FoxNews.com got caught promoting President Clinton as “crazed” in his interview with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday,” which aired today (text, video). And now others are picking up the talking point. Here’s National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez on its blog The Corner:

It was Bill Clinton’s Tom Cruise moment, though Cruise sounded saner talking about anti-depressants to Matt Lauer. Any Oprah chats scheduled? If I were a Clinton aide, I’d keep him off couches when being interviewed.

And on a different National Review blog, Mark Levin goes even further:

Bill Clinton is nuttier than a pecan pie. He has spent the last six years traveling the globe dumping on George Bush. Yet he turns into an emotional wreck when Fox’s Chris Wallace tries to ask him a few questions about his demonstrable failure to pursue aggressively Osama bin Laden after repeated al Qaeda attacks on Americans and American interests.

Was Clinton angry and defensive? Sure, but that doesn’t make him mentally ill. This is a rhetorical tactic that has become all too common in recent years. Look for other conservatives to pick up the meme over the next few days.