Photographs of Clinton highlight slick marketing

I cannot hide the fact that I was no fan of the Clinton presidency, though I admit Bill has said some sensible things after leaving office, but Fielding here on Vox managed to take some shots of Slick Willy that are fabulous. The former president was at a campaign function for his wife, and he snapped two shots.
   One thing does come to mind: dammit, these Clintons know how to do visuals and sound bites darned well. Bill makes the posing look effortless and his dress sense is not so pompous as to frighten away people (a darn sight better than his missus’s pant-suits). Whatever you think of the Clintons, they are shrewd marketers and Bill is more an asset than a liability now that many people are beginning to look back at his years with rose-coloured glasses. And you know some stylist was paid thousands to choose the man’s wardrobe, and another guy was paid thousands to cut his hair, all to give that ‘Relax, the 1990s were good’ image. 
   People speak of the ‘Clinton machine’: they are understating things.
   Similarly, Harold Wilson and Labour counted on rose-coloured glasses in the 1970s when getting re-elected into the UK, even though they had made a shambles of things in the 1960s.
   Obama may be popular, but no one, on either side, should underestimate just what Chelsea’s Mom and Pop have in store. If visuals are the key, then everyone on the GOP side needs to pick up the slack.