Posted on 05/28/2009 10:29:40 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
The Mellowing of William Jefferson Clinton
BY PETER BAKER
Bill Clinton loves to shop. On a March day in an elegant crafts store in Lima, the Peruvian capital, he hunted for presents for his wife and the women on his staff back home. He had given a speech at a university earlier and just came from a ceremony kicking off a program to help impoverished Peruvians. Now he was eyeing a necklace with a green stone amulet.
Standing all by himself, the former president of the United States moved his eyes methodically across shelves of wooden carvings, jewelry and sculptures as he searched for something distinctive to bring his wife. “She used to look forward to me coming home from wherever I’ve been,” he mused with a laugh. “Now I’m afraid I’ll be second fiddle to whatever world leader she’s just met.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state, had in fact just returned home from a trip to Mexico, then rushed to the White House to help announce a new war strategy. “I saw her on CNN standing behind the president talking about Afghanistan,” her husband said. “Then she went to Dallas for something. I don’t know why.”
He spotted a turquoise bracelet. “Hillary likes turquoise,” he noted as he fingered the piece.
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‘“Hillary likes turquoise,” he noted as he fingered the piece.’
Sorry, that made me laugh...
Ruddy...taken in by evil.
Yeah,... me too. Just consider who the article is about and rescind your apology.
Our country is so awful right now that even Clinton as President was a little better...how sad. lol.
Who doesn't?
Spells it out on page 6. From the bank in Madison County to complete financial disaster—fell swoop policy statement.
I can't but wonder how many of you other readers found this line a bit amusing, and wonder if perhaps the writer didn't realize what they were doing when they wrote it?
We have the same sense of humor. I laughed as well.
“Our country is so awful right now that even Clinton as President was a little better...how sad. lol.”
I was thinking the same thing. At least Bill wasn’t a communist.
““Hillary likes turquoise,” he noted as he fingered the piece.”
“Hmmmm good”, he said.
pg 76 footnote, Starr Report
We're not entirely sure about that.
Some things don't change! Did he find some good t-shirts and poetry books?
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