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CLINTONS SEND BACK $14,000 BIKE TO LENO (would break US Senate rules)
Contact Music ^ | 11/01/04

Posted on 11/01/2004 4:17:24 PM PST by Libloather

CLINTONS SEND BACK $14,000 BIKE TO LENO

Former American President BILL CLINTON refused a $14,000 (GBP7,775) get-well present from American TV programme THE TONIGHT SHOW, because accepting it would break US Senate rules.

Presenter JAY LENO arranged for the tandem bicycle to be sent to Clinton, who is recovering from bypass surgery.

But it was swiftly returned because Clinton's wife HILLARY is senator for New York and it is illegal for her to accept gifts valued at more than $50 (GBP28).

An insider says, "What is weirder - that Jay Leno can reach in his pocket for a $14,000 gift, or that Leno has the clout at NBC to say to some assistant, 'Oh yeah, I want to give Bill Clinton a $14,000 gift - can you guys pick up the cheque on that one? I'm going to lunch.'"

A spokesperson for Leno tells website PAGESIX.COM, "The bicycle was a get-well gift from the show, not Jay."

01/11/2004 17:26


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 000; 14; back; bike; bill; break; clintons; corrupt; hillary; impeached; lemming; leno; rules; senate; send; us
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"What is weirder - that Jay Leno can reach in his pocket for a $14,000 gift..."

Why? Heck, Katie Couric makes $12 million a year ($230,769.23 each week/ $46,153.85 per episode) for asking really stupid questions. Her own bonbons cost more than that...

1 posted on 11/01/2004 4:17:27 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Where can I contact Leno? I'll take it. I have an Uncle who just had heart bypass. He might like it.


2 posted on 11/01/2004 4:19:22 PM PST by ml1954
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To: Libloather

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE GAS FOR THE SECOND RIDER.


3 posted on 11/01/2004 4:19:25 PM PST by mmyers
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To: Libloather

They are only sending it back because everyone knows the Clintons don't do anything together.....


4 posted on 11/01/2004 4:20:27 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Libloather
Her own bonbons cost more than that...
 

She got implants?????


5 posted on 11/01/2004 4:20:31 PM PST by Fintan (Oh...Am I supposed to read the article???)
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To: Libloather

just another lib @sshole


6 posted on 11/01/2004 4:20:39 PM PST by pipecorp ("never know where you're going till you get there." the philosopher Insectus Harem)
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To: Libloather

Maybe if Leno sent a dark-haired slightly porky bisexual hooker they'd accept.


7 posted on 11/01/2004 4:20:45 PM PST by theDentist (Proud Member of FreeRepublic 's "Pyjama-Hadeen")
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To: Libloather

I dont get the connection between a heart bypass and a rice rocket. Maybe its for hillary and she can pack maddie halfbright and they will join dykes on bikes.


8 posted on 11/01/2004 4:21:26 PM PST by winodog (We need to water the liberty tree)
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To: Libloather
I'm sure the Secret Service would enjoy tracking BJ Clinton on a bicycle.

By the way, I see "the show" (The Tonight Show) with was the gift giver, not Jay Leno. So NBC makes $14,000 gifts to DemocRAT politicians? Get well, my a**.

9 posted on 11/01/2004 4:21:35 PM PST by vox_freedom (Vote W, and be safe.)
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"CLINTONS SEND BACK $14,000 BIKE TO LENO (would break US Senate rules)"

They rather steal it than accept it illegally.

BTW-anyone see the Diane Sawyer interview with Bill last week where he's showing off his house with all the furniture that looked 'just like the furniture in the White House'? I've never laughed so much in my life.


10 posted on 11/01/2004 4:21:50 PM PST by Spok
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"What is weirder - that Jay Leno can reach in his pocket for a $14,000 gift, or that Leno has the clout at NBC to say to some assistant, 'Oh yeah, I want to give Bill Clinton a $14,000 gift"

This is bizarre that Jay would go to such an extreme of a*#-kissing. How can anyone take him seriously, when they see what a brown-noser he's become. Then again, this is probably how he oiled up Carson when he was trying to get the hosting gig.


11 posted on 11/01/2004 4:22:35 PM PST by orangelobster
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To: ml1954

Leno and Letterman are liberal suck-ups that do not interest me. Did Dave pick up a broom for Hillary?


12 posted on 11/01/2004 4:25:03 PM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: Libloather

In Leno's place I would have the returned bike checked - wheels or brakes or something else might pretty well be missing.


13 posted on 11/01/2004 4:26:29 PM PST by GSlob
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To: Libloather

I bought a bike two years ago. The first one I had since I was a kid in the 1940's. I paid $100 for it and its a 21-speed. I am simply amazed at what I got. What in God's name does $14,000 buy..??..!


14 posted on 11/01/2004 4:27:19 PM PST by Jay Howard Smith
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To: Libloather

I just can't imagine riding a tandem with her right behind me. Perhaps it would be time for the beans for the meal before. You would pedal harder to try and get away or home faster to escape the noise.


15 posted on 11/01/2004 4:27:58 PM PST by Investment Biker
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To: orangelobster

It looks as if Jay didn't have a say in this one.......unless it was a test....to see if they would accept it (against the rules)

who knows? who cares?


16 posted on 11/01/2004 4:30:41 PM PST by highflight (be alert - when a buzzard appears as an eagle!)
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To: orangelobster

I don't; I quit watching him years and years ago. He's unfunny.


17 posted on 11/01/2004 4:31:21 PM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: Libloather

Guess the lib Leno couldn't find a school in Los Angeles that could use $14,000 worth of library books.


18 posted on 11/01/2004 4:31:39 PM PST by OldFriend (It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given US freedom of the press)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Presenter JAY LENO arranged for the tandem bicycle to be sent to Clinton, who is recovering from bypass surgery.

A TANDEM BIKE!.....OH THAT JAY, HE'S SUCH A SNARKY FART.
You're right...lol


19 posted on 11/01/2004 4:31:44 PM PST by SunnySide
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To: pipecorp

...spending other people's money.


20 posted on 11/01/2004 4:31:59 PM PST by weegee (4 out of 3 Democrats will vote for Kerry this election.)
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