Hi, Josh.
>>Roger Clinton<<
Whatever happened to Billy Carter?
-- Dave K.
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Hi, Josh.
>>Roger Clinton<<
Whatever happened to Billy Carter?
-- Dave K.
Dave, if the Billy Carter reference was an implication, everybody gave him grief, both Democrats as well as Republicans. And they wern't particularly nice to him when he was ill at the end.
I wondered when the Democrats would start throwing "slimeballs".
Do you really think Bill needed any help from Roger to besmirch his image? LOL
Honestly, I really don't recall much mention of Roger during my three years here. I don't see how this stuff about Neal has anything to do with Dubya, and no, I didn't think Roger's personal issues had any bearing on Bill's fitness for office or character either -- except that it might have been nice for our "first black President" to more vocally rebuke the tape of his brother using the n-word on multiple occasions. Of course that wasn't covered much in our unbiased mainstream press.
Evie ![]()
I didn't approve of it when it happened to Clinton and I don't approve of it when it happens to a Bush. It's just plainly a private matter.
This guy sounds as clueless as his brother George.
Dan
Roger,
For it to be an insult to gw, would it not have to be given or delivered to the prez himself?
T Lee
Dave, does this mean that the details of all the brothers and sisters of current Democratic canidates are now also in active "political play"? I can just imagine the howling that might take place in the future if it turns into a two-way slimeball fight.
Hi, J.
Seems to me there was lots of attention paid to Billy and Roger -- or are you saying ONLY Democratic Presidential brothers should be chastised for such corruption?
-- Dave K.
The only thing I remember about Billy was the beer. Roger isn't even that high on the radar. Did he sell access or something?
What about Billy, Dave, whatever did he do? The Roger Clinton Presidential pardon scandals are obvious.
The only Democratic Presidential brothers statement is a curious thing to say. Methinks it may have been prompted by something I have said to you in the past about double standards. Rather weak, Dave. Roger Clinton got involved with the active legal business of the United States when he messed with Presidential pardons, quite a difference from running a gas station or lending his name to a beer.
just as many of Clinton's cronies got positions because of their relationships with him.
Seems to go with the territory regardless of political affiliation and doesn't reflect on the person (Bush or Clinton in this case) UNLESS unethical things actually happen.
Why did HRC get such an advance on "her" book(s)?
Edward, with all that money, I hope that she finally paid that ghost writer of her other book, she seemed to be quite upset at being "stiffed".
I assume that she gave back all of the "gifts" that she got when she started that "registry" for her Washington Condo just before she took office.
remember this next time you defend Billy.
Josh, when a brother involves himself in something legal like a questionable Presidential pardon, he makes himself a "player" in the political arena.
How about a government bailout for a President's son? Remember the S&L scandal?
more than a few government "bailoutsw" but I didn't know Clinton had a son...
sex romps with women in Asia" after returning to the US. Now, those that just "have not had sex with that woman" in Asia.
Thanks, you may now lower your arms.
A prostitute is standing in his hotel room. Do you expect him to start learning geography? ? ?![]()
Dan
Roger, Billy, and Neil were not elected to office. IMO, it is wrong to hold other family members responsible for their actions. They alone were/are.
The Bush twins were young and foolish. However, they and the presidential brothers were/are public figures, and should have considered that some people think their miscues/misdeeds reflects on the presidential families.
It's not as if they were/are not aware of political life, as governorships came before presidencies.
Billy, Roger, and Neil appeared to have cashed in, or tried to, on the names and successes of their brothers, and Neil on his two brothers and father. IMO, their political preferences has/had no influence on their behavior.
Billy was extensively covered by the media throughout Jimmy's presidency. Roger got his share. Now it's Neil's turn. As always, the families suffer.
In my city a popular TV personality for many years had to endure more than one arrest of his son for burglary. Politics were not involved. It was news because of the name.
IMO, most people did/do not hold the actions of family members against those in power or in the public eye. I am sorry for the families.
Angeline
It should also be noted that Billy Carter was an alcoholic (a disease that ultimately killed him) and therefore was often not in full control of his faculties or in a position to make sound decisions.