June 2003
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Once Upon A Time, The End |
| I’m a very private person,” said Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Crazy as this sounds, given the orchestrated publicity-gathering tornado that has Ms. C’s mug on every paper east of Vladivostock, consider this. She made this pronouncement at a press conference. But why beat a dead horse? Here’s the drill: We should believe Ms. C when she says she’s a very private person who’s writing an autobiography that is being sold on the strength of her reaction to her husband’s affair. We should believe her when she says she was shocked and surprised about affair, even though she went to TV in 1992 to declare she wasn’t some Tammy Wynette standing by her man. It comes down to this: either she’s lying, or she’s the dumbest woman alive. (But dumb about only this, in all other matters she’s the smartest woman alive. You can believe this too.) She doesn’t care what you believe, just buy the book. Who’s the Greater Fool? It’s almost comforting, given all that’s happened since 9/11, to slide back into The Clintons, TV’s longest running miniseries. We must be back to normal, or what passes for it. Rich Acello is a syndicated columnist; you can reach him at richace@cox.net
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