Toon's lying.
Posted on 11/03/2005 12:05:49 PM PST by doug from upland
I never thought I would be defending Bill Clinton on FreeRepublic. Mark this date as an historic moment. Clinton might have actually told the truth.
From the text of his Rosa Parks funeral speech (which, of course, he managed to make about himself)
CLINTON: I remember, as if it were yesterday, that fateful day 50 years ago. I was a 9-year-old southern white boy who rode a segregated bus every single day of my life. I sat in the front. Black folk sat in the back.
When Rosa showed us that black folks didn't have to sit in the back anymore, two of my friends and I, who strongly approved of what she had done, decided we didn't have to sit in the front anymore.
(APPLAUSE)
It was just a tiny gesture by three ordinary kids. But that tiny gesture was repeated over and over again millions and millions of times in the hearts and minds of children, their parents, their grandparents, their great grandparents, proving that she did help to set us all free.
In 1953, Clinton moved to Hot Springs and started school at St. John's Catholic. He then attended Ramble Elementary. He was nine years old when Rosa Parks defied the law on the bus.
I spoke with a very nice lady at the Hot Springs School District. Ramble Elementary has been replaced with a newer school, Park Elementary. The original Ramble building still stands and is a threatre.
There were no school buses. Kids either walked, were taken by parents, or took a city bus to school.
It was a diverse neighborhood. My source mentioned blacks, Lituanians, and Jews. Kids just seemed to all get along.
The source talked to another man in her office who, like her, grew up and went to Hot Springs schools at the same time as Bill Clinton. She and her friends would sometimes join the black kids in the back of the bus. She thought it was the right thing to do.
It is entirely possible that Clinton did join a few of his friends and sit in the back of the bus after hearing about Rosa Parks. Let's give him credit for a possible truth telling episode.
NOTE: He still, however, is a liar, a perjurer, a subornerer of perjury, an obstructor of justice, a threat to national security, a rapist, a threat to witnesses, a horrible and completely phony human being, and an impeached failed president with an evil and dangerous wife.
"Black folk sat in the back"
Most would say black folks, but guess the bent one is mimicking WEB Du Bois, doubtless one of Klintoon's mentors.
Some of my friends were stupid enough to try rocking it back and forth so it would tip over while it was in motion. The driver almost had a heart attack.
Toon's lying.
Nice.
Folks, we don't have a stained blue dress on this one.
>Yup. Hannity didn't figure there might be a city bus. He was talking of school buses exclusively.
Was Nagin there too?
I was 9 once and all I can remember is that was the year I was able to join the Cub Scouts and YMCA. But I can not remember details of the Den meetings with the finesse that BJ can a bus ride.
I still can't get the sight of the Most Reverend Jesse Jacks-hunnn jumping up and down like a kangaroo!
Correct. At that age, kids are barely aware of current events.
I hear he saw a black churches burned down from his backseat window too.
Another is that he has no shame.
Heehee, Jesse was doing the Pogo! It made my morning after having to listen to Bill worship himself. I didn't notice the politicians sneaking out, but it doesn't surprise me. Nothing surprises me after that awful Wellstone memorial service.
Sorry, I shouldn't assume that you didn't do your homework.
wonder if he ever mentioned it in his memory book - my life. I guess trying to pass himself as the first black president he'd have some of his stories straight...with a grain of salt. Didn't he lie about the burning black churches in AK
No problem. :)
You're all heart!
He indeed lied about the churches. I don't know about his book because I won't read it.
From 1011 Park Ave Hot Springs, AR
To 170 Ravine Street Hot Springs , AR 71901
Directions Distance
1: Start out going Southwest on PARK AVE/AR-7 towards BAILEY PL by turning right. 0.61 miles (0.98 Km)
2: Turn LEFT onto RAVINE ST. 0.12 miles (0.20 Km)
Total Distance: 0.73 miles
Estimated Time: 2 minutes 54 seconds
Do you really believe that Clinton took the bus every day to Ramble elementary? By the time he got to the back of the bus, he would be at his destination. LOL.
Bill was politically inclined at 9 ? He sure started early building his presidential portfolio. I don't think most nine year olds, especially then, weren't involved in issues. Hard too tell with Bill, he does such a good job of feeling everybody's pain, even at 9 years old.
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