Bill Clinton and Laura Bush: Powerful Partners

FoxNews ^ | September 21, 2006 | Greta Van Susteren (Greta's blog)

[kingattax]

I have also posted pics from Wednesday. We interviewed the first lady in a room at her hotel and then followed her to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) where she was former President Clinton's lead guest. We were there when the former president greeted her and then when he introduced her to the many guests attending the CGI. As both President Clinton and Mrs. Bush spoke, pictures were posted on a large screen in the room. I took a few pics of those images to give you and idea of what the CGI is and what the attendees saw as the former president and first lady spoke. There are pictures of Mrs. Bush in Africa, etc.

I confess: I do like seeing former President Clinton and Mrs. Bush together, working together to make the world better. So often it seems that people are positioned against each other when they have identical goals.

A bit deeper behind the scenes, while we waited for the interview to get started, Mrs. Bush and I discussed their now deceased Springer spaniel dog, Spot. I grew up with a Springer spaniel, had another Springer as an adult and had a particular fondness from afar for Spot's mother, Millie (dog of President Bush 41 and Mrs. Bush.) Spot had an interesting history, born at the White House, then lived in the Texas governor's mansion and then died at the White House.

[dsc]

Another disappointment.

How can a decent person associate with that filth?

[Peisistratus]

Nice to see she's so charitable with other people's money.

[KoRn]

Why is it that the 'statesman' type people on our side always cozy up to that dirtbag. Is there no other democrat or liberal they can be seen in public with?

Surely there has to be......

[kingattax]

the bush-clinton "lovefest" continues.......

[diverteach]

"Why is it that the 'statesman' type people on our side always cozy up to that dirtbag. Is there no other democrat or liberal they can be seen in public with?

Surely there has to be......"

Zell Miller

[ClancyJ]

Get over your cheap criticism. Gosh, guess you can't go one article without some criticism because YOU are not making all the decisions as President or First Lady. Must really be hard to watch the news everyday.

[KoRn]

Yeah, there's one!

[Peisistratus]

"Get over your cheap criticism"

Oh, this won't be cheap. If only. This one will cost more millions.

"Gosh, guess you can't go one article without some criticism because YOU are not making all the decisions as President or First Lady."

All I ask is that they stay within the limits of the Constitution and stop this nation-building stuff. They can donate their own money to foreign nationals, instead of extracting it from us at gun point. I'd also like to see the $300 million they want to give to Lebanon stopped and our $1.4 billion yearly tribute to Egypt stopped.

STOP THE SPENDING.

"Compassionate conservatism" is big government liberalism circa 1970.

"Must really be hard to watch the news everyday."

It's increasingly just as hard to watch the news now as it was in the Clinton Administration.

[Txsleuth]

Acutally, this is a PAY for play event.

The people that are attending are donating money, not taxpayers.

I loathe Bill Clinton...but, you are complaining about something that isn't happening in THIS case.

[Peisistratus]

"I loathe Bill Clinton...but, you are complaining about something that isn't happening in THIS case."

Actually, it is. Take a look at what the First Lady announced:

"First Lady Laura Bush, USAID, PEPFAR, The Case Foundation and the MCJ Foundation
This $16.4 million combined commitment will bring the PlayPumpTM water system to more than 1,000 communities and schools in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to provide safe, clean drinking water to thousands of people. PlayPumps use merry-go-rounds to pump water for an entire community."

http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=720&srcid=457

Notice USAID in that list.

http://www.usaid.gov/press/factsheets/2006/fs060921.html

If it was a purely private initiative, than more power to them, but I am more than a little annoyed to know that the taxpayers are giving out yet another $10 million to the world.

[Peisistratus]

USAID shows up twice in CGI's donor list.

That's US.

[gridlock]

I confess: I do like seeing former President Clinton and Mrs. Bush together, working together to make the world better.

Greta, you useless bag of Body Thetans: You can rest assured that Bill Clinton is not doing anything for the purpose of making the World better. Bill Clinton is doing things benefit Bill Clinton, as always. If the World is improved as an accidental side-effect, he probably will not mind. But the main effort is simple apple-polishing for Bill Clinton.

[gridlock]

This $16.4 million combined commitment will bring the PlayPumpTM water system to more than 1,000 communities and schools in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to provide safe, clean drinking water to thousands of people. PlayPumps use merry-go-rounds to pump water for an entire community."

They'll probably have children chained to these damn things within a year.

[Peisistratus]

"They'll probably have children chained to these damn things within a year."

Possibly.

[Peisistratus]

"Greta, you useless bag of Body Thetans:"

She's not Clear yet, obviously. She needs to pay more into Hubbard's cult....

[Txsleuth]

Okay...I stand corrected...and I apologize.

I do understand your frustration...and I agree to the extent that this is a Clinton group that WE are working with.

I do NOT trust that man with my $$$$$$$$$$...which is just one of my problems with it.

Thanks for posting the extra information.

[Peisistratus]

"Okay...I stand corrected...and I apologize. "

No need. None of this was apparent from the article. I'd seen an article about this PlayPump thing previously.

"that WE are working with. "

WE aren't. At least not willingly.

[Txsleuth]

LOL...yes, against our will.

You are correct again.