Posted on 10/26/2001 7:48:45 AM PDT by Liz
The townsfolk of Ballybunion, Ireland, thought they had an irresistible magnet for American tourists when they erected the world's only statue of Bill Clinton. They have found out otherwise.
Former roller-rink owner Frank Quilter talked his fellow businessmen into coming up with $39,000 to create a bronze likeness of our former President whacking a golf ball. But now the villagers have discovered that some of their visitors are Republicans, who have nightly donnybrooks in the pubs over the statue.
"It drives them mad," Quilter says. Tees them off, you might say. Clinton has visited the town twice. Mike Scanlon, who caddied for him, claims there were no presidential mulligans. But Scanlon tells T&L Golf, "He has a reputation for dropping balls, but none of us were going to say anything." (Clinton's office has denied reports of links chicanery.)
Clinton, who has spent a grand total of two hours in the village, doesn't seem to have done much to get his countrymen to linger. "It's worse that business has gotten," grouses a local woman.
Back in Little Rock, Clinton Presidential Library president Skip Rutherford is trying to have a groundbreaking by the end of the year — despite protests over the demolition of an 1899 train depot built by former slaves.
"It's a freight depot," Rutherford told us, adding that the foundation has given more than $30 million to restore the nearby passenger station, railroad bridge and park.
There isn't a statue planned for Clinton's library. No need: The former chief executive's Elvis memorabilia will be a draw. "The president has a large collection" of hundreds of Elvis objects, says Rutherford. Among them: a dancing Elvis phone and an Elvis clock with pendulum legs.
"You know," said Rutherford, "the most frequently requested presidential picture is the one of Elvis with President Nixon." Yeah, but then you have to go to all that trouble cutting Nixon out.
He'd make millions! LOL.
You mean like....Hor Far Can You Go? LOL.
Name the day and the hour!
Line most likely written by a former Three's Company writer.
And to express your political views at the same time.
.....and his pants.......
Funny you should say that....I reread this to make sure it wasn't a joke as well.
Big deal. My college roommate had both of these items.
Here’s another shot. They should call it “Peeing in the woods” which is apparently the only thing he does well on the course, besides cheat.
Honestly, that thing must stink of urine. You know how many Americans play Ballybunion? Probably more Americans than Irish. And they're not generally the Clinton-voting welfare mom types. There is no way in hell I'd travel to Ireland and not piss on that thing. It be more important to me than kissing some stupid rock.
What? Where's the outrage? Jesse? Kweisi? Al? Whoopi? Anyone?
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