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Bill Clinton’s African Rehab

August 3rd, 2008
By ROBERT STEIN

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The comeback this time is low-key and far away as the former president surfaces from his Democratic primary flameout for a Washington Post interview, sounding subdued and philosophical.

Sidelined by the Obama campaign, he is on “a grueling journey across Africa to visit some of the places where his charitable foundation has been active–and in the process re-establish his role as a global elder statesman.”

If he is not at the red-hot center of the ‘08 political action, Clinton can turn his energies to exhorting disappointed Hillary admirers to stay in the game locally–and perhaps for four or eight years from now.

“What we Democrats can’t afford to do, even as we support Senator Obama, is try to build one America on the cheap,” Clinton tells the Post, explaining that they should not tell themselves, “I voted across the racial divide; I have no obligations to do something in my community or around the world,” urging them “to heave-to here. We’ve got to show up.”

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    Yep I see the Racist Bill Clinton returned to Africa where is charities are helping many, many people of color.

    Damn that Racist Bill Clinton. The way the democrats have treated him is very degrading and I'm surprised that he would even show up for the Convention in Denver. He will because it would reflect on Hillary, but I reckon that if Hillary was not in office he most likely would make a reason to be out of the country during this event, this year.
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    [yawn] The First Black President [tm] is no Jimmy Carter.

    When I was in Atlanta, we were normal patriotic Americans where I worked. Most wanted Clinton publicly executed for all kinds of crimes. Our group meetings began with Clinton jokes. This was real America.

    But we all wanted to form a carpool to enjoy Sunday school in Plains sometime with Jimmy Carter.

    One of our guys was a fundamentalist (we didn't know until months after we met him because he didn't feel the need to tell us --- so much for lefty stereotypes). He had served on a nuclear submarine in the Navy. What did he want to do? Not just visit, but _salute_ Jimmy Carter.

    That's the difference.
 
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