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Divernan

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21. When an ex-pres. is 90, lots of obituaries & eulogies have been readied for his demise.
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 01:49 PM
Dec 2014

and when Bill Clinton has prepped his wife on how to handle his own death to maximum political advantage, I have little doubt he's also pre-planned how to maximize political advantage when any of the other former presidents die.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bill-clinton-urges-hillary-clinton-to-take-maximum-advantage-of-his-death-new-book-reveals/article/2550057

Excerpts from the link,
Starting on page 276, Klein begins by quoting the former president:
“I’m worried how my health will affect your campaign,” he said. “I have to do all I can to prepare the campaign playbooks, but I also have to accept the fact that if I fall by the wayside, you have to continue without me and make a positive thing out of it.”

“Obviously, you have to have a big state funeral for me, with as much pomp and circumstance as possible,” he said. “I’m thinking maybe I should be buried at Arlington [National Cemetery] rather than at my library in Little Rock. After all, I was commander in chief for eight years and have every right to be buried at Arlington.”

“I’m going to plan this thing out in detail. . . Wear your widow’s weeds, so people will feel sympathy for you. Wear black for a decent mourning period and make my death an asset. The images on television of the funeral and the grieving widow in black will be priceless. When I’m gone, people will think only of my good points and forgive, if not forget, the bad. I’ll be remembered in a positive light more in death than I was in life. That always happens. Everybody knows that. So you’ll have to take maximum advantage of my death.”

“It should be worth a couple of million votes,” he said.

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The difference technotwit Dec 2014 #1
Profound malaise Dec 2014 #2
Exactly newfie11 Dec 2014 #3
DUzy! pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #5
Wow. joshcryer Dec 2014 #9
+1 marym625 Dec 2014 #11
Brilliant and timely and true n/t Mira Dec 2014 #13
Post of the Year nominee. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2014 #17
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I really do not want to use malice DonCoquixote Dec 2014 #6
I think Jeb would be about perfect for America the way it is now. bemildred Dec 2014 #8
you're right RedstDem Dec 2014 #14
It's already started malaise Dec 2014 #15
and he has got REALLY GOOD insurance irisblue Dec 2014 #7
People who are that rich don't need insurance. Mariana Dec 2014 #19
Bill Clinton will eulogize him to the max; as he did Dick Scaiffe. Divernan Dec 2014 #10
The Shrubs are prepared whenever it happens. The last hospitalization, Shrub, UTUSN Dec 2014 #18
It's a bit premature to start the embalming pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #20
When an ex-pres. is 90, lots of obituaries & eulogies have been readied for his demise. Divernan Dec 2014 #21
Heya Malaise Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #12
Merry Christmas to you and yours malaise Dec 2014 #16
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