Bill Clinton’s outburst against Vanity Fair reporter Todd Purdum yesterday raises some interesting questions, some old, some new.
 

1. Was Bill Clinton always this way, or did his heart surgery utterly alter his personality?
2. Could Bill Clinton ever have been elected president in the world of 2.0 technology?
3. Does he lose his temper because he wants his wife to win so badly—or because subconsciously he wants her to lose?
4. If Bill wants Hillary to be vice president, why keep poking Barack Obama in the eye?
5. Why does Bill Clinton exaggerate the facts so often while criticizing Obama?
6. After a primary season in which the ravings of Obama’s pastor, his wife’s public pronouncements, his flag lapel (or lack thereof), his sparse experience in government have all been grist for the media mill, which news stories, exactly, does Bill Clinton  think have gone under-reported?
7. How can a man who did what Clinton admitted to doing—in the Oval Office, no less—think it’s appropriate, or even reasonable, to call Todd Purdum, a journalist known to be sober and circumspect, “slimy” or “sleazy” or “a scumbag”?
8. Does HRC share her husband’s sentiments about the media—and about Obama?
9. If not, what can she do about her husband’s temper?
10. How would she handle Bill if she were president?
11. How would Obama handle Bill if she were vice president?
12. Does Clinton’s habit for blowing his fuse make it easier for Democratic Party super-delegates to endorse Obama?
13. Has any former president of the United States ever before spoken this way in public?