Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: How well off (or not) was young Bill Clinton, really? [View all]BlueStateLib
(937 posts)Raymond Clinton, who was the dominant figure in the Clinton family. Roger Clinton, Bill's stepfather, was sort of the weak, younger brother who was never, never quite going to make it. He'd been set up in a Buick dealership in Hope, which is where he met Virginia, Bill's mother, and married her, and that failed because he flitted away the company profits in gambling and dissipation and drinking and so on.
Raymond Clinton is a very, powerful figure, he's a tall, good-looking, very assertive, aggressive man who is a striking contrast to his younger brother who is weak, and an alcoholic and seemingly always in trouble. He can't really hold a job, ends up going bust in the Buick dealership which Raymond had arranged for him in Hope, coming back to Hot Springs and going to work for Raymond as a parts manager in the Buick franchise.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice/bill/morris1.html
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