June 20, 2004

Clinton's New Book

Geoffrey at Dog Snot Diaries ran into the NY Times book review of President Bill Clinton's new book: bq. The book, which weighs in at more than 950 pages, is sloppy, self-indulgent and often eye-crossingly dull — the sound of one man prattling away, not for the reader, but for himself and some distant recording angel of history bq. In many ways, the book is a mirror of Mr. Clinton's presidency: lack of discipline leading to squandered opportunities; high expectations, undermined by self-indulgence and scattered concentration. bq. But the very lack of focus and order that mars these pages also prevented him from summoning his energies in a sustained manner to bring his insights about the growing terror threat and an Israeli-Palestinian settlement to fruition. Ouch! Posted by DaveH at June 20, 2004 5:30 PM