Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Asked Led Zeppelin to Reunite for Hurricane Sandy Concert, And They Said 'No'

There's certainly a pessimistic way to interpret this story: According to a feature on CBS' "60 Minutes Overtime" with the Robin Hood Foundation's David Saltzman, Bill Clinton asked Led Zeppelin to play at the celebrity-studded 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy relief concert, but the band declined. Bill Cli ... More >>

Rightbloggers Declare Democratic Convention a Failure -- Which May Be Why It Succeeded

A week after the party of Kang had their national convention, the party of Kodoshad theirs in Charlotte, NC. It was a lively affair, with a floor fight strong-armed by party bosses, and big speeches by Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Sandra Fluke, and some guy running a crap economy who nonetheless no ... More >>

Christopher Hitchens is Dead. Long Live Hitch.

​Less than an hour ago NPR reported that Christopher Hitchens had finally succumbed to his battle with cancer. Tomorrow, at a decent hour, I will search through the Voice archives for some of his pieces. At one point he wrote the Press Clips column, but whether it was before or after Alexand ... More >>

What the Presidents Ate: Bill Clinton

Penn State ArchiveLike George Washington, President Clinton dug ice cream -- lots of it.​Nutritionist might sum up Bill Clinton's taste in food with a single expression: Junk Food. He was said to have gained 30 pounds during his first presidential compaign in 1992, topping out at over 200 pou ... More >>

Bill Clinton Remembers 'Everything' About Hookers and Steak in Times Square

​At a meeting about climate control (or something), former president Bill Clinton talked about hookers and steak. Clinton, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, were at Gracie Mansion on Wednesday morning to announce that their environmental groups, Clinton Initiative and C40, would merge, but f ... More >>

Bill Clinton Only Sent Two Emails as President

​"I sent a grand total of two emails as president," Bill Clinton said at the Ford Foundation's Wired for Change conference in New York today, "one to our troops in the Adriatic, and one to John Glenn when he was 77 years old in outer space. I figured it was OK if Congress subpoenaed those." (C ... More >>

"Independent" Harold Ford goes to bat for the finance industry

​At the very least, you have to give Merrill Lynch Vice Chairman and putative Senate candidate Harold Ford points for creative thinking. Ford told the Wall Street Journal on Friday that he sees himself as a political independent to the right of his party in the model of Robert F. Kennedy, does ... More >>

Bush, Clinton To Talk, Charge Money

​As part of MSG Entertainment's "Minds That Move The World" speakers series, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have agreed to hold what is portrayed as a debate on February 25 at Madison Square Garden. The topic will be whether chocolate ice cream is yummier than vanilla. Ha ha, no, they'll disc ... More >>

Another Clinton Promise Betrayed

Bill Clinton recently taped a Daily Show segment in New York, and the autograph hounds of TopPix lay in wait. When he arrived, they begged for a signing; the former President said, "I gotta go do this first, I'm late" -- clearly implying consent. But when he left the studio, the famously prevarica ... More >>

Clinton, Obama Lunch at West Village Tourist Trap

​Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had lunch at Il Mulino at West 3rd Street. The boite got a nice pull-quote from Clinton when he was asked about the lunch: "It was good. It was Il Mulino, how could it not be?" (Citysearch commenters are generally not that impressed with Il Mulino: "This is the ... More >>

More Spitzer Comeback News: Is Bill Clinton Next? (Exclusive!)

The Voice has learned that former President Bill Clinton is interested in running for political office again. Sources say he is considering either a run for New York city council or for Town Supervisor of New Castle, New York. Less than 11 years after his explosive sex scandal rocked Washington, Cl ... More >>

Ciinton Heckled on Don't Ask Don't Tell and DOMA at Netroots Nation

Bigtime leftwing bloggers and web apparatchiks are at Netroots Nation (aka NN09) in Pittsburgh, and in these palmy Democratic days they get big speakers, including former President Bill Clinton. But the Big Dog's reception at a talk last night was not trouble-free. He was heckled by Lane Hudson, w ... More >>

A Handbook, Not a Handout: Bill Clinton's Zagat Guide to Harlem

​Evidently, Bill Clinton isn't done trying to improve things for business owners of Harlem without handing them any (often badly needed) cash. The Clinton Foundation and Zagat Survey have rolled out a new guide to Harlem as part of the Clinton Economic Opportunity Initiative (CEO). According t ... More >>

Nothing Like Ham to Slap Kim Jong-il in the Face

​ While foodies are obsessing over who will take over from Frank Bruni as the new New York Times' resident food critic, newsies are more concerned with the real issues, like Bill Clinton going to North Korea to help free US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have been detained there sin ... More >>

After Clinton Visit, Imprisoned Journalists "Pardoned" By North Korea

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two Current TV journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labor by the North Koreans last month, have apparently been pardoned at the intercession of former President Bill Clinton. Clinton went to North Korea today and talked it over with Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, who in pre ... More >>

Hillary Clinton Breaks Elbow; Internet Reacts

Hillary Clinton fell on her way to the White House and broke her elbow yesterday, and will require surgery. Condolences pour in from all over the internet. "It must be a vast right-wing conspiracy" -- Holy Coast. "Was she confused and disoriented?" -- Ann Althouse. "When reached for comment by Bu ... More >>

Monica Lewinsky's Vaginal Cigar Uncorked!

I never smoke cigars, especially the one Bill Clinton shoved into Monica Lewinsky, but I'm delighted to know that it's finally been identified (if not tested). According to a press release I just got, "Several inside sources have finally confirmed that Gurkha Cigars was indeed the cigar that was ... More >>

Unemployment at 16-Year High, Says Damned Liberal Media

77 percent of the American people believe the media is making the economy worse by talking about it; various right-wingers agree, and some say we should all be sued for damages. But at the risk of further alienating you, not to mention of civil action, we feel compelled to report that the latest nat ... More >>

Big Takeover: Group Wants Bad Brains to Play Inaugural Ball

More CGI: Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton

Ron Burkle: The Only Thing I Got Out of Bill Clinton is Friendship

Bruise Brother

Supposedly Democrat-Friendly MSNBC Has Let a Clinton-Hating Joe Maul New York's Senator

Hillary Attack Ads For the Obama Team

Some free tips on ad strategies for Barack's spring offensive

The Clintons' Grim Fairy Tales

Shaving the truth with Bill and Hillary, all over again

Hillary's Infidelity

Obama's strategy makes her spurn Bill's Cuban advances and embrace Bush and the GOP's anti-Castro right.

Bill Clinton is Really Mad at Osso Buco Restaurant

Rudy Giuliani's Five Big Lies About 9/11

On the stump, Rudy can't help spreading smoke and ashes about his lousy record

Blow Up

Bush Warms Up to Bill

Ex-president now a social security blanket for the current president

Bill Clinton Cries Foul

Former prez says Bush terror talk could keep voters from the polls

Wonder When You'll Miss Me

Defending Bill Clinton's My Life

Campaign Trailers

Recounting election-year movies that attempted to swing the vote

Film

The Clinton Tease

Clark Campaign Denies Dancing With Bill

Telling Lies in America

Bad faith is back: a pair of Clinton-era allegories evoke free-floating late-'90s hypocrisy

Power Over the People

Intrusion Alert—It's the Government

NY Mirror

Joe Klein and the Comeback Kid

Should Clinton Get Immunity?

Laughter and Forgetting

Asa Hutchinson's Arkansas Past

Iran-Contra Conspiracy Dogs Pick for DEA

The Castration of Wayne DuMond

A Pardon That Clinton Didn’t Grant

The Clinton Jones

Why We Can't Let the Big Creep Go

Scandal Handling 101

Hillary Gets Fitted for a New Mouthpiece

First Wife’s Club

The Inauguration’s Over, and Already Rumblings About Election 2004 Have Begun. Hillary Anyone?

A Conspiracy So Vast

E-Bombs Away! Protest, Panic, and the Politics of Packet Monkeys

Reverend Norris's Big Mouth

After a long-awaited showdown with Hillary Clinton, an ally of Al Sharpton triggers a vicious debate about guilt by association

Out of the White House Closet

Gay Rights Steps Out As Presidential Politics Comes to New York

Sexgate North

Ready or Not, Here They Come

Do It My Way

The First Lady may not have the belly for a street fight with Rudy Giuliani. Enter Al Sharpton.