Clinton's Gift to Internet Age - Only 2 E-Mails

Yahoo News ^ | Tuesday, January 27, 2004 | Yahoo News

[TommyDale]

The archives of the Bill Clinton presidential library will contain 39,999,998 e-mails by the former president's staff and two by the man himself. "The only two he sent," Skip Rutherford, president of the Clinton Presidential Foundation, which is raising money for the library, said Monday.

One of them may not actually qualify for electronic communication because it was a test to see if the commander in chief knew how to push the button on an e-mail.

Former Ohio Sen. John Glenn has the distinction of being the first American to orbit the Earth and the only person to receive an e-mail written by Clinton when he was in office.

The e-mail was sent with the help of Clinton staffers to the space shuttle while it was in orbit and Glenn was a part of the crew. It praised Glenn for his return to space after almost 40 years.

Rutherford said Clinton, who relished the chance to speak to voters, did not make time to send e-mails, even though Internet usage exploded during his presidency.

"He's not a techno-klutz. I don't think President (George W.) Bush sends e-mails, either," Rutherford said of Clinton.

"Most of the decisions in the Oval Office are made through decision memos," Rutherford said.

The 40 million e-mails of the Clinton administration are almost exclusively comprised of memos, notes and correspondence among his aides and cabinet members.

Then as now, Rutherford added, Clinton was more apt to write personal notes or telephone than communicate through e-mail.

[Paul Atreides]

I'd like to know how they know that Bush doesn't send any e-mails, if that is true.

[cyncooper]

The Case of the Missing Emails

[HighWheeler]

"I'd like to know how they know that Bush doesn't send any e-mails, if that is true."

They used deducement. Bush isn't smart enough, he only has a Harvard MBA and flew fighter jets.

[Fintan]

[Argh]

# 10 is too funny! Can't imagine why it made me think of the Whyisa...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I am searching for a really good picture of a little kid sticking her tongue out with a very angry or disgusted look on her face....... you, Sir, deserve that daily.......

[Conspiracy Guy]

My point exactly.

CG

[Tigen]

And to this day he has not inhaled.

[Frank_2001]

You'd think the man who invented the Internet would have given Bubba some computer lessons!;)

[presidio9]

Still wondering how "they" do this...