florida girl
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Thankfully!
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Bill Clinton Comes To Destin
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Thankfully!
florida girl
Beach Fanatic
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Thomas Jefferson
(1743 - 1826)
Chickpea
Beach Fanatic
Even as I type this I am already regretting this - please do not all jump down my throat as I know I will pretty much be the lone voice out here in the south heartland.......BUT
I really, truely, deeply do not care ONE iota about what Bill Clinton did with his personal life while in office. He was IMHO an unbelievably skilled politician who oversaw one of the greatest economic expansions in the US (no need to talk about whether that was luck or public policy, or private enterprise -that is not the point here) who unfortunately squandered a lot of his potential on sex and power and dragged this country into an embarrassing public spectacle. I know an insane amount of time, money and resources was spent on impeachment proceedings and by now we all know about the abject hypocrisy of so many who were calling for his head!
Notwithstanding the very good points SJ raised earlier about politicians ideally valuing and respecting the highest form of public office (and I agree with this) - Bill Clinton was acting in the same way that thousands and thousands of us all act (making point here that more than 65% of Americans supposedly admit to cheating on their spouses) - and I personally do not need to hold a man or woman to higher PERSONAL standards just because they are seeking the presidency - at this point I just crave someone competent.
I really, truely, deeply do not care ONE iota about what Bill Clinton did with his personal life while in office. He was IMHO an unbelievably skilled politician who oversaw one of the greatest economic expansions in the US (no need to talk about whether that was luck or public policy, or private enterprise -that is not the point here) who unfortunately squandered a lot of his potential on sex and power and dragged this country into an embarrassing public spectacle. I know an insane amount of time, money and resources was spent on impeachment proceedings and by now we all know about the abject hypocrisy of so many who were calling for his head!
Notwithstanding the very good points SJ raised earlier about politicians ideally valuing and respecting the highest form of public office (and I agree with this) - Bill Clinton was acting in the same way that thousands and thousands of us all act (making point here that more than 65% of Americans supposedly admit to cheating on their spouses) - and I personally do not need to hold a man or woman to higher PERSONAL standards just because they are seeking the presidency - at this point I just crave someone competent.
Arkiehawg
Beach Fanatic
+1 Chickpea
While he did drag the country into an embarrassing public spectacle, it PALES in comparison to what "King George" has done to embarrass our country in the eyes of the vast majority of the world.....
SoWal Sage
Beach Comber
Well said ChickPea ----
It's hard to believe that after all these years ---
These little childish remarks are all people can come up with ---
Wake up folks --- look at the big picture ---- stop living in the past --
We all make mistakes --- though personally misleading the American people is of much more concern to me than what happened with someone's sex life --- does all that really matter in the big scheme of things? When will we move on and concentrate on making this world a better place? If we all spent as much time working on solutions as we do on criticizing others, perhaps there could be positive change in this country.
"When the pow[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]er of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]-- Jimi Hendrix[/FONT]
It's hard to believe that after all these years ---
These little childish remarks are all people can come up with ---
Wake up folks --- look at the big picture ---- stop living in the past --
We all make mistakes --- though personally misleading the American people is of much more concern to me than what happened with someone's sex life --- does all that really matter in the big scheme of things? When will we move on and concentrate on making this world a better place? If we all spent as much time working on solutions as we do on criticizing others, perhaps there could be positive change in this country.
"When the pow[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]er of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]-- Jimi Hendrix[/FONT]
SoWal Sage
Beach Comber
Arkiehawg --- our thoughts exactly !!
SoWal Sage
Beach Comber
Oh, my. I thought Bill was from Arkansas, not Alabama.:funn:
SJ --
This post from you was so disappointing ...
I've read your post for years now ....
At first, I wasn't sure how I felt about you ...
Then, the more I read ... the more I grew to appreciate your knowledge & insight on things ..
You appear to be a very intelligent individual and it's nice to hear your point of view even if I may not agree with it ...
But I must tell you, being from Alabama -- this post really offended me ! It's disappointing to see someone whom I had grown to respect stoop to such immaturity.
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
Immaturity? It is a joke. I spent much of my life growing up in Alabama and Georgia, and there were always these big rivalries in the South East, between the different states. My other choice was going to be TN, but I decided to pick on kathydwells and JB a little bit, as my more recent pickings had been against TN. I couldn't resist, after seeing the photo of all of the inbred-looking little Bill Clintons.
The internet doesn't always convey humor as it is intended. No real offense intended to the fine folks in Alabama. We cannot help where we are born. :funn: Thanks for sharing. ;-)