I have known Bill for decades. I was there for his inauguration, in the streets of D.C., not because I voted for him, but because I was already there because of other pressing issues.
I predicted the problems that arose. After all, they arose in Arkansas, where he was governor, and he again lost because of doubling vehicle registration costs (and other issues). Integrity always seemed to be an issue, but he came-back to the voters of Arkansas, crawling on his belly, and begged forgiveness, and was given another term.
Bill is intelligent. He knows not to underestimate the will and determination of gun culture in the south. We were raised with firearms. We are not backwoods idiots, despite some very small rural areas of Arkansas, much like rural areas in the East. I went to college in Arkansas, my son went to public school in Annapolis, after 7 years of schooling in Arkansas, and he was so far advanced in his studies, comparatively, he was teaching his schoolmates as a tutor.
Bill is a very well versed, passionate individual. He used to play sax at the Springdale, AR High School, when he was guv. Just drop-in and play. That's the kind of guy he was.
I won't condemn his presidency, as there were some good, and not so good moments.
But when he speaks to Democrats about passionate southerners, they had better listen. This was a political admonishment, a playbook entry, that we are to be feared. It was, if nobody caught it, a call to action to Democrats, if they want to defeat us. Bottom line.
