Some Thoughts on the TIME Clinton Globe Cover — (Yes, Husband Bill)

• Pretty audacious given his wife’s mandate.

• Then, talking double-standards, can you imagine any woman posed as if she had the world in her hands?

• After the success of the convention speech, and time served for good behavior, Clinton’s got big balls again.

• Well, he’s still got a dark side.

• It’s still, the white man and Africa.

(photo: Mark Seliger for TIME. prop: Rob Strauss)