Bill Clinton
Appearances
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
Let me, since I'm not directly involved, I'll give you an example that I just had. Not very long ago, I went to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to celebrate the anniversary of of the decision to expand NATO and include the Czech Republic and Hungary and Poland. And they know what it's like to live without democracy. They know what it's like not to be free.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
They are adamantly in favor of President Biden's support for Ukraine. And they think we did the right thing to expand NATO. And they know it's Russia's fault, not ours. what's happened in Ukraine. So it was amazing. All of them came up to me and said, please tell me you're not gonna put us through all this again. Please tell me America's not gonna run away from the world again. We need you.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
And Poland, which is a very conservative country, culturally, religiously, they just voted overwhelmingly to throw out the old party because they thought they were too close to the Russians and put in the government that you dealt with when Hillary was Secretary of State, because they support a free Ukraine. And I just showed up, man.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
I didn't go there to do a, they like me because I was with them in the beginning, but they are worried about tomorrow.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
I miss the fact they don't play a song when you walk in a room anymore. Sure.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
I was lost for three weeks after I left office. But let me tell you something serious. This is one reason that I so badly want President Biden to be reelected. What I really miss is the job. Not doing it. I'm glad. I believe in the two-term limit strongly.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
But what I learned was on the worst day, when nothing was going right and problems were everywhere, there was still something you could do that would make somebody's life better. There is no job like that on earth. And I want somebody that I trust to make the most of that every day. Because there'll be bad days no matter who gets elected. But he'll get up and he'll start thinking about that.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
And I think his opponent will be thinking about himself. Who I can get even with, you know, who I can send away, who I can manage. Joe Biden will make the best of the bad days.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
Yeah, but that's what the campaigns are for. Look, the average voter wants to do the right thing. but how much bandwidth they have for politics. I mean, you gotta pay the bills, they gotta take care of the kids' healthcare, they gotta make sure your school business is all right if you have children who are school age. I mean, there's just so many things they have to do. That's our job.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
That's partly why we're here. That's why... You're doing a public service by asking us questions. That's what campaigns are for. That's what you have to use them for.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
voting precincts and in the northern arkansas ozarks and i have i had one of the presidents of walmart sure came from a little town in the ozarks near the lake of the ozarks and i went up they had a day for him and i went up there once i can hear fine okay right so i've moseyed around up there all good well but was that ever a vacation spot for you No, I didn't take any vacations up there.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
I still remember when it was all illegal. We had a sheriff from up there that had a jail where the cells were all below level. Below the water level? No, below ground level. So they were all pot farms when it was all still illegal. He made a hell of a lot of money doing it.
SmartLess
"3 Presidents"
It's funny, we're going to Missouri. It was more fun when it was illegal. Uh-huh, yeah, exactly. I love doing it. You should have had me writing some of your scripts for you.