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THIS AM...on Fox News, Podesta was being interviewed about the library. When asked about the extend of the displays about shillery, he said that...she was important..."as the vice president." He didn't say, "as was the vice president."

Judy (hmmm?) Woodruff just had a report that Karl Rove had offered Nebraska Sen Ben Nelson the post of Secretary of Agriculture. Nelson is up in 2006...and facing a hard race from popular GOP Gov Mike Johanns. Nelson is among the most conservative of Senate Dems..Does this make sense, because Nelson votes with the GOP on most of the key issues..?

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Thursday to issue ``the strongest warning'' to the forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil wars there. Annan's comments were made to Security Council members in Kenya's capital, where they have begun extraordinary meetings on the violence and humanitarian crisis in Sudan. ``I regret to report that the security situation in (the western region of) Darfur continued to deteriorate despite the cease-fire agreement signed earlier,'' Annan said. ``Both the government and its militias as well as the rebel groups have breached these...

WASHINGTON - Democratic Party leaders said Wednesday they want to know why Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) ended his presidential campaign with more than $15 million in the bank, money that could have helped Democratic candidates across the country. Some said he will be pressured to give the money to Democratic campaign committees rather than save it for a potential White House bid in 2008. "Democrats are questioning why he sat on so much money that could have helped him defeat George Bush (news - web sites) or helped down-ballot races, many of which could have gone our...

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004 5:45 p.m. ESTClinton 'Elvis' Library to Include Monica As Bill Clinton's library is unveiled at a gala opening this week, one thing is certain: His messy legacy will be on full display. One alcove will be dedicated to impeachment, and organizers have promised not to sidestep even Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones. The 58-year-old political superstar is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to his library. "Bill Clinton is a rock star," said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's nonprofit foundation that built the $165 million library. "He is Elvis."...

From "Light the Lamp!": The monthly newsletter of the Holy Flame Pentecostal Church of Little Rock, Ark. We welcome back to the area Senator Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.), who has been spending so much time here in Little Rock lately that she's practically joined the church choir! "I'm here spending time at my husband's library," she told the Lamp when we caught up with her after a Sunday camp meeting, "and of course, I always take time to worship God in as evangelical a way as is feasible, given time and location constraints. As you know, I consider myself an...

(The) "nuclear option," (is) a parliamentary maneuver to effectively change Senate rules so that only a simple majority is needed to end a filibuster of a judicial nominee. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said he has not decided whether he would invoke that option next year. Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah, the chief deputy majority whip, said such a move would occur only if Democrats filibuster a Supreme Court nomination. It's the last paragraph in the source link.

By Rob Long EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in the November 29, 2004, issue of National Review. Church Newsletters From All Over From "Light the Lamp!": The monthly newsletter of the Holy Flame Pentecostal Church of Little Rock, Ark. We welcome back to the area Senator Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.), who has been spending so much time here in Little Rock lately that she's practically joined the church choir! "I'm here spending time at my husband's library," she told the Lamp when we caught up with her after a Sunday camp meeting, "and of course, I always take time to...

The revelation that former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger walked off with classified documents bearing on the Clinton administration's response to terrorism raises questions. Some of those questions may be answered simply by thumbing through President Clinton's autobiography. My Life, is much like Clinton's life — oversized, unabashedly self-serving and filled with contradictions. But those curious about Clinton's thinking on national security — and uninterested in his Arkansas childhood or the saga of Monica, Paula, Gennifer, et al. — need not spend a lot of time reading the 957-page memoir. His first mention of terrorism is not until page 574....

<p>Before publication in June of the British edition of his memoir, "My Life," Mr. Clinton authorized changes to a dozen or more passages, most of them related to Mr. Starr, apparently in an attempt to make the book and Mr. Clinton less vulnerable under Britain's tough libel laws.</p>

A few members of the D.C. Chapter hit the road yesterday to visit the City of Brotherly Love and protest disgraced former president Bill Clinton at a book signing appearance at the National Constitution Center.tgslTakoma, daughterofTgsl, Doctor Raoul and myself met outside the center around 11: 45 a.m. and took up a spot near the main entrance. It was a good vantage point in that it gave us plenty of opportunities to interact with tourists and also be seen from the second floor windows where the book signing took place. However, we were on the far side of the building...

In the report that follows, CLICK ON ANY PHOTO AND A FULL SIZE VERSION OF THE PHOTO SHOULD APPEAR . (Thumbnail photos hyperlinked to full versions.)                 Politics and Prose (P & P) bookstore before the arrival of Clinton. The guy at right is an employee of the Barnes and Noble (B & N) bookstore hosting the X42 book signing the next day. Apparently at P & P for recon, he was seen the next day at the B & N event wearing an "axis of evil" button with images of Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. Bill Clinton had two book signings...

LOUIS XVI’s diary entry for 14 July, 1789, consisted of a single word: "Nothing". To be fair to Louis, he used his diary almost exclusively for recording his hunting exploits, so no kill meant nothing of note had happened, however many pike-wielding peasants were dismantling his kingdom as he wrote. Nevertheless, I can’t help feeling that here was an opportunity missed. If only Louis could have slipped a quick "Ooh! Bad news from Paris, or what?" into the long list of "nothings" (he wasn’t a terribly successful hunter) he might have gained a few more fans - posthumously, at least....

July 7, 2004 (AXcess News) Washington - After two weeks of touring to promote his new book, Bill Clinton Tuesday returned to the city he called home for eight years to meet hundreds of fans wanting his autograph. At Politics and Prose bookstore, Clinton admirers waited hours in a line that stretched around the block to meet the former president. People lined up as early as 6:30 a.m. to see Clinton, who started signing books about 12:30 p.m. He stayed until 5:30 p.m. "I'm a big fan - big fan. I wish he was running again," said Marian Smith, 77,...

Not only did more than a thousand fans of Bill Clinton show up at the Politics & Prose bookstore Tuesday to get their signed copies of My Life, but they were evidently a committed lot as well. Or so it seemed, given the hoops they had to jump through in order to get Clinton’s John Hancock. Protesting the Clinton book-signing at Politics and Prose. (photo by Jeff Dufour) According to the bookstore’s website, those lucky enough to score a spot in line had to make an additional trip to the store in order to pick up their book and “line...

Unless you’ve been sleeping in a cave for the past two weeks, you know that Bill Clinton’s memoir My Life appeared on bookstore shelves last Tuesday. Clinton’s 1993 health care plan never passed and so you better have private health insurance, because if you drop this 1000-page tome on your foot you’re going to need a doctor. Despite the length of the book, there are many subjects that Clinton virtually ignores. As critics have noted, the book is filled with trivia and short on substance. The second half of the book, dealing with Clinton’s eight years as president, is rushed...

THE ISSUE: Former President Bill Clinton steals back the stage with his new book. Bill Clinton still doesn't get it ("Clinton Comes Clean," Editorial, June 18). His hubris and arrogance were what led him into the trap that others set for him. All he had to say when asked about his extramarital dalliances was, "I do not answer questions about my personal life." That would have been the end of the story. Rudy Giuliani did that with his affair. President Bush did that regarding his wild college days. Now, Clinton writes another 1,000 pages of nonsense? He still doesn't get...

June 27, 2004THE PUBLIC EDITORThe Report, the Review and a Grandstand PlayBy DANIEL OKRENT PORTS columnists have forever used the phrase "hitting to all fields" to introduce pieces that cover a variety of subjects. Unlike the best of them, who work a different story into every sentence, I can manage only three swings. Conveniently, I've aimed one to right field, one to left and one straight up the middle.Stretching across four columns of the front page, the June 17 headline "Panel Finds No Qaeda-Iraq Tie; Describes a Wider Plot for 9/11" caused some readers, including Vice President Dick Cheney, to...

Campaigning in California on Wednesday, Sen. John Kerry acknowledged that ex-president Bill Clinton's book tour was overshadowing his presidential campaign, telling a crowd in San Jose: "I’m told we’ve got about 2,000 people out here. All the rest of the Democrats are at the Clinton book signings." While the remarks were supposedly delivered in jest, Kerry campaign officials have been wincing all week as the ex-president inadvertently reminds America of what happened the last time Democrats ran the White House: Sex scandals at home and unchecked terrorism abroad. Clinton didn't help matters Thursday night, when he gushed about the prospect...

In 1992, presidential candidate Bill Clinton flew home from New Hampshire to affirm the execution of a cop killer, Rickey Ray Rector. Rector was brain-damaged; when he took his last walk, he left a slice of pecan pie in his cell, intending to eat it when he returned. Many have wondered whether the Arkansas governor was influenced by politics. His campaign was struggling with reports that he had had an affair with a blond entertainer, Gennifer Flowers, and the execution embellished his tough-on-crime reputation. But Rickey Ray Rector is not mentioned in Bill Clinton's autobiography, My Life. Instead, we read...