Hillary Clinton has a new Bill in her life. No, it’s not revenge for Monica Lewinsky; it’s calculated politics in her bid for the White House. His last name is O’Reilly.
I had heard Hillary was going to be on O’Reilly’s show and I debated long and hard whether to watch or not. These are two people who don’t make my A-list of favorites, so I thought the viewing might be painful. At the same time, I believe it’s better to feel temporary pain and hear things from the speakers’ mouths than to hear sound bites later.
So I gritted my teeth last night and watched. However, I thought the first segment was the only time Hillary was going to be featured. I was wrong, which means I saw only about ten minutes of what — I learned later — is a two evening love fest between Hill and Bill.
Actually, I felt Hillary held her own against Mr. Fair and Balanced, even using humor a couple times to her advantage. She seemed relaxed and confident, as well she might feel given her opponent’s current struggles with Jeremiah Wright. She didn’t whine at all, and I like her much better when she doesn’t.
O’Reilly was his usual self: interrupting, goading, trying to get the guest to agree to his point of view rather than providing a platform for intellectual discussion. He had once gone on record as saying the candidates were afraid to come on his show because he would ask “the hard questions.” In the few minutes I saw the program, I didn’t get that impression . . . but then just maybe he was gearing up for tonight.
Regardless, that first segment was enough to form my impressions, and I’m not returning tonight for second ones. I’m breaking my own rule and plan to read about it in the morning.
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