Posted on 11/17/2005 5:50:40 AM PST by Esther Ruth
Clinton: Americans 'reluctant to get to heaven' Says living wills 'will help to deal with the health-care crisis'
Posted: November 17, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Bill Clinton called 'Most Influential Man in the World' in current Esquire
In making a point about the importance of having a living will, ex-President Bill Clinton remarked that religious Americans are apparently hypocrites for having a fear of death.
"It's interesting to me that we always proclaim – especially certain numbers of us – that we're the most religious big country in the world," said Clinton. "It may be true, but we also seem to be the most reluctant to get to heaven."
The remark came at a speech this month before an audience of 5,000 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and was greeted by laughter and applause.
"Look, I only halfway mean that in the sense that I think that everyone has a moral obligation to live as long and as well as he or she can," Clinton continued. "But I do think the living will will help to deal with the health-care crisis."
The impeached president mentioned the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-injured Florida woman who was starved to death by court order after a long legal battle between her parents and her husband, Michael.
"We spend far more money on the last two months of life than any other country," Clinton noted. "And I think the only answer to that and maybe the good thing that came out of the terrible agony of the Schiavo family that we were all treated to for weeks is that amazing numbers of Americans including Hillary and me ... did living wills. We'd been wanting to do it a long time. We just kept puttin' it off and puttin' it off, and I saw that [tragedy] unfold and I said 'You know, I don't want to see Chelsea on television like that. Let's do the living will.'"
Clinton, who has just been named the "Most Influential Man in the World" by Esquire magazine, reiterated a common theme of his – that the U.S. will not always be the leader of the world.
"My view is that we won't be the supreme political, military and economic power in the world forever. We will always be a great nation if we do the right things. But as soon as China and India are as rich as we are then whether we've got the only military superpower is their decision and not ours. ...
"We should be trying to build a world at this unique moment in history we would like to live in when we're not the only big dog on the block."
In the Esquire piece, magazine editor David Granger says Clinton is now poised to become "something like a president of the world or at least a president of the world's non-governmental organizations."
Audio of Bill Clinton's speech at the University of Minnesota is available here. (Total length: 1 hour, 14 min.)
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What a total jacka$$ this man is.
What makes balless Willie think he will walk through the Pearly Gates. Satan has a special place reserved for old BJ Clinton - he will be suspended on the pendulum of time and on each swing will have to kiss Hillary's posterior for eternity.
So Clinton advocates killing old people to send the to heaven quicker and have more money to spend on other social programs??????
probably true, but Ross Perot, ran as an independent, but he is conservative. but Bob Dole is no charismatic dreamboat, and Clinton tended to charm people into voting for him, at least liberal females.
Let us know after you commit the dastardly deed.
Leni
Yep, that's for sure, especially when he's clearing brush on the ranch.
...something like a president of the NETHER world...
The clintons have no integrity or principles at all...it's futile for President Bush to make "nice" with these two crooks. That's what is disgusting.
Clinton is the most influential man in the world if you ask Marc Rich, the Puerto Rican Terrorists, Roger Clinton, Dan Lassiter, John Huang, Mochtar Riady... Now this s***bag is giving theological counseling. Nothing is too low for this p**ck.
I don't think heaven is your destination, Bill.
Re #80: LOL!
I agree with another poster: Every time I see him on t.v. or hear him on the radio...I immediately change the channel.
Careful, under a Clinton health plan, that could qualify you for euthanasia.
"It's interesting to me that we always proclaim – especially certain numbers of us liberals- that we want to pay 70% taxes but take every tax break we possibly can."
He recently came out with President Bush's tax breaks were immoral but he hasn't given them back yet.
Bill Clinton.
The death cult's new spokesman.
Why am I not surprised?
Why did he have all of that EXPENSIVE by-pass surgery?
Why didn't he just die?
Doesn't he want to go to heaven?
Oh, I have never believed nor will I ever that hillereee would be president. She is inept as well. She avoids questions unless they are scripted. She can't handle impromptu anything and she screams like a banshee which is NOT Presidential and...she's just plain not smart or wise enough to hold the office. Neither was ole willie. I think the American people have had enough with one clintin in the White House. There are too many Americans who do not want to relive that horror and disgrace brought on us by the impeached former president.
Nope, I do not believe hillereee can make the grade. Ya gotta have smarts and grace of which she has neither.
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