Monday, October 01, 2007

Bill Clinton -- First Lady


The Clintons are everywhere today. Somebody at New York Magazine can't wait.

The First: Female President, Male First Lady, Former President in the White House -- Contemplating Clinton II:

It all starts, if you think about it, on Inauguration Day. Would Bill Clinton hold the Bible for his wife? It’d be a lovely tableau, but fraught with ambiguous symbolism—is this another twofer? A passing of the torch? An unfortunate reminder she wouldn’t be there without him? (None of these ideas is something the first female president of the United States would want to communicate to all posterity.) The questions would continue with the festivities: How are the two Clintons introduced? As the Former and Mrs. President Clinton? Mr. and Mrs. Presidents Clinton? President Clinton and Mr. Clinton?