I don't know why but every time I see David Gergen on CNN's election coverage I'm moved to shout out "GERGEN!!" It's like the shape of his head or something.
All due creds to the man, it takes a special set of stones to serve as an advisor to Nixon, Ford, Reagan and then... Clinton. He ended his public service career as an advisor to Warren Christopher, who together with Madeleine Albright presided over what I think was a high point in American diplomacy.
This got me thinking of the heady days of Clinton's first term and how awesome that time felt (maybe it was because I was just into my early 20s then and it seemed like the whole world was opening up into something entirely new and unbound). George Stephanopoulos is still around, covering politics over at ABC. I saw good old Leon Panetta on a talking head show a few days ago. And I was just wondering whatever happened to Dee Dee Myers when Cecilie shouted in from the other room, "Hey, it's Dee Dee Myers!" (Debating Tony Snow on the Larry King show).
Ah, Dee Dee... I used to have such a crush on her when she was Clinton's first press secretary. Something about the way she said "Whitewater."
Good times, good times.
Posted by case at March 5, 2008 09:45 PM