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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 12:23 PM
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Bill Clinton's bid to save the world
NEW YORK -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Archbishop Desmond Tutu were having a diplomatic face-off during a panel discussion on, basically, how to save the world from itself, the meta-theme of the Clinton Global Initiative.

You go first, Tutu motioned to Karzai. No, motioned Karzai, you go first.

Quit being deferential," Clinton snapped in faux frustration. "You're wasting time."

It's hard to imagine anybody but a former president speaking to dignitaries that way, but the exchange captured the urgency and the informality of the three-day conference, which ends today. (The impish Tutu had brought the house down when he described Myanmar's persecuted political activist Aung San Suu Kyi as his "only pin-up.")

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-bill28sep28,1,4874110.story?coll=la-news-politics-national
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 12:29 PM
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1. Perfect!
I know he's multi dinmensional, but I want the guy from Hope to show up and pitch in.

That's really priceless, perfect Zen... K*R
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 12:30 PM
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2. He was on the Martha Stewart Show and said people could watch
this meeting

He mentioned his new website www.mycommitment.org

Check it out
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 12:32 PM
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3. What a great man!
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 12:43 PM
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4. Too bad the wrong Clinton is running for President! A vote for HRC is NOT a vote for Bill.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 12:48 PM
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5. It was apparently quite a gathering.
Take a look at some of the "notables" who were there...
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chaumont58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 01:07 PM
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7. Bill may think that Hillary is a smart as he, but I don't think so, and...
she sure as hell doesn't have as big a heart as he does.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 01:09 PM
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8. She's smarter.
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chaumont58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 01:01 PM
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6. Before I read the article, I thought it would be a hatchet job.
Edited on Fri Sep-28-07 01:02 PM by chaumont58
It wasn't. I thought is was fair, but, then again, it was a LA Times reporter, not one of the beltway whores.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 01:14 PM
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9. ... one skirt at a time?
Oh, that's Bill's bid to LAY the world. ;) :yoiks:
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 01:17 PM
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10. At least he has a plan.
and a laid out plan is always the best! :rofl:
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 02:05 PM
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11. "laid out" is one of his true behavioral problems / addictions.
:evilgrin:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 02:55 PM
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12. Yes, and his dedication to world events...
Seems to come in spurts...
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