Posted on 03/30/2008 5:44:27 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, a noted Republican, says he thought long and hard before deciding against greeting Bill Clinton when the former president visited campus on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign.
Bill Clinton pitched the Penn State ties of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday during a stop in State College, reminding the mostly youthful audience that her father and brother both played football at Penn State.
In fact, brother Hugh Rodham, a 1972 graduate, was a backup quarterback under Paterno.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...
He wouldn’t stand for Clinton’s scandalour shenanigans from his players.
Joe PA!
He said he felt that perhaps he should welcome Clinton out of respect for his status as a former president.
He was right the first time. If he really couldn't bear to greet him, he should have had a diplomatic illness and NOT GIVEN THE INTERVIEW. Talk about no class.
I wouldn’t walk across the street to see either Clintoon.
In fact, I’d probably turn around and walk away.
Dissin the Slick.
Now, there's a name from the past...
Wasn't Hugh Rodham involved in some sort of White House related scandal? Selling pardons at the end of the Clinton Reign or Terror? Or was it some sort of drug thing? Or maybe that was Roger Clinton...
Hell, I can't keep all this white trash straight.
Bill Clinton is the one who showed no class.
Respect is earned, not automatic.
BJ did a whole lot to un-earn a lot of people’s respect.
Joe Paterno has got more class in his little finger than Bubba, Butch, Chelsea, Osamo, and Michelle Osamo have in their whole bodies, altogether.
You a Pitt fan or something?
How much you wanna bet he’s called “Huge” Rodham behind his back?
Joe Paterno and Pres. Bush
Joe's actions here have raised him in my esteem not lessened him.
“...brother Hugh Rodham, a 1972 graduate, was a backup quarterback under Paterno.”
450lb fat, bloated lump of lard, “Huge Rotten” was a back-up, back-stop for the baseball team.
There; fixed that.
Hillary Rodham Clinton's jowly brother Hugh faced a nation of raised eyebrows Thursday for his part in two successful pardon pleas. The sartorially impaired sometime golfing partner of the ex-president is taking heat for pocketing $400,000 in legal fees after two of his clients, Carlos Vignali Jr. and Almon Glenn Braswell, were granted last-minute pardons. Hugh's salad days were short; Bill and Hillary demanded that he return the cash, and he obliged quickly.
I don't do links, but you can cut paste below to remind yourself of all sorts of little Huey vignets:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,100329,00.html
CC: Clinton-the-man is completely undeserving of any respect. That has NOTHING TO DO with publicly disrespecting Clinton-the-former-President.
ROTR: Paterno showed a complete lack of class by making public his disrespect of the former President. Agreed that none of the others you mentioned have any class EITHER. Since I don’t know the man, I’ll be charitable and assume it was a temporary misjudgement (Lord knows we all make them) - and I mean giving the interview, NOT refusing to meet with Clinton.
RC: Vanderbilt and UVA, out of family solidarity. I don’t follow college ball.
John Elway did not attend the White House photo-op after the Bronco’s Super Bowl win due to an “illness”.
The same day as the photo-op, Elway was spotted at his local country club playing golf.
You've got a point there. Best Regards.
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