Posted on 08/25/2006 5:54:54 AM PDT by Broker
On August 15, former President Bill Clinton addressed a world AIDS conference in Toronto. "In just a few days, I will be 60 years old. I hate it, but it's true," he stated. "For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing what I was doing. Then one day I woke up and I was the oldest person in every room. Now that I have more days behind me than ahead of me, I try to wake up with a discipline of gratitude every day."
Turning 60 is certainly a bummer for a man as reliant on his prostate as Clinton is. Nonetheless, Clinton's speech was a stunning testament to his egocentricity. Who whines about a post-midlife crisis while discussing a disease that has pushed Angola's average life span to 39.9 years, Zambia's to 39.7, and Zimbabwe's to 37.9? Who tells a roomful of people worried about the devastation caused by a global plague that he is personally devastated by having another birthday?
Bill Clinton, that's who. And yet, somehow, Americans still miss Bill Clinton. In a May 2006 poll, Americans stated they favored Clinton over President Bush on the economy (63 percent to 26 percent), foreign affairs (56 percent to 32 percent) and even on truthfulness (46 percent to 41 percent) -- this last question regarding a man who was impeached by the House of Representatives for committing perjury, a man who openly lied to the American people.
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Meh he's spending his free time on rather mundane stuff. I don't hate the guy.
Sentences: 3.
Uses of the words "I" "me" "my": 11.
I can't figure out how the man lived so long. I would think somebody's husband or father would have slugged him by now. I guess it is true, we have the best secret service in the world. Look what they have to protect!
His medical records remain confidential. Could he be covering up a drug habit or medical condition? All we can do is look at him waste away as he ages into oblivion. He seems to be in a hurry.
Our crimes, sins and earthly trip is on the the devil's playground. The God who IS there for us will forgive us of all our sin.
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