Willie Clinton "glorified trailor" Library 2004
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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Thanks, I hope I get to visit both of those sometime.
Slick Willie's legacy -- a monument to depravity -- complete with hucksters selling tasteless junk to the masses! Does anyone here know if the other Presidential libraries sell "souvenirs"? Also, is there a admission charge to enter this palace of perversion?
And yes, there is an admission charge. $3 for children and $5 to $7 for adults.
Most of the locals here are just ignoring the whole mess. Security levels around Little Rock are at an all time high, although it's silly to imagine the bad guys would want to hurt Clinton's monument to himself. They love him.
We live for Friday when it's all over.
Willie Clinton "glorified trailor" Library 2004
"We'd be hunters and gatherers. We'd be fighting over roots."
Nope. The Red Staters would still be feeding the Blue Staters. And, um, hunters usually had weapons of some sort...isn't that a no-no?
I LOVED the comment I read here a few weeks back that the red states are the "producers," the blue states the "consumers."
Thanks for the info! I thought it would be rather unseemly to sell souvenirs in the library, but since it involves the Clintons, you never know! You poor people. Being stuck with that mess!
I was supposed to go to a luncheon tomorrow at the Airport Holiday Inn. I think I will not go.
I wouldn't want to be in Ted Kennedy's car as he was driving up to that building.
You must be in LR. You have my sympathy.
haha...
You mean it's a portrait of Bill?
THIS was the architectural inspiration for the Clinton Library.
The only difference is Billy had a blueprint and better materials!!
ROTFL!! I thought they were joking about the "double wide on stilts", but that's EXACTLY what it looks like!
I'm sure all the Presidential libraries have gift shops, as do Museums.
I thought it was a joke when I saw the library and it looked like a trailer!! So fitting for Clinton!
I've been to three libraries (Nixon, Reagan, and Bush), and they all charged admission and had gift shops. Coolest gift shop item (in my opinion) is a t-shirt from Nixon's gift shop that has a pic of the time when he met with Elvis, captioned: "The President meets the King." The pic itself is the most requested from the archives of ANY president.
You can't hide money!!
The resemblence IS striking Wonder what happens if a tornado passes over it.
It will get a bigger blow than Monica gave slick.
I had not seen Clinton's "library" until you posted the picture! Is THAT monstrosity actually a presidential library?!? Holy smokes!!
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