AP: Clinton gave up plane's bed to Bush on tsunami tour

[lancdem]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050306/ap_on_re_us/people_clinton_bush_2

NEW YORK - On their tour of tsunami damage in Southeast Asia, former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) once allowed his predecessor, former President George H.W. Bush, to sleep on the plane's only bed while he stretched out on the floor.
The government plane in which the presidents toured the disaster area had one large bedroom and another room with tables and seats, according to an interview with Bush in this week's Newsweek.
Bush, 80, said Clinton offered ahead of time to give the older former president the bedroom so he could lie flat and avoid paining his body. Clinton, 58, decided to play cards in the other room that night.
The next morning, Bush said he peeked in and saw Clinton sound asleep on the plane's floor.

[Sannum]

1. He is a far kinder person than I...

[lancdem]

2. And a much kinder one than the freepers make

him out to be. :)

[Johnny Noshoes]

5. The thing you have to keep in mind

The thing you have to keep in mind is can you imagine the media uproar if he hadn't done this and besides no matter what you think of the old sob he IS 80. Clinton's mama taught him to respect his elders even if they are old bastards like GHWB.

[lancdem]

6. Exactly

or even if they had each slept half the time in it, the RW press especially would be lambasting Clinton.

[FreedomAngel82]

26. So sweet!

That's one of the many things I love about President Clinton. :) He shows respect to people. Even crooks. ;)

[babylonsister]

3. Clinton is younger. That being said, he also

recently had major heart surgery. His actions speak volumes!

[journalist3072]

25. Exactly!

I just think that speaks volumes about the quality of President Clinton's character. He is a gentleman through and through.

One of the things that impresses me about him is that he does not appear to be a bitter man.

After all he has been through, with the Republican Party calling him everything but a child of God, he would have every right to be a bitter and angry man.

But that's not the impression I get of him. God Bless him.

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Right

He could've easily said no to the tsunami thing and did his own thing with someone else or just on his own. God bless him!

[Solly Mack]

4. Only after I short sheeted the bed

and put itching powder in the pillows...

[lancdem]

8. LOL

[qanda]

12. I don't know why

But that made me laugh out loud. Very funny.

[BuyingThyme]

7. There's a good sleeping w/ the enemy joke here somewhere.

[lancdem]

9. Imagine if they had actually shared the bed

[Botany]

10. Class can not be bought ......

..... Kerry spent 10 days with the families of Mass. firefighters who died
in a terrible accident. Not one word in the press.

Clinton telling bush that he will play cards and then slept on the floor ......

Wonder if Rush or Fox is going to cover this?

:bounce:

[lancdem]

16. Good point about Kerry

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[FreedomAngel82]

28. Aw about Kerry

I never knew about that. :loveya:

[CatWoman]

11. The more I hear about this man, the more I adore him

his mom certainly raised him right: Respect your elders, no matter how big a thieving, lying asshole he is.

[CatWoman]

13. lol -- from the yahoo boards on this story:

democrats respect the weak
by: circulartrash 03/06/05 05:50 pm
Msg: 1 of 9

republicans run them over.

http://news.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=37138445&tid=appeopleclintonbush&sid=37138445&mid=1

[thecorster]

14. why would the plane only have one bed?

they obviously knew that two former presidents would be flying overnight...

[lancdem]

15. I thought that was strange, too

[Senator Lamb]

18. maybe senior thought

it would leave clinton no choice but to cuddle with him since barbara just doesnt do it for him.

[journalist3072]

34. Excellent point! I wonder what gives? n/t

[Cleita]

17. I wonder if it was George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, if Bush would

have done the same? I bet he wouldn't even think of it.

[Johnny Noshoes]

19. Really

GDub would have made Jimmy sleep in the chair no doubt.

[DulceDecorum]

22. Deleted

[FreedomAngel82]

30. I wonder too

Hm. I wonder. I bet he probably would've if the press was around. :eyes: Clinton is just that way no matter what. His mother actually raised him and not a nanny. ;)

[Deja Q]

21. No good deed goes unpunished. Didn't Billykins learn that with Monicagate?

Or Vince Foster or Whitewater?

[shance]

23. Clinton just had heart surgery. Did Mr. Bush consider that?

n/t

[Cleita]

29. Apparently not. Must be nice going through life oblivious to everyone

else's discomfort and pain except your own.

[paineinthearse]

24. I hope he short-sheeted it first. nt

[Carni]

31. What a bunch of crap

Clinton just went through heart surgery while that old fart HW still manages to hurl himself out of planes at age 80 (I am sorry but to me that is moronic...esp with all the elderly just hanging on trying to pay their medical bills or eat in this country)

I would have let the bastard sit in a chair.

[TOOLZ]

32. The bed was too small to fit any babes, anyway.

Sorry to beat a tired joke, folks, I like him tons, but don't feel the need to forgive that part of his legacy.

Here's a thread trajectory, not to piss anyone off, but who thinks he's still scamming with chicks, now that he's out of public scrutiny and his wife lives in another city?

[BigBearJohn]

33. just gives me one more reason to love Clinton. I sure miss him.

[applegrove]

35. Wow - and he just had heart surgery. But I hate the visual imagery

it paints. We are not lying down for no Republican!!

[leesa]

36. They're STILL on their Fix Sonny Boy's Messes Tour?

[CBHagman]

37. The Clintons are always kind to opponents.

The story doesn't surprise me a bit. Remember how Clinton thanked G.H.W. Bush at the inauguration in 1993? Hillary Clinton escorting Newt Gingrich's mother on a tour of the White House? The Clintons receiving Jesse Helms at state dinners, despite all the openly hostile (and even threatening) things Helms said? That's what they do.

It's funny how the vindictiveness of, say, a Tom DeLay or a George W. Bush doesn't get much play in the press, although I understand both Texans are given to revenge and grudge-holding. I apologize to any Texans on this thread who object to be in any fashion connected with DeLay or Bush.

[Catherine Vincent]

38. That's Clinton for ya!

He respects his elders, whether they're evil repukes or father of evil repukes, it doesn't matter. Besides, he did this once before I believe when he was the President. King Jordan Hussein's funeral, I believe, he gave up his bed in Air Force One to let either Ford, Carter or Bush have it. I don't remember which took it. I can't understand, though, why there weren't other twin size beds in an aircraft that large. And a lot of those first class eats are quite roomy.

[journalist3072]

39. Here's my question...

George Bush Sr. seems to be in excellent health for his age. He still jumps out of airplanes, for crying out loud. So why didn't he INSIST that Clinton take the bed, considering Clinton's current recovery from major heart surgery?

Right after Clinton's library dedication, Time Magazine had an article called Raindrops and Reconciliation. And it said that a lot of people at the dedication were concerned about how frail Clinton looked, including Bush Sr. It said Bush Sr. even mentioned his concern to Clinton himself, and Clinton told him that he was having a normal recovery, but it would take time to get his energy back.

So if Bush Sr. is really that concerned about the Big Dog, why didn't he insist he take the bed?

[in_cog_ni_to]

40. Are you kidding me?

The Bush bastards don't have a gracious bone in their bodies. That's why. It didn't even enter the asshole's mind that Clinton just had heart surgery. The BFEE are self centered SOBs. :grr:

[journalist3072]

41. So true!

It's all about them, screw everyone else. They couldn't even provide a bed for a man who, just months ago, had his heart stopped and put on a bypass machine?

That's just amazing to me.

And you know, I don't like to make generalizations about entire groups of people (i.e. "all Republicans are") but I think that story just goes to show the fundamental difference between us and them.

When Ronald Reagan was buried, and Nancy Reagan broke down as she got ready to leave his coffin for the final time, I cried as I watched it on tv. Not because I was a fan of Reagan. In fact, I couldn't stand his politics.

But I cried because when I saw Nancy break down, I didn't see or think about politics at that moment. All I saw was an 80-something year old woman grieving for her husband, and I thought about my great-grandparents.