Parsing Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton is always fun to watch. He was a great audience for Hillary's passionate, well-crafted and perfectly delivered talk. He smiled, laughed, wept a little and even qvelled. (Yiddish for bubbling over with joy at the accomplishments of one we love)

His own talk was equally masterful, of course brilliantly delivered and filled with the joy and charisma of someone who loves the large crowds and the spotlight at center stage.

With Bill one always has to look at the language and parse the words carefully. Clinton said that Obama "is the best man for the job" (of president). Now normally this would be just fine and would be understood as a full-throated endorsement. Some sensitive modern analysts might carp that it is unconscious sexism and doesn't recognize the possibility that women should be included. They would be wrong in this case.

Bill clearly knew exactly what he was saying. He believes that Obama is the best man for the job and that Hillary is still the best person for the job. Bill Clinton the loyal husband at last.