WaPo TV Critic Thinks the Matthews One-Hour Valentine to Bill Clinton Will Cause ‘Apoplexy’ on the Right
Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever reported “Valentine's Day was a week ago, but MSNBC's Chris Matthews has belatedly gifted a particular former president with a mash note – strike that, a one-hour special called 'President of the World: The Bill Clinton Phenomenon,'” which airs tonight, somehow equating Clinton with Washington and Lincoln. Stuever explained: Matthews, aided by the likes of Terry McAuliffe, Mary Steenburgen and various biographers, remarks again and again how smart Clinton is, how generous, how famous, how friendly, how productive. Perhaps this special is some sort of MSNBC covert-op to cause paralytic apoplexy over there on the right? The kind of people who still keep the Starr Report at the ready?… The not-very-sub subtext of “President of the World” is a nostalgic grieving for the glory of the Clinton years. The Post critic found this line was typical: “Bill Clinton's position in the world continues to grow. He's part dignitary, part humanitarian, part politician, part international statesman, and somehow, greater than them all,” he intones. (Italics his.)
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WaPo TV Critic Thinks the Matthews One-Hour Valentine to Bill Clinton Will Cause ‘Apoplexy’ on the Right
Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever reported “Valentine's Day was a week ago, but MSNBC's Chris Matthews has belatedly gifted a particular former president with a mash note – strike that, a one-hour special called 'President of the World: The Bill Clinton Phenomenon,'” which airs tonight, somehow equating Clinton with Washington and Lincoln. Stuever explained: Matthews, aided by the likes of Terry McAuliffe, Mary Steenburgen and various biographers, remarks again and again how smart Clinton is, how generous, how famous, how friendly, how productive. Perhaps this special is some sort of MSNBC covert-op to cause paralytic apoplexy over there on the right? The kind of people who still keep the Starr Report at the ready?… The not-very-sub subtext of “President of the World” is a nostalgic grieving for the glory of the Clinton years. The Post critic found this line was typical: “Bill Clinton's position in the world continues to grow. He's part dignitary, part humanitarian, part politician, part international statesman, and somehow, greater than them all,” he intones. (Italics his.)
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WaPo TV Critic Thinks the Matthews One-Hour Valentine to Bill Clinton Will Cause ‘Apoplexy’ on the Right
Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever reported “Valentine's Day was a week ago, but MSNBC's Chris Matthews has belatedly gifted a particular former president with a mash note – strike that, a one-hour special called 'President of the World: The Bill Clinton Phenomenon,'” which airs tonight, somehow equating Clinton with Washington and Lincoln. Stuever explained: Matthews, aided by the likes of Terry McAuliffe, Mary Steenburgen and various biographers, remarks again and again how smart Clinton is, how generous, how famous, how friendly, how productive. Perhaps this special is some sort of MSNBC covert-op to cause paralytic apoplexy over there on the right? The kind of people who still keep the Starr Report at the ready?… The not-very-sub subtext of “President of the World” is a nostalgic grieving for the glory of the Clinton years. The Post critic found this line was typical: “Bill Clinton's position in the world continues to grow. He's part dignitary, part humanitarian, part politician, part international statesman, and somehow, greater than them all,” he intones. (Italics his.)
