Why I'm Still Angry

Forgive? Forget about it! After Clinton's show of contempt, I still want to shake him

As an epigraph to The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald used an oddly charming snatch of verse:

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!"

Behold Bill Clinton: still wearing the gold hat, still bouncing high. What do we say about the lover now that he's in midair again, performing his gaudy twirls and flips? What do we say to ourselves as we watch? What do we do with the emotional residue of this business? The great 65%--Clinton's invincible...

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