Psychologist John Gartner came on the show in January to discuss his book, “In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Profile.” I found it fascinating. If you missed it, check out the archives www.mgshow.org/archives09.html. This is an op-ed piece that he did for The Baltimore Sun:

What should we do with Bill?

By John Gartner
December 3, 2008

It’s stunning how fast Bill Clinton’s stock plummeted - faster, it seemed, than the Dow Jones industrial average after the fall of Lehman Brothers. When Hillary Clinton launched her bid for the presidency, the question was: How would she deploy “the greatest politician in our generation”? Unfortunately, a few ill-timed comments caught on tape during the campaign transformed Bill almost overnight into the crazy uncle in the attic, an embarrassment to be kept largely out of public sight.

Early in her campaign, Hillary called Bill “the most popular person in the world” and vowed to use him as a “roving ambassador.” Now that she is a step away from becoming the nation’s top ambassador herself, the question returns: What should we do about Bill?
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