Reply #6: I Never Understood It Either

[ThomWV]

I figgured that three quarters of the old fart Republicans out there really wanted to bang the bright young office assistant, and maybe even a few of them had, so who the hell were they to come down on Clinton so hard?

I have to tell you, I never thought much about Clinton much one way or another up until after the '96 election. I had voted for him, of course, but I had no really deep and fast opnion of him, other than I thought he was smart and capable. I sort of figgured everone felt about the same as me. Then I was down in North Carolina over the summer of '97 and I met this old fart who was a retired deputy or something from Tarboro, NC. This old boy went off on Clinton one night when a bunch of us were just sitting around chatting and I was just stunned. Clinton was hated by this old guy and, as it turned out, just about everyone there except me. These sons and daughters of the south would have taken Clinton out and hanged him right then and there. I was shocked, really shocked. I couldn't defend Clinton, because he really shouldn't have been out there bonkin' the hired help, but at the same time I didn't blame him a bit for lieing about it. But at the same time I thought these old fools who are berating him so badly sure as hell aren't blameless themselves.