Former President Bill Clinton smiles as he listes to his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, speaks at her 59th birthday party at Tavern on the Green in New York, Thursday,Oct. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Posted on 10/28/2006 6:18:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK - Celebrating your birthday on the day of your birth is common. Celebrating it by getting your wealthy friends to donate to your charitable foundation is presidential.
Former President Bill Clinton was celebrating his 60th birthday this weekend, with deep-pocketed donors forking over sizable checks to the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation for the chance to dine, play golf and attend a Rolling Stones concert with him.
Clinton, who turned 60 in August, has already observed the occasion at parties on Martha's Vineyard and in Toronto.
This weekend's bash — a fundraiser — is being co-hosted by Chelsea Clinton and by Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Clinton friend and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Sen. Hillary Clinton is expected to attend at least some of the events.
The festivities were to include a series of cocktail parties and dinners across New York, and golf in New Jersey. The centerpiece events were a dinner Saturday night at the Museum of Natural History, and a private Rolling Stones concert at New York's historic Beacon Theater on Sunday.
Tickets to the three-day affair started at $60,000, with a VIP package — which includes special seating at the concert and dinner and a photo with Clinton — running $500,000.
The Clinton Foundation operates programs to combat AIDS in Africa, as well as global poverty and ethnic strife.
Former President Bill Clinton smiles as he listes to his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, speaks at her 59th birthday party at Tavern on the Green in New York, Thursday,Oct. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
U. S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, and, former President Bill Clinton, blow out the candles on a cake at Hillary Rodham Clinton's 59th birthday party at Tavern on the Green in New York, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Hey, happy birthday and all, but why the fawning press?
Just go away into the good night, you Pathological Narcissist.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (4th R) and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (3rd R) are photographed with the band 'The Fray' after they performed at a fundraising dinner in honor of the senator's 59th birthday in New York October 26, 2006. REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky (UNITED STATES)
His birthday, like his presidency, never seems to end.
Former President Bill Clinton listens as his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, speaks at her 59th birthday party at Tavern on the Green in New York, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Dude, that small man, that mediocrity, this nothing, should be celebrating his birthday the same way as dozens of unknown, forgotten former governrnors of small states (and big ones too) are doing. Who is he, what has he done? Thank you Ross Perot, thank you Papa Bush, thank you dumb voters, thank you gutless Congressional Pubbies.
The grifters just can't get enough of the limelight. They'd kill for it.
Hopefully, Bill Clinton will find neutering medically necessary before Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected President.
Shades of Caligula and Louis XIV at Versailles, White Trash version.
Well said.
Ever see the MSM anounce the birthday of say President Gerald Ford? Nah he is a Republican.
I've been away for a while and I thought he was dead after that unsuccessful heart surgery (in reference to the removed post #3.)
Looks like He is thinking, wish I had a good cigar and a young intern..
oh boy! lock your daughters up, bill is making his rounds!
Happy 60.2 Bill!
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