http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/billclinton/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:48:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417310/posts Former President Bill Clinton and a voodoo doll were featured in a commercial shown in The Netherlands by Centraal Beheer, an insurance company known for it's innovative commercials with little dialog and humorous unexpected twists. The Clinton commercial must not have sat well with Bill or Hillary or someone in our Government who failed to see the humor in it because the commercial "was quickly taken off television at the request of the American government." ~ Wikimedia Even though ... "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417310/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:48:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415184/posts Fannie / Freddie - What Does Treasury Know? by: Karl DenningerDecember 25, 2009 On Christmas Eve one would think you could have a nice evening with your family. Little did I know what Timmy Geithner had up his sleeve: The two companies, the largest sources of mortgage financing in the U.S., are currently under government conservatorship and have caps of $200 billion each on backstop capital from the Treasury. Under the new agreement announced today, these limits can rise as needed to cover net worth losses through 2012. I see. But I thought housing was getting better? That's what I... Seeking Alpha http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415184/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410966/posts Top photo: Jim Robinson leads Free Republic's Clinton Impeachment Rally, aka March for Justice, Washington, D.C. October 31, 1998Center: Washington Post front page, December 20, 1998.Bottom: AP/World Wide Photo.For those who are unaware of Free Republic's history making in its early years, please know that Jim Robinson and the Freepers played a key role in getting Bill Clinton impeached. The impeachhment rally was broadcast live on C-SPAN (all four hours!)Founder of the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com, MrConfettiMan (who has since passed away) wrote his thoughts about the rally back then:Saturday, October 31st, The March for JusticeI drove into Washington for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410966/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401664/posts As the final round of the Chevron World Challenge begins, I would like to extend my heartfelt thank you to everyone affiliated with the event, especially our amazing title sponsor, Chevron. They've been title sponsor for the last two years and have a vision and passion for creating real opportunities for my Foundation. I thank them for their ongoing commitment. I'd also like to thank all of our supporting sponsors and my tireless, dedicated staff, board and volunteers who collectively produce this first-class golf tournament. I am so grateful to them for their efforts, and I am sincerely sorry I... Tiger Woods http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401664/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:27:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393729/posts Sarah Palin, a favorite target of late night comedians and "Saturday Night Live" for more than a year, is having the last laugh. Her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," has become the publishing sensation of the holiday season. The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate's autobiography has sold more than 700,000 copies in its first week of release -- including 300,000 on the first day alone. Palin, a less-than-one-term Alaska governor, has even outstripped initial sales of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's memoir, "Living History." The former first lady moved 600,000 copies of her 2003 autobiography in its first week... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393729/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:22:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390996/posts I keep asking my liberal frends how they can continue to support Democrats like Senator Reid when they all lie almost everytime they open their mouths. How can Reid say, with a straight face, that his bill will "save Medicare"? If they cut Medicare by almost $500 billion as his bill intends, it will destroy Medicare. If the Democrats restore the cuts in a slight of hand, it will destroy our economy. When a national politician of the Democratic Party speaks, like Obama, Holder, Reid, Pelosi or Durbin, they are either lying, spinning or distorting the subject so as to... From Sea To Shining Sea http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390996/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387060/posts Former U.S. president Bill Clinton on Sunday said that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict could possibly be solved during President Barack Obama's tenure, and urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama to maintain a policy of honesty during their private talks with each other. The visiting former president, who said Saturday that peace could have been achieved had then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin not been slain, told Israeli journalist Nahum Barnea: "You should not think that President Obama is your enemy." Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387060/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385885/posts America's health-care crisis would be worse than it is without non-profit groups providing the health care that government and the private sector do not, former President Bill Clinton said in Chicago today. "Most people do not know the cope of the problem," Clinton said at the Palmer House Hilton in a speech to about 700 supporters of Chicago House, a non-profit that provides housing and care for 1,100 people with AIDS. Clinton just met with Democratic senators in Washington Tuesday, urging them to pass health-care reform this year. Clinton shared some of the arguments he made for urgent action: "We... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385885/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:17:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2384368/posts The desperate Democrats never cease to amaze me. Let's try to think this through. They want to get government-run health care approved, so for the "big gun" to close the deal, they bring in the last Democrat to fail at getting it passed, Slick Willy, Bill Clinton. Clinton's job is to exert some old-fashioned arm-twisting to get more moderate Democrats in the Senate to pass Obamacare. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2384368/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383413/posts Former President Bill Clinton speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, following the weekly caucus luncheons where he spoke to the Democrats Senators about health care reform. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383413/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:28:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383313/posts Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383313/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:47:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382334/posts Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a lecture in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 5, 2009. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382334/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:45:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377666/posts Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) holds an Albanian traditional hat called Plis alongside Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu during his visit to Pristina, November 1, 2009. Clinton is in Kosovo where he unveiled his statue in Clinton's Boulevard. Former US president Bill Clinton addresses thousands of ethnic Albanians in Pristina, Kosovo, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377666/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:51:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376192/posts PRISTINA, Kosovo (Nov. 1) - Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton on Sunday as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot (3.5-meter) statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority for launching NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 that stopped the brutal Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians. This is his first visit to Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last year. Many waved American, Albanian and... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376192/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:46:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376020/posts The North Korean leader may be using look-alikes to hide his poor health. One analyst says that when President Clinton visited in August, he met with an actor, not Kim Jong-il. Seoul, South Korea - Will the real Kim Jong-il please stand up? A number of analysts here are convinced that not all the photos being released of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, are really photos of Kim Jong-il. Instead, they say, a look-alike has been standing in for him on some of the 122 trips he's reportedly made this year to the countryside, factories, cultural events, military units, and... Christian Science Monitor via The Woodward Report Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376020/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:35:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373966/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – Barack Obama seriously considered picking former foe Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate last year but rejected her because he was worried about controlling Bill Clinton. In a new book, the US president's 2008 campaign manager David Plouffe reveals the behind-the-scenes calculations as Obama searched for a vice presidential nominee and finally settled on Joe Biden. "If his central criterion measured who could be the best VP, she had to be included in that list," Plouffe wrote in advance excerpts of the book "Audacity to Win" published in Time magazine. "She was competent, could help... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373966/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:46:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373129/posts Former President Bill Clinton speaks during a campaign stop for New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Collingswood, N.J New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine, left, listens as former President Bill Clinton speaks during a campaign event in West Orange, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Corzine will face Republican candidate Chris Christie and Independent Chris Daggett in next week's election. Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds, left, raises his fist to the crowd during a campaign stop with former President Bill Clinton, in McLean, Va. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373129/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:14:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371651/posts Bill Clinton, accustomed to speaking to cheering thousands at a hundred grand a pop, was dispatched the other night to a Deeds rally to set the throng on fire with one of his late-October stumpwallopers. The rally, such as it was, was held not at an arena or a hotel - not even a Motel 6 - but in a campaign office in the Washington suburbs. The "throng" was counted in the dozens, about the size of a PTA meeting. Not even Bubba could dispel the gloom of a wake. WashingtonTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371651/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368620/posts Former President Bill Clinton is expected to speak to UTPA students and Rio Grande Valley residents on Thursday. Sources told Action 4 News that Clinton is visiting the University of Texas Pan American campus late Thursday afternoon. The former president is expected to speak to speak to UTPA students about his William J. Clinton Foundation. The organization is trying to encourage world leaders and students to develop commitments and take action to address global challenges. Clinton will speak at 6:45 p.m. in the UTPA Fine Arts Auditorium. Students and staff get priority seating but event is FREEand open to the... KGBT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368620/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:43:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365802/posts In advance of President Obama campaigning for Creigh Deeds next week in Virginia's upcoming gubernatorial contest, Team Deeds has just announced that Bill Clinton -- along with Terry McAuliffe, whom Deeds defeated in the Dem primary -- will stump for Deeds tomorrow in Northern Virginia. Democrats are trying to do everything they can to narrow a race that Republican Bob McDonnell is comfortably leading, according to the polls. MSDNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365802/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:29:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364251/posts Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is applauded after being awarded an honorary degree in law from McGill University Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 in Montreal. Workers install a monument to former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Bill Clinton Boulevard in Pristina, Kosovo October 12, 2009. The government of Kosovo said that Clinton's statue will be unveiled next month, with the former president expected to attend the ceremony. Picture taken October 12, 2009. Former President Bill Clinton, right, makes remarks as filmmaker Steven Spielberg, and Linda E. Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center look on during the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364251/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363995/posts The President's coming to Virginia for Democrat Creigh Deeds. Former President Bill Clinton, that is. Clinton will hold a rally with Deeds somewhere inside the Beltway in Northern Virginia on Tuesday, the Deeds campaign confirms. Also in attendance will be Clinton buddy and Deeds's rival during the primary campaign, Terry McAuliffe. Clinton did several appearances for McAuliffe before the June 9 primary. His work for Deeds comes as national Democrats swing into action to try to rev up a party base that polls have shown is unenthusiastic about Deeds's candidacy. This evening, Deeds holds a fundraiser with former vice president... Washpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363995/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:06:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360015/posts When he heard the Nobel Peace Prize shocker on Friday, Bill Clinton went into one of his purple rages. He picked up the phone and dialed the one person on earth who would be as steamed as he was.CLINTON: Hey, man, it’s me. This thing is plumb crazy. Can you believe it?W: No way, Jose! CLINTON: First that prig Carter. Then that prig Gore. And now President Paris Hilton. -SNIP-CLINTON: Fine, but you never expected to win this prize. You were the quote-unquote war president and proud of it. I had to put up with a gazillion hours of... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360015/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:33:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354888/posts As we try to shake off the financial crisis, here's a bright idea. Take a law that has led to the writing of an enormous amount of bad mortgages and expand it. Then take enforcement away from bank examiners and give it to housing activists. Sound like a poisonous cocktail? Well, it is what the Obama administration and Democrats are currently stirring up on Capitol Hill. Forbes Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354888/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:41:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2352315/posts For the record, Obama's Hit List is: 1)Glenn Beck 2)Larry Sinclair 3)Rep. Joe Wilson 4)Sarah Palin 5)Sean Hannity 6)Orly Taitz 7)Pat Boone 8)Jon Voight 9)Rush Limbaugh 10)Ann Coulter 11)Rupert Murdoch 12)Jesse Jackson 13)Dick Cheney 14)Bill O'Reilly 15)Toby Keith 16)Rex Rammell 17)Hank Williams Jr. 18)Steven Anderson 19)Saul Anuzis 20)Bill Cunningham 21)Paul Krugman 22)John Rich 23)Wiley Drake 24)Alex Jones 25)Michelle Malkin This purported list is from Globe Magazine (9/22/09 issue) and refers to "25 Enemies Obama Wants To Silence". Sept. 22, 09 Globe Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2352315/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:13:59 GMT