Former President Clinton.... stood before the Labour conference to offer some gentle, brotherly advice....Sick-making, as our Brit cousins might say."It can change quickly," he [said]. Just look at the US where, he said, so many of the economic advances made under his watch were being undone by his successor George Bush's Republican administration. Here, standing right in front of them was a man many of them consider one of their own....
Perhaps this is what [Blair] has in mind when he finally closes the door of No 10. A Blair Foundation, perhaps even a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation. The world, not just Great Britain, would be his project. ... Bigger challenges beckon. And the promise of continuing special close trans-Atlantic relationships.
Oh, and what was that bit about "economic advances" on Clinton's watch? I must have missed that.
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I'd almost rather see ex-Presidents working at some lobbying group, than this senior statesman stuff. They shouldnt be allowed to burnish up their standing with history after they've botched it when in office.
Posted by bobw | September 27, 2006 6:05 PM
Posted on September 27, 2006 18:05
what's this
rubber bill day ???
Posted by js paine | September 27, 2006 7:08 PM
Posted on September 27, 2006 19:08
MJS, the smart money went into privatized prisons and refloating important businesses. That's what they mean.
Posted by J. Alva Scruggs | September 28, 2006 1:54 AM
Posted on September 28, 2006 01:54