What Is This World Coming To?

Now that the campaigning is over, it’s payback time for all those that Bill and Hillary think have ‘wronged’ them. Or so argues the International Herald Tribune. It’s not good to be on a Clinton ‘list’ — any Clinton list.

There are a lot of Clinton lists; including the infamous list of those close to the Clintons who have died under mysterious circumstances; Clinton associates who ended up convicted felons; the infamous FOB [Friends of Bill] list (which included half the members of Chinese intelligence community) and other lesser-known enemies lists.

Then, there is the Clinton ‘Bimbo’ List. That list includes Clinton rape victim Juanita Broadrick, mistress Gennifer Flowers, innocent victim Paula Jones and starry-eyed intern Monica Lewinsky, (who had the double misfortune of entering the American lexicon as a euphemism for a sex act.

The newest list is the ‘traitor’s list’ — those former Clintonistas who instead supported Barack Obama. It’s a long list:

Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico; Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, the House Democ ratic whip; Gregory Craig, Bill Clinton’s lawyer in his impeachment and trial; David Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategist; Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri; and several Kennedys.

The news media have already focused on some list entries, including the online gossip purveyor Matt Drudge (who had the nerve to show up at Hillary Clinton’s departure speech on Saturday), Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair (the author of a recent profile of Bill Clinton) and the cable network MSNBC (whose hosts Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann are charter list members, Clinton associates said).

The lists are also reported to include lesser-known Obama-supporting members of Congress (for whom the Clintons campaigned), former ambassadors (appointed by Bill Clinton) or Clinton White House officials turned Obama advisers (like Anthony Lake, a former national security adviser, and Susan Rice, a former White House and State Department official)

In the bygone Clinton era, getting on one of the Clinton lists got you jailed, killed, socially destroyed, investigated by the FBI or audited by the IRS. Paula Jones, who never made more than minimum wage, was audited at least three times.

But now, (at least for now,) being on a Clinton list is like being on the KGB’s list. The KGB might be gone, but still, you can’t help but look over your shoulder. You just never know. . .