Posted on 06/14/2008 6:45:24 PM PDT by markomalley
TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — There was far less pomp in these circumstances, but Bill Clinton did give a Southern California commencement speech this week.
A lingering labor dispute at UCLA kept the former president from giving a planned talk to thousands of graduates there Friday, but he spoke to all 26 eighth-grade graduates of Riviera Hall Lutheran School in Torrance on Thursday.
Clinton's nephew Tyler, son of his brother Roger, is a student at the school.
Clinton spoke for about 10 minutes in the school's chapel about the value of education and public service, making no mention of politics at the ceremony, which was closed to the media.
"It was great," said Geoff Guerrero, whose niece was a graduate. "It was like you were sitting in his living room, and he was talking to each of us individually."
Clinton's office said Tuesday he would not appear at UCLA because of a long-running rift between the University of California and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The school said the decision to cancel the speech was mutual.
“You know the old Horn Dog was checking out the future interns.”
Future? Most men with his past would have to notify the sheriff when they enter the jurisdiction and couldn’t legally come within 1,000 feet of a school.
How the mighty has fallen!!! 26 8th GRADERS??? HAHAHAHAHA
Both!
I thought their were laws to keep perverts away from children.
Au contraire, little Billy is a good liberal. Liberals don't ask for anything, they simply take it and try to make their marks feel guilty that they didn't "give enough".
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