Posted on 05/28/2005 11:50:07 AM PDT by 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.
Did he just get released from prison. Check out his shirt.
And what's with lapdog Erskine "The Butler" Bowles, still servicing Clinton's every need?
Hmmmm. For Hillary, one of the best things that could happen would be for her husband to die before the 2008 election.
Then she could be swept into office on the sympathy and "nostalgia" vote.
I pray that old Bill stays alive through 2008, so that he can see his wife soundly defeated.
Clinton has looked simply awful lately.
His skin is gaunt and chalky. His face looks sunken and his eyes tell a tale of someone sick and worried.
I remember when Clinton "re-appeared" in public for the first time after his heart operation. It was a campaign appearance in Philadelphia with Kerry during the 2004 campaign. Shi##stain Chris Matthews gushed with excitement by claiming that "Clinton looks fabulous. He looks young."
Well I remember thinking at the time that Clinton looked terrible. Yes he had lost weight after being hospitalized for heart valve problems, but that didn't make him look better.
I think Clinton is suffering from all those years of emotional and physical neglect.
This way Mr. Clinton.....lets sit closer to the defibrillator."
A cable station commentator said that he was cancelling these trips because there weren't any reporters around,...
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This is probably the correct answer. Why should he "tour" devastated areas. No airconditioning in tropical heat, etc Real hardship!!!
He may end up like a whirling dervish, creating great attention while he spins, but ending up collapsing in an expiring heap on the ground.
Leni
Former president clinton has "Sinked" one time too many.
After one look at his wife, whose sink has sank,,,,, any skank is sexier.
That's how he looks to me--He seems very frail.
He looks bad in that picture. My son was walking by the pic and said he's trying to work on the "force" (lol, sarcasm) But seriously, he looks worn out.
When ever you have a big surgery like he had, it takes a LONG time to recooperate. He should not be traveling like that if he wants to live any length of time.
"RISE"
Who's his Darth Vader? (Hint - rhymes with 'Hitler'). OK maybe it doesn't rhyme. But its closer than 'Stalin in a skirt'.
What do you make of that?
From Clinton's China trip, do you remember Clinton mugging over the terra cotta warriors of Xi'an?: "Afterward, Clinton and Chelsea bought a warrior head from the museum gift shop after a bit of hard bargaining that brought the price down from about $225 to $45. The president's chief of staff, Erskine Bowles, did the first family one better, buying a full-size replica of a Terracotta Warrior for $1,100. No word on how well his bargaining went."
(and no word either on how many other trinkets filled the presidential planes....avoiding shipping costs.)
Erskine is a multi-millionaire, he can afford his own elite world travels, but maybe he became addicted to presidential perks? What a joke that his new title is UN deputy to Clinton! Does Poppy Bush have a deputy? Not that I know of.
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