Bill Clinton Will Always Seem Younger Than 65
William Jefferson Clinton, a man who left office under a cloud of scandal and with the derision of those on the left of his party who thought that he was too politically expedient and quick to compromise on sacred Democratic ideals but who now invoke his name as the kind of tough negotiator who would totally stand up to the opposition and protect our cherished social safety net, turns 65 today. I would say that 15 years from now those people will have the same false nostalgia for Barack Obama, but 15 years from now we will all be living in holes and running from fires and begging the rich people to enslave us just so we can enjoy the protections of their walled cities, so we will probably have a bunch of other stuff on our minds. Anyway, happy birthday, vegan president. Enjoy that Social Security while it lasts.
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Aww he matched his tie to his face!
@jolie
The photographer was standing next to a topless woman.
@City_Dater makes total sense, this was snapped during Comedy Central's Roast of President Clinton.
Whatever age Bill Clinton is is the new 40.
And William Shatner is 80. He's a tubby guy but an outstanding 80 nonetheless.
As far as Slick Willy, given his new healthier diet, I'd wager he's going to live to a fairly ripe age himself. Even then, he's more likely to be shot while attempting to evade his current intern toy's shotgun wielding family.
Younger than 65? No. Sleazier than Larry Flynt on a viagra-meth cocktail? Eso, sí. Y para siempre.
I love Bill Clinton. Happy Birthday Bill!!!
I practically live in a hole and run from fires right now, I'm on the cutting edge.
I will await our fire overlords with my arms spread wide. Take me, fire!
I'm going to be one of those rich so start begging now. Unless people start using ebooks in which case I'll just take my chances with the fires and the holes and the sleestaks and so forth.
Our nostalgia for Clinton isn’t because he was a big liberal hero. He wasn’t. The nostalgia is because he cared about jobs and the people who need them, and did something about it. Nostalgia for Obama in 15 years will be approximately the same as for Jimmy Carter in 1991.
I met him in a small group once. He did that thing where you shake someone's hand with one hand and hold their wrist with the other. He looked straight in my eyes and repeated my name twice and I swear to god my clothes almost fell right off of me.
He was something to behold.
Lawd.
@hockeymom and apologies if I've told this story once or three hundred times before. He gave me the case of the vapors.
@hockeymom He did that to me too, when I was a 22 y/o communications assistant at the DLC in 1991. I swear he looked straight at my credentials hanging around my neck then right in the eye….
SWOON
God I miss the 90s.
@hockeymom
I met him last year and there's a picture of us somewhere on the event photographer's website still. I just now realized I have never ordered a copy of it. I was thinking I could align it next to a copy of that picture of Lil' Clinton meeting JFK and cross my fingers and hope for the best.
Also he didn't make me swoon, to my deepest disappointment, but he looked skinny as HALE. Though if Hillary had been there I would have started fanning myself.