" comment way back in South Carolina to his inexplicable resuscitation of the Bosnia story this week - and realize that you can't stand it? Because you think he planned it? And you want to set it straight...this Watergate? Well, CBS's Bob Schieffer actually dared give voice to the possibility that it's no mirage, telling all of y'all that it's sabotage:
SCHIEFFER: Let's talk a little politics here. Hillary Clinton's husband is now... has now brought up this whole business about the story that she told about her arrival in Bosnia and about the snipers and all that, he says she's being very unfairly treated. This was something she said late at night. In fact, he has mis-characterized it because she said this on three different occasions. My question is, why would he bring this up again? It seems to me as if it was all dying down, this whole controversy. Now here it is back in the news. Do you think this was a good thing for him to do?
PELOSI: Well, I think you started off the question appropriately. Hillary Clinton's husband. I think Hillary Clinton's husband was being a husband and wanted to be protective of her. To tell you the truth I don't spend a whole lot of time thinking about the motivation of comments like that. We're trying to address the subprime crisis, deal with the war in Iraq, have a stimulus package to turn our economy around, deal with global warming issues and the rest. I know it's fun to talk politics but I couldn't possibly tell you the motivation for that remark.
SCHIEFFER: I'll tell you what a lot of people are saying and what's kind of the buzz, it may be....
PELOSI: Tell me because I haven't heard.
SCHIEFFER: Maybe he's trying to undermine her candidacy. Could that be possible?
PELOSI: Maybe it was late at night when he said it and maybe he should be forgiven. What did he say age and time of night? Maybe the same applies to him as he used for Senator Clinton. Senator Clinton and Barack Obama, we have two great candidates. One of them will be President of the United States. The other one will emerge as a great leader and respected leader in our country. It's fun to talk politics. we all know that. But we have serious work to do to take the country in a new direction. I can't for the life of me figure out why the president would have said it except he may have been having a late night adult moment. Let's leave it at that.
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