As the man said, PROFOUND!
Posted on 04/12/2006 3:04:50 PM PDT by wagglebee
Finally, Bill Clinton can joke about his past. The former president cracked up a meeting Wednesday, spicing up an otherwise dry, technical talk on the need for better coordination of global relief work.
In the midst of touting the importance of creating infrastructure to deliver aid to the developing world, Clinton conceded it was hardly the most scintillating subject to which he's been linked.
"To me, it's something I want to keep working on and I like working on it because it's not a particularly sexy topic. But I've already had enough headlines to last me five lifetimes," said Clinton, as the banquet hall audience burst out laughing.
"I don't mind working on boring topics. I like boring," he said in a speech to InterAction, an alliance of humanitarian organizations.
In recent days, Clinton has poked fun at his post-White House life working on global disaster relief and HIV/AIDS programs.
He's also shown a willingness to mock the days his presidency was consumed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment.
At a speech Tuesday night, the 42nd president genially said he had "already made enough people mad in my life," and on Monday evening he had described himself to a New York crowd as "the world's most famous sinner."
Clinton also spoke Wednesday at a gathering where he was honored with an award named after his one-time boss, the late Sen. William Fulbright of Arkansas.
Accepting the prize, Clinton urged the United States to seek peace before war.
Clinton avoided discussing the current conflict in Iraq or the growing U.S.-Iran tensions, but he argued that Fulbright's approach to the escalating war in Vietnam is an important lesson for present day politicians.
"In this interdependent world, we should still have a preference for peace over war," he said.
He also reflected on his own decisions when, as commander in chief, he was urged to launch a military strike somewhere in the world.
"I always thought of Senator Fulbright and the terrible quagmire in Vietnam and how many times we sent more soldiers and found ourselves in a hole and kept digging because we didn't want to look like we were weak. So anytime somebody said in my presidency, 'If you don't do this people will think you're weak,' I always asked the same question for eight years: "Can we kill 'em tomorrow?"
"If we can kill 'em tomorrow, then we're not weak, and we might be wise enough to try to find an alternative way," said Clinton.
And he's actually PROUD of this!
Famous sinner? No, he is a infamous @$$hole in my opinion who sinned.
"In this interdependent world, we should still have a preference for peace over war," he said.
Hillary’s footprints are deeper than his most profound utterances.
This is rubbish. If you say that every day for 8 years then you become somewhat of a procrastinator don't you?
"Because tommorrow ... is another day"
To themselves, Amoral a$$hxxxx can't be sinners..........Serial adulterers,liars,hypocrits,worthless pos..yes..Sinners, no.
"Can we kill 'em tomorrow?"
Tomorrow never came when it came to Al~Queda.
Oh! it was Vince Foster rolling in his grave..
Sorry, Thought I felt an eathquake..
Actually, God is no respecter of persons, and be they little sins, medium sins, or large sins, sin is SIN, and not a speck of it is acceptable in the sight of the Almighty. IF Bill Clinton has truly accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour, his sins are forgiven and we as Christians must forgive him as well, that does not mean that he cannot be held accountable for his misdeeds while he walks the Earth.
When he one day admits that his administration was even more corrupt and amoral than any other presidential administration in history (and it was), when he confesses that he failed to lead America and to honor his Oath of Office, then I will truly begin to believe that he has begun to understand the depths of his misconduct and the negative impact his actions and words have had upon all of society.
As the man said, PROFOUND!
Wasn't Lott given the heave-ho for honoring a segregationist?
"Can we kill 'em tomorrow?"
"If we can kill 'em tomorrow, then we're not weak, and we might be wise enough to try to find an alternative way,"
Oh... this is SO going to come back to haunt him.
"Tomorrow" proved to be too late, you incredible jerk...
Most famous sinner? What about Adolf Hitler? Abraham Lincoln? George Washington? Ghandi? Mother Teresa? Princess Di?
Romans 3:23
I put Billious Clinton right up there with Jimmy Swaggart. The only time I was ever drunk enough to do one of those skanks, mercifully, I passed out. And, in reality, if Jimmy Swaggart could have found himself a decent looking paramour, I might have forgiven him. Bill Clinton deserves no forgiveness for any reason.
"In this interdependent world, we should still have a preference for peace over war," he said.
Why didn't he say this in regards to Haiti? Bosnia? Rwanda?
If our justice system actually worked he'd be the world's most famous criminal.
Obviously Beelzeflubba thought the Bible verse read: "Go and sin some more!"
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