Bewitching Belinda?

She’s back! Back in the headlines that is. Belinda Stronach, who when last looked for had left poor Petey McKay in a potato patch to collect his thoughts, has once again become fodder for tabloid reporting. This time she has made her mark on the big stage on New York City.

Belinda has been dubbed the blonde bombshell by the New York papers and now finds herself the subject of the “other woman” rumours that frequently dog the life and times of one Billy Bob Clinton. The former President who now runs around the world and collects huge fees for speaking engagements, apparently had din din with our little Belinda last week and that has set tongues a wagging into overdrive. She's described as the bewitching blonde that has cast a spell over Bill in one paper and finds herself featured in many others, doing her fair share to keep the pulp market prices high and Canadian pulp mills churning out the newsprint.

It seems that with Mrs. Clinton preparing a bid for her party’s nomination for President in 2008, all eyes are on the former Prez and his legendary wanderlust. Smack dab in the middle of the media storm is the gal dubbed “the Canadian Politician”; it seems our Belinda is frequently visiting with Clinton as he does whatever it is that retired Presidents do before they shuffle off to their reward. Tapped as a long time friend of the ex-Presidents, much of the tabloid press (and even the New York Times for cyrin’ out loud) is beginning to wonder if there isn’t a bit more fire to all of the smoke suddenly appearing.

The Australians have taken the story one step further than your usual political one takes a “friend” story, seems they are playing up the blonde angle of the project, comparing our gal Belinda to another famous Blonde who (ahem), found favour with a sitting (and other positions we guess) President of the USA.

The attention has heated things up so much that Media Matters weighed into the situation with a call for a bit of decorum from the media jackals as they nip at the Clinton's heels once again.

Seems that there is quite a bit of concern that Belinda is going to show up at a birthday bash for Billy Bob, an event which is also going to double as a bit of a coming out party for Hillary’s political quest for the White House. The appearance of Belinda, in her role as Marilyn we guess, might make for an interesting bit of theatre in the always excited States.

Best line from the story from Australia; “If history repeats itself and another glamorous blonde sings "Happy birthday, Mr. President" from the stage of Madison Square Garden, Democrats will be praying she is Hillary.”

No wonder Belinda surrendered her attempt to become leader of the Liberal party. Who wants to spend time wandering the political wastleand of the frozen north, when you can be the main topic of debate in the hothouse of American politics.