AFP Clinton backs Blair as future UN chief

[kskiska]

LONDON (AFP) - Former US president
Bill Clinton backed British Prime Minister
Tony Blair as a future secretary general of the
United Nations.

Clinton told BBC television Blair would make a "good" head for the international organisation when he leaves office, as he has indicated he will before the next general election, expected by 2010 at the latest.

The pair -- who became friends during Clinton's time at the White House between 1993 and 2001 -- had discussed Blair's future and Clinton had told him there was "a lot of good you can do in the world" after leaving Downing Street.

He also predicted Blair, 52, would find "immense rewards" when he stood down, particularly from lucrative speaking engagements, books and directorships.

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[tocqueville]

1. I'd like to make a Clinton joke with that headline but I don't dare nt

[IndyOp]

4. I am with you...

:wtf:

[Cha]

2. Sorry, Bill..tony blair has

lost his credibility with me..he has a lot to answer for and I don't think being the head of the UN is going to be the place where he does it.

[adarling]

7. SAME HERE!!!!

he has been Bushwhacked!!!

[Greeby]

3. Ugh, well, look at this way

The Secretary General of the UN can't order a country bombed

[NanceGreggs]

5. We all make mis-judgments in assessing others ...

... I guess Bill Clinton is no exception.

I'd be more than happy to see Blair garner 'immense rewards' from speaking engagements, books and directorships - after he serves prison time for lying to his own countrymen, and particpating in crimes against humanity - assuming he'll live long enough to complete his just sentence.

[wordpix2]

19. Bill's made a few before: Gennifer, Paula, Monica to name 3

[stepnw1f]

6. No Fucking Way

Bill... fuck you too!

[Pastiche423]

17. What he ^ said

Twas my 1st thought, as well.

[acmavm]

20. Make that the three of us. n/t

[Dead_Parrot]

30. Four. nt

[bahrbearian]

8. Tells you how far right the Clintons really are,

"a lot of good you can do in the world" invading , lying,, all kinds of good.

[nofoil]

9. You've got to be kidding me!

[Maine-ah]

25. that's a truely disturbing (but funny) pic you've got there

EEWWWW.

[Gloria]

10. Give me a break. Bush's buddy in crime heading the UN??

Please, Bill. Stick to AIDS.

[Tom Joad]

11. War Lords promoting their own.

[tocqueville]

12. Cm'on guys, Clinton was just polite

"Asked if Blair should run for UN secretary general, Clinton, 59, said: "That would suit me. He would be a good one."

what should he have anwsered to such a question ? "No, it would be a terrible mistake"... cm'on

Journalists are making a bird out of a feather

1) Blair will never run for the office
2) he would never be elected

he's going to join the Carlyle group and tour universities, giving conferences for the big bucks. Like Gorbatchev does. Blair is history.

[Child_Of_Isis]

13. "No, it would be a terrible mistake"...

would have worked for me.

[mogster]

22. OK. Let's stick our fingers in the ground

You have a point.

He will join the Carlyle group, won't he? I didn't know Gorbie was a part of that network.

[mom cat]

14. Blair has shown his true colors. Sorry Bill. You are wrong.

[IndianaGreen]

15. Blair should be a defendant at The Hague

Stop spending so much time with the Bush clan, Big Dog!

[AlCzervik]

16. So wrong, there is no scale on which it could be measured.

[NJ Democrats]

18. bill you are wrong!

Blair wouldn't make a good UN head!
But YOU would.
Sec Gen William Jefferson Clinton!

[superconnected]

21. Good boy tony, you did what you were told. Good boy.

here's a bone.

Wanna lead an international organizations? How about Carlyle. I can getcha a job there.

It's like the medicated first lady getting a puppy for taking her paxil.

[leesa]

23. Clinton disgusts me with his support of this war criminal.

Blair belongs in prison for the rest of his life.

[oasis]

24. There is no harm in endorsing Blair since the UN will reject him anyway.

You gotta figure Clinton has taken that into consideration.

[occuserpens]

26. Clinton backs Blair as UN chief

Basically, WJC supports Bolton's madness :-(

Clinton backs Blair as UN chief

[Brundle_Fly]

27. is anyone else getting sick of

clinton's passes for the bozo's?

he was a great president, he is a terrible former statesman, in regards to anything political he touches.


stick with the aids work my friend, we don't want bozo blair rubber stamping more invasions.

[acmejack]

28. Clinton is everyone's favorite republican

[go west young man]

29. Yeah thats perfect. A U.N. chief that actively goes out and

promotes bombing people! The Middle Eastern delegates would love him. Clinton sure knows how to support us on the liberal left. He want's to put a murderer in charge of the U.N. The world makes absolutely no sense these days.