Posted on 10/04/2006 8:59:53 AM PDT by dvan
That was in Chile, right, when he had to rescue Nick Trotta? I didn't know there was a video avaiable!
South America - Ecador? Peru?
That's a pretty damn funny story about Nancy. I sort of admire her for it....Can't say I would like to be around her, but it's a funny story that shows some pretty strategic thinking.
Nice post!
Or can our enemies exploit their human decency?
That's the difference between old money, and jumped-up white trash. Filth like the Clintons and Leona Helmsley don't know anything about being rich and powerful except what they've seen in movies. They think rich people always abuse their underlings like that, and to fit in with high society they should do likewise. You'd half expect them to parade around in spats and ascots and top hats.
I wasn't filthy rich growing up, but by the standards of our little town we were doing pretty well. My folks employed several dozen people. Mom and Dad always taught me that our people were to be treated with respect and human kindness, and that it was seriously gauche to shout at them or show contempt to them. Too bad the Clintons didn't get that instruction as children.
-ccm
As for the people who simply hate Clinton, here is a preview of what the headline would be:
If Bush Can't Even Protect a Few Former Presidents and First Ladies, Why Should We Trust Him to Protect the Rest of Us?
Tough sh!t. If a "protectee" makes himself vulnerable because he feels a need to hide criminal conduct and/or plain old low-class behavior, then that's their problem.
Link to video: http://www.dailyrecycler.com/blog/2004/11/taking-charge.html
See #87.
Former President Bill Clinton was much more amiable than his wife. Often the Secret Service would cringe at the verbal attacks Hillary would use against her husband.They were embarrassed for his sake, by the manner and frequency in which she verbally insulted him, sometimes in the presence of the Secret Service, and sometimes behind closed doors. Even behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton would scream and holler so loudly that everyone could hear what she was saying.Many felt sorry for President Clinton and most wondered why he tolerated it instead of just divorcing his "attack dog" wife.
So, both Hillary and AlGore cut from the same cloth? Well, I can't help but think of why that might be. And the only thing I can come up with is, ambition and greed. They are both of these things, in spades.
We can't underestimate the pernicious and corrosive effects on the soul that rapacious greed and ambition can have. It has been said that there are two kinds of people who seek the power to be found in the halls of DC: a person who want to be somebody, and person who wants to do something. A good example is Ronald Reagan. When Reagan went to Washington, he already was somebody. He wanted to do things. The Clintons are the opposite. They don't want to do things so much as to be someone. In their case, and Hillary especially, the twin vices of greed (for money, for power) and ambition (to look and be important, especially to her own perception) hold sway.
I have a friend that is still flying on active duty. The stories he has shared about Bubba and her majesty are just awful.
Is the Presidency one man or is it an institution?
Thanks for posting this.
Football? I've wondered if that was not a trap and what would have happened if he had went forward instead of back. We'll never know.
If the threat of kidnapping is such a concern for former presidents and first ladies, then why don't most of them get Secret Service protection anymore?
However, I have no doubt it is completely true.
Over time, though, a person's character inevitably manifests itself. This is perhaps the core meaning of Lincoln's famous quote: "You can fool all of the people some of the time, you can some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time".
We have seen enough of the principals in this story to recognize that these observations by their security detail are consistent with everything we have seen ourselves. Thereby, almost certainly true.
The only way that could have been sweeter is if she was standing nearby to see your frosty refusal.
I LOVE that picture of the horrid Hillary beast shaking hands with a soldier in Iraq, who was making the "coercion" sign with his crossed fingers.
-ccm
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