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Bill Clinton to the rescue

CunningLinguist — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:08:34 -0800

Bill Clinton makes secret trip to North Korea, wins pardon and apparent release of two captive US journalists. Jailed reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee, employees of Al Gore's Current TV, were arrested for spying in March and had recently been sentenced to 12 years in a labor camp. The remarkable development is likely to boost to Clinton's battered image. The surprisingly swift resolution of the secret mission made a monkey of some prominent Obama administration critics.

this was our president

kliuless — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:25:14 -0800

Bill Clinton on Charlie Rose - on display: Thoughtful Visionary as well as Political Animal; cf. Howard Dean and Jimmy Carter.

Impeachment Day

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:52:05 -0800

Clinton White House Spokesman Joe Lockhart does stand-up. Text, or if you prefer there is some audio at the 51min mark from This American Life.

There goes the neighborhood. . .

bardic — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:38:26 -0800

Bill Clinton Doesn't Care About Black People. (More. Protest Announcement.)

Bush Threatens U.N. Over Clinton Climate Speech

Postroad — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:07:25 -0800

Bush Threatens U.N. Over Clinton Climate Speech Bush-administration officials privately threatened organizers of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, telling them that any chance there might’ve been for the United States to sign on to the Kyoto global-warming protocol would be scuttled if they allowed Bill Clinton to speak at the gathering today in Montreal,

The good old days

GernBlandston — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:50:29 -0800

A reminder of better times Yeah, I know. It's probably been posted here before, but it brought me back to the good old days and cheered me up a bit.

Clinton Presedential Mobile Home

thisisdrew — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:01:06 -0800

From the vantage point of my office window, one might wonder: "Presedential Library, or world's largest mobile home?"
This part of the country hasn't seen modern architecture like this, Newsweek lamented....the Clinton presidential library is an architectural tour de force that introduces the Midsouth to a structure more significant than anything it's ever seen. ..but from the vantage point of the Interstate 30 bridge, to the average columnist or cross-country trucker, didn't it kind of look like a trailer?"

For Arkansas, the grand opening of the center — which houses the Clinton Library — will be one of the biggest events in the state's history. All former presidents and President Bush will attend.

Abortions Decreased Under Clinton - Increased Under Bush

eustacescrubb — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:21:03 -0800

Abortions Decreased Under Clinton - Increased Under Bush 52,000 more abortions under Bush than under Clinton, reversing a ten-year trend that had resulted in a 17.4% decline in abortions.

A heart apart

the fire you left me — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:51:08 -0800

Bill Clinton has had a heart attack. Currently he is in a New York hospital awaiting emergency surgery.

And curly strikes out!

Turtles all the way down — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:25:33 -0800

Curly must go! Bill Clinton's blog. It's fake, right?

By Their Bootstraps

y2karl — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:54:40 -0800

Consider the scorecard. During Clinton's two terms, the median income for American families increased by a solid 15% after inflation, according to Census Bureau figures. But it rose even faster for African Americans (33%) and Hispanics (24%) than it did for whites (14%). The growth was so widely shared that from 1993 through 1999, families in the bottom fifth of the income distribution saw their incomes increase faster than those in the top 5%. By comparison, under President Reagan in the 1980s, those in the top 5% increased their income more than five times faster than the bottom 20%. Likewise, the poverty rate under Clinton fell 25%, the biggest eight-year decline since the 1960s. It fell even faster for particularly vulnerable groups like blacks, Hispanics and children. Again the contrast with Reagan is striking. During Reagan's two terms, the number of Americans in poverty fell by just 77,000. During Clinton's two terms, the number of Americans in poverty plummeted by 8.1 million. The number of children in poverty fell by 50,000 under Reagan. Under Clinton the number was 4.1 million. That's a ratio of 80 to 1. Clinton's Biggest Gains Not on Conservative Critics' Radar

saving a week of your life from Bill Clinton

reklaw — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:32:08 -0800

The Condensed Bill Clinton: Slate reads My Life so you don't have to.

The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating a Life, in 957 Pages

Postroad — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:16:06 -0800

The Pastiche of a Presidency, Imitating a Life, in 957 Pages This is a very bad review of the Clinton book, soon to be released. My question: why has the New York Times placed a book review on its front page? Would they have done this if the book were given a good review? Is the "paper of record" making a clear-cut statement about its feelings about Clinton? Has any other book review made the front page of the NY Times? I for one plan to read the book. I recall that Edmund Wilson once said: always stick to primary sources rather relying upon what some scholar or reviewer has to say about a book. Finally, Clinton is out of office (alas). How much longer will small and jealous puppies chase after The Big Dog?

an interest in preservation

the fire you left me — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:52:37 -0800

The Counter Clinton Library A tax exempt reaction to the Clinton Library being built in Little Rock, Arkansas.

"Kerry: wrong on defense. Oh wait, I mean me."

XQUZYPHYR — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:49:04 -0800

Missile Defense- the biggest security lapse on 9/11. Condoleeza Rice was to deliver a speech regarding the White House's position on national security on September 11th, 2001. The speech contained no mention of al-Qaeda and stated missile defense as the central focus of security, implicating Bill Clinton for "not doing enough about the real threat - long-range missiles." An interesting revelation coming from the campaign claiming their opponents are "wrong on defense."

Bubba for VP

h00dini — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:39:48 -0800

Could former President Clinton become vice president? After all it is the next best thing to being President.

Clinton believes Iraq had weapons of mass destruction: Portugal PM

Postroad — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:41:14 -0800

Clinton believes Iraq had weapons of mass destruction: Portugal PM Ok. The Dems and the GOP. But what did Ralph Nader say about WMD?

Term limits

Durwood — Thu, 29 May 2003 07:38:27 -0800

Guess who wants presidential term limits to be repealed... Putting aside your feelings for Bill Clinton (or Ronald Reagan for that matter), should the U.S. president be allowed to serve more than two terms?

Live Aid 2003

PenDevil — Wed, 28 May 2003 04:35:38 -0800

"Clinton was a good guy, but he did fuck all" or so says Bob Geldof when it comes to Clinton getting aid to Africa. And he's just as critical about the EU as well ("The EU have been pathetic and appalling, and I thought we had dealt with that 20 years ago when the electorate of our countries said never again...") pointing out their tiny contribution to the recent aid shipments to Ethiopia. But what about the Bush government you ask? "You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical -- in a positive sense -- in its approach to Africa since Kennedy."

Clinton/Dole Debates

stevis — Thu, 06 Mar 2003 06:51:31 -0800

Clinton and Dole on "60 Minutes" While the 1996 Presidential Debates weren't seen as the pinnacle of political discourse at the time, they were congenial by today's talk-show standards. Will these 'elder statesmen' have time in a short TV segment to start genuine discussion of critical issues? Is there any other media outlet that already accomplishes this?

Jury Duty is something many of us face.

Plunge — Sat, 01 Mar 2003 07:47:43 -0800

We all must do our civic duty. But how many of us can fill in President of the United States on the questionnaire when it asks for former jobs held? A bit of mirth for today. NY Times req. required.

United States Should Lead, Not Dominate

four panels — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:22:38 -0800

The United States should lead, not dominate. A piece by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. "From the dawn of human society up to the present time, we have been bedeviled by a persistent curse: the compulsion people feel to define the meaning of their lives in positive terms with reference to those who are like them racially, tribally, culturally, religiously, politically, and by negative reference to those who are different"

blueshammer — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:37:49 -0800

Jeb Bush delivers Florida ... to Janet Reno's opponent in the primary. Not a repost of the trouble-at-the-polls brouhaha. Carl Hiaasen looks at the Bush team's "stupendous" backfire in targeting a second-tier candidate, eventual winner Bill McBride, in an apparently incessant string of TV ads that moved McBride from anonymity to a fearsome candidate. "Why else would the GOP buy so much TV time to slam him?" asks Hiaasen, and indeed, McBride's follow-up ads capitalized on this notoriety. By carrying the primary, the race against Bush gets more interesting: "Reno is a known quantity about whom most voters already feel strongly one way or the other," notes Hiaasen. "McBride is a fresh face with no Clinton baggage and a Bronze Star from the Vietnam War."

ParisParamus — Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:26:11 -0800

You Opportunity To Jump For Joy At the Defeat of a Dreadful, Icky, Arguably EVIL person. No more Bob Barr!

cedar — Sat, 17 Aug 2002 05:57:27 -0800

Room for rent. Similar to the Clinton administration that they heavily criticized, the Bush folks have opened a bed and breakfast up in that big White House with the cee-ment pond. Rates are steep but one thing many guests share is a membership in the exclusive Pioneer Club.

One of my favorites is Edward Rose, Mr. Rose is a staunch Bush supporter having donated more than 42,000 dollars in the past along with $2,000[1] directly. Then there is the Betts family, patriarch Roland was Dubyas frat brother and besides selling him the Texas Rangers has donated $19,000 along with another 4K[1] directly. For outright generosity it's tough to beat Brad Freeman, who opened his pockets to the tune of some 190,000 dollars.There's Joe O'Donnell ($9,250)and James Simmons ($27,550)... the list goes on but you get the idea. Aside from the Pioneer Club the only other thing these people share is great wealth and successful business careers, considering his choice in houseguests is this the right person to hold corporate America accountable?