“There’s nothing wrong with getting angry if you’re right, as Chris Matthews put it. But when Clinton went after Wallace, he inadvertently allowed his mask to slip. America got a glimpse not just of a former president who feels mischaracterized, but of a man filled with contempt for the lesser mortals who would seek to undo him. His inner Gollum was visible beneath a roiling rage... Experience tells us, too, that manipulators are always contemptuous of those they manipulate... Clinton’s marmish scolding of Wallace was a telling moment, much like another time he wagged his finger on television.”
— Kathleen Parker