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LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
10. Absolutely. Bill was chatting and chuckling with everyone. He does love a crowd.
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 11:43 PM
Sep 2016

In the early days of cellphones, he was holding a meeting of our mayor and three other folks at a spontaneous coffee shop stop 2 blocks from our house. Word got around and by the end of the hour meeting, there were 150-200 people out front. He shook every single hand, greeted each child with a handshake and a cheerful smile. I've never forgotten it. It took him another hour at least. We commented that the Secret Service is used to that with Bill!

Botany

(70,504 posts)
5. You can take Bill out of the Bubba Country but you can't take the Bubba ....
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 11:02 PM
Sep 2016

.... out of Bill.

Bill was just getting his "Bubba on."

ConservativeDemocrat

(2,720 posts)
6. Bill Clinton was out thanking everyone personally
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 11:06 PM
Sep 2016

Which was why he was taking so long. He still hasn't changed.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

BlueCollar

(3,859 posts)
7. I am really going to miss this President
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 11:10 PM
Sep 2016

I may be 59 years old, and I have no doubt that Hillary will acquit herself well...

And I have the utmost respect for former President s Carter and Bill Clinton...

But I have to say...this guy is just a class act all the way around.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
11. Bill is adorably gregarious, but...
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 11:48 PM
Sep 2016

... I think I'll be happier with Hillary's more introverted and studious personality, as far as results. (Assuming that she's not completely stonewalled by a GOP Congress too.)

calimary

(81,240 posts)
13. Beware the Youtube version, though.
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 12:12 AM
Oct 2016

The comments are HORRID! And there's a lot of them. They kinda prove why Trump has the appeal that he does. It is jaw-dropping to see what some of them are posting. One can hope they're joking, but I doubt it.

HORRIFYING.

Hekate

(90,677 posts)
14. Aww. I watched the eulogies by Bill and Barack: turns out Peres planned his own funeral...
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 12:30 AM
Oct 2016

...to be very simple, and of course there were many many people there.

Of all the foreign dignitaries who were there, the only ones invited to speak were Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and they spoke last. It was very moving -- they both spoke of the depth and wisdom of the man, how very much the relationship meant to them over many years, and you could see that saying they loved him would not be an exaggeration.

And Bill, yeah, I can just envision him taking lots of extra time to talk to each and every person.

Boomerproud

(7,952 posts)
16. Any video with "Obama", "Clinton" or "Kennedy" in the title brings out the hate with a vengence.
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 05:05 PM
Oct 2016

Here we have a twofer. I remember reading some comments after Kara Kennedy's death that were unbelievable. No shame whatsoever.

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