Former Presidents Heartened by Generosity

[Rose Siding]

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"We have no goal" in terms of money, Bush said. "We think this is a long-term effort. There is no dollar figure set, but I can tell you this: Private funds have been pouring in. I'm very, very pleased to be a part of this with President Clinton (news - web sites)."

President Bush (news - web sites), whom critics accused of initially responding too slowly to the disaster, named his father and Clinton Monday to head the private relief effort and the pair of former presidents planned a busy schedule of public appearances to push the cause. Bush already has offered $350 million in U.S. government aid.

"I think it's going to happen," the first President Bush said of the private fund-raising effort on CBS's "The Early Show."
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On CBS, Clinton was asked if the U.S. aid effort would have the benefit of improving this country's image in the Muslim world.

"Well it is," he said, "if we just do the right thing — give us a chance to reaffirm our common humanity, to reach across religious and political divides."

"All we have to do is the right thing and get the help where it is needed," Clinton said. "We can do a lot of good, no matter what our means are, if we all work together on this."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050104/ap_on_go_pr_wh/tsunami_ex_presidents

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1. It's not about helping, it's about imagine and bush...

dynasty. Too bad prez Clinton didn't tell them to go Fuck Off. Little bush should have assigned that job to his evil vice president and his whore wife.

[RoeBear]

2. You're comment reminds me of a scene from "The Holocaust".

The Nazis are checking people into the camps and they ask a Jewish man "The name of the whore who gave birth to you and the pimp who raped her".

It was a scene that showed how the Nazis dehumanized their perceived enemy so that it was easier to hate them.

(Sorry for comparing you to a Nazi)

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3. Hey, soon we're all be Nazis....

the sooner the better...that's why I will vote for Ahhnold Schwartnazi.

I don't remember the part of the Holocaust. Glad you do.

[lebkuchen]

4. Have all three made out personal checks yet?

Lead by example, and all that? Did the media cover the signing of each check? How much have they each contributed?

[radric]

6. I don't care who tries to polish their image..

or take credit. Millions of people in SE Asia are desperate for help. The important thing is that the aid gets there and in as large amounts as we can get. Who gets the credit for it is irrelevant...

[lebkuchen]

7. I don't either, but I do want them to give their own money

like they expect the public to.

How many in Congress, for that matter, have made personal contributions to Asia? Or is this going to be like enlisting to fight a war, where the public does the fighting and Congress provides the shiny medals and the pats on the back as they smile for the cameras? Most members of Congress are multi-millionaires. One is even a billionaire. Who best to make contributions than those who benefit most, financially, from our form of government?

I had to laugh when the media bestowed accolades on Bill Frist for going to Central Asia because, hey, he's a doctor and everything! How many patients do you think the good doctor met with on his trip east?

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5. Old bush looking to spread wealth to his little boy....

big advantage on his side for his secret dealings to take over Asia.
Little bush's big inheritance.