* This would probably feel great to Hillary after Bill humiliated her with all his affairs, and she intends to rub her new, higher status in his face if she wins, and he knows it.
* The harrowing possibilities! Mandatory hot tub double dates: Hillary and Huma making out while across the froth Weiner suggestively raises his brows at desiccated, shriveled Bill.
* My impression is that Trump National Westchester is Bill Clinton’s home club.
Clinton had a hard time getting into top Westchester clubs without a long wait when he left the White House. It was pretty humiliating for him. The opening of Trump’s nouveau riche club thus was very appealing to him.
* We’re talking nearly twenty years ago, and if you know anything about established, old money Country Clubs you know that regardless of political party the Boards and influential families tend to be conservative in personal behavior with an emphasis on decorum. They’re also places where the old fellows’ wives hang out with the other old biddies and so you’re looking at a demographic that at the time wouldn’t want that cur around the Club. Would you really want a married ex-President chasing the skirts of waitstaff and members’ daughters and wives?
Additionally, the Secret Service detail would be a real hassle for other members.
A new money ex-President is probably a better get for a Club full of new money strivers and schemers.
I’ll bet that the top clubs on Oahu, however, have a different culture and any would probably welcome Mr. Obama (save for his alleged slow play).
* There’s a reason private clubs are private. They don’t need or want the publicity or notoriety of a former president. In fact, nothing says exclusive like not admitting (excluding) without a wait (like everyone else) a former president. Also, private clubs are equalist collectives where members are on the same level and have no desire for making special accommodations for the entourage of former presidents.
* I read somewhere a half decade ago that Thilo Sarrazin said that he was told after publishing a bestselling book full of data on how immigration was working out in Germany … Look, Thilo, all the important people know you are right about immigration, so you shouldn’t have published your book. There’s no need to rile voters up over it because we insiders will never make the mistake we made with Turks back in the 1960s again. Just shut up about it and trust us.
But, the world is complicated and facts and analyses are hard to remember, so if you aren’t supposed to have a constant public debate over a topic using data and logic, it’s easy to forget what you used to be aware of.
