LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 22) - Just a few blocks from the future site of Bill Clinton's $160 million presidential library, a couple of Clinton haters hope to open a museum devoted to mocking his presidency.

``As long as he's talking, we'll have to be here trying to keep him somewhat honest and stop him from rewriting history,'' says John LeBoutillier, a former Republican congressman from New York who rode Ronald Reagan's coattails to victory in 1980.

LeBoutillier and his partner, Houston businessman Richard Erickson, plan to call it the Counter-Clinton Library. They say the museum here and one planned for Washington will look at such topics as Whitewater, Monica Lewinsky, the last-minute pardons, even damaged White House furniture.

``We already hear he's going to bring a bunch of egghead economists to his library to say how great the economy was when he was president,'' LeBoutillier says. ``And we'll find our own who can say it had nothing to do with him.''

The two partners hope to open their place the same day that Clinton's opens in November 2004. They say they will need $5 million. LeBoutillier says thousands of donations have come in and the average one is $72, but he will not say exactly how much has been raised so far.

Dick Morris, the Clinton strategist who resigned in a sex scandal, has pledged stacks of his insider documents, as has Gary Aldrich, the former FBI agent who wrote a best seller about Clinton's scandals.

``We think people will want to come out of the Clinton Library and head immediately down the street to us to get the rest of the story,'' LeBoutillier says.

In recent appearances, Clinton said that the big picture of his presidency is being obscured and that his library will set the record straight.

The designer of the Clinton museum, Ralph Appelbaum, said the place will deal with Clinton's impeachment, but will focus on how Clinton policies smoothed the political and technological transition into the 21st century and fostered unprecedented economic growth.

LeBoutillier - who once called the late House Speaker Tip O'Neill ``fat, bloated and out of control, just like the federal budget'' - says Clinton's library will require immediate rebuttal in a way that libraries of other scandalized ex-presidents do not.

``Reagan, Nixon, that's the past,'' he says. ``The problem is Clinton's still young, he's the most powerful force in Democratic politics, and he would like nothing more than to erase the past so he can return to the White House with Hillary.''

Skip Rutherford, president of the foundation paying for Clinton's library, says he had hoped for a political cease-fire.

``The haters don't have to like or agree with Clinton, but they need to acknowledge that only 43 men have done this - reached the pinnacle,'' he says. ``I think they need to move on with their lives.''

07/22/03 12:26 EDT

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Sad when folks have nothing better to do than spend 5 million to open a library mocking an ex-president who's worst offense as far as I'm concerned is getting his dick caught in the mouth of an average looking woman.

Even if you do hate him surely that money oculd be put to better use in the state.

Lame.

I sent $100 in the name of Todd...
;-)))

Maybe it could be used to increase the literacy rate in AK?

See Toolz, you have fallen for the red herring.... that is what Clinton wants you to remember.

I hate Clinton, and think he should have been impeached - NOT for getting a BJ or lying - I did not care about that - infact I thought it was cool.

MY issues was the situation he and his admiistration put the US in when it came to National Defense.... between selling off missille and nuclear tech to the Chinese for campaign donations, cutting back the military to anemic portions, and then sending them around the world to places where there were no Vital interest....

I could go on and on.... the number 1 thing the President has to do it make sure this nation is secure, now and into the future. Clinton put this at stake....

His domestic policies, while many I did not like, its an issue of opinion that liberals and conservatives can honestly dissagree on.... but National Defense is something all parties should stick to tighly!

What's next is Brad Shaw opening a museum in California?

He seems to "hate" on everyone it would be a perfect fit

He can open a R-N Museum, a "KB" Museum, and many more....
He'd of course would spend the most time there by himself looking at things he could never do and whine.....

R-n has made enough $ to possibly deserve a museum.

You, on the other hand have ackomplished nothing KB. KB, run your mouth, pout like a little child, we will see who is laughing in the end. You will get yours, and I will not even have to lift a finger.

Maybe there will be a Jimmy Carter museum here in Ellijay after his, "We shouldn't go to war" speech.




-Peaches son

That's worse than Clinton spending $160 million for a library that will "set the record straight" about his presidency?

Maybe it could be used to increase the literacy rate in AK?[/b][/quote]
So they can go to the 160 million dollar Clinton museum and read about what a great guy he was....... :salute:

Uh...

AK = Alaska
AR = Arkansas

:D

Wig,

Go feed the horses, quit bustin my chops on state abbreviations ;)

and

Mike,

I really don't want to stir up the shit pot on this but just one question, do you feel safe with Bush in the Whitehouse? I do now that he's got all these foreign security matters to deal with, draws his attention away from the domestic issues. The upside to Bush too is it never hurts to have someone who seems unstable in office, keeps the other countries guessing. Don't get me wrong I wasn't pro-Clinton, and I'm not pro-Bush, Clinton seems to have done a lot less damage then Bush has/is capable of wreaking still.

Libertarian in 04

The Libertarian Party is committed to America's heritage of freedom:
- individual liberty and personal responsibility
- a free-market economy of abundance and prosperity
- a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade.

They've even got a quiz you can take to see which party you belong too :)
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Last edited by Toolz at Jul 23 2003, 07:24 PM