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Bill Clinton: Trump has poured 'poison' down 'America's throat' By Judy Kurtz - 06/27/18 10:03 AM EDT Former President Clinton is suggesting that President Trump is at least partly to blame for a lack of civility in politics, saying he has poured “poison" down "America’s throat.” “It started off calling Mexicans rapists and murderers,” Clinton said during a Tuesday interview with “The Daily Show’s” Trevor Noah, referring to a line from then-GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 2015 speech announcing his White House run. During that speech, Trump said Mexico was "not sending their best." "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime....

In 1982, party leaders allocated for themselves a heaping portion of the delegates, creating positions called super delegates. Every Democratic member of Congress, every Democratic governor and all of the elected members of the Democratic National Committee (the majority of the super delegates) were each granted a vote at the convention. Party leaders assumed this would help them retain a measure of control over the process -- and of course continue to be granted the bounty of political favors that historically flowed from backing the right horse at the convention. In 2008, the 796 super delegates will make up about...

I’ve been reading Kathleen Willey’s new book, Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton. In it, she provides details of her encounter with Clinton in the Oval Office that AFAIK have never been previously revealed. I urge everyone to buy the book. It is a very good read. Below is her story as told in the book. The background, of course, is that Kathleen had asked to see the President because of a family financial crisis. She had been volunteering at the White House, but could not do so any longer; she needed a paying job. I...

I was standing at the kitchen sink eating the tacos I had just prepared and had an amusing thought. Everyone of us knows a “Hillary!”. They can be the trophy wife of the millionaire who accomplished nothing in life but is the director of some museum, the bitchy, bossy wife of the owner of the company you work for who doesn’t work for the company but stops by from time to time to let you know just “who’s boss”, (we military types all know the next one) the General’s/Colonel’s/Major’s/Captain’s wife acting like an ass at the Commisary, the lady who...

If Hillary Clinton wins the US presidency, Bill Clinton will be given the job of repairing America's damaged international reputation, the former president tells the Guardian in an interview today. Mr Clinton, 61, reveals that his wife has said she would ask him to "go out and immediately restore America's standing, go out and tell people America was open for business and cooperation again" after eight years marked by unilateralist policies that have "enrage[d] the world". For the first time in his political life, Mr Clinton says, "ordinary US voters in the heartlands are concerned about who would be most...

A Brit newspaper is reporting that the US "secret services" -- presumably the CIA and NSA -- were spying on Princess Diana, bugging her telephone conversations in the summer of 1997, up to and including the day she died. But why would anyone bother? The British royals aren't much involved in politics or matters of national security. There's only one reason I can think of. Was Clinton wanting to get the lowdown on her before asking for a date? I am pursuing other information from experts, trusted sources, and the usual suspects

Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctionsby John in DC - 9/07/2006 06:02:00 PM This letter was sent today by the entire Democratic leadership of the US Senate. This letter is such a major shot across the bow of Disney, it's not even funny. It is FILLED with veiled threats, both legal and legislative, against Disney. US Senators don't make threats like this, especially the entire Democratic leadership en masse, unless they mean it. Disney is in serious trouble. Read it, then read my analysis of it below:September 7, 2006 Mr. Robert A. Iger President and...

Former President Bill Clinton turns 60 years old on August 19. Just don’t remind him. "In just a few days, I will be 60 years old. I hate it, but it’s true,” Clinton said at a world AIDS conference in Toronto. "For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing what I was doing. Then one day I woke up and I was the oldest person in every room.” Clinton was a youthful 46 when he was first elected president in 1992. "Now that I have more days behind me than ahead of me, I try to...

WILLIAM Jefferson Blythe III was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Ark. After his mother remarried, he took the family surname, Clinton. Clinton was a good student. He enjoyed playing the saxophone and even considered a professional musical career. While in high school, a fortuitous meeting with President John Kennedy led him to choose a life of public service.

He tells LULAC convention legalizing 250,000 aliens a year could prop systemThe Bush administration should consider legalizing hundreds of thousands of immigrants as a way to bolster Social Security, former President Clinton told the nation’s largest Hispanic organization Friday.   Addressing more than 1,200 people at the League of United Latin American Citizens convention in Little Rock, Clinton said legalizing 250,000 illegal immigrants would add more workers under 55 to help keep the retirement system solvent.   "I think those of you who want immigration reform should look at Social Security," Clinton said at the Statehouse Convention Center. "If we legalized another...

Former President William Jefferson Clinton formerly opens his Presidential Center, which will hold the papers from his two term presidency.Attending the ceremony will be President George W. Bush, former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush, along with First Lady Laura Bush ,Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rosalyn Carter and Barbara Bush.

Did anyone else just catch Bill Klintoon on Letterman's show? Darn, I sure wish I had known he was going to be on the show ahead of time... I would've started this thread much earlier. This thread is a heads-up for FReepers in U.S. time zones other than Eastern - you still have time to catch it. I'm afraid I can't provide much of a report on what Slick Willie had to say since I only saw part of it (and I'm pretty sleepy). Basically what I heard from him was: (Under the Bush administration) "Crime and gang violence is...

If it's allowed to stand, an FCC ruling will feed media merger mania BY BILL CLINTON "It's your money," says President Bush when he promotes tax cuts. I disagree with his tax policy but admire his spin. The same argument applies with greater force to whether big media conglomerates should be allowed to control more television and radio stations: "It's your airwaves." The American people own the bandwidth that broadcast media companies use to deliver programs to our TV and radio sets. Because the space on that bandwidth is limited, the Federal Communications Commission regulates who has access to our...

ACCENT presents President William Jefferson Clinton Location........................ Stephen C. O'Connell Center (main arena) Date............................. Thursday, April 03, 2003 Time............................. Doors open at 3:00 pm Ticket info..................... This event is FREE and open to the public Parking*....................... There will be no parking available for this event. Guests are urged to use public transportation. Prohibited Items**........ Bags, Backpacks, Video Cameras

Just starting an after action report. Here are a few highlights of the evening so far. I'm sure there will be more additions tonight and tomorrow but most of our folks are still socializing at an undisclosed location...with beer.

Wednesday, November 06, 2002, 12:00 a.m. PacificWhat's 'real' sex? Kids narrow definition, put themselves at risk It's a taboo topic, but one that parents, educators and health-care providers have been discussing quietly for the past couple of years and with a greater degree of urgency. Many teenagers — and even children as young as middle school — are having oral sex. Some of them don't think of it as real sex. And many are unaware that it can be dangerous. Things every teen — and parent — should know • While the risk of contracting most sexually transmitted diseases...

<p>Oh, dear. A Pew Research survey released yesterday stated that President Clinton "stands out for his extraordinarily low credibility." His ratings are lower than they were in the spring of 1998, when the Monica Lewinsky matter was in full bloom.</p>