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Look at this clown trying to be an "elder statesman"...

Don't you long for the days when ex-presidents were seen but not heard?

Excerpts from his remarks:

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On private life:

"I like meeting people on planes, trains and on the streets. People I used to just pass in limousines when I was president. It's interesting. People will say anything to you. Some people say, 'I'm sure glad you're gone.'"

On North Korea:

"Now today, the biggest threat, I believe, is from North Korea. They have the largest capacity to build nuclear weapons and missiles. And they're under the biggest pressure to sell whatever they build. They can't grow enough food to feed their people. Their only cash crops are bombs and people. It's bizarre but true.

What's the answer? Here's what we ought to do. We ought to get a common position with the South Koreans, the Japanese, the Chinese and the Russians. It's their neighborhood. They have different relations with North Korea. We need a common position, and then we need to carry the ball. We need to be very firm in public and very brutal in private, and say 'this is a dead end for you.' "

On Iraq:

"No matter how we cut it, if we go it alone or with allies, our critics will say this is a pre-emptive attack. Then have we set a precedent we can't live with? . . . There is a risk in this conflict. Even though I think it will be over quickly, a lot of innocent people will die.

I don't think the Bush administration is legally required to go back to the United Nations, but politically we can get the other people with us by letting Mr. Blix have a little more time. It's not a military problem."

On Bush's economic programs:

"I believe that huge tax cut we passed in 2001 was the worst mistake this country made. We passed that tax cut before we knew what our income was, what our expenses were, what our emergencies were. You'd be broke if you ran a business like that, and not surprisingly, we're broke."

"Clinton Deal Gave N. Korea 100-Nuke-Per-Year Capacity"
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/10/19/114657

(first pic - upper left): Please tell me that that is a stage hook getting ready to yank him off the stage!

They had the hook out, but couldn't seem to catch the squirmy b@st@rd to pull him off stage. :)

Good FReeping HOT Chapter FReepers.