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ELVIS
09-18-2004, 07:40 PM
They re-ran this last night. Good interview. This guy is amazing. He makes you want to believe him. John Kerry wishes he had that kind of charisma...:D



Associated Press (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1091623681319_39/?hub=Entertainment&subhub=PrintStory)

August 2004

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NEW YORK — Bill Clinton came to sell his book on "Late Show with David Letterman" Tuesday night but left a copy as a gift for Letterman's son.

Reading aloud the inscription in his hefty 957-page memoir, the former president wished Harry Letterman (born to Dave and his girlfriend, Regina Lasko, Nov. 3) a happy 9-month birthday.

"With luck," Clinton went on, "you will finish this by your 21st birthday. Meanwhile, carry it around and build more muscles than your dad has."

Looking natty in a blue suit and pink tie, Clinton shared the bill with only musical guest Natalie Merchant. During his extended interview, he quickly moved from promoting "My Life" (which since its June 22 release has sold more than 1.5 million copies) to politics and global affairs.

Still, he managed to do a little more selling, putting in a few good words for Sen. John Kerry, the newly anointed Democratic presidential candidate.

"Of all the people I dealt with in Congress," Clinton said in part, "he cared the most about trying to find programs that would keep young, inner-city minority kids out of trouble and out of jail and in school.

"There were no votes in this for John Kerry ... He just did it cause he thought it was right."

When asked whether the economy or the war in Iraq would be the deciding issue in the presidential election, Clinton replied, "I think the security question is a threshold question.

"I believe if the voters can get it fixed in their mind that they can trust Sen. Kerry to fight the war against terror and keep us safe at home, that it's more likely than not he will win, because after 9-11 the Bush administration went way to the right on domestic policy."

Mostly serious while interviewing Clinton, Letterman posed a mischievous question as their session neared an end.

"Tell me what you know about Sandy Berger sticking documents in his pants and walking out of the National Archives," Letterman asked.

Clinton chuckled, then praised his former national security adviser, who is facing allegations of mishandling highly classified terrorism documents.

"Anybody that ever saw Sandy Berger's office at the White House would not be surprised that he gets the papers mixed up or takes the wrong ones away," Clinton grinned. "He's got a well-organized mind and a disorganized desk."

Clinton last appeared on Letterman's CBS late-night show on Sept. 11, 2002, the first anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. He is now mulling an offer from NBC's "Saturday Night Live" to be a guest host in the coming season, according to anonymous sources quoted by TV Guide Online. A decision is expected this week.


:elvis:

FORD
09-18-2004, 07:59 PM
I wish we didn't have the 22nd Ammendment. I miss having a real President. And with a brain too. :(

freak
09-18-2004, 08:09 PM
Originally posted by FORD
I wish we didn't have the 22nd Ammendment. I miss having a real President. And with a brain too. :(

You miss the Gipper too, huh?

Mezro
09-18-2004, 08:13 PM
Originally posted by FORD
I wish we didn't have the 22nd Ammendment. I miss having a real President. And with a brain too. :(

I miss Wild Bill.

Mezro...now that was a president...too bad he let a fat chick blow him...

ELVIS
09-18-2004, 08:14 PM
Clinton was a good guy until he made a mochary of the presidency...

freak
09-18-2004, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by Mezro
too bad he let a fat chick blow him...

If he had simply told people to mind their own business or just cop to it instead of going on national TV and shaking his finger at the American people, things would have been a lot different.

Mezro
09-18-2004, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by ELVIS
Clinton was a good guy until he made a mochary of the presidency...

Every president fucks up along the way.

Mezro...it's like an Oval Office right of passage...

scorpioboy33
09-18-2004, 08:20 PM
Originally posted by ELVIS
Clinton was a good guy until he made a mochary of the presidency...


Originally posted by ELVIS
Clinton was a good guy until he made a mochary of the presidency...

hmmmmmmm NIXON?

Mezro
09-18-2004, 08:22 PM
Originally posted by freak
If he had simply told people to mind their own business or just cop to it instead of going on national TV and shaking his finger at the American people, things would have been a lot different.

Absolutely! Why not just admit it right away?

Mezro...he married Hillary which is much more embarrising than a spit shine from Monica...

FORD
09-18-2004, 08:24 PM
Originally posted by freak
You miss the Gipper too, huh?

While it's theoretically possible that Reagan could have won a third term in 1988 (Even poppy beat Dukakis, for fucks sake), I would never mistake him for being a brain.

Ronnie had a vacancy upstairs long before the Alzheimers.

Clinton on the other hand was possibly the smartest man to ever hold the office. Pussy was his only weakness, and how can you fault a guy for that?

Mezro
09-18-2004, 08:31 PM
Originally posted by FORD
Pussy was his only weakness, and how can you fault a guy for that?

Pussy is GWB's weakness too.

Mezro...that would explain Rumsfeld...

freak
09-18-2004, 08:32 PM
Originally posted by FORD
While it's theoretically possible that Reagan could have won a third term in 1988 (Even poppy beat Dukakis, for fucks sake), I would never mistake him for being a brain.

Ronnie had a vacancy upstairs long before the Alzheimers.

And people like you bought it hook line and sinker, too. He made idiots of you for eight years, stopped the Cold War, etc...Yet he was a dummy. I love it!

Clinton on the other hand was possibly the smartest man to ever hold the office. Pussy was his only weakness, and how can you fault a guy for that?

An allergy to truth would be another weakness. Clinton was a scam artist. I've actually shaken the man's hand before in 1992 (Oklahoma Democratic Party Fundraiser). One of the few people i've met and instantly had no respect for. He's a political used car salesman.

Warham
09-18-2004, 08:34 PM
Reagan probably could have won four terms.

If he was running in '92, he would have cleaned Clinton's clock.

Mezro
09-18-2004, 08:41 PM
I liked both Clinton and Reagan for different reasons.

Mezro...guess I'm pretty fucked...

FORD
09-18-2004, 08:41 PM
You know who really won the Cold War?

Osama Bin Laden.

Now there's a piece of Orwellian irony for ya, but it's the truth.

It was the quagmire of Afghanistan that crippled the Russians. Other factors would be the fact that they had 3 leaders die within 2 years or so, and then the guy who replaced them (Gorby) tried too hard to change too much too fast.

So it was Osama, then Gorby. Not Jellybeanbrain, who brought down the "Evil Empire"

ELVIS
09-18-2004, 08:50 PM
:rolleyes:

John Ashcroft
09-18-2004, 09:04 PM
The best thing Bill Clinton did for America was to lose both Houses of Congress, and the majority of Governorships.

Don't get me wrong, likable fella. Lot's of fodder for discussion. But an opportunist driven by his socialist wife is all he really was.

Glad to see he's doing well after surgery though.

ELVIS
09-18-2004, 09:11 PM
If Hillary had the appeal he has, we would be in trouble...

John Ashcroft
09-18-2004, 09:16 PM
Undoubtably...

freak
09-18-2004, 09:19 PM
Originally posted by FORD
You know who really won the Cold War?

Star Wars did. Best poker bluff in history

Started an arms race the Soviets couldn't afford.

wraytw
09-18-2004, 10:00 PM
Clinton is one of the most brilliant politicians of our time.

ELVIS
09-18-2004, 10:03 PM
Originally posted by freak
Star Wars did. Best poker bluff in history

Started an arms race the Soviets couldn't afford.


Don't confuse the liberal cry babies with facts...

Warham
09-18-2004, 10:09 PM
Originally posted by wraytw
Clinton is one of the most brilliant politicians of our time.

That was a question asked in a recent poll: 'was Clinton a brilliant politician'. 99 out of every 100 interns polled answered yes.

John Ashcroft
09-18-2004, 10:17 PM
Originally posted by freak
Star Wars did. Best poker bluff in history

Started an arms race the Soviets couldn't afford.

Not to mention alot of really cool technology actually came from Star Wars. I know that fact chaps the liberal ass, but it's true.

There's the Airborne Laser Program that's being fielded as we speak. Really cool shit. Not to mention the Missle Defense Program.

ELVIS
09-18-2004, 10:19 PM
That's one good thing Clinton kept alive...

I wonder how Kerry voted...

Mezro
09-19-2004, 03:29 PM
Originally posted by ELVIS
That's one good thing Clinton kept alive...

I wonder how Kerry voted...

He also kept alive the dreams of fat women everywhere.

Mezro...go on baby, eat a few more waffles and let's legislate...

Ally_Kat
09-19-2004, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by freak
Star Wars did. Best poker bluff in history

Started an arms race the Soviets couldn't afford.

was wondering when someone would finally mention that

Ally_Kat
09-19-2004, 04:15 PM
Originally posted by wraytw
Clinton is one of the most brilliant politicians of our time.

Then please explain why after a foreign attack of the WTC and the domestic attack of the OK building, not to mention the random embassy attacks, he continually slashed the military? Now, I'm sure the military men on this board could explain futher if it really was or not, but the military men in my family said that it was a hinderance at times seeing how certain departmentsdidn't have enough money to operate. Obviously, a smart politician would know well enough that although the military might not need a huge raise, it should have enough money to operate and maintain itself.

FORD
09-19-2004, 04:27 PM
It was George Bush Sr who began the military reductions, and all the reductions during the 90's were according to that plan. Clinton had nothing to do with it.

BigBadBrian
09-19-2004, 04:46 PM
Originally posted by FORD
It was George Bush Sr who began the military reductions, and all the reductions during the 90's were according to that plan. Clinton had nothing to do with it.

Bullshit. Are you saying Bush's plan was followed clear throughout the '90's without the Clinton Administration not interfering? You're out of you're nutcake mind. :rolleyes:

wraytw
09-19-2004, 04:47 PM
Ally, I believe that you are missing the context in which I used the word. I certainly don't mean "politician" as in policy maker.

wraytw
09-19-2004, 04:52 PM
Clinton "gutting the military" seems to be a common misconception. It wasn't the military that was gutted under the Clinton administration, but more so the intelligence community.

FORD
09-19-2004, 06:35 PM
Originally posted by wraytw
Clinton "gutting the military" seems to be a common misconception. It wasn't the military that was gutted under the Clinton administration, but more so the intelligence community.

Again, these cuts were established during the Bush Sr administration, and they were set on a long term progression to take place in successive years. They were not Clinton's cuts. And with the sudden non existence of the Soviet Union, it made sense at the time to do so.

If Poppy, the creator of Al Qaeda, percieved them to be a threat, then maybe he should have never made the cuts to begin with?

Bottom line is that the US military doesn't need to be stationed all over the goddamn planet, and should be used only for defending the United States of America.

ELVIS
09-19-2004, 06:47 PM
Originally posted by FORD
Bottom line is that the US military doesn't need to be stationed all over the goddamn planet, and should be used only for defending the United States of America.

I disagree...

FORD
09-19-2004, 06:51 PM
Originally posted by ELVIS
I disagree...

Why? Why should the US military be the world policemen. Let alone the corporate "hostile acquisitons" department for Haliburton & Texaco.

Where is that written in the Constitution? And where has any other country done so that wasn't engaged in imperialism.

John Ashcroft
09-19-2004, 07:31 PM
Originally posted by FORD
Again, these cuts were established during the Bush Sr administration, and they were set on a long term progression to take place in successive years. They were not Clinton's cuts. And with the sudden non existence of the Soviet Union, it made sense at the time to do so.

Ford, why do you keep repeating this? I've told you numerous times that it's not true. I served under Bush 1 and Clinton. I saw the cuts under both administrations, and Clinton went fucking nutty.

They were Clinton's cuts, period. And they put the military at a dangerously low readiness level.

ELVIS
09-19-2004, 07:54 PM
Let's see...

Under Clinton, my dad was forced out of the military at the height of his career due to the 30 year term limits...

He was 48 and had planned on another 10 years...

Warham
09-19-2004, 07:55 PM
Clinton didn't believe in a strong military and didn't believe Osama was a threat.

But then again, how much time do you have to worry about such things when your intern is under the desk?