Posted on 11/14/2004 4:56:16 PM PST by 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.
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I wonder if they will invite Michael Moore for the all you can eat buffet?
Well, Bubba deserves his library. No question about it. But is he going to put Monica Lewinksi's dress on display?
"Dad, why are all these pages stuck together?"
Or, as Rush says, Clinton Library and Massage Parlor.
This political "Elvis" will never be able to erase his real legacy - that of being a male slut.
give it 5 years - this presidential library will have amongst the lowest visitor rates of any of the modern day presidential libraries.
The first 100 visitors received a blue hanky(pun) with a stain on it as a memento souvenir.
*grin*
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.
"OhMyGosh! I'll Need to Find a Blue Dress!"
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I didn't know Larry Flynt was having a Grand Opening for another "Hustler Magazine/Peep Show Store."
James Carville's upscale trailer park!
We will go there ONCE, just to put a note in the guest book that says "Free Republic sends it's regards".
Legacy
The President whose mark on history is a stain on a blue dress. And he gets a library!
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