Posted on 02/01/2005 9:13:41 AM PST by technomage
Background: The US took the lead role in this situation while Kofi Annan was incommunicado on vacation. The UN then decided to join the US team or risk being perceived as irrelevant.
This seems to be an attempt on the part of the UN to turn the tables and usurp the lead role in this by making it appear as if they are allowing the US (In the form of Clinton) to be a part of their team.
I wonder what percentage of donations will ultimately wind up in Bill and Hillary's Political Warchest?
Jack.
Clintoon, still working for the U.N.
Ops4 God Bless America~!
Wonder how Toon's being paid for his trouble? I can't believe he's doing it for free.
button on your lapel. You've just shouted it from the housetops.
Jesse Helms biggest fear? Bill Clinton running the United Nations
By PAUL NOWELL
Associated Press
Posted February 1 2005, 12:24 PM EST
CHARLOTTE, N.C -- Bill Clinton in charge of the United Nations?
That's the image former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms is dangling in front of his ardent supporters in a letter aimed at raising money for his senatorial library.
In the letter, the 83-year-old Republican, who left office in 2003 after five terms, worries that the former president has aspirations to lead the U.N. after Kofi Annan retires next year.
``I'm sure you might agree that putting a left-wing, undisciplined and ethically challenged former President of the United States into a position of such power would be a tragic mistake,'' Helms writes.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter Tuesday. It contains a petition that asks President Bush to ``rebuke all efforts by Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and every other liberal in Congress to push for Bill Clinton to become Secretary-General of the United Nations.''
A spokesman for Clinton did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday and the former president has said nothing publicly about wanting to lead the U.N.
Still, Clinton, who often butted heads with Helms when the archconservative headed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, remains the ultimate bogeyman for Helms and his supporters.
``Senator Helms thinks it would be a disaster if President Clinton went to the U.N.,'' said John Dodd, president of the Helms Center in Wingate, 30 miles southeast of Charlotte. ``With all the baggage he would bring, there's no telling what conservatives would want to do.
``I'm hearing more and more people saying we need to kick the U.N. out and de-fund the United Nations,'' Dodd said. ``I think this would be a big mistake and the senator agrees it would be a big mistake.''
The Helms Center opened in 2001. It is known for a lecture series that has attracted speakers such as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Helms, a native of nearby Monroe who attended Wingate University, was a Raleigh television commentator before he was elected to the Senate in 1972 and went on to became one of the nation's most prominent conservatives.
The liberals last hope. Clinton as head of the UN, with his own blue-helmeted army to invade the red states. I would not want to be a republican president when this guy is in charge of the UN. Every single decision and policy will be second-guessed and disputed, and the MSM will gleefully cover the disputes. Bill Clinton - President of the World.
Clinton certainly has an impressive resume. Running the largest government in the world qualifies him from a resume standpoint to run anything. And compared to some of the other thugs running things in the U.N. Clinton almost looks quite reasonable.
If the Clinton's ever rule the world Christ will be on his way soon.
Another Liar for that pack of Liars at the UN.
Nuke it!
How many will he get to rape or molest over there? He'll fit right in with the U.N.
Clinton in Thailand.
oh, my.
It's just a movie. Change the channel.
Bubba smelled the money... Serial Rapist is back in business.
Clinton had better stay out of the go-go bars down there!
He does have experience with white water.
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