Posted on 03/17/2012 2:23:42 PM PDT by matt04
Bill Clinton stepped onto the Bushnell stage Friday night for the first time since Oct. 6, 1996, when he debated Bob Dole on the way to an easy victory for a second term in the White House.
"We were civil, and we committed what I think would be mass heresy today," said Clinton, a guest of the 20-year-old public-speaking series, the Connecticut Forum. "We actually talked about how much we liked each other. And we still do."
Clinton, 65, still has the raspy voice of man who likes to talk. It is a gift that allowed him to twice be elected president. Today, it is how he makes his living, and a good living it is. His speeches brought him $75.6 million in the decade after leaving office. His fee Friday was at least $100,000.
During 90 minutes, Clinton gently bemoaned the bitter state of modern politics, though he avoided commentary on President Obama and the four candidates still jousting for the Republican nomination. It was a talk calculated to make no news.
His presidency was a polarizing time, culminating in his impeachment by the House and his acquittal by the Senate, the results of lying under oath about an infidelity -- a topic off-limits Friday during a Q&A period with host Richard Sugarman.
But Clinton talked about the worsening political segregation of America, a staple of his speeches.
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*snort*
Let me buy you a double bacon cheeseburger, Slick. In the name of bi-partisanship.
How can you be acquitted when an old farce like Robert Byrd stated he knew Clinton was guilty , but he voted for acquittal. They all did. Just like the OJ jury.
I believe Juanita Brodderick(sp).
“His presidency was a polarizing time,”
The play “Our American Cousin” was marred by some unpleasantness, particularly for President Lincoln.
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