Great Bill Clinton speech and Q&A on c-span starting now.

[TacticalPeek]

Speech
Building Leadership
Potomac School (McLean, VA)
McLean, Virginia (United States)
05/02/2007 - 1:11

Clinton, Bill President (1993-2001), United States

Former President Clinton spoke with students in grades 8-12 about “Building Enlightened Leadership”. President Clinton was attending a formal dedication of the Potomac School’s new high school in the Engelhard Performing Arts Center

[illinoisprogressive]

1. sorry, but Clinton is so yesterday and I have grown weary of him.

[TacticalPeek]

2. Sorry, growing weary of great leaders is so yesterday I disagree with you.

You might listen and learn. At the end, these high school kids give him a long standing ovation.

[Captain_Nemo]

3. Bill Clinton, like Jimmy Carter is one of our great statesmen.

Your post is more of a dig at the Clinton's in general. (Just my opinion) I think at this point in our country/world we need to look at who is doing the great work - and learn from them.

[Judi Lynn]

4. I stumbled across it earlier tonight, and saw he gave a WONDERFUL speech to those kids.

Then I looked around to see if I could find any remarks about it on the internetS and located a good summary:

Clinton's Lesson on Citizenship
Potomac School students celebrate $12 million donation by holding question and answer session with former President Bill Clinton.
By Aranya Tomseth
May 9, 2007

~snip~
BEFORE COMMENCING the academic dialogue with Potomac students, Clinton discussed the five questions that he believes every American citizen should be able to answer.
“The first question is, what is the fundamental nature of the 21st century world?” said Clinton. “Most people say globalization, but I think that’s inadequate — I prefer the term interdependence.”
Clinton said that in today’s “interdependent” world “you can’t get away from each other — divorce is not an option.”
“The second question is, is it a good or bad thing?” said Clinton. “My answer is, both.”
The former president went on to say that interdependence is beneficial for those in the privileged classes of society — such as the students at The Potomac School. However, he said he believes it is not so good for the less fortunate.
“It’s been really tough for about half the people in this world, which brings me to the third question, which is how do we change?” said Clinton. “The short answer is smaller integrated communities.”
Clinton noted that there is no question that something must be done to deal with the fact that the modern world is “completely unsustainable.”
“By 2050, there will be 9 billion people on earth, and almost all of them are projected to live in countries that cannot support them today,” said Clinton.
His fourth question is “OK, sounds good, now how do we get there?” Clinton said that while he firmly believes it is necessary to have a good security policy to fight off enemies, it is just as important to have a strategy for creating partnerships and increasing friends and allies.
“You can’t kill, jail or occupy everybody that’s against you,” said Clinton. “You’ve got to have a second leg to your strategy, and that involves diplomacy … it is much, much cheaper to make friends than it is to make war — you should always be prepared for war — but we have to have security, diplomacy and partners, and we have to engage in relentless home improvement … we have to keep getting better at home.”
Clinton’s fifth and final question is “who is supposed to do all of this?”
“The answer is we all are,” said Clinton. “All of us can do things, and because we can, we should.”
(snip)

Both students said they were impressed with Clinton’s speech and the answers he gave to the student questions. Ledig added that she really liked the fact that the former president took the time to individually shake the hand of each senior student. She did have one disappointment though.
“I was really hoping he would bring Hillary, but that’s OK,” said Ledig.
(snip/)

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=81344&paper=68&cat=104

[napi21]

5. I can't tell you how much I miss a US Prez having ideas and

actually speaking in logical and COMPLETE SENTENCES!

It's been soooo long, and I honestly can't bring myself to listen to the current Prez anymore. The few times I've seen clips of his speeches on other shows, I end up screaming at the TV AGAIN!

I know BC wasn't perfect, and he did some things I really disagree with...like NAFTA, but dear God, I miss a smart man as our leader!

[Catherine Vincent]

6. Thanks!

I'll check it out.

[napi21]

7. Did you notice how Bill just walked off the stage and mingled amoung the audience?

When was the last time you ever saw Shrub do that? I'd BET Bill didn't have people checking license plates in the parking lot to see if there were going to be any protesters either! I'm sure there were SS agents there, but they KNOW they don't have to stay at his elbow every minute! People just don't hate him!!!!

[TacticalPeek]

8. Amen.

They gave him a standing ovation and treated him like a rock star. You could tell what he said was really reaching them.

Damn, I miss having a real president.