Bubba: Call Me 'First Laddie,' Oprah

Mary Katharine Ham | September 04, 2007 2:21 PM

Bill, on Oprah today:

When Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton points out to her spouse that she is 15 years older than he was when he first ran for president, all she gets is tough love.

''And I say, 'Well, nobody made you run, girl,''' former President Bill Clinton joked during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show that aired Tuesday.

I believe if I were Hillary, who had helped him run for President all those years ago and put up with his philandering for many more, I'd be a little ticked at all that "tough love" from Bill-knows-best.

What shall we call Bill?

'My Scottish friends say I should be called 'first laddie' because it's the closest thing to 'first lady,' '' he said. ''I'm not so worried about what I'm called as what I'm called upon to do.''

Yes, we're equally worried, Bill.

Update: All Clintons, all the time. A warning from the future. He is our John Connor.