Clinton Library Opening in Little Rock ["Messy Legacy" Will Be On Full Display]

AP ^ | Sun Nov 14 | DAVID HAMMER

[West Coast Conservative]

As Bill Clinton's library is unveiled at a gala opening this week, one thing is certain: His messy legacy will be on full display.

One alcove will be dedicated to impeachment, and organizers have promised not to sidestep even Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones. The 58-year-old political superstar is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to his library.

"Bill Clinton is a rock star," said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's nonprofit foundation that built the $165 million library. "He is Elvis."

The William J. Clinton Presidential Center, a metaphorical "bridge to the 21st century" cantilevered out over the bank of the Arkansas River, opens Thursday as the highlight of a week of programs, exhibits and symposiums.

The week will include an Aretha Franklin concert, a science discussion by astronaut and former Democratic Sen. John Glenn, dedication of new sculptures on the riverfront and at the airport, and a reception to which Whoopi Goldberg, Cicely Tyson and Quincy Jones have been invited.

At Thursday morning's grand opening, speakers will include Clinton, his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bush, former President Bush and former President Carter. Some 30,000 guests have been invited to gather on the library lawn and U2's Bono and The Edge will perform.

[Paleo Conservative]

[arly]

I wonder if they will invite Michael Moore for the all you can eat buffet?

[Kurt_D]

Well, Bubba deserves his library. No question about it. But is he going to put Monica Lewinksi's dress on display?

[TheBigB]

"Dad, why are all these pages stuck together?"

[Wneighbor]

Shouldn't that read "Clinton Porn Library?"

[Paleo Conservative]

[lstanle]

"Shouldn't that read "Clinton Porn Library?"

Or, as Rush says, Clinton Library and Massage Parlor.

[anniegetyourgun]

This political "Elvis" will never be able to erase his real legacy - that of being a male slut.

[oceanview]

give it 5 years - this presidential library will have amongst the lowest visitor rates of any of the modern day presidential libraries.

[SunnySide]

The first 100 visitors received a blue hanky(pun) with a stain on it as a memento souvenir.

*grin*

[mrmargaritaville]

He should hire Monica to be the "official greeter" at the library. Maybe the gift shop could sell her line of "designer" hand bags. Man, who would have thought that you could use "Monica" "hand" and "bag" in the same post and it not have innuendo written all over it.

[Babu]

"OhMyGosh! I'll Need to Find a Blue Dress!"

[spectre]

I was praying it would rain that day. We will go there ONCE, just to put a note in the guest book that says "Free Republic sends it's regards".

sw

[drpix]

I guess the "library" also has interns.

[SandRat]

I didn't know Larry Flynt was having a Grand Opening for another "Hustler Magazine/Peep Show Store."

[leprechaun9]

James Carville's upscale trailer park!

[SunnySide]

We will go there ONCE, just to put a note in the guest book that says "Free Republic sends it's regards".

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LOL that's a great idea! Maybe I'll go to and sign the book, "YOU SUCK Bill"

[Semi Civil Servant]

Legacy

[drpix]

The President whose mark on history is a stain on a blue dress. And he gets a library!

[TheForceOfOne]

[wagglebee]

[Free ThinkerNY]

The Real Clinton Legacy

[BenLurkin]

His messy legacy?

TRY:
>>>> The Commerce Department selling seats on trade delegations
>>>> Selling overnights in the Lincoln Bedroom
>>>> The White House "coffees"
>>>> The $5,000 donations from Buddhist 'monks'
>>>> The Travel Office firings
>>>> The last minute pardon of Mark Rich and other assorted ne'er do wells.
>>>> LORAL's special deals with Red China
>>>> The deal with the Riadys which led to Federal confiscation of America's best coal reserves.

>>>> etc. etc etc.

[beckybea]

"Bill Clinton is a rock star," said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's nonprofit foundation that built the $165 million library. "He is Elvis."
And that was the big problem with his 8 years at the White House. Clinton believed and behaved as if he was a 'star'. Not too far down that 'rock star road', Bill Clinton forgot that we was President.

[Luddite Patent Counsel]

Yes, he is Elvis - Elvis Costello. Intermittent weight problem, great early promise followed by mediocrity at best, wife who thinks she's actually more talented and that SHE should be the more famous one, history of anti-American statements and actions. They couldn't have nailed it better.

[GaltMeister]

"Bill Clinton is a rock star," said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's nonprofit foundation that built the $165 million library. "He is Elvis."

That may be true, but he wasn't worth a crap as a President.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"The 58-year-old political superstar is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to his library."

Wow! They're going to beat out freak shows and circuses for years to come! Maybe some good CAN come of this? *Rolleyes*

[spectre]

I'll sign the book for you "You Suck Bill" from SunnySide"....See, I just saved you a trip and $7 admission.

sw

[Hank Rearden]

We will go there ONCE, just to put a note in the guest book that says "Free Republic sends it's regards".

Great idea! Please make sure you spell "its" correctly in this context. It all depends on the meaning of its, after all.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

AMEN!

[Not gonna take it anymore]

Leave the apostrophe off its.
Otherwise it means it is.

[Babu]

[freekitty]

Oh great, the ex-President is a rock star. They are so hard up finding this guy a legacy; they will say anything.

[SunnySide]

Cool! I love it! (LOL)

[Paul Atreides]

Well, an "all you can eat" at any Clinton function can be taken a couple of ways.

[Ditter]

We saw clinton giving a speech on tv the other night and he looked like a dying man. We have know many people who had heart bypass surgery and the only one who looked as bad as he looks really did die about 6 weeks after the surgery. I hope he lives to see the opening of his liebrary.

[Paul Atreides]

Imagine, all of those Blue State Baboons having to dirty themselves by coming to the South. Oh, the humanity! /sarcasm

[Ed_in_NJ]

"other assorted ne'er do wells."

Including the cop-killing FALN terrorists.

[wagglebee]

[spectre]

Oh thank you, it's my Blue State Public School education, LOL. You saved me from embarrassment...blush.

But hey, Hank, if I leave it misspelled, you all will KNOW it's from ME!

sw

[spectre]

OK! Maybe I'll just stay home, LOL!

sw

[GretchenM]

Does anyone know if that part of Arkansas where bubba's lie-bury is ever has earthquakes? I mean, is there any hope the earth will open up and swallow that thing?

[SunnySide]

We saw clinton giving a speech on tv the other night and he looked like a dying man

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Ego maniacs of his proportions generally can't handle not being in the spotlight. He attained Presidency at a fairly young age, peaked and now what? Kerry lost so not much use for ole Billy boy and after him being on his world wide high for eight long years then come to an end must be devastating to his insatiable ego. Basically Bill has ran the gamut and now he'll wither on the vine.

[bray]

He's so popular outside of the Stone-age press he couldn't even deliver his own state!!! Yeah right. They'll be equally mystified why his dirty book store loses money.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[SunnySide]

earthquakes? I mean, is there any hope the earth will open up and swallow that thing?

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Look for a sink hole... eh heh heh heh

[spectre]

Yep, I took out earth quake insurance on our home.

But it's more likely to fall into the Arkansas River or be a tornado magnet (It really looks like a double-wide).

sw

[kcar]

Come listen to a story about a man called Bill

A former President with his fat first lady Hill

As Governor of Arkansas before he was President

He became the proud owner of the title "Mister Bent"

Crooked, that is, just like a serpent's tail.

Well the first thing you know Paula filed a lawsuit

And this brought forth the Bimbo squad in ad hominem pursuit

They said she was a gold-digger, a partisan, a whore

But her charge was allowed to go forth since it was filed well before

A'fore he was President, that is, Mister Big.

And then one day he was workin during Easta

He got himself an appetite for a real hot slice of pizza

I can't finish this...

[Ditter]

I agree he thrives on attention but his problem is medical. The surgery really took a lot out of him. The skin on his face was hanging in folds.

[SunnySide]

"The surgery really took a lot out of him. The skin on his face was hanging in folds."

Anyone who drops a lot of weight after age 45 does not have the luck of the skin snapping back into place. The elasticity goes away with the aging process while the loose skin stays unless the person gets the excess skin folds surgically removed.