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In reply to the discussion: There is nobody in all of American politics like William Jefferson Clinton. [View all]DFW
(60,186 posts)89. His charisma is neither fake not understated
I don't know how many of you have met him in a small setting, but when he walks into a room, he just carries this aura of glowing magnetism that I find difficult to describe. I have met a few presidents in my time, including our present one, who is formidable in his own right, but NEVER one who could command the instant attention of a room, whether with six people or a stadium with a hundred thousand.
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There is nobody in all of American politics like William Jefferson Clinton. [View all]
WilliamPitt
Sep 2012
OP
Bill was good even when he was 30 and as the Arkansas Atty Gen.. Just a young pup.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2012
#74
Darrell Hammond on Bill Clinton's oratorical style: "The effect is seismic."
pinboy3niner
Sep 2012
#60
Mitt who? Oh yea, didn't he run for president? I heard he lost in a landslide
BigBearJohn
Sep 2012
#61
Clinton drives the Republicans crazy. He blew ALL of their lies about Democrats and,...
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2012
#71
his one really exceptional talent is explaining policy to non-lawyers in a cohesive way
La Lioness Priyanka
Sep 2012
#75