Posted on 11/15/2005 5:01:44 PM PST by wagglebee
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is "The Most Influential Man in the World," according to Esquire magazine.
The magazine has designated him as "the most powerful agent of change in the world" despite his lack of electoral standing and the fact he was laid low by a heart attack ahead of last year's presidential election.
The magazine highlights Clinton's accomplishments in its December issue, which goes on newsstands on Thursday, profiling the world's "Best and Brightest" men and women.
Since leaving office, Clinton has been so active that his post-presidency amounts to "a third term" for the Democrat who held the White House from 1992 to 2000, the magazine said. He has tackled global issues from AIDS, poverty and global warming to the recovery from last December's Indian Ocean tsunami.
Esquire editor David Granger argued that Clinton was poised to become "something like a president of the world or at least a president of the world's non-governmental organizations."
But it will mean giving up a leadership role in the Democratic party or pushing the political career of his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, seen as a 2008 White House contender.
In the article, Clinton said that he remained loyal to his party, adding: "I'm not the leader of the opposition anymore."
Look up the name Warren G. Harding, he makes these two and J.F.Kennedy look like choir boys in comparison. Clinton wasn't the first scoundrel to occupy the oval office.
He is a legend in his own mind
And here i thought the former Clinton was keeping himself relatively low key. I guess its all a matter of perspective as to what a few annual speeches amounts to.
No kidding...
It's a miracle David can talk at all with his lips so firmly sealed to that ample Clintonian backside.
I feel it is imperative that we give this the respectful answer it deserves.
Dear Esquire,
Blow me.
Joe
Now that is scary to me. If a rapist lying womanizing scum piece of dirt is the most influential man in the world, then I have little hope for the planet.
Well .. this is so obvious it's making me sick.
Hillary is getting ready to run for president .. and all her pals in any area of media are piling on with praise and nicey-nice about Bill. Disgusting!
Don't forget the Slickmeister's frontside too!
this is just the tip of the freegin' iceberg of what we're in store for the next 36 months...all Clinton News...all the time.....
Barf ping.
All kidding aside, I was shocked at how unhealthy he looked on that cover. I guess that portrait in the attic must have lost his magic.
Whose world?
What world?
Where is it?
Oh I get it now...Fantasy World.
Who listens to this old, stale, bag of wind anyway? He isn't happy unless he is in front of the camera which makes him feel important. President Bush is the REAL President and is influential and who took Sadaam out of power and formed Homeland Security and formed the international Coalition.
clintin? Had the opportunity to get bin laden and turned it down. There was even an article on FR yesterday I believe it was about how clintin handled that bin laden thing. clintin influential? My foot he is. clintin and lewinsky will be the legacy he has always and forever.
clintin and lewinsky
clintin and lewinsky
clintin and lewinsky
President clintin the worst president in the history of the history of our country...BAR NONE!!!
Is this sign really up like that there? Just wondering.
Consider the source and the promoter. Esquire is not exactly a non-partisan mag. Rolling Stone, GQ , Esquire, Vanity Fair, etc. are Clinton and DNC ad agencies.
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