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Clinton is Eager to Tell His Story (Finishing Writing His $10M Memoir)
USA Today ^ | December 26, 2002 | Bob Minzesheimer

Posted on 12/28/2002 2:16:14 PM PST by EllaMinnow

Clinton is eager to tell his story Says writing memoirs is a way to 'come to terms' By Bob Minzesheimer USA TODAY

Bill Clinton, who's getting nearly $12 million for his memoirs, says everyone eventually should write his or her life story.

''Everybody talks about how terrible this book-writing is. I've enjoyed it,'' the former president tells C-SPAN in an interview to be shown Sunday (6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET/ 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. PT).

''Everyone who is fortunate enough to have lived to be 50 should sit down at some point and write the story of his or her life, even if it is just for yourself, your children, your family.''

It's important, Clinton says, ''to try to come to terms with the life you lived and think about how you wish to spend whatever years are remaining.''

Clinton, who says he's working without a ghostwriter, aims to submit

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To: YaYa123
Are you watching this now? If not, you must see the replay. It is hilarious how delusional this man is.
141 posted on 12/29/2002 3:55:51 PM PST by LurkerNoMore!
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One of the reasons he will have a replica of the Oval Office in his library:

"I want children to be able to sit in that chair and feel the experience of being President."
142 posted on 12/29/2002 4:09:16 PM PST by LurkerNoMore!
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To: LurkerNoMore!
He's gonna hold back on what he puts in the book for "National Security Reasons"....LOL!

I live a few miles from this ugly monster of a Liebrary. Hopefully, a Tornado will help us clean up the landscape.

sw

143 posted on 12/29/2002 4:12:26 PM PST by spectre
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To: spectre
I am watching the replay now. This man is a sicko. He just stated how very open he will be with his library, unlike Geore W Bush who has is papers from his term as Gov. in his father's library.
144 posted on 12/29/2002 7:14:25 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Fintan
I guess I'd believe Clinton wrote it himself if all the pages are stuck together.
145 posted on 12/29/2002 7:20:39 PM PST by diode
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To: Irish Eyes
I wish Clinton would do more interviews like this. A simple question gets him going, and he just can't stop himself. This guy has alot bottled up, and the more he lets it out, the more sociopathic he appears.

My college-age daughter and her friends were here, and howled during his "Bridge to the 21st Century" analogy to the portion of his library that will stick out a hundred feet over the Arkansas River.

146 posted on 12/29/2002 7:26:32 PM PST by LurkerNoMore!
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To: Pontiac
He must be the most self deluded man on Earth (or a complete sociopath) if he can do this without blowing his own brains out.

Oh yeah. LOL. He is self deluded and totally sociopathic, narcissistic and maybe even psychotic, as in psycopathic. He is a caricature of a president, a failure as a human being and a man who, forever, deals is how things 'appear', not how things really are.

His rudeness and arrogance (no respect for others-always late, quick to temper) stem from the scariest aspect of his personality-he has no core. There is no there there.

Life is a game to bill.

And winning, at any cost, is the only thing that keeps blood flowing in his veins.

Wonder how many people lives he has ruined or attempted to ruin, without a second thought? Bet it numbers in the hundreds.

None of this will be in his memoir, of course, but what is unspoken in his book will be the story, and what is actually written, will be a fabrication of immense and laughable proportions. Even his 'mea culpa's' will be full of whines and subltle (perhaps blatant) placement of blame upon others.

Neither klinton is capable of personal accountability, honest introspection and compassion, but both are capable of immense lying. It is their grandest achievement. And they are pros without rivals in this arena.

147 posted on 12/29/2002 7:28:16 PM PST by Republic
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To: LurkerNoMore!
I agree, I think that the more interviews he does the worse he looks. Have you noticed how he can not stand to have anyone praised but himself?
148 posted on 12/29/2002 7:41:00 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Irish Eyes
Well, after all, as he mentions numerous times during the interview, he did leave Americans better off than they were when he came into office...

**GAG**
149 posted on 12/29/2002 7:45:19 PM PST by LurkerNoMore!
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To: redlipstick
Truth or fiction?

Unless he inculdes the FReepers at the gate going, "Bill Clinton, We have you surrounded, Drop the cigar, Step away from the intern, And come out, With your pants, Up!", it's fiction.

150 posted on 12/29/2002 7:51:46 PM PST by Doctor Raoul
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To: Irish Eyes
No. Not at all. Albeit, I refuse to listen, let alone watch, his drivel. Ergo, I am unable to "notice".

The downside is for advertisers trying to get my attention.

I'm still ticked off at Letterman, and CBS, for having him on, on 9/11. All 30 seconds that I watched.

151 posted on 12/29/2002 8:04:31 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Pontiac
I'm reading an interesting book now: "Unlimited Iced Tea", by I.P. Conveniently.
152 posted on 12/29/2002 8:08:33 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
This was CSPAN, and had no advertisers. CSPAN gets a nickle for every subscriber from cable companies that carry it.

This type of interview, with general questions that let him change subjects mid-sentence, are very educational. The idiot makes a fool of himself without even realizing it.
153 posted on 12/29/2002 8:08:54 PM PST by LurkerNoMore!
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To: redlipstick
Personally, I never tought he would actually bother to write the book.

Me neither! I want to read both his and Hillarys, but it's going to be a long wait till they're in the 'used' book stores!! I'm sure not giving any money to them!

154 posted on 12/29/2002 8:12:55 PM PST by potlatch
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To: potlatch
... but it's going to be a long wait till they're in the 'used' book stores!!...

Yep. Well, maybe not. In any case, you'll be able to buy them new in those "everything for a dollar" stores. Or the insurance liquidators and the like.

It really depends if the DOJ lets the publishers get away with covert bribery. I'd use whatshername's flop from the "Wheel
of Fortune" as the minimum NUMBER of *SOLD* books as the standard.

"What about fraudulent numbers?", you ask? Well, I believe the companies involved are publicly traded, so there is the SEC. And I think at least one of them is part of a company that holds public broadcast licenses. Michael Powell notwithstanding, any *fraud* convictions or plea bargains should make them unfit to hold licenses.

("Dream on", says the chorus...)

155 posted on 12/29/2002 8:56:46 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
"everything for a dollar" stores.

Now, THAT would be the 'appropriate' place to find their books!! LOL

156 posted on 12/29/2002 9:01:49 PM PST by potlatch
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Sorry, haven't read whole thread. Did anyone else hear him say that some papers could not be made public because they involved HIS war on terrorism.
157 posted on 12/29/2002 9:04:33 PM PST by chnsmok
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To: LurkerNoMore!
It was unbelieveable. I was constantly yelling LIE LIE LIE!
158 posted on 12/29/2002 9:17:02 PM PST by chnsmok
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To: Bernard
...do you think she will buy a blue dress for the event, or maybe a blue pant-suit?

Nope

She and Ol'Crusty are now one. It is a synergy that surpasses all understanding.

159 posted on 12/29/2002 9:46:13 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: friendly
Sure I will pay $10 million for that bribe, oops I meant astute investment.

It probably really pisses him off that Gore lost, then the house and Senate were lost. Can you imagine how many public liebraries would have been forced to buy scores of his book? Still might happen in the RAT controlled inner cities.

160 posted on 12/29/2002 9:52:58 PM PST by Go Gordon
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