Clintons in Aspen this weekend

Clintons in Aspen this weekend

Former President Bill Clinton will accompany his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, to Aspen this weekend as she speaks Sunday at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

But Camilla Auger, chairwoman of the Pitkin County Democratic Party, said she does not know if the president will be speaking at an event for the Aspen Ideas Festival. She confirmed he will be coming to the Roaring Fork Valley for the Aspen Institute conference.

Sen. Clinton is scheduled to speak at 9 a.m. Sunday in Harris Hall on global dynamics, "The Big Picture."

"Both [Clintons] will be at Michael Goldberg's home for a fund-raiser on Sunday," Auger said. Goldberg, owner of the Belly Up nightclub who has a home on Red Mountain, is a supporter of the Democratic Party and held a fund-raiser for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry during his bid for the presidency in 2004.

The event may be a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton's next senatorial campaign, although Goldberg could not be reached for comment.

"We all wish that there would be more public events, but the Aspen Institute has provided such an incredible service to the community with this ideas conference and gotten so many important, interesting people here that have been very inexpensive for the public," Auger said.

Last Saturday evening, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama spoke at the Benedict Music Tent. The 43-year-old Democrat is considered a rising star in the party.

State Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon, D-Denver, and state Rep. Kathleen Curry, D-Gunnison, will both appear this evening at the Sardy House at 5 p.m. to talk about TABOR reform, a free event put on by the local Democratic Party, Auger said.

"It'll be an extremely interesting gathering, where local experts in the mental health field and people from the senior center can discuss the quality of life in this valley directly," she said. "It's a terrific occasion for people to ask questions and inform themselves on all sides of this issue."

"We all wish that there would be more public events, but the Aspen Institute has provided such an incredible service to the community with this ideas conference and gotten so many important, interesting people here that have been very inexpensive for the public," Auger said.

What a great opportunity for the "public" masses in Aspen.

"The event may be a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton's next senatorial campaign, although Goldberg could not be reached for comment."

And it may or not get reported as one....

1 posted on 07/08/2005 2:13:55 AM PDT by Zacs Mom

Sen. Clinton is scheduled to speak at 9 a.m. Sunday in Harris Hall on global dynamics, "The Big Picture."

Picture that.

3 posted on 07/08/2005 2:29:52 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)

To: martin_fierro

ewwwwwwww.......before I've even had my first cup of coffee, too!

4 posted on 07/08/2005 2:42:04 AM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")

"Aspen Ideas Festival"

Here's an idea, Aspen: keep the grifters in Aspen.

5 posted on 07/08/2005 2:47:12 AM PDT by leadpenny

To: Pat The Postman

Well that rips it, I guess I won't take that Frontier Airline weekend special to Aspen.

Hope the altitude doesn't pull on the recent face job the beast had.

6 posted on 07/08/2005 2:49:45 AM PDT by leadhead (Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.)

Sen. Clinton is scheduled to speak at 9 a.m. Sunday in Harris Hall on global dynamics, "The Big Picture."

Hillary's a part of it.

7 posted on 07/08/2005 2:49:53 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)

White Trash, putting on airs?

Semper Fi

8 posted on 07/08/2005 2:52:47 AM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)

Well I'm glad he's not coming to London, I suppose.

Regards, Ivan

9 posted on 07/08/2005 2:55:23 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)

Aspen Ideas Festival

the name says it all ... i mean, how stupid is that? no doubt there are many 'clever' shirts being sold regarding Bush's 'hitlerishness' and haliburton bigwigs drinking iraqi oil from a straw ... what a bunch of girly-men

10 posted on 07/08/2005 2:57:50 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (Life is full of choices, but you never get any.)

11 posted on 07/08/2005 3:00:45 AM PDT by endthematrix ("an ominous vacancy" fills this space)

To: endthematrix

Wow! That is an incredible read!!! Thx for the link......I think I now have a clearer idea of what this Aspen Institute "Ideas Festival" is really all about!

12 posted on 07/08/2005 3:13:20 AM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")

"The event may be a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton's next senatorial campaign"

Billionaires Secretly Met in Aspen to Defeat Bush

Aspen Institute Summer Calendar 2005

13 posted on 07/08/2005 3:15:39 AM PDT by endthematrix ("an ominous vacancy" fills this space)

Please don't give him any ideas. :)

I'm watching a BBC feed and the London police chief just gave praise to Rudy Guliani (sp). Rudy was live on the Washington feed last evening. Clinton is jealous.

14 posted on 07/08/2005 3:17:14 AM PDT by leadpenny

Don't tell me. Sponsored by the Aspen Institute? Figgers.

15 posted on 07/08/2005 3:19:21 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)

16 posted on 07/08/2005 3:21:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)

Dumb: I'm talkin' about a place where the beer flows like wine, where the women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talkin' about Aspen.

Dumber: I don't know Lloyd, the French are assholes.

17 posted on 07/08/2005 3:30:54 AM PDT by WideGlide (That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)

Now this I remember - I just wasn't making the connection. Thx.

18 posted on 07/08/2005 3:31:13 AM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")

Aspen has a festival to gather ideas?...why do I find that so humorous...LOL

19 posted on 07/08/2005 3:40:03 AM PDT by mystery-ak (The real Supreme Court meets up here...God)

The Aspen Institute was also involved in the Elian Gonzales mess.

20 posted on 07/08/2005 3:41:12 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)

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