Exhausted Clinton Cancels Trip to Maldives

Las Vegas Sun-AP ^ | 05/28/05 | SHIMALI SENANAYAKE

[Pokey78]

MALE, Maldives (AP) -

Former President Clinton has canceled his trip to tsunami-hit areas of Maldives because of exhaustion, a U.N. official said Saturday.

Cherie Hart, spokesman for the U.N. Development Program and coordinator of Clinton's visit, said the former president, who underwent a heart bypass operation in September, was not sick.

"He's plain pooped and he wants to slow the schedule down," Hart said.

Clinton, who recently was appointed U.N. special envoy for tsunami recovery, will keep his scheduled appointments in the Maldives, but will not tour areas devastated by December's giant wave.

[virgil]

Eh huh, I was going to say, Maldives is a pretty nice vacation.

[Interesting Times]

He's probably just dehydrated...

[COBOL2Java]

Please define U-100s

[GretchenM]

It must be hard work, as evidenced by having his staff book him for VIP treatment at a ritzy Italian restaurant and then being too tired to show up or even have a competent staffer around to cancel the reservation which cost the restaurant owner $1,800 in extra food and drinks he ordered, plus the lost revenue for closing off part of his restaurant for bubba and co.

A cable station commentator said that he was cancelling these trips because there weren't any reporters around, but when the cameras show up again (in more accessible locations, probably), he would, too.

[skinkinthegrass]

..Too many Interns, Not Enough $$$$/press coverage. :/

[skinkinthegrass]

"The tabloids will soon have him on his deathbed." ..they'll wait and opportunistically time that closer to HRC '08. She'll be playing Florence Nightingale between casting votes in the Senate and attending county fairs in Iowa.

Touc'he! :D

[skinkinthegrass]

He looks like $hit!...When hasn't he???? :/

[CarolinaGOP]

"His purpose has been served. Hillary has been feeding him antifreeze."


LOL. That's the funniest comment I've seen in a long time!

[Graymatter]

(Historical footnote: this pic is the work of Madeleine Albright's father-in-law.)

[skinkinthegrass]

...but still I think many of the comments mean spirited. I think his heart was in worse shape than we thought and he is sicker than we have been led to believe.

Ask the survivors of of his terror (Wiley/Broadwich/Jones..etc) and then there's his 'reputed' Coke "has a nose like a Vacuum Cleaner(R.C.)" Addiction.

[skinkinthegrass]

His purpose has been served. Hillary has been feeding him antifreeze.

LOL!...so that he "kicks off" 3 weeks prior to the primaries in '08.

[MinuteGal]

Wow! The photo on post #24 shows a man in the early stages of DGS.....Dorian Gray Syndrome.

Post # 69 shows the final stage.

Evil "is" as evil did.

Leni

[skinkinthegrass]

Please define U-100s..from the nose, to the arm.

[LibertarianInExile]

Bill just doesn't have the sexual stamina that he used to.

NAILED IT BUMP!

[mabelkitty]

I agree.
Her appeal, if there even is appeal for her candidacy, is on the belief that he will run the show.
If he's dead, she doesn't stand a chance. Widow or not, without him, she won't carry New York.

[katykelly]

Good point.

[Al Simmons]

"I'm not a big fan of his, but still I think many of the comments mean spirited. I think his heart was in worse shape than we thought and he is sicker than we have been led to believe. While he is traveling first class, his schedule is probably too strenuous for his condition."

Agree here. When I was a (disillusioned) military member back in the late 1990s, I used to say that I wanted to outlive him so that I could go and pi**/spit on his grave.

Now I am much more merciful in my attitude towards this perjurious,raping, cocaine-addled, baby-killing war criminal (remember Serbia?).

His disease has humanized him and I get no pleasure out of hearing about the possible seriousness of his condition or his gaunt photos. I do pray that he has been in conversation with The Lord, and has confessed/repented of his sins.

As someone on FR once observed, I can see him accepting the Lord before the end; Hitlary - never. She is Stalin with a dress, and the greatest danger the Republic has seen internally since 1861.

[goron]

[pepsionice]

My guess is that Bill had his travel-along bed partner...and couldn't keep up the pace with his real job and her...something he didn't have to worry about in his 30s or 40s. I suspect that things are catching up with him...and maybe you might see a slower Bill in the future...even on the Hillery campaign trail.

[RichInOC]

Bubba, death is God's last-resort method of telling you you need to slow down. Govern yourself accordingly.