Soft, soft the lede in Mark Silva’s front page Chi Trib story about Bill Clinton:
Say this much for Bill Clinton. He doesn’t walk quietly.
How nice. Quietly flows the darn puff piece.
Mr. November? Democrats count on Clinton for late-inning campaign magic
is the head.
His white-hot, finger-wagging interview on “Fox News Sunday”–filled with accusations about conservative bias and Bush administration blunders–has thrust Clinton into the midterm election campaign just as the Republicans appeared to be erasing some healthy Democratic advantages.
is to put a Democrat spin on it, to say the least, buying into the best light in which Clinton’s outburst can be put.
All in all, it’s a clear-cut thumbsucker, easy-going and casual, to which faithful readers will respond: Where the “analysis” tag? Wash bureau chief Tackett gets it, doesn’t his colleague/underling Silva deserve it for his soft, soft, shadow of those old-time Trib page-one cartoons?
Blithe Spirit 