Book: Bill Clinton 'immature' about sex - had the 'mentality of an 18-year-old'

[Casino67]

Polijam.com:

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A new book says President Clinton was one of the smartest men to ever occupy the White House but had an immature attitude when it came to sex.

The book quotes NPR reporter Nina Totenberg, who covered the Clinton administration's most inglorious moment when Republicans got Clinton impeached for lying about having sex with Monica Lewinsky, the New York Daily News reported Friday.

Clinton had the "mentality of an 18-year-old" when it came to sex, Totenberg is quoted as saying.

That assessment appears in "A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him" by Michael Takiff.

Totenberg says she believes it was Clinton's inability to face his wife Hillary Clinton that led him to make the fateful lie.

Clinton aides like Paul Begala said they believed the president when he went on television and denied having sex with Lewinsky.

When the truth was revealed, Republicans were frustrated by the lack of public outrage, Takiff writes.

They thought the Clintons were "wizards who had somehow enchanted America out of its moral moorings," Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said.

To this day, Republicans say, Clinton's behavior rankles.

"I never could bring myself to believe that in the case of Bill Clinton I was dealing with a serious adult," said former Texas Rep. Dick Armey.

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This book is going to sell.

[AceRimmer]

18 is too complimentary, he still thinks he's 16 years old and on the prowl for women. He sees himself as the star of some cheap porn movie that we wouldn't even air at our frat house...

[Sanguine]

Agreed, Ace.

 

This topic is disgusting in that they're still trying to make Good ol' Boy Billy into a really, really smart guy who's just too damn sexy for his own good. "He just never got past being an 18 year old stud and never gave it up and became a sober, solid older adult." (Boo, hiss, solid, older adult? That's "conservative and responsible". Icky!) It's a sign of his "youthful immaturity", and I think they're all a bit jealous of him, while decrying his indiscretions.

[SrWoodchuck]

Bill is probably the best example of a "pure politician" that I've ever seen. He governed by opinion poll, bent like a reed in the wind when necessary, and could lie with a wink & a smile, and make you almost believe him.

 

I think his sexuality was a result of his relationship with his mother, and what she had to do to raise him. It is a severe insecurity in his perception of himself as a man.

 

That being said.......there is nothing......not power, drugs or money.....that can compare with loving a good woman.

[AceRimmer]

That being said.......there is nothing......not power, drugs or money.....that can compare with loving a good woman.

 

Which rules out Bill, who was completely shutout on that list...