Posted on 10/01/2007 7:25:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
TORSHAVN, Faeroe Islands - Former President Clinton shook hands with locals and stayed on message Monday during a visit to this North Sea archipelago, proof that no corner of the globe is too obscure to be beyond the notice of a determined campaigner.
During his one-day visit to the wind-swept islands located halfway between Iceland and Norway, Clinton put in a plug for his wife, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"No one has voted yet but I think she has a good chance," Clinton told reporters.
Asked whether he believed the United States was ready for a woman president, Clinton replied, "I think so. Hillary is the right one, and I think the American people are ready."
Clinton was appearing with former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix later Monday to address some 500 Faeroese business leaders. Both were to speak in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
Earlier, Clinton strolled through the capital, shopping, stopping for coffee and shaking hands with residents.
Clinton, who has said his mother descended from an 18th-century Northern Ireland farming family, said he found the Faeroes interesting because the archipelago's first settlers are believed to have been Irish monks.
"The very first settlers here were Irish monks and then the Nordic peoples came. All my people came from Ireland," he said.
Irish monks briefly settled on the Faeroes in the middle of the seventh century. However, most of today's 48,000 islanders are descendants of Norse settlers.
It was the first time that a former U.S. president visited the 18-island archipelago halfway between Iceland and Norway.
The 18-island archipelago is now a semiautonomous Danish territory.
and Shakira? geesh..
Alicia Keys (2nd L), former U.S. President Bill Clinton (C), U2's Bono (2nd R) and Shakira (R) listen to Chris Rock during an event at the Apollo Theater for the Clinton Global Initiative in the Harlem neighborhood of New York September 29, 2007. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES)
Bill Clinton and Hans Blix. Sheesh, these Faeroese business leaders should be a lot more picky about who comes to give a speech.
When I’m not working here....I’m working in Northern Ireland.
Ran into Slick a couple of times when he was over there and still President.
He loves the redheads.......
I’ve gotta keep on asking:
???Who’s paying for this grifter to travel all over the world, all the time???
But then who’s paying for his staff, the limo, the food, and hotel expenses for him, and for his entourage of Secret Service and other facilitators??
This A-hole needs a line item all for himself in the annual trillion $ budget!
Last time I'd met him until I found him hugging a US1 hooker in the Jerry's parking lot was 20 years earlier when he and the Hildabeast (and another woman) had borrowed the apartment across the hall from a Congressional staffer.
They were having a great old time.
Anyway, when I next saw him he waved and saluted like he'd met an old friend.
I hope that he has such a wonderful time that he decides to stay there.
He’s like horse shit.
I was standing on the street. He walked by, stuck his hand in my face and said...”God bless the Irish..” I said: “Nice try, I’m from Minnesota.”
His handlers hustled him along. Evidently, no one informed him that Americans work on a daily basis in Derry.
You met Clinton in private life?
I guess they figured you weren’t a Clinton voter!
He was introduced to me as "This is Bill, he's going to be President some day".
So he had his eyes on the top job from the start. Not surprising, I guess. What is sad is that he actually made it. Did Hillary give you the shivers?!
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