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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But hey, Hank, if I leave it misspelled, you all will KNOW it's from ME!
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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?
We saw clinton giving a speech on tv the other night and he looked like a dying man
Pray for W and Our Troops
earthquakes? I mean, is there any hope the earth will open up and swallow that thing?
But it's more likely to fall into the Arkansas River or be a tornado magnet (It really looks like a double-wide).
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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...
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.
"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.
I wonder because I haven't seen any really recent pictures, in one taken before the election his color looked all right. He's lost a lot of weight, but I'm sure that's because they MADE him do it.
Bubba declared his impeachment a badge of honor, so one could expect there to be a whole section devoted to it in his lie-bury.
However, if anyone with any sense of dignity and history and properly-felt shame were to have advised him, and if he accepted the advice, it seems that a small amount of floor space could be given to the topic with handouts listing Internet source links for the information, along with a short summation of the charges and the Senate vote.
You got that darn right.
Everyone I have ever known who had bypass surgery was over 45 and they lost weight. Have you seen him?
And Clinton woulda still used this opportunity to piss on Kerry's parade if he'd have won the election.
Makes me want to puke, dredging up the memories of that slimy page of American history.
Look for skin color. When the color starts looking ashen gray or yellow tint then there's serious underlying problems related to organ failure or blood. I attended a funeral a while back afterwards as I was heading towards my auto I passed an aquaintance. His color looked dreadful, ashen gray. As I walked on I thought to myself, I give that person five more years to live. I have no idea why that popped into my mind but it did. Five years later the person did in fact pass away from terminal cancer.
Anyone that's ever been thru Little Rock KNOWS there won't be "hundreds and thousands" of people going to see this. Little Rock ain't exactly a vacationers paradise.
"Everyone I have ever known who had bypass surgery was over 45 and they lost weight. Have you seen him?"
Not sure what you're getting at but yes I saw Clinton on TV stumping for Kerry and a bit piece with Diane Sawyer. His color and skin looked okay via TV
Well it was television so I don't know if he was a healthy color or not. He was pale and his voice wasn't strong. The man did not look good at all. How many weeks has it been?
Nahh. The MSM is the official marketing agency for the library. When the #'s start to decline, watch for a puff-piece (a news story; not Bubba himself) to be released and celebrated.
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