I wish we could talk sanely about the Clintons and their long history

[DFW]

118. Gee, the last time I talked to Bill Clinton, it cost me.......

Zero.

I was riding in a train from New York to Washington, and I heard a voice behind me. I thought, "wow, that guy sounds EXACTLY like Bill Clinton." That's because it WAS Bill Clinton.

He and his entourage made their way through to the first class car. When the train was underway, I talked myself past the burly guards at the door to the first class car (silver tongued devil that I am, I guess), went in and interrupted him at whatever he was doing. He remembered me (thank goodness) and chatted for about 5 minutes, although I saw he wanted to get back to whatever he was doing. I relented, said nice to see you again. He said "God bless you (I didn't have a good response to that one, so I shut up)," and I went back to the peon class car. He did give me a wave when he passed me again on the way out of the station.

Ironically enough, the last policy discussion I had with him was about whether his foundation was doing anything to boost fresh water supplies with de-salinization plants. We were talking about the Middle East at the time--who knew that a few years later, it would become such an acute problem in California?

But my point is that he's actually a pretty accessible guy if you can get past the layers of insulation.