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.
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?
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.
Well, I can perhaps see your point... a little bit. But the problem with your solution is that the attention-hungry media whore would have leaped at the opportunity to visit JoePa in his non-existent hospital or sick-bed.
And to think Hillary played quarterback for him. Thanks for nothing Joe!
Why should he have a “diplomatic illness?” Clinton was not there to give an address on history or policy, he was there for the blatantly political purpose of promoting his wife’s candidacy.
If he’s there for a political purpose, then being critical of him, or the candidate he’s supporting, are both reasonable.
“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.”
Not me. The term “former” would get me out of any obligation at all to greet that creepy serial rapist.
You're wrong on several counts.
First of all Joe Paterno wasn't representing Joe Paterno to Bill Clinton. Clinton was trying to associate himself with a TRUSTED individual who has built an entire lifetime and career by trying to be honest and upright.
In other words as a private citizen Joe Paterno is a nobody to Clinton. As an icon for honesty and hard work, Clinton wanted to rub his cockroach like persona against Paterno in order to advance himself and her thighness Hillary.
Secondly, Joe Paterno is honest. If you ask him a question, he'll answer it. He doesn't parse the meaning of "is". He answers honestly to the best of his ability. That's called integrity. If you notice he doesn't say bad things about Clinton, just that he doesn't want to participate in the liberal propaganda machinations of the Clintons.
Thirdly, he's a private citizen. As a Marine, we have to respect the office. We HAVE to salute the commander in chief. We HAVE to attend formations/parade/eat chow with whoever our commander says we HAVE to. As a private citizen, Joe Pa doesn't have to shake hands with a guy that used a 21 year old intern as his private cigar humidor.
I'm from Texas and don't really know much about Paterno except that he seems to have avoided trouble and is well respected in a business , NCAA division I football, that will tempt you with shady deals, dishonesty and other felonious activities if you let them.
Finally, If I could somehow show Clinton how unworthy he is of any man's respect I would. Unfortunately sociopaths don't have a conscience and are beyond shame. So Joe could pull down his pants and take a dump in front of Clinton and he'd just smile and move on, thanking him for supporting "Hillary and me".
I wonder who it is who has no class. I visited Penn State once for a Virginia football game. Everything about the place and the people I met just exuded class. It is something I'll never forget.
ML/NJ
see #9
Disagree. He said he was not a Democrat and would not be supporting either of them, so decided not to meet with Clinton.