After playing a big part in his wife’s unsuccessful bid to become the Democratic Party’s candidate in the November US Presidential Elections ((basically he was unhelpful to her fortunes), Bill Clinton flew to Rwanda where the Washington Post caught up with him. He is there to “re-establish his role as global elder statesman.” And I thought I went there to help people. Key detail:
Perhaps mindful of the way former vice president Al Gore reversed his downward trajectory after losing in 2000, Clinton has brought along a documentary film crew, sponsored by his Hollywood friend Steve Bing, to chronicle his trip.
And he has the awful Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Convention chairperson, along as a line producer:
As Clinton strolled through a rural town Saturday morning, McAuliffe, running ahead, spotted a group of young children and local villagers waiting to meet the former president. He ran up with his arms outstretched. “How we all doing? Good?” McAuliffe shouted at the bewildered crowd. He waved the Vilsacks over and ordered up a photograph of the moment, and soon the entourage was on to the next stop.
The full piece here.
I so want to read the full story, but I know I will want to vomit and attack somebody immediately after so I’m not going to. How fucking awful. I feel sick just reading those two paras you bravely copied for us. How fucking awful.