Bill Clinton's labor secretary, Robert Reich, gave an interview for the Times magazine this weekend focused largely on economic and political issues. But he also recounted a college date he had with Hillary Clinton, apparently before she moved on from 4-foot-10 Reich to barbecue-fed, 6-foot-2 Bill. Reich, who publicly repudiated the Clintons starting in December, of course used his memory of the date as yet another chance to shiv the couple, by painting Hillary as a budget-busting glutton for grease:

I read somewhere that you and Hillary dated when she was still at Wellesley. To call it a date is an exaggeration. She and I went out to see Antonioni's "Blow-Up." The only thing I remember is that she wanted what seemed to me to be an extraordinary amount of butter on her popcorn.

Only an economist could go on a date and study trends in butter consumption. Isn't that a kind of wonky thing to remember? Yes, it is. I recall the extra butter costing more.

Ugh, Robert: Timing. Save the unmemorable-butter-date-from-hell anecdote for, I don't know, when your former patron is maybe not at the low point of her political career. Something tells me this little movie excursion was not exactly a thrill ride for Clinton, either.

[Times]