Clinton e-mail notes saved--both of them

Chicago Tribune ^ | 1/27/04 | Items compiled from Tribune news services

[erasmus605]

Yes, this does seem a little hard to beleive. Maybe these were the only two emails he sent from his White House address, or something. But the article doesn't make that distinction.

[ErnBatavia]

I'll bet good money that his e-mail had some sort of .jpg attachment, and the subject line said, "Get a load of these hooters!"

[erasmus605]

The Case of the Missing Emails

(Quote from this article)
"Clinton's utter disregard for the law (the emails in question are under supoena by a federal grand jury and 3 Congressional committees) and the media's unwillingness to force the President and Vice President to be held accountable for the stonewalling, half truths and lies that have become the hallmark of their administration is disgraceful."

And the libs are saying that the Bush admin. is the most secretive in history. Bollocks.

[cyncooper]

Rush mentioned yesterday that 'Newsweek's' (or was it 'Time'. . .) latest sympathetic story on Bill has him laboring over his latest memoir. . .has to do it 'longhand' as he does not know how to use computer. . .

That TIME piece is posted today, and for those with eyes to see, it reveals right in it that he has a ghost writer, though the fatuous reporter doesn't seem to "get it". Stupid or willing dupe? You decide:

Bill Clinton, The Bard of Chappaqua

Excerpt with the CLUE:

To hone his memories, Clinton has been sitting for long interviews with Ted Widmer who was a White House speechwriter and is now a history professor in Maryland. The two talk about Clinton's boyhood — his late mother, Virginia Kelley, saved everything — and Clinton then uses the transcript as the basis for his writing which he does on yellow legal pads. Clinton has told friends that he wants his memoirs to be like the riveting bestseller that Ulysses Grant wrote and that helped restore his tarnished reputation. (He's also said that he wants to avoid the kinds of tomes that Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson wrote after their presidencies because they had a pompous tone that missed their real voice.) There is no ghostwriter. Then Clinton goes over the sections with his editor, the legendary Bob Gottlieb, formerly of The New Yorker.

[cyncooper]

And the libs are saying that the Bush admin. is the most secretive in history.

They have relentlessly accused this administration of what they themselves are guilty of. No doubt about it.

[cyncooper]

Clinton then uses the transcript as the basis for his writing which he does on yellow legal pads

I forgot to bold the above. We simple folk call it "copying". I'm sure the "transcript" is pretty much the book.

LOL

[weegee]

Maybe "2" emails under the name "BillClinton@WhiteHouse.gov" but what about "hOrNyOzarkan@freeservingemailaccounts.net"?

[Tallguy]

Sh*t, my coffee just came out my nose!

[MeanWestTexan]

To cut the suspense, here they are:

To: Apex Private Supply Co.
From: Bill Clinton
Re: Apex Personal Straighter/Pump Combo

Please send me a Apex Personal Straighter/Pump Combo. I would like the "micro" size.


No 2.

To: Complaints@Apex Private Supply Co.
From: Bill Clinton
Re: Dissastisfied Customer

I am extremely dissastified with your personal straightner. I still have a nasty curve in my [redacted], and I cannot [redacted] witout a picture of Tipper.

[MeanWestTexan]

To cut the suspense, here they are:

To: Apex Private Supply Co.
From: Bill Clinton
Re: Apex Personal Straighter/Pump Combo

Please send me a Apex Personal Straighter/Pump Combo. I would like the "micro" size.


No 2.

To: Complaints@Apex Private Supply Co.
From: Bill Clinton
Re: Dissastisfied Customer

I am extremely dissastified with your personal straightner. I still have a nasty curve in my [redacted], and I cannot [redacted] witout a picture of Tipper.

[AmishDude]

All true, but to be fair, if I were president, I wouldn't send any emails. Too much information. I would have a staffer filtering everything coming into me and taking dictation for everything going out.

[Political Junkie Too]

I bet the emails begin:

"Hello. I am an officer at the Central Bank of Nigeria..."

-PJ

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

Presumably the second email was to say that he didn’t recall sending the first.

[erasmus605]

Very good. LOL!

[BlueNgold]

Clinton, while in the process of authoring his third email, was informed by his IT guy that govt. regulations require that copies of all incoming and outgoing messages be saved and archived. He was then heard to say, in order, "Does this delete thingy do what I think it should?" and "Get this damn thing out of my office."

[NYCVirago]

There is no ghostwriter. Then Clinton goes over the sections with his editor, the legendary Bob Gottlieb, formerly of The New Yorker.

Good catch. Plus, wasn't Taylor Branch (the writer who did "Parting the Waters") involved as a ghost?

[cricket]

"Clinton has told friends that he wants his memoirs to be like the riveting bestseller that Ulysses Grant wrote and that helped restore his tarnished reputation. (He's also said that he wants to avoid the kinds of tomes that Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson wrote after their presidencies because they had a pompous tone that missed their real voice"

Pompous arrogance is only one of the logs in Clinton's eye; but he surely makes it apparent here to 'those who can see'.

You are right on your observations that there is a 'ghost writer' here; and he sits with Clinton everyday, creating a transcript (yet!). . .

Think the reporter is a more than willing stupid dupe!

[bigghurtt]

It's funny because it's bigger than a normal hat.