"Clinton World"

[DURHAM D]

When Andrea, Rachel, Twetty, Mike, Joe, pretty much everyone on MSNBC, writers from the NY Times and Washington Post use the expression "Clinton World" what do you hear?

It is clearly not used as a compliment but I have no idea what they think they are telling us non-Villagers.

[workinclasszero]

1. Its probably a backhanded

complement.

Like "here we go again, back to the future with the Clinton's" or some stupid thing.

[msrizzo]

2. Think of Clint Eastwood's empty chair.

That chair was the Obama of his imagination. And so Clinton World is the imaginary culture that the media imagines for the Clintons. They picture it as some kind of caricature not inhabited by real people. Here's an example, in that world the Clintons don't have friends just because they like them and they never do anything just for the hell of it. The people in that world are exactly like the people they write about. But they aren't real. No need to try to understand it. In fact, it's probably better if you don't.

[Walk away]

4. I think you nailed it!

It's another way to say "The Clinton Machine" but even more so because they believe that everyone in the Clinton's lives are part of it. I suppose in "Media Land", Hillary's granddaughter is the newest inhabitant of "Planet Hillary".

[BootinUp]

3. Don't they use that to refer to their close advisors, friends, former associates?

I prefer it over Clintonistas anyways.