WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW, AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?

How weird is Bill Clinton? Some psych major is going to get her PhD answering that question one of these days.

I'm not talking sex life here. Not going down that path at all. I'm talking about his latest claim to fame.

A few days ago, British PM Tony Blair had to go to the hospital after suffering from an irregular heart beat. Blair's been in perfect health otherwise, and his docs say he has nothing to worry about even now. Well, in health terms anyway. His Labour backbenchers could still topple him one of these days. The inept Tories surely never will.

Enter former President Bill Clinton, making the preposterous claim that Blair told him about the heart condition five years ago. There's just one small problem with Clinton's story--it appears to be a complete fabrication. Blair, and more importantly his doctors, say Clinton's claim is false, that Blair has never had any heart problems before.

Yes, it's possible Blair is lying, and that he got his doctors to lie. But ask yourself which is more likely: That Blair and his doctors are lying, or that Clinton is making the whole thing up? And why has Clinton gone out of his way to insert himself into a story that has nothing to do with him? What's the matter with that guy? Do you think he misses the limelight that much? How sad.

Is this a big deal? No. Like Clinton's administration, it's rather small and trivial. But a man who'll lie to you about small things will lie to you about big things too (go ahead lefties, get in your Bush Lied, Thousands Died licks while you can). And it's pretty clear that Clinton is lying about Blair's heart problem.

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