Since Anthony Burchette is so keen on repeating the words of yesterday by pointing out all the "misquotes" of George W. Bush, I believe that it is only fair that we show the many equally amusing "misquotes" of Bill Clinton.
- "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is."-Bill Clinton during grand jury testimony on Monica Lewinsky scandal
- "It depends on how you define alone...."
- "There were a lot of times when we were alone, but I never really thought we were."
- "You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say." May 28, 1993 Philadelphia Pa.
- "I was thinking of you last night, Helmut, because I watched the sumo wrestling on television."-January 1994 talking to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
- "And the deficit has come down for four years in a row for the first time since before the Civil War. I meant to say since before World War II. But maybe it should be since before the Civil War." 1992 debate
- "The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says."-October 17, 1996
Since we're pointing out humorous quotes - it is only fair to look at several from our current occupant of the White House:
- "I'm here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis." Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 25, 2008
- "Just this past week, we passed out of the out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee - which is my committee - a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon."- July 23, 2008 (Obama was not a member of the Banking Committee)
- "I've now been in 57 states. I think one left to go." Rally in Beaverton Oregon.
- "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes - and I see many of them in the audience here today - our sense of patriotism is particularly strong." Why didn't anyone report that Obama can see dead people?
- "Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long."-November 4, 2008
Mr. Burchette, there is nothing wrong with proclaiming the misgivings of George W. Bush, but you need to realize that both sides are wrong and have been wrong for the last 50 years. I hope that you're next letter, instead of "Bush Quotes Part II," the Times-Union titles it "Clinton Quotes, Part I." Granted, I will concede that you put a lot of due diligence in your letter writing skills but one-sided partisan bashing just adds to the endless cycle that the U.S. needs to break now. One Last one:
- "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." Bill Clinton
