Why Bill Clinton is toast
If you read between the lines of what Bill
Clinton is saying, these days, he has already
come to grips with losing power.
"Do you have any idea how much time I
spend every day signing my name? I'm going
to feel utterly useless if I can't do that
anymore," he said in Ireland last week in little
noticed comments. "You know, by the time
you become the leader of a country, someone
else makes all the decisions," he said last
week. "You may find you can get away with
virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers,
virtual everything."
Hmmm. That's not the same kind of arrogance
we've heard from this president during the
last six years. What's this all about?
I submit to you that Clinton has been given
the word that he's through. I don't mean by
the Congress or Kenneth Starr. I think he's
been told he's finished by someone in that
invisible ruling elite that empowered him to
reign in the first place. The handwriting is on
the wall. He may pretend to be president for
awhile longer, but the coup is under way.
As my friend, Missy Kelly, an extraordinary
researcher and political analyst, who connects
the dots better than anyone I know put it:
"Bill's job was to pretend -- pretend he was the
leader, pretend he was in charge -- maintain
the facade as a virtual president in a virtual
democracy where a virtual rule of law exists.
In fact, the levers of power were already
controlled -- controlled so precisely, in fact, as
to make the president irrelevant, controlled
by people who have never been elected to
office, and whose names we do not even
know."
Sound far-fetched? I don't think so. And this is
why I sincerely doubt that we will ever see
impeachment hearings. Though I have said
previously that I believed Bill Clinton when
he said he would never resign, I now think he
will be gone -- one way or another -- very,
very soon, perhaps within two weeks. He has
his marching orders. And this time, there's no
draft to dodge, no conscientious objection
loophole to pursue.
If he didn't get it when he was told, maybe he
understood it when Attorney General Janet
Reno inexplicably opened a 90-day
investigation into his personal involvement in
moving Democratic National Committee
funds into the Clinton-Gore re-election effort.
Oh, I have no doubts that he will pursue
every conceivable option in hopes of rallying
political support. The scorched-earth policy
his acolytes warned about is in practice. Terry
Lenzner is busy digging up dirt. Rep. Dan
Burton is just the latest casualty. Clinton will
not go easily, quietly, willingly.
So, Clinton is involved in a very dangerous
game. He no longer has the support, I believe,
of those hidden hands which wield
tremendous power in this country and
worldwide. He has become something of a
political liability. He can no longer be
effective at advancing their agenda. Thus, he
is not only expendable, he is actually getting
in the way.
Bill Clinton was the consummate actor in a
political stage play. He was content with that
role because it allowed him to achieve what
he always wanted -- the presidency. But he
doesn't like the way this script concludes. I'm
sure Hillary doesn't either. She gave up
plenty -- including her self-respect and
dignity -- to stay with him because she
believed that the all-important "agenda"
transcended the man. And she wanted to be a
part of that agenda -- if not to lead it herself.
Bill Clinton is in a tough spot, now. I'm sure
Hillary's advice has always been to stay the
course -- to deny, to fight, to play every card
in their hand. But there's no denying that
Clinton is damaged goods. He certainly
doesn't have the power or moral authority to
lead. It's very doubtful he even has the ability
to retain the trappings of power.
Every day, now, the outlook for Clinton
finishing his term looks a little bleaker.
Kenneth Starr, by all accounts, has amassed a
persuasive case for impeachment -- even if he
has ignored most of the worst crimes of the
Clinton administration. Key Democrats in the
Senate have let it be known that they will not
excuse his conduct any longer.
So, what will he do? How will this play end? I
don't know the answer. But we'll find out very
soon.
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