BILL CLINTON: WHEN AN EX-PRESIDENT GIVES LAME ADVICE -- OR LAME SURROGACY

BILL CLINTON

"I'm a little

rusty at politics"

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON BEING DELIVERED BY 

A FINNAIR CATERING TRUCK FROM AIR FORCE ONE 

TO THE MARCH 1997 HELSINKI SUMMIT 

WITH BORIS YELTSIN 

So now in June 2012 we have ex-President Bill Clinton raising money for current President Barack Obama on the one hand, while on the other caroming around like a loose cannon -- first on Mitt Romney and Bain Capital, and then on the merit and timing of extending the Bush tax cuts. 

For a story about how Bill Clinton hurts while helping, see here; for Clinton's attempt at clarification, see here; for an argument that Clinton is "Not *That* Off-Message," see here. 

For some background on the photograph above and the review of Bill Clinton's Russia policy that it illustrates, see here.