Dentist

Bill Clinton recently regaled an audience with a story about him switching to Hillary’s dentist. Never mind that it's silly, as he lives in NY and his legal wife lives in DC, with her mother. He said, “I sat there like a toadstool, and answered questions for an hour!” If true, what must that have been for him? He’s spent his entire career making others wait, and he’s got people believing that he waited for a dentist? Could that mean that his gravitas is waning? Hillary’s gravitas comes from the shake off of his, and if he is willing to answer questions for a dentist, for an hour, just what does that mean?

This is a guy who’s made it a point to show up uninvited, barely announce and expecting the best, complimentary, of course. On the rare occasions that he or one of his entourage did pay for what was consumed, it was sure to make it into the paper. Now, he’s telling stories about waiting for a dentist, and what’s more incredible, people are listening, believing him. They aren’t wondering what influence his wife will have, as all of her influence came from him.

With every day that passes, he fades just a little bit more. He becomes even less relevant, and I wonder if it bothers him, watching those who matter come into their own. How frightened he must be, knowing that his best is long behind him, and his desperate attempts to change that, just comes off as sad and more than a little embarrassing. I wonder if the Clintons believe that humiliating themselves with discourage others from taking their rightful shots, and instead, shaming them into pulling their punches.