Bill Clinton Was George W. Bush's Secret White House Whisperer

http://news.yahoo.com ^ | September 8, 2014 | Russell Berman

[NKP_Vet]

George W. Bush was known – and often criticized – for being insular during his eight years in the White House, but he made regular calls to a surprising adviser during his second term: his predecessor.

Bill Clinton revealed on Monday that the second President Bush picked his brain twice a year for 30-45 minutes, in wide-ranging conversations that no doubt set the stage for the surprising, "brother-from-another-mother" relationship that the two ex-presidents now share.

Bush would call Clinton "just to talk," during his last four years in the White House, the Democrat said in a joint event at the Newseum in Washington.

[Fungi]

Name a few. Let me start. Walker, Cruz, Palin, Paul, Perry, Jindal,.... The problem is as soon as they get to DC, they suddenly become whimps. The Fed, the bureaucrats, the lobbyists, the IRS, the EPA, OSHA, all suddenly encapsulate the president into a mind numb robot. Two hundred years and the trend is downward, as is the norm. Will we suffer the same lot?

[a fool in paradise]

“Don’t use the sink off the oval office, I can’t explain but just ‘don’t’...”

[Dallas59]

[laplata]

Bush and Cheney had all the scoop on Obama in 2007. They didn’t do anything to prevent him from running for president. They had many resources and ways to undermine him but didn’t.

[BBell]

It was Bill Clinton all along

Iv'e heard that line before.....

.....it was barzini all along

[hinckley buzzard]

Well, no surprise at this late date. And yes, real conservatives got over Dubya so long ago.

[expat1000]

An hour to 1/2 hours per *year*? Yawn.

[Royal Wulff]

Bill Clinton will sabotage his wife’s presidential run. Only room for one Clinton in American History.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Bubba is trying to remain relevant.

[married21]

“Talking twice a year for 30 minutes is nothing.”

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I agree. People can easily do that with people they despise but must “make nice” with. Heavy influence would be if they had twice a week phone calls.

[Jane Long]

Lol....so, that’s what he’s been up to.

[tumblindice]

Tessio was always smarter. Even if he looked like Ham the NASA space chimp.
“Tell Mike it wasn’t personal, it was business. Oooh oooh ah ah eee eee eee!”

[JSDude1]

And set us up for ‘da bomb’ I mean Obama after he was gone! THIS is why I still VERY MUCH DISLIKE G.W. Bush..

[Finalapproach29er]

Explains a lot.

Reagan is the only right of center President the USA has had since 1960.

[Henchster]

"Now, sir. We'll talk, if you like." "I'll tell you right out, I am a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk."

Yeah, but...

"You've got to convince me that you know what this is about, that you're not just fiddling around, hoping it'll all turn out right in the end!"

[Brandonmark]

twice a year for 30-45 minutes

Now that is some kind of an advisor, he spent less time than most people do talking to the kids in the neighborhood selling candy bars for a school project!

[laplata]

Bush and Cheney had all the scoop on Obama in 2007. They didn’t do anything to prevent him from running for president. They had many resources and ways to undermine him but didn’t.

[OrangeHoof]

1) Do we really want to trust Clinton at his word?

2) Can we now tell Bush-hating liberals that Clinton was to blame for Dubya’s failures?

[BBell]

Don't tell anyone but Tessio is still alive.

He is in hiding so don't blow his cover.

[fr_freak]

I imagine Bush called Clinton every once in a while to say, “No, seriously, where the hell did you put all the ‘ W’ keys? The IT guys are getting pissed.”