he's a modest, modest guy.

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Clinton, just build some houses already.

 Asked his perspective on how the country fell into such economic hard times, Clinton responded in an NBC ''Today'' show interview by asking rhetorically: ''Did any of them seriously believe that if I had been president and my economic team had been in place the last eight years, that this would be taking place.''

In another interview, Clinton was asked which president he would most identify with.

''Personally, I'm not sure,'' he told CNN. ''One guy wrote a book saying that I was most like Thomas Jefferson, but the times in which I governed were most like Theodore Roosevelt's. And we had -- and the results I received were similar. We had -- he had enormous success. The country was better off when he quit than when he started.''

Why does everybody want to be like TR?  He was psycho.  A psycho Lone Ranger wannabe.  We discussed that in Foreign Policy class, how in recent years TR's gotten a really good rep (no longer considered Hemingway: The President) and all the modern presidents say he's pretty fly, for a turn of the century guy.  Then again I've never understood why this dude's on Mount Rushmore either.  Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln... Theodore Roosevelt?  Please.  Ooh, I conquered the Philippines.  Ooh, I shot 512 big-game animals.  I'm such a man's man.

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[royinpink.livejournal.com]

oh, the things i never knew.

yeah, i pretty much agree. vaaain. which is also why i've decided my political phil prof does indeed suck. he's vain and pretentious like my dad is...or, more like that guy in Squid & the Whale is, you know, 'cause he's actually achieved something in his life, unlike my dad.

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oh, well, I'm glad to hear that (ha ha, I didn't like him for some reason, right?). is he like clinton?

clearly I'm going to need to see Squid & the Whale in order to keep up these conversations.

[royinpink.livejournal.com]

well, i was more ambivalent before. we were talking about weird things he said about osama bin laden and public enemies. nah, i don't think he's like clinton. maybe if clinton were iranian and felt that monica lewinsky was too far below him to deign to interact with?

hahaha, nah, only if you want to. i mostly just talk about it in comparison to my parents.

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oh geez (monica lewinsky was too far below him to deign to interact with). I can't decide if that's better or worse than clinton. I guess I'll say worse.