Andrew Sullivan nails Bush for being Clintonesque, here.

I think what you have to do is think of George W. Bush’s [”the United States does not torture”] statement in the same light as Bill Clinton’s famous declaration that he had not had “sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky.

The irony piles up when you consider the political climate at the time of the Clinton statement.  Seven months after his declaration in January of 1998, he ordered the launch of cruise missiles on a location in Afghanistan in an attempt to kill Osama bin Laden.  He was accused by many of his political opponents of attempting to distract the American people from his own scandal.

And really, how dare he?  Why should the public have been concerned about bin Laden when we needed to find out just what the President did with that intern?

Also, check out Sullivan’s article in the Sunday Times for his take on election season strategy.

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