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Bill Clinton Takes Spot On Global Stage | |
2005-06-01 | |
More of a stain than a spot. EFL:In 2001, in the opening months of his ex-presidency, Bill Clinton confided to an aide that he had decided on his dream job for the next chapter of his life: secretary general of the United Nations. The goal may not be realistic, he acknowledged, but he then went on to analyze all the factors in minute detail, as though he were preparing for a political campaign: whether a U.S. president would ever see fit to back him, for one, and what it would take to persuade other nations to bend the long-standing tradition that the top job does not go to someone from a country with permanent status on the U.N. Security Council. His ambition, as the aide described it, was both breathtaking and entirely logical for a natural-born politician who had reached the top of the American political ladder: "president of the world."
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Posted by:Steve |
#8 He understands, of course, that there are many intern aged skirts to chase after on the global scene. With no Ken Starr. He's a nature for secretary general. |
Posted by: Captain America 2005-06-01 22:18 |
#7 WJC watched the Miss Universe pagent and decided that there were new worlds to conquer and a vast pool of international interns as yet untapped. |
Posted by: RWV 2005-06-01 17:56 |
#6 He'll never take me alive! |
Posted by: Spot 2005-06-01 15:22 |
#5 Secretary for Life Clinton. I like it. Maybe it will keep his Betty Crockercrat wife and heir aparent LadyBugCLinton in power long enough for the failleft.; never mind... I can't do it rite. |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-01 13:51 |
#4 For some reason I thought that no member of the Security Council could field a Secretary General. Reckon I was mistaken since all I hear about is how Billybob wants to be SecGen (course, if I recall correctly, he wanted another go at the Presidency, too...gah) |
Posted by: Quana 2005-06-01 13:13 |
#3 You beat me to it, Emily. ;-p |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-01 12:10 |
#2 Dry cleaning works, too... |
Posted by: Raj 2005-06-01 11:54 |
#1 I thought it said Makes Spot. Never mind. |
Posted by: Emily Litella 2005-06-01 11:18 |