Bill Makes Appearance for Hillary's Fundraiser

Senator Hillary Clinton brought out a big gun in her fund-raising arsenal last night: President Bill Clinton, who introduced her last night, noting that they had met 36 years ago at Yale Law School. He said, "You will never find anybody who will do a better job of it than she will." It was their first major fund-raiser together, and tomorrow they'll be in DC for another event. About on million dollars was raised, with tickets ranging in price from $1,000 to $4,600 per person.

Senator Clinton, who did vote to authorize the war in 2002, said the U.S. should never had invaded Iraq and promised that she'd end the war and work on relationships with other allies if elected. She also noted that Bush only asked Americans to go shopping after September 11: "What were we asked to do? Go shopping. I think America is ready to be asked to do something besides 'go shopping.' We are still waiting to be asked to play a part."

And while marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday with Manhattan College, former mayor Rudy Giuliani said that New York has been his "home turf longer than Hillary's": "I was born in Brooklyn, I grew up in Nassau County for part of my life, I lived in Queens, I've lived in Manhattan, I went to school in The Bronx, and I did the best in Staten Island. So [it's] my home turf, too."

Photograph of President Bill Clinton, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Hillary Clinton, and Representative Charles Rangel at a Hillary Clinton fund-raiser last night by Stephen Chernin/AP

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By Jen Chung in News on March 19, 2007 11:22 AM

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Darrin

former mayor Rudy Giuliani said that New York has been his "home turf longer than Hillary's"

Hi. I'm Rick Lazio. I'm from New York and I'm not Hillary Clinton.

Bill Clinton crapped more presidential than George W. is.

stewart

My vote: the title is only good for 8 years, tops. There can only be one president at a time. You don't get to keep it for life.

Bill is finished in politics. There's more dirt on him and his sleazy wife.

jack oneil

Actually, I call him Honest Abe. Anyway, there are different opinions on the title issue and here is one that supports mine:

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...

Tom

EX-president Bill Clinton. It's an elected position, when out of office you don't use it in present tense.

See #4

Anyway, his suit looks like crap and this will fuel the talk about his past that she wants to avoid.

Just wait until she announces him as her running mate.

Brooke

Fuel what talk? Like their past hasn't been out in the open for 15 years enough. Give it a rest.

Hillary's outfit looks awful. She looks like she's wearing a dish towel.

president bloomberg

When is Hillary going to stop running against Bush? Seriously, when is she going to outline her plans in anything other than vague soundbites meant to pander to her base? If it weren't for her cronies in California moving up the primary from June to February '08 I think she would be toast. Even if someone upstages her in the earliest primaries they won't have enough time to build momentum before all the delegates are snapped up.

So when Hillary blows the general election we will have Hollywood to thank.

mr. manners

#2: The proper title is always "President" Clinton, even out of office. Not a sign of oligarchy, it's the courtesy extended to every President, not just the sitting one.

Do you refer to Abraham Lincoln as EX-President Lincoln? No.

eyeroll

Jeez, what a rogue's gallery. If I wanted to see dirt bags I'd open my vacuum cleaner.

jack oneil

EX-president Bill Clinton. It's an elected position, when out of office you don't use it in present tense. Anyway, his suit looks like crap and this will fuel the talk about his past that she wants to avoid.