Posted on 11/17/2004 6:46:17 AM PST by ride the whirlwind
The construction crew refers to it as "The Mobile Home." Others say it looks like a Star Wars diner. A shuttle pod on stilts. At night, the futuristic gleaming silver-and-glass structure on the southern bank of the Arkansas River actually resembles a guitar fret board. Elvis lives. "A glorified house trailer," former President Bill Clinton joked at a luncheon here yesterday to kick off the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. "That's me. I'm a little red and a little blue." (snip)
And what better site to store his legacy — tarnished or not — than a scruffy, previously decrepit part of town which, like the boy from Hope, shined up like a new penny. In fact, the whole town smells like fresh mulch. (snip)
There's red, white and blue bunting and a museum store stocked with $24 "Hope" ties, $5.95 mouse pads with a picture of former White House cat Socks, $62 Clinton golf shirts, jewelry from Washington-based designer Ann Hand, Bill Clinton cuff links, Christmas ornaments, dishes, mint julep cups, faux White House china, Clinton dolls ("Watch him Move and Groove to the Soulful Sounds of his Sax"), playing cards, key chains and "Bill Clinton's all-time favorite microwave popcorn." The only thing missing is a Bill Clinton bedpan.(snip)
The Clinton library, supporters say, could draw up to 300,000 tourists a year to Little Rock, generating an estimated $17.5 million in sales. But not everyone in town is convinced that the rest of America wants to pore over Mr. Clinton's papers while on vacation. "I don't see people saying, 'Let's not go to Fort Lauderdale. Let's go to Little Rock instead,' " says 29-year-old Allen Pennington, tending bar at Brave New Restaurant across town. "It's not going to happen."
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In fact, the whole town smells like fresh mulch.
Hahaha
Peter Jennings quoted a resident: "A double-wide on stilts".
Would that be mushroom manure or the other kind????
I wonder if this thing has wheels so they can pull it back in case of a major flood?
You can take Bubba out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the Bubba!
How fitting a "double wide" for trailer trash!
Funny, I kinda thought it would smell like Astro-Turf...
"A glorified house trailer," says Bubba..at least he has a sense of humor...bet Clinton is dragging ten dollar bills all around his "A glorified house trailer,"
Astro-turf......... that's the ticket!
The painting in the lobby is of a "CROOKED DILDO". (nuf-sed)
Does it have a cee-ment pond?
Like Graceland, the Clinton library is a shrine to a mythical figure, a figure whose esteem is based more on having been a pop-culture icon than an occupant of the White House.
Of course, there are a few protesters with handmade signs saying, "Clinton Raped Juanita," referring to former campaign supporter Juanita Broaddrick. And political humor. "We're here to celebrate the last successful American president," Mr. Franken told a sold-out $150-a-head audience Monday night. "Twenty-two million jobs created by Clinton. That's about 23 million more than the present administration. If Bush had run this country from its very inception to the present day, not one American would have ever worked." Pause. "We'd be hunters and gatherers. We'd be fighting over roots."
Yup, Mr. Err America strikes again.
It will be interesting to see and hear the reception the President and his father receive at this ceremony. I sense a Wellstone moment approaching.
Well, at least it is in Little Rock!
"Fest" stands for infestation in this case.
President Bush is on tv right now, pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey. I imagine tomorrow's event will be quite similar.
:)
Bush(41) Presidential Library
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