Both Kathryn and Mark Finkelstein note the way a clearly lovestruck Meredith Vieira fawned over Bill Clinton this morning on the Today show. Not only were there plenty of “Ew” moments, there was also this bit of sympathy for the, uh, devil:

Now, it’s easy to dismiss somebody like [Hugo] Chavez — and some have — as a nut. But do you think he is giving voice to to wider frustration in the developing world about this country and this country’s policies? Do we need to change the way we act?

I also loved this: Finkelstein writes, ”Speaking of his Clinton Global Initiative, she claimed ‘everyone is calling you a genie’ for his ability to accomplish good things.” What is it about Clinton that makes lefties go all weak in the knees?

UPDATE: Video here.