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Clinton wishes he had left White House "in a coffin"
reuters.com ^ | Nov 2, 2009 | Reuters

Posted on 11/02/2009 12:18:03 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Monday he would have preferred to leave the White House in a coffin because he loved being commander in chief, but signaled his political life is over.

"It's good that we have a (term) limit. Otherwise I would have stayed until I was carried away in a coffin. Or defeated in an election," Clinton said at a conference in Istanbul. "I loved doing the job."

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KEYWORDS: bubbaisms; clinton; clintonquotes; nothirdterm
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To: green pastures

...and yet, we would trade him for Obummer in a NY minute.


21 posted on 11/02/2009 12:24:23 PM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It was always PAHTY time for Bill. The only “job” he was doing...well, decency does not permit me to go further...


22 posted on 11/02/2009 12:24:34 PM PST by livius
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To: SolidWood

“Therefore, the American people have wisely established a custom against allowing any man to hold that office for more than two consecutive terms. But every shred of power which a President exercises while in office vanishes absolutely when he has once left office. An ex-President stands precisely in the position of any other private citizen, and has not one particle more power to secure a nomination or election than if he had never held office at all, indeed, he probably has less because of the very fact that he has held the office.” - Theodore Roosevelt


23 posted on 11/02/2009 12:24:48 PM PST by maxsand
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I always said that Clinton would rule forever if he could. Thank GOD for term limits!!


24 posted on 11/02/2009 12:25:00 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What a coincidence....


25 posted on 11/02/2009 12:25:02 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“I loved doing the job.”

Depends on what “the job” means. Didn’t we learn to guess the meaning of words with him?


26 posted on 11/02/2009 12:25:22 PM PST by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

As long as Clinton would have had a Republican Congress he would have won. Bush wouldn’t have stood a chance. Thing is though, Republicans would have lost Congress, and Clinton would have been ousted the next election cycle. People forget that two years into his first administration, Clinton would have lost miserably. Republicans saved him. We can’t let the same thing happen with Obamao. He and the commie lizards around him have no intention of relinquishing power, elections or no elections. We have to toss him out in 2012.


27 posted on 11/02/2009 12:25:51 PM PST by pallis
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What a shame!


28 posted on 11/02/2009 12:25:51 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Given the flap about Zero and the coffin photo-op, Clinton’s comments are in insanely bad taste.


29 posted on 11/02/2009 12:25:53 PM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: Overtaxed Patriot

Yep. Ain’t touching that line.


30 posted on 11/02/2009 12:26:25 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (A trade: Conservative Anglicans for Liberal Catholics and a heretic to be named later.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“When you wish upon a star”.................


31 posted on 11/02/2009 12:28:18 PM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Please God Save The United States From Barack Hussein Al-Obama. Amen.)
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To: Pharmboy

sad to say it is true- Obummer is stampeding towards socialism at a speed that must make even HilLIARy blush


32 posted on 11/02/2009 12:28:36 PM PST by Mr. K (I live in fear that one of my typos becomes a freeper catchphrase...I'm series!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
He loved the job all right. He loved being Governor of Arkansas too.

I think his favorite part of the job was meeting people and giving speeches.

I went to a party after he had his heart surgery and was promoting his book.

All I could think was “This guy is an amazing salesman!”.

Don't care for his politics, even if they were moderate and he co-opted the Republican success's.

Moreover, I didn't like him as a man and what he stood for, as a caricature, in relation to women.

33 posted on 11/02/2009 12:28:56 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: livius

It was always PAHTY time for Bill. The only “job” he was doing...well, decency does not permit me to go further...<<<<<<<<

Agree, and Monica was certainly a diversion from his duties, but at least I didn’t feel I had to be on red alert 24/7 like I do now with Obama. The Clinton’s weren’t so good at trying to impose the path to Marxism. Obama and his minions are trying to sneak things in over the transom, through the cracks in the door, etc.


34 posted on 11/02/2009 12:29:23 PM PST by Mjaye
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Clinton is nuts but that headline is misleading.

“Otherwise I would have stayed until I was carried away in a coffin.”

It’s just a saying. For example: Free ice cream! I’ll never leave. They’ll have to carry me out it a coffin.


35 posted on 11/02/2009 12:30:11 PM PST by donna (Sarah Palin: The Feminist ideal comes to fruition in the Republican Party. Betty Friedan laughs.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Ancient Greek proverb: “Tyranny is a fair winding-sheet” (i.e., shroud). Theodora used it to get Justinian to stay and fight it out during the Nika Revolt rather than flee from Constantinople.


36 posted on 11/02/2009 12:30:46 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Drugs. He is on drugs...


37 posted on 11/02/2009 12:33:22 PM PST by isthisnickcool (GIVE ME YOUR MONEY B***!! - President Obama)
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To: Pharmboy

My mom has, on occasion, made similar comments. I still can’t quite wrap my mind around that.

Could we trade him for Favre instead?


38 posted on 11/02/2009 12:35:04 PM PST by green pastures
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Erected for life?

That’s some erection.


39 posted on 11/02/2009 12:37:24 PM PST by Cyman
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To: NativeNewYorker
Given the flap about Zero and the coffin photo-op, Clinton’s comments are in insanely bad taste.

When weren't Clinton's comments in insanely bad taste?

the infowarrior

40 posted on 11/02/2009 12:38:07 PM PST by infowarrior
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