Clinton plans to recreate his sanctum

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 05/21/2002 | Oliver Burkeman

[gov_bean_ counter]

Too strange for words.

[anniegetyourgun]

HAHAHAHA- Clinton hacked his own website! Recreate that, sucker!

[ladyinred]

What ? There was an investigation into the pardons? Are they sure? Gee, must have been a stealth one.

[Ax]

Three words: Kim Il Sung

[Bill Rice]

"...will have "furnishings exactly as they were during President Clinton's years in office". "

More likely they ARE some of the exact furnishings as when he was in office.

What a weasel.

[backlash]

Is this true? What a farce! Impeached, disbarred, universally despised, and yet has the gall to construct himself a pretend oval office so he can continue to pretend he's relevant. What a pretender! I could just barf.

[altair]

Wonderful. Will he pee in this sink too?

[Castlebar]

Clinton plans to sanctify his rectum

[F16Fighter]

And will visitors be able to "meander" past the "full-scale replica" of the infamous Clinton sink? A life-size blow-up doll donning a blue-dress? A glass case holding the various cigar selections of our "legendary" ex-President?

This place is guaranteed to have the ambiance of both 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not' and a cheap French bordello.

[Dick Bachert]

Do WHAT to his rect...?

Ohhhh.

Never mind!

PS: But I DO think it's a good idea. And I hope someone takes pictures.

[Revolting cat!]

The historically significant semen stained sink too?

[ao98]

Jimmy(I never met a dictator I didn't like)Carter also has a recreation of his oval office at his Presidential library.

I wonder if Clinton will recreate the stains on the rug?

[Lizzy W]

Well, how lovely.

Previous Presidential Libraries featured historical documents, significant speaches, etc. Now, Clintoon is creating an NC-17 porn house a la Hugh Hefner. Talk about CLASSY.

[Ronin]

I think it is customary for a presidential library. I think Reagan's library has one as well.

I'm not sure about Ford or Bush.

[swarthyguy]

Have any other presidents ever recreated the Oval Office anywhere after they left the White House?

This is extremely weird. It's not his. He was a tenant. Can't the White House sue for violation of something....Gotta be a law against this somewhere.

Wonder if it'll come with peephole?

[Right_in_Virginia]

"The "full-scale replica" will be the centrepiece of a permanent exhibition at the Clinton Presidential Centre, which will house the 42nd president's official library."

What a psycho.

[RippleFire]

[Revolting cat!]

We are living in some strange empire, aren't we? The President as Pope, elected to complete his term, never forced to admit mistakes or resign under any circumstances like some peasant leaders in what we contemptously regard as "corrupt" countries of other continents. The President as King who "runs" the country - watch Klintoon's boasts of having created 22 million (or whatever,) jobs or the current controversy of Bush being or not being responsible for what somebody in the mammoth Federal bureaucracy did with some memo. And the imperial ambitions of these former Presidents, all of them, are just more ridiculous than the pomp and circumstance at the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. A silly operetta!

[Libertina]

"furnishings exactly as they were during President Clinton's years in office
Well of course he'll have the exact furnishings. What do you think were in all those boxes Hill & Bill packed up when leaving DC????