My recollection at the time was that the Greatest Generation saw the Clintons as the rise of the Boomers and were threatened by losing that grasp on power. My parents went off the deep end with the ascendency of the Clintons.
My recollection at the time was that the Greatest Generation saw the Clintons as the rise of the Boomers and were threatened by losing that grasp on power. My parents went off the deep end with the ascendency of the Clintons.
Boomers also didn't like them; lots of Boomer journos were jealous of Clinton's success at early age. i.e. they thought they were smarter than he was so how did he end up in WH?
Look, I know how smart Bill is, because I know exactly the background he came from. He is the only president that had a life that was like mine, and to a scary degree. Like Bill, I spent my formative years living in the boonies of the westernmost South (he in Arkansas; I in Texas, but literally down the road from Hope). Like Bill, my mother had bad taste in men, and was an RN who went to anesthesia school to better her prospects in life. Like Bill, I lived with my grandparents, including having them raise me entirely when my mother was away at anesthesia school. Hell, he has the same birthday as my son, and Chelsea's is close to mine. How's THAT for life similarity?
Anyway, he came from NOTHING. I know he did, because it's what I came from. He had to work super-hard at everything, and where did it take him? To Georgetown University (this is where our lives diverge--as a "white trash" girl, few teachers encouraged or supported me when I showed any hint of intelligence. Far--far--from it). To Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. And to Yale Law.
Guys from podunk Arkansas and working-class families don't become Rhodes scholars or attend Yale Law if they aren't incredibly smart. "Smarter than anyone else in the room" smart. And that's the problem: He was far smarter than the Boomers (or most other generations) were or ever could be, but they couldn't believe some white trash Arkansas boy could be that smart.
Worse, the Boomers were jealous because he showed them what pulling himself up by his own bootstraps REALLY looked like. They knew that, despite every advantage handed to them, they had frittered away their lives with petty BS, while he had overcome every barrier to do something incredible with his.
That's why they hated him. He put a lie to their worthless, over-privileged lives, and they knew it.
Worse, he wasn't especially threatened by his wife having a career, keeping her birth name, and being the main breadwinner for a few years. That was intolerable.
As a non-American, I've observed there's a certain group of people in your country who don't like being told what to do by people more intelligent than them.
However, this certain group of people proudly flaunts their ignorance for the rest of the world to see while not realizing they're being laughed at for their blatant stupidity.
Although, there are people who actually graduated from institutions of higher learning who can be just as ignorant & stupid (whether deliberate or not is a subject of debate).
Wow. So much for being self-made. Incredible backlashтАж youтАЩd think in this country- above all others - thereтАЩd be (at least) a grudging respect. Good grief - what do you strive for then??? The US needs a come-to-jesus moment here :/
I think thatтАЩs more plausible as Hillary was born and raised in ChicagoтАж The white trash thing is an excuse/reach. I think they were vilified because they COULD HAVE ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. Bill is smart AND charismatic as h-LL.. He could relate to тАШtoo manyтАЩ people for comfort, likely:) And she simply тАШhad to be stoppedтАЩ :/
That might be true although my Republican parents and some other parents I knew who were also Republicans had no problem with Clinton.
However the DC power people who had their knives out for the Clintons were significantly younger than the WW II generation. Sally Quinn, born in 1941, was a younger member of the тАЬSilent GenerationтАЭ. Maureen Dowd, Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, Newt and others were even younger than Quinn тАФ all baby boomers like me, close in age to the Clintons.
My recollection at the time was that the Greatest Generation saw the Clintons as the rise of the Boomers and were threatened by losing that grasp on power. My parents went off the deep end with the ascendency of the Clintons.
Boomers also didn't like them; lots of Boomer journos were jealous of Clinton's success at early age. i.e. they thought they were smarter than he was so how did he end up in WH?
Yeah. Smarter. Those fricking dolts.
Look, I know how smart Bill is, because I know exactly the background he came from. He is the only president that had a life that was like mine, and to a scary degree. Like Bill, I spent my formative years living in the boonies of the westernmost South (he in Arkansas; I in Texas, but literally down the road from Hope). Like Bill, my mother had bad taste in men, and was an RN who went to anesthesia school to better her prospects in life. Like Bill, I lived with my grandparents, including having them raise me entirely when my mother was away at anesthesia school. Hell, he has the same birthday as my son, and Chelsea's is close to mine. How's THAT for life similarity?
Anyway, he came from NOTHING. I know he did, because it's what I came from. He had to work super-hard at everything, and where did it take him? To Georgetown University (this is where our lives diverge--as a "white trash" girl, few teachers encouraged or supported me when I showed any hint of intelligence. Far--far--from it). To Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. And to Yale Law.
Guys from podunk Arkansas and working-class families don't become Rhodes scholars or attend Yale Law if they aren't incredibly smart. "Smarter than anyone else in the room" smart. And that's the problem: He was far smarter than the Boomers (or most other generations) were or ever could be, but they couldn't believe some white trash Arkansas boy could be that smart.
Worse, the Boomers were jealous because he showed them what pulling himself up by his own bootstraps REALLY looked like. They knew that, despite every advantage handed to them, they had frittered away their lives with petty BS, while he had overcome every barrier to do something incredible with his.
That's why they hated him. He put a lie to their worthless, over-privileged lives, and they knew it.
Worse, he wasn't especially threatened by his wife having a career, keeping her birth name, and being the main breadwinner for a few years. That was intolerable.
So we literally are at the point where we donтАЩt want leaders тАШsmarterтАЩ than us - good l-rdтАж No wonder V -lad is eating our lunch ЁЯШЦ
As a non-American, I've observed there's a certain group of people in your country who don't like being told what to do by people more intelligent than them.
However, this certain group of people proudly flaunts their ignorance for the rest of the world to see while not realizing they're being laughed at for their blatant stupidity.
Although, there are people who actually graduated from institutions of higher learning who can be just as ignorant & stupid (whether deliberate or not is a subject of debate).
тАЬAgnorantтАЭ (new term):
Definition- People who are extremely ignorant, yet are simultaneously extremely arrogant.
Example- People who think they know more about science than scientists. - Steve Hofstetter
Wow. So much for being self-made. Incredible backlashтАж youтАЩd think in this country- above all others - thereтАЩd be (at least) a grudging respect. Good grief - what do you strive for then??? The US needs a come-to-jesus moment here :/
I think thatтАЩs more plausible as Hillary was born and raised in ChicagoтАж The white trash thing is an excuse/reach. I think they were vilified because they COULD HAVE ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. Bill is smart AND charismatic as h-LL.. He could relate to тАШtoo manyтАЩ people for comfort, likely:) And she simply тАШhad to be stoppedтАЩ :/
That might be true although my Republican parents and some other parents I knew who were also Republicans had no problem with Clinton.
However the DC power people who had their knives out for the Clintons were significantly younger than the WW II generation. Sally Quinn, born in 1941, was a younger member of the тАЬSilent GenerationтАЭ. Maureen Dowd, Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, Newt and others were even younger than Quinn тАФ all baby boomers like me, close in age to the Clintons.
Interesting insightтАж