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Article: Bill Clinton, the one-man steamroller
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2008
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AS A biographer of Bill Clinton, I find it fascinating to watch
him battle Senator Barack Obama in South Carolina. Yes, he's doing
it on behalf of his wife, and yes, he's sincere in thinking Hillary
would make the better president. Still ...
People underestimate what a competitive animal Bill Clinton is.
It's the blood that runs through his veins, the fire that ignites
him. He grew up in a little town defending his mother against a
trigger-happy, alcoholic stepfather; he was considered fat and
nerdy, but grew tall and genial. His energy and intelligence amazed
everyone - so extraordinary, in fact, that his very paternity was -
and is still - questioned in Hope, Ark. This man is, like Lyndon ...