As a general rule, former President Bill Clinton has difficulty discussing anything without sounding a tad self-serving. But when he does things like proposing a rewrite of the 22nd Ammendment to allow a native-born US citizen to serve more than two terms in a lifetime, I can't help but wonder if he enjoys feeding grist to the right wing talk show mill:
"There may come a time when we elect a president at age 45 or 50, and then 20 years later the country comes up against the same kind of problems the president faced before. People would like to bring that man or woman back but they would have no way to do so."Sigh. Go ahead. Have a field day. Here are a few one-liners to get things started (and hopefully over with): "Gee, I wonder who he's talking about?" "Dude, I think he finally inhaled." "Is home life with Hillary that bad?" "Just buy yourself a red sports car—or a mistress...oh wait, you did that already." Jump in and add your own at any time. The shit just writes itself. Ask Letterman.
Well, he was the best Republican president we ever had...
C'mon Dems - how about working toward the future, or hell, the present!
sorry, i can't help myself:
"don't..stop...thinkin' about to-mooo-rooow"
How about just, "Bite my ass, Bill." Direct, and slightly alliterative. I could be on Fox if I could just lose an entire Coulter's worth of body weight in time for Fall. And scrape up a few grand for a trip through the plastic surgeon's Anglicizor[tm].
Posted by: Amy S. on May 29, 2003 05:11 PMYou might also require an ideological make-over, Amy. :)
Posted by: Kevin Moore on May 30, 2003 05:45 AMThat comes with the new figure and new racial overtones. Read the fine print. :p
Posted by: Amy S. on May 30, 2003 06:51 AMLove the "Don't stop...." line.
This is why I believe that nobody who wants to be president should be allowed to be president. There should simply be a lottery.
Posted by: Jake Squid on May 30, 2003 01:06 PMPresidents shouldn't be paid, either. Except perhaps in packages of bathroom tissue and the occasional chocolate bar.
Posted by: Amy S. on May 30, 2003 05:54 PM"Presidents shouldn't be paid, either. Except perhaps in packages of bathroom tissue and the occasional chocolate bar."
Don't forget condoms Amy - anyone silly enough to take the job should be encouraged to not reproduce :-)
Posted by: The Dynamic Driveler on May 30, 2003 08:17 PMGiven Bill's badly misplaced priorities during his term(s), couldn't we just have them all neutered from now on ? :p
Posted by: Amy S. on May 31, 2003 06:31 AM"badly misplaced priorities"
Yeah like that prosperity at home, like that working Protestant/Catholic government in N. Ireland (now back under direct English rule), like the CIA collaborating with the PLO to build a public security apparatus that featured exactly one suicide bomber in the four years before Sharon's visit to Temple Mount, and that one killing only himself.
Sure it may serve tasty morsels to the usual right-wing trolls, but as for me "from Bill's lips to God's ear"
Posted by: Bruce Webb on June 2, 2003 08:26 PM