It's friendship, friendship,
Just a perfect blendship,
When other friendships are up the crick,
Ours will still be slick!
Lahdle-ahdle-ahdle-
Posted on 04/24/2005 7:13:14 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
WASHINGTON - Family and friends who say the improbable love fest between George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton is totally genuine still can't refrain from occasionally rolling their eyes.
Barbara Bush, the 41st President's tart-tongued wife, calls them the Odd Couple. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush now refers to the Democrat who ended his father's political career as "Bro."
A close friend of the Bush family spoke for many partisans on both sides of the political divide last week by musing, "It's a good development for the country - but it sure is a strange development. I'm a little speechless."
And President George W. Bush, who created this tag-team mismatch by naming his immediate predecessors joint envoys for U.S. tsunami relief efforts, brought down the house at Washington's A-list Gridiron Club dinner last month by mentioning Clinton's recent surgery.
"When he woke up he was surrounded by his loved ones: Hillary, Chelsea and my Dad," Bush deadpanned.
The emerging warm friendship between the Oscar and Felix of American politics, who now call themselves Bill and George and have even begun telephoning one another for advice, is that rarest of commodities: a good-news story amid the partisan rancor of an increasingly polarized capital city.
"I'm enjoying the relationship, and to be honest with you I didn't think I would," Bush recently told the Daily News.
Once bitter political foes with minimal regard for each other, the 80-year-old Bush and 58-year-old Clinton have forged surprisingly close ties, a who-would-have-thought development helped along by a parallel thaw between Clinton and the current President Bush.
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I would say opposites attract, but I am sure the Bush haters would flame me by saying there isnt much of a difference....
"They're trying to move Hillary to the center for 2008, and this helps de-demonize her and her husband," a longtime Bush confidant said.
I think this is a Clinton image re-hab project probably arranged by Hillary's media minions.
It really isn't all that surprising. Bush One is a nice fellow who doesn't seem to really believe in anything. Clinton is the kind of guy you meet in a bar, have a great time talking to and NEVER take home to meet your wife. They can get along because they don't really care.
Good Ol'Willy is such a chameleon (Reptile) that he tells Pappa Bush whatever lies he needs to ingratiate himself.
The same technique he has used his entire career...whatever it takes to be loved by you...
It's friendship, friendship,
Just a perfect blendship,
When other friendships are up the crick,
Ours will still be slick!
Lahdle-ahdle-ahdle-
Lie down with a cur dog and you get fleas.
OOOh this story is so warm & fuzzzy..makes me wanna go buy a puppy!
At the highest level of politics, like entertainment, people run out of available companionship due to their isolation. They all band together no matter what side they come down on. From Kofi Annan and Kim Jung Il to Margaret Thatcher and G.W. Bush they are all politicians first. They have only chosen different ways to package and market themselves.
After W's second election victory, right?
Any idea why this friendship didn't occur before early November 2004?
I think this is BS - there has to be something behind it -
He's the Father Figure he never had. I mean, when you're President, who can you look up to other than another President. It makes sense and politically, it helps us a hell of a lot more than them.
could this mean hits, threats and file slimes are going to be less visible?
He's the Father Figure he never had.
Keep your granddaughters away from Slick!
yeah that is Clinton's legacy for people my age (I'm 24).
Probably Helluva guy to party with, not that great of a President (and that's putting it mildly).
'Jeb Bush now refers to the Democrat who ended his father's political career as "Bro." "
Bro = short for brothel
Hold your friends close and your enemies closer.
They probably have a lot in common. How many folks have been president and have dealt with all that entails. Probably pretty lonely at the top.
Clinton is probably fun to hang out with. I don't agree with him, but I also don't think he is the creator of all evil in the world.
This"News"makes me sick to my stomach!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is not the truly evil one, his wife is. Bill Clinton is an opportunist, a politician, with few values of his own. But Hillary will seek and gain power any way she can and this may well be a part of the scheme, although it would be nice to think of it as a sincere friendship. It's hard not to be cynical with her somewhere in the background.
The only other explanation is that Bush the Elder is dumber than a sack full of bleached-blonde hair.
It's truly an enigma within a conundrum, as logos used to say.
Well, here's the deal. Bubba is basically a dog at heart. If you keep him fed and watered, give him snacks now and then, walk him, pat him on the back, scratch him behind the ears, rub his tummy...wait, he's got interns to do that...let him hump your leg every once in a while...wait, he's got interns to do that...and talk nice to him regularly and tell him what a good boy he is, he's happy. I figure after keeping several generations of canine family members, the Bushes know dogs. And it's a small price to pay to keep Bubba from scratching and howling at the White House gate, and trying to dig his way in.
Maybe, but I try not to be cynical, and the obsession with Hillary makes me a bit tired. I'm happy if these two men can be friends. The world needs more of that.
I expect this Bush/Clinton friendship to dissolve or turn as nasty as Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie's friendship, especially around 2007. President Bush will be supporting the Republican nominee and Slick Willie will be supporting Hillary. The campaign will probably get pretty partisan and not condusive to buddy-buddy talk.
Pops must be senile to have forgotten all the evil words and acts against the Bush family that Klintoon spewed to anyone who would listen while he occupied the WH. I'll never forget how such a disgusting human being as Willie Jeff is and was and always will be. If he can charm Bush 41, he can charm anyone. Keep in mind that the ability to charm is one of Satan's the prime attributes.
>> "At this point I just can't too upset with what Clinton does or does not do and after all we have moved on haven't we, we are now in Bush's second term and we more important things to worry about." <<
This is true EXCEPT for one little detail - Hillary.
The thing is, at the highest level of politics, they've all pretty much given up values for electablility.
Maybe Barbara Bush is above all of this, and we won't see her cruisin' the mall with Hillary, or whatever.
And why is this good for the country?
Bush's father has always leaned toward the left.
It's probably good for only the powers that be.
I also am wondering if there are any other candidates out there that are not connected to the Bushes or Clintons?
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...
You summed it up perfectly.
Remember, Poppy is the one who publicly resigned from and denounced the NRA because they dared to say nasty things about federal storm troopers. We see the company he prefers.
Could anyone be more elitist?
Add daughters and grandchildren after wife, and I think it is a fair assessment.
Is it possible that Father Bush might just campaign for Hillary? He is giving the clintons plenty of pictures for the coming 2008 elections. It's a slap in the face to all of us who voted for Bush against clinton, Bush against Gore.
I'm sorry, I am repulsed to say the least.
Does this mean that we can offically start calling it the Democrat-Republican Party?
"Good Ol'Willy is such a chameleon (Reptile) that he tells Pappa Bush whatever lies he needs to ingratiate himself. "
Right on target!
You gotta watch your back around "Slick Willy" and spouse, 'Hellary!
I would agree...I think George Sr. could be a good influence/mentor to Bubba....and what an example to all...forgiveness.....
Well said!
after reading this i'm gonna have to re-think this whole time-space-continuam thingy. Just Damn!
Ahh... in this case, 'tis a puzzle wrapped in an enigma within a conundrum. :)
So where's the surprise?
Yes, i like that even better. Nice to see ya around, btw.
Obviously this is a calculated effort on the part of the Immoral First Family to be seen as "Moderates". Who was a more "Moderate" President than George 41?? This gives the general moronic public the impression that Hillary is not a flaming Liberal!
Away From The Public Eye, Bill Clinton Is A Violent, Profane Man Who Wants To' Kill' His Enemies!
Capital Hill Blue
April 08, 1999 Doug ThompsonAway from the public eye and the vaunted White House spin machine, President Bill Clinton is a vulgar, vengeful man who believes in "killing" people try to hurt him, those who know Clinton best say.
White House staffers, Clinton confidants and others describe Clinton as "incredibly profane" and "an angry man who wants to inflict as much pain as possible on his enemies."
Former White House senior staff member George Stephanopoulos in his book, All Too Human, writes about Clinton's mishandling of the Somalia crisis and shows the depth of the President's violent emotions:
"'We're not inflicting pain on these fuckers,' Clinton said, softly at first. 'When people kill us, they should be killed in greater numbers.' Then, with his face reddening, his voice rising, and his fist pounding his thigh, he leaned into Tony [Lake], as if it was his fault. 'I believe in killing people who try to hurt you. And I can't believe we're being pushed around by these two-bit pricks.'"
Those who have known Clinton since his days in Arkansas say the quote is "vintage Bill."
"Only an idiot would buy the public persona of Bill Clinton," says Walter Erricson, a retired reporter who covered Clinton in his early political days in Arkansas. "He is an incredibly profane individual. He is now and always has been an angry man who wants to inflict as much pain as possible on his enemies."
White House staff members say Clinton curses like a sailor, has temper tantrums that cause people to back away from him and uses the word "kill" often to describe what he wants to do with his enemies.
"Once, when the House was finishing up its impeachment investigation, the President slammed his fist down on the table and said 'I'd like to kill all of these sons of bitches and just be done with it!' There was a long, painful period of silence until he regained his composure. Then everybody went on like it was never said," says one former White House staffer.
Samuel Wilson, a former political worker in Clinton's second campaign for governor, remembers the candidate encountering a critic at a campaign appearance in a small town. After the critic told Clinton he was nothing but a "two-bit politician" and then walked away, Clinton turned to a campaign aide and said "write down the name of that motherfucker. When I'm back in office, he's a dead man."
"I remember his look. It was cold," Wilson said. "I don't want to think he wanted to kill him literally, but I'm sure some sort of revenge was inflicted later on."
In fact, it was fear of what Attorney General Bill Clinton could do to her business that kept nursing home operator Juanita Broaddrick from reporting Clinton's rape of her 21 years ago in a Little Rock hotel room.
"Her fears were justified," says retired reporter Erricson. "Everybody knew Bill Clinton was a man who got even, any way he could."
Helen Shannon, who worked in the Arkansas Statehouse during Clinton's second term as governor, said the governor would personally order state contracts canceled when he got angry with people.
"The word would come down from the governor's office that somebody was off limits and we would cancel their contracts and put them on a 'don't use' list. It happened a lot," she says.
Shannon, who was dating a member of Clinton's staff, says Clinton would order audits of contracts and tell the the Arkansas State Police to "turn up the heat" on somebody he didn't like.
"When Bill Clinton ran Arkansas, it was a police state," she says.
White House staff members tell similar stories. At one meeting, Clinton told staff members he wanted everyone in the Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office audited by the IRS.
"Several people in the meeting told the President he shouldn't do that," the staff member remember. "He slammed his fist down on the table and said: 'I can do any Goddamned thing I want. I'm President of the United States. I take care of my friends and I fuck with my enemies. That's the way it is. Anybody who doesn't like it can take a hike."
The White House did not return calls for comment.
They are united by the strong, common belief that Jimmy Carter's a world class dork.
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