When I was very young I remember listening to “The Shadow” on the radio. Actually about the only thing I really remember is the way the show started: “Who knows what evil lurks in the mind of man. The Shadow knows.” For some reason that phrase still resonates with me. Who could have imagined that 60 years after the last “The Shadow” broadcast this rings true once more. In a story almost too good to be true, “The Shadow” made its way into the White House. It turns out that the official portrait of Bill Clinton has a blue shadow, painted there in honor of Monica Lewinsky. The following article in the Huffington Post explains the shadow and incredibly why it is there:
“It actually literally represents a shadow from a blue dress that I had on a mannequin, that I had there while I was painting it, but not when he was there,” Shanks said. “It is also a bit of a metaphor in that it represents a shadow on the office he held, or on him.”
This is beyond hysterical. This is the real legacy Bill Clinton earned. It is exactly the way he should be portrayed. It is why the Clintonians are now desperately trying to have the portrait removed. In addition, the timing, just before the Hillary Clinton coming out party is deliciously appropriate.
Who knows what a scum bag we elected to the Oval Office. The shadow knows and now everybody knows why the shadow is there. It just doesn’t get any better than this.
TDM