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Bill Clinton's third inaugural
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 09-04-05 | Commentary

Posted on 09/05/2005 9:32:54 PM PDT by smoothsailing

Bill Clinton's third inaugural

Sunday, September 4, 2005

WASHINGTON --

Over a lifetime, Bill Clinton has exhibited a number of irresistible urges. One, more acceptable than others, was to be inaugurated, which, according to my dictionary, means commencing some office with ceremonies and ritual.

According to Bill, he inaugurated himself into marijuana smoking -- but not inhaling -- at Oxford University in England. Five years later, he was sworn in as attorney general of Arkansas, then five times as governor of the state and twice as president of the United States.

Now in 2005, Bill Clinton is looking for a new job with a beautiful new inauguration.

DESTINATION NYC

It will all start with the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City on Sept. 15. And for three days it will bring together what Bill's spin doctors describe as "the world best minds and most distinguished problem-solvers."

We all know how they can lie.

Mark Twain put words into Clinton's mouth when he wrote in Huckleberry Finn, "Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And, ain't that a big enough majority in any town?"

Certainly the Clintonistas have tasked themselves with some major problems. In three days, they will offer "immediate practical solutions" on:

how to reduce poverty

how to use religion as a force for conflict resolution

how to combat climate change

and how to strengthen governance throughout the world.

With Bill Clinton as ringmaster, thumping the circus drum and conning the chumps and dupes into the big top, it is time to pay some close attention to the myriad scalawags who will congregate at the Sheraton Hotel on New York's West Side.

There will be Jacques Chirac, soon to face re-election and become former president of France; Tony Blair, who, unbelievably...

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bjclinton; impeachedpotus; slickwillie; thebentone; x42
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1 posted on 09/05/2005 9:32:54 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

The MSM loves talking to themselves.


2 posted on 09/05/2005 9:35:20 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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hahahaha... that was good, really had me chuckling..thx


3 posted on 09/05/2005 9:43:23 PM PDT by justkillingtime
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LOL!
4 posted on 09/05/2005 9:46:07 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Liberals are like blisters,they always show up after the hard work is done)
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The only thing positive about Klink is he POSITIVELY made J Carter the second worst Prez. in our history.


5 posted on 09/05/2005 9:53:19 PM PDT by Waco
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To: smoothsailing

Ah Oxford, where Bill didn't inhale, didn't get drafted and didn't get a degree.


6 posted on 09/05/2005 9:53:24 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Liberals believe common sense facts are open to debate!)
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Ah Oxford, where Bill didn't inhale, didn't get drafted and didn't get a degree.

And he became well red.

7 posted on 09/05/2005 9:58:11 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (What has Ahnold done for me lately?)
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To: smoothsailing
I noticed Clinton did not look too healthy today appearing with '41. I don't know if its just normal ageing or if the surgery left him permanently weakened. He just looked to be in a complete daze when talking to Katrina victims on Houston today. He looks very thin too - like his skin is hanging on his frame.
8 posted on 09/05/2005 10:07:04 PM PDT by Sunnyvale CA Eng.
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I think his criticism of the king of Jordan is overstated. He wasn't born into an ideal situation but has taken risks to bring peace.

It is somewhat odd that his family, the Heshamites, occupy about 85% of Palestine and brutally crushed their uprising to establish a state there in the 1970s in the way that anti-semites like to believe Jews put down the Palestinian intafadas. Yet no one makes a peep about that.

Odd indeed.

9 posted on 09/05/2005 10:08:25 PM PDT by mbraynard (Mustache Rides - Five Cents!)
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To: HawaiianGecko
He sure found time to get drafted in Moscow.Not too shabby for a hick on a Rhodes Scholarship.
10 posted on 09/05/2005 10:16:20 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Liberals are like blisters,they always show up after the hard work is done)
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His "LEGACY" continues...


11 posted on 09/05/2005 10:31:33 PM PDT by pcottraux
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Mark Twain put words into Clinton's mouth when he wrote in Huckleberry Finn, "Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And, ain't that a big enough majority in any town?"

I found part of Twain's quote as a prelude and title of Ross Thomas's "The Fools In Town Are On Our Side" nearly three decades ago.

A gloriously scathing satire of Cold War espionage and Southern Corruption at its slimiest. That book and quote have been very close to me ever since.

Bill can clamber for the spotlight, but very few outside the conference will pay attention.

Jack.

12 posted on 09/05/2005 10:44:40 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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"The Fools In Town Are On Our Side" by Ross Thomas.

Thanks Jack,I'm going to my little local library tomorrow,and that's a book I want to read.

13 posted on 09/05/2005 10:58:09 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Liberals are like blisters,they always show up after the hard work is done)
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I thought this was satire, but it appears real. The admission fee for this shindig is $15,000.
14 posted on 09/05/2005 11:01:25 PM PDT by AZLiberty (Binary: The Power of Two)
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If this were the Al Gore Global Initiative, it surely would have been scheduled for the Superdome in New Orleans.


15 posted on 09/05/2005 11:05:20 PM PDT by AZLiberty (Binary: The Power of Two)
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It's a thick book, smoothsailing. Hard cover or paperback. Which tells three complete stories that come together in a corrupt city named Swankerton. Nestled deep inside an un-named Southern State.

It's also a superb read. Then, so is any novel by the late, great Ross Thomas.

Jack.


16 posted on 09/05/2005 11:20:37 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Jack Deth
The nice thing about my library is that it's local.I can walk there.

I don't mind reading a thick book,but maybe I'll just drive there! ;)

17 posted on 09/05/2005 11:34:42 PM PDT by smoothsailing (Liberals are like blisters,they always show up after the hard work is done)
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He sure found time to get drafted in Moscow.Not too shabby for a hick on a Rhodes Scholarship.

I thought the Rhodes Scholarship was how Moscow drafted their agents.

18 posted on 09/05/2005 11:37:20 PM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: smoothsailing

Still looking to be elected the next UN secretary-general, huh?


19 posted on 09/05/2005 11:51:16 PM PDT by Shery (S. H. in APOland)
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To: smoothsailing

They aren't saying; but this sounds like it is designed to help the Hilabeast.


20 posted on 09/06/2005 12:22:11 AM PDT by freekitty
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