<p>Not to sound like FDR on December 8th 1941, but this promises to be a memorable day:</p>
<p>“William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, will speak at Bridges Auditorium on Sunday, April 15, as a guest of Claremont McKenna College. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 4:30 pm.” </p>
<p>As the lecture is free of charge, we could not “afford” the spouse. :D</p>
<p>I hope you are going.</p>
<p>Personally, I’d say you got the better choice. I think he is a moral disaster, but, that said, one of the greatest political minds of our times. I’m sure it will be, as you said, a memorable event.</p>
<p>Give him a big kiss for me. :eek:</p>
<p>(just think of all the great people they could have had for the cost of one Billy…)</p>
<p>He recently spoke at Kansas State University as part of the Landon Lecture Series. My daughter starts there in the fall and was very frustrated that she missed seeing him – tickets for students were free! If you’re interested in seeing what he might speak about, here’s a link to a video of the K-State lecture and the question and answer session that followed: <a href=“The Landon Lecture Series”>http://ome.ksu.edu/lectures/landon/past.html</a> Whether you like him or not, it’s hard to deny that the guy is brilliant and a marvelous speaker.</p>
<p>Regarding the spouse, please realize I had a hard time remaining civil.</p>
<p>are you going?</p>
<p>Xiggi,
Last year as part of the graduation activities for S, I went to a faculty lecture by a highly regardled political science prof specializing in presidential politics and his “team teacher”, an adjunct who was/is chief of staff to VP Gore and who also served as asst. COS to Pres. Clinton. They seemed to dislcount HRC as someone who has the ability to raise money, but who lacks a clear message. They claimed that she could likely win the nomination, but would not be able to win the general election because so many across the country detest her. Of course, at that time they said Obama was far too inexperienced to become a player in the '08 race. Given the early primary positioning, we’ll likely know if their first prediction comes true by this time next year.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting, Xiggi! I just e-mailed Mudder with the link. </p>
<p>So I take it you’re a CMC student? :)</p>
<p>It looks like this is part of the Athenaeum. Do you know if there’s going to be a luncheon or dinner along with the lecture? TIA!</p>
<p>Clinton will be the commencement speaker at lowly Rochester Institute of Technology this year. (Evidently he owes a big RIT donor a big favor.)</p>
<p>All I’ve heard is grumbling because the tickets are hard to get and the graduates are worried they won’t be able to bring all their family.</p>
<p>This will not be held in CMC’s athenaeum (it would be much too small-- earlier this year Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia came and I believe the dinner filled up online in 6 minutes.) It will be in Bridges Theater, which is on Pomona’s campus, but owned by the consortium.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, only CMC students, faculty, and staff are going to be able to get in. Other people will have to watch it on a live TV feed they’ll set up. I personally think it would have been nice if they had opened up at least a certain number of tickets for the rest of the claremont colleges. I have a feeling that they’re giving away some spots to wealthy donors before students of the other colleges. </p>
<p>I mean it is CMC that was able to get him to come and speak, so I suppose they do have the right to make sure that there is enough space for the members of the CMC community, but it does feel a little contrary to the spirit of the consortium.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m actually a current CMC student, so I have a spot, and am very excited about going.</p>
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I wouldn’t worry about that. With any luck, you’ll get the spouse “free,” at taxpayer expense, for eight years. Mene mene, tekel upharsin.</p>
<p>You should be honored to have him at the campus. He belongs to a very distinguished club: Democrats who have been elected President and then re-elected. Including the Democrat’s predecessors the Jeffersonian Republicans, members of this club are:</p>
<p>Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
William Clinton</p>
<p>A lot of these guys either previously or currently have their faces on US coins and/or currency. Maybe Bill will eventually appear on a bill too.</p>
<p>He’s speaking at Harvard’s class day, too. One of my friends in the class of 2007 just about peed his pants when he found out, he is so thrilled.</p>
<p>If you’re not too thrilled about going, could I sneak in and pretend to be you?</p>
<p>I wish I were class of 2007! My class day speaker was Sen. Alan Simpson. :(</p>
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<p>Yes, there is a rumor a three dollar bill is in the works. It will be teflon coated. Only issue left is to deal with the transport bags that have suffered from a loose zipper syndrome.</p>
<p>“If you’re not too thrilled about going, could I sneak in and pretend to be you?”</p>
<p>You kidding, right? Who would give up a such an opportunity to see the best show on earth for political acumen, sense of humor, imagination, and fiction. And, best of all, you don’t have to work, as the teary-eyed nostalgic liberals will do all the clapping. </p>
<p>Twenty-years old remembering the good old days. :)</p>
<p>I’d love to see Idi, too, but now I’ll have to settle for Forrest. The most charismatic person I ever saw was Indira Gandhi - it was like she walked around in a great rainbow bubble. :)</p>
<p>(Dalai Lama is coming to d’s institution to celebrate the anniversary of the Tibetan studies program, but she’s in Italy (
I guess…)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.smith.edu/dalailama/[/url]”>http://www.smith.edu/dalailama/</a></p>
<p>there is also a rumor that Bush II will appear on a penny - new penny with the size/denomination 1/10 of a present penny.</p>