there is bill clinton with jennifer flowers. everyone thought he was toast but he wasn t. when it comes it surviving scandal, bill clinton exists in another realm. there was barack obama who had the reverend wright tape that was playing on every cable news channel, the substance, i don t think it was scandalous and volume but there was scandal. the point in both of those was the key is about the substance of using the power that is granted you by the voter for this petty end that is as core central disqualifying to me as anything having to do with judgment or lying. there are also a half dozen bodies that are investigating this for criminal reasons which you didn t have. baratunde, sam and charlie, thanks for joining us. we are not legendary. you are not charlie pierce.
everyone thought he was toast but he wasn t. when it comes it surviving scandal, bill clinton exists in another realm. there was barack obama who had the reverend wright tape that was playing on every cable news channel, the substance, i don t think it was scandalous and volume but there was scandal. the point in both of those was the key is about the substance of using the power that is granted you by the voter for this petty end that is as core central disqualifying to me as anything having to do with judgment or lying. there are also a half dozen bodies that are investigating this for criminal reasons which you didn t have. baratunde, sam and charlie, thanks for joining us. we are not legendary. you are not charlie pierce. speaking of the political future, how is wendy davis doing
when it comes to surviving a scandal, bill clinton is that is true. he exists in another realm. and there was barack obama who had the reverend wright tape that was playing on every cable news channel. now, again, substance of this, i don t think it was scandalous, but volume and in terms of media frenzy, there was a media fren 12ki, he came out and gave one of the greatest speeches in the history of american politics, and the key to me here is the substance is about using the power that is granted to you by the voter for this petty end and you that is as core central disqualifying to me as anything having to do with judgment or lying. there s also about a half a dozen different bodies that are investigating this for criminal reasons which you didn t have in those other situations. the legendary charlie pierce from esquire. you re not legendary?