Posted on 09/07/2001 10:40:32 PM PDT by Utah Girl
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
It's not just that, by the grand margin of 537 votes, give or take a few hanging chads, the son of a former president gets to occupy the Oval Office instead of the son of a senator.
It's not just that we got a bigger tax cut, a faith-based initiative, colorful twin daughters and a dog named Spot, or that reporters have to spend August in Crawford.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
And this little gem was at the end of the article.
"Student leaders at the University at Buffalo say the university administration nixed their choice of Bill Clinton as a guest speaker because the ex-president is too controversial.
"Student government officials say they believe they could have afforded Clinton's hefty speaking fee – a reported $125,000 – but the university killed the idea of inviting him.
"'Without a shadow of a doubt, we would have made it happen,' said Christian Oliver, the Student Association president. 'Clinton would have been a good speaker.' University officials, however, say they never rejected Clinton as being too controversial for UB's Distinguished Speakers series.
"The timing would be better in 2003 or 2004, when Clinton could comment on an upcoming presidential election and his autobiography, and when his fee might be less expensive, they say."
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