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Eleanor (like all do-gooders motivated by the perilous business of noblesse oblige) might have had her authoritarian leanings, but the point is that FDR wasn't a dictator, and neither was Eleanor, who--whatever she may have mused aloud at the start of the New Deal--never got half the loaf she wanted.
Who else could have disciplined him to show such natural grace and reticence, coupled with the noblesse oblige to talk to those you might otherwise prefer to avoid?
You may even find pleasure in realizing that you have acted with noblesse oblige in not flaunting your superiority.
But if the reporter wants him to say that Clinton signaled Janet Reno not to appoint an independent counsel, as the editors of National Review clearly did last April, he's happy to oblige.
Subscribers to Slate on Paper who wish to receive a culture-free edition, with all the reviews and other artsy-fartsy stuff sliced out at no extra charge, can e-mail us at philistine@slate.com, and we'll be happy to oblige.