Slick Willy's comin' to my town. Well, not the town where I live but the town where I work.
Yep. It's him. The one and only. He's here to campaign for Democratic Representative Loretta Sanchez.
The building that adjoins the building where I work used to be a Masonic Temple. It's now home to the local performing arts center and it has an exclusive restaurant upstairs.
Oh, rapture divine. NOT! :)
Uniforms and suits are gathering outside as I type this. It would probably be a bad move to run out and yell, "Clinton sucks!"
It is probably in Washington looking smug and full of itself following the trashing of yet another qualified judicial nominee.
He was in Milwaukee Yesterday, this is the tripe that ended up in the local paper
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep02/71745.asp
The Clinton charm still packs a wallop
Last Updated: Sept. 4, 2002
Eugene Kane
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Charisma: "A special quality of leadership that captures the popular imagination and inspires allegiance and devotion."
Look it up. Right next to that definition in the dictionary, there's a picture of Bill Clinton.
At least, there ought to be.
Milwaukee got a taste of true star power Wednesday, as the 42nd president of the United States came to stump for U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Madison) and promote music education.
His first visit to Wisconsin since leaving the White House included a stop at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to speak to a crowd of Clinton fans and Baldwin supporters, some who paid as much as $500 a ticket for a reception and luncheon.
If a room filled with beatific smiles and hypnotic gazes was any barometer, it was a typical masterly public performance by Clinton.
Which, of course, is the reason Clinton-haters despise the man.
Clinton, live or on television, always has an unrivaled ability to connect with ordinary Americans.
It leaves his enemies snarling.
Mainly, because they realize as long as Clinton keeps pleading his own case in front of captivated audiences, their attempts to reduce his legacy to nothing more than Monica Lewinsky are doomed to fail.
Clinton's charisma was on full display from the second he entered the room in the company of an attractive blond.
(Lucky for him, it was Baldwin.)
When it came time for the slender-looking Clinton to take the podium, the audience saw why even neutral observers consider him one of our most intelligent presidents.
Speaking without notes, he covered a range of topics - everything from his public service duties as a former president to the threat of terrorism to political opponents who fight a war of words not over facts but ideology.
Through it all, he trained his laser-beam stare over the crowd to make direct eye contact with individuals.
It was abundantly clear why so many find President Bush's public appearances lacking. And, why Bush has so much trouble mustering public support for a war against Iraq that few want.
After listening to Pavarotti sing for eight years, you can't help but feel a bit let down when the guy from 'N Sync tries to take the stage.
The room was filled with longtime Democrats, so the reaction to Clinton's appearance wasn't surprising.
What was more interesting was listening to people who never experienced the real thing before.
Like Kit McNally, executive director of the Benedict Center, a non-profit prison reform agency.
"The man is incredible," said McNally, seated at a front table seat. "The thing is, everything he says is really significant, it's so meaningful. It's intelligent, and it's not pandering at all."
Mary Sandberg of Madison was another first-timer to the Clinton magic.
"He just connected with everybody, he's just so fluid, and he talks about the issues in such an emotional way."
Milwaukee native Cynthia Johnson was impressed by Clinton's sincerity about the issues.
As an African-American, she had no doubt why Clinton remained popular with blacks.
"He's always on the right side," she said, in regard to racial matters. "Blacks are used to being denied for so long, it's comforting to know he believes in equal rights for all."
Clinton-haters will scoff at anyone describing Clinton as sincere. And they will point to his famous "I didn't have sexual relations with that woman - Miss Lewinsky" as proof.
They don't get it. Image is important. Under Bush, we have a president who seems more like an errand boy or a privileged child relying on his father's advisers.
For all of his flaws, Clinton oozes the right stuff.
My guess: As the years go by, Clinton's two terms in office will look better and better all the time.
As long as he's the one doing the talking, that's almost a guarantee.
Why would anyone waste time campaigning for the Sanchez sisters? CA would sooner cut itself into the sea than retire either of these secular "saints." They are sure winners. So bILLclinton must have another agenda in mind when he comes out to speak for them.
The town must be giving some kind of free something or another for him to show up....
ROFL! Glad you get the "fun"....grin. Glad I'm on the other coast! Got an update? Seen anyone yet???????
Or make a sign reading "CLINTON SUCKS" in standard print with "CLINTON" crossed out and replaced by "MONICA" in handwriting?
I bet bILLclinton reminds the CA audience what a "good economy" he had! I don't think he will ever drop that line on his unsuspecting audiences.
That's: "Bill Clinton... We Have You Surrounded... Put Down The Cigar... Step Away From The Intern... And Come Out With Your Pants Up!"
Sanchez and Klinton...wonder where those two losers will be after the event..."come on honey got those kneepads I brought cha"
If you happen to glimpse the rapist, DO NOT make eye contact...he is evil, hold a crucifix up and divert your eyes and back away and run like hell!