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Clinton Gave Up Plane's Bed to Bush
AP via Yahoo ^ | 3/6/05

Posted on 03/06/2005 4:05:40 PM PST by Jean S

NEW YORK - On their tour of tsunami damage in Southeast Asia, former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) once allowed his predecessor, former President George H.W. Bush, to sleep on the plane's only bed while he stretched out on the floor.

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The government plane in which the presidents toured the disaster area had one large bedroom and another room with tables and seats, according to an interview with Bush in this week's Newsweek.

Bush, 80, said Clinton offered ahead of time to give the older former president the bedroom so he could lie flat and avoid paining his body. Clinton, 58, decided to play cards in the other room that night.

The next morning, Bush said he peeked in and saw Clinton sound asleep on the plane's floor.

"We could have switched places, each getting half a night on the bed, but he deferred to me. That was a very courteous thing, very thoughtful, and that meant a great deal to me," Bush said.

Bush said he and Clinton are not close, but have been compatible on the tour, partly because Clinton respects his age.

The March 14 issue of Newsweek hits newsstands Monday.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; bush41; clinton; x42
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To: JeanS

Pretty decent of the guy.


101 posted on 03/06/2005 8:36:30 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: smoothsailing

Floor, couch, doghouse, El Camino with astro turf bed liner all the same.


102 posted on 03/06/2005 8:37:04 PM PST by KingNo155
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To: The Westerner

Too bad Carter wasn't along for the overhead luggage bin. LOSERS!


103 posted on 03/06/2005 8:37:09 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: ccmay
But he seems like he'd be OK to go out with for a beer with the guys.

Rush Limbaugh actually said something to that effect.

While I think Clintons character itself is sleaze, and I also dislike his politics, I can not deny that he is a pretty sharp politician.

He knows how to engage people, he can be charming and funny, I don't know if its natural, or if he was taught, or what, but its frightining that the personality he has, he can sell his style over his substance.

Though it should be said, there are democrats out there, liberal, who didn't personally like Bill Clinton and thought he was sleazy, Byrd and Kerry come to mind.

In a sick way, if it wasn't for all his ethical and character faults, and this is scary, imagine how much of his agenda he actually could have successfully pursued.

104 posted on 03/06/2005 8:50:53 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: KingNo155

Yeah, that Bubba is a real slop jockey.


105 posted on 03/06/2005 9:02:20 PM PST by smoothsailing (Eagles Up !!)
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To: kittymyrib

in a closet....



Thanks---coffee all over the monitor!

;-)


106 posted on 03/06/2005 9:05:11 PM PST by swordfish71 (Tagline? What is "Tagline"?)
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To: JeanS

I don't even believe this story. What kind of planes are we flying our ex-presidents in? There was only one bed, but they put 2 presidents on the plane? There was no reclining chair? And one of the men is 80, the other a cardiac case who looks like a walking cadaver. Nobody could even toss in an inflatable mattress? Sorry, no sale.


107 posted on 03/06/2005 9:08:07 PM PST by Graymatter
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To: JeanS
The next morning, Bush said he peeked in and saw Clinton sound asleep on the plane's floor.

More likely, BJ was passed out drunk.

108 posted on 03/06/2005 9:24:12 PM PST by Clock King
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To: Lurking2Long

====I'm just so choked up...what a great humanitarian...let's make him UN Secretary General......THEN, let's pull out of the UN completely and let them have him!====

I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!


109 posted on 03/06/2005 9:27:57 PM PST by Loud Mime (Let them know: go to thotline dot com)
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To: JeanS

When Hillary hears about this, she is going kick Bill's ass.


110 posted on 03/06/2005 10:26:27 PM PST by Jeff Gordon (Recall Barbara Boxer)
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To: ccmay
You know, I hear Clinton is immensely charming and engaging in person.

I've heard the same about satan.

Unlike the Dems, I don't care about style, I care about substance. This is just another non-story in the MSM (still on the headlines today for some ridiculous reason) to promote Hillary by default.

I'm glad Clinton let Bush have the bed, but what other choice did he have? Why is the press canonizing him for doing what any halfway-sane individual would do? I commend Bush more for actually thanking Clinton publicly. THAT was a nice thing to do, full of good intent -- and it did not have to be done.

All of that said, I continue to pray for the Clintons.

111 posted on 03/07/2005 6:22:25 AM PST by Zechariah_8_13 ("Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.")
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To: JeanS

What a nice thing to do, and (I can't believe I'm saying this) it was very gracious of him to not make a big deal of it.


112 posted on 03/07/2005 6:29:05 AM PST by small_l_libertarian (Snuggled back down into my cozy duvet of rage...)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

[i]"Actually, believe it or not, that's two. At W's first inaugural, shown from a camera above and behind, as W and Laura headed up to the podium for the swearing-in, both Jenna and Barbara hesitated, unsure if they should follow. And, in his last official, and first decent, act, the Toon kindly motioned to them that they should go on up, and so they did."[/i]

At which point he used the opportunity to look up their skirts.


113 posted on 03/07/2005 11:29:04 AM PST by Rodney Dangerfield
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To: Rodney Dangerfield
At which point he used the opportunity to look up their skirts.

Actually, no, he didn't, but we're using this opportunity to look into your soul....

114 posted on 03/07/2005 12:52:07 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Look it up!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Lighten up, it's just a joke.


115 posted on 03/07/2005 6:00:23 PM PST by Rodney Dangerfield
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