In a TV interview yesterday, Bill Clinton "ripped" White House policies. The blogging right freaked. But not a certain Republican gray eminence....

Bush 41: I Still Like Clinton

Thirty-six hours after ex-president Bill Clinton bashed and trashed his son on everything from his handling of the Hurricane Katrina crisis to the Iraq war, former president George H.W. Bush says he still likes Clinton.

Appearing during commercial breaks on ABC's "Monday Night Football," the president's father was asked how he and Clinton managed to get along.

"I like him," Bush 41 said, despite the verbal thrashing Clinton administered to his son on ABC's "This Week" the day before.

Given two more opportunities to comment on his relationship with Clinton, Bush Sr. declined to say a single negative word about his successor....

Tee-hee.

Hey, do you suppose this was like Brent Scowcroft's anti-Iraq war op-ed -- an attempt by Poppy to get a message through Junior's thick skull by means of a surrogate? You think Dad might have been in on this?