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.
Fair's fair.
even a broken clock is right twice a day.
the last true statement made by a dum
was bob kerrey
"He is an unusually good liar"
go france
8 days and no surrender
As for Clinton telling the truth: A broken watch is right twice a day.
As for sitting in the back of the bus: You can't get away with cutting up as easily in the front.
Maybe Clinton did ride in the back of the bus. He is black you know.
The lady and I had a sincere conversation. She told me of her experiences and spoke with another district employee there about his experiences. I am not saying for sure that it happened. She sat in the back with the black kids because they were friends. It is entire possible that Clinton say in the back of the bus with a couple friends. It might not have been his idea, but it certainly is possible.
According to Hannity, he lied. Something about the year when the Arkansas schools were desegregated and the 9 year old comment? I was only half listening, which is normal for me when anyone talks about his slickness......
Thanks for breaking this. I will call home to have the kids put up the flag.
I don't care if it's in FR, and I don't care if it's satire, I still don't believe he was telling the truth.
Well actually as an 8 year old (yes, I am younger the x42), it was constantly in the news, so as an Iowa farm girl, I was well aware of the civil rights struggle. We actually had TV since I was four. The news was ever present.
Clintoon dies, and arrives at the pearly gates.
Bill: " Thank God, I was afraid I would spend eternity in that OTHER place.
St. Peter(rubbing hands with glee) " Oh no, no, no, Mr. President. You're not gonna get off THAT easy!"
Clinton telling the truth? This really IS breaking news.
That's... well... gay, as my daughter would put it. Particularly this part:
tiny gesture was repeated over and over again millions and millions of times in the hearts and minds of
Is that like "I donated to the food bank in my heart and mind so those folks aren't hongry ainymar"? Bill= ever the self-serving schmoe.
You're kiddin' me. Remember his presidency? (little 'p').. Clinton's too much of a damned coward to ever take a risk.
Guess it was back of the bus that he heard about all the black churches burning in Arkanasas!!!
I have verified where he went to school. That is why I called the Hot Springs School District. I spent about an hour on this story. If you want to do your own homework, fine. You know I have no interest in defending Bill Clinton. I want he and his wife to be sharing a 6 x 9 cell on a refurbished Alcatraz that can be visitors' destination.
Good job, Doug. Sounds like it was possible. Hannity's going to have some egg on his face, perhaps.
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