Counter Clinton Library group folds

[journalist3072]

Counter Clinton Library group folds

DAVID HAMMER

Associated Press


LITTLE ROCK - A group that had hoped to build two museums to rebut the displays at the Clinton Presidential Library with strong support from former Georgia Republican congressman Bob Barr is folding.

"I'm giving up," said Houston businessman Richard Erickson, who established nonprofit Counterlibe Inc. last year to fund construction of a Counter Clinton Library in Little Rock and another in Washington.

"I was very passionate about this, but also very naive as far as fundraising procedures go," he wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

Rest of article found at: http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/12361302.htm

[don954]

1. dam! i was hopeing the GOPers would all waste their $$ on this crap

[johnfunk]

8. We win -- they lose...

... and we're getting so much better at fundraising than they are that maybe WE should fund our own "Library on Dishonest Counter Clintonians" in Little Rock.

[zbdent]

14. They did - I wonder what numbered account in the Caymens

all the money went to . . .

[Shakespeare]

2. HAHAHAHA heeheehee HOO HOO HOO HAAAAAAAAA

:rofl:

[journalist3072]

4. Karma is a beeyatch, isn't it?

BTW, I love your signature!!!! Off the hook!

[bluestateguy]

3. Finally, something to gloat about

Bitching about Bill Clinton is as outdated as the Macarena dance.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. ...or the Macaroni screensaver!

(Does that thing even RUN on today's Windowses?)

[RummyTheDummy]

29. Tell that to the rampant Clinton bashers right here on DU

NT

[bluestateguy]

30. Yeah. They'd probably build a left wing Counter Clinton Library

I could more see that happening than a right wing site.

[shugah]

34. bitching about clinton will never be outdated

the rightwingers are like bulldogs with bones when it comes to hating clinton - they just love their pennies more ;-)

[YOY]

36. Bulldogs are cute

Rightwingers are not.

[Tripper11]

6. I know this has ended...but really get the fuck over it!

IF Clinton had even come close to doing the shitload myriad stuff W has done, not only would he have been impeached, they would have literally tarred and feathered him, and rode him out of DC on a rail, live on national tv and satellite uplink for all to see.

Holy tap dancing jesus these people are delusional!

[Cha]

13. Yeah, I can just see the anti

bush library and it won't "fold up". It will actually have facts in it.

[never_get_over_it]

39. Tarred and feathered

I think not they would have strung him up on the White House lawn....

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Not even the rw was stupid enough to give money for this

[despairing optimist]

9. Can't wait to see the GW Bush Library: One book, lots of ashes, bad stench

It'll be hard to counter-library that.

[Cha]

15. We'll have to "counter it" with

the truth for history and our own sanity.

[ScrappyDem]

18. and the one book hadn't even had all the pages colored in

[tblue37]

42. Did you hear? The G. W. Bush Presidential Library burned down.

It was really too bad. I mean, both books burned--and he hadn't even finished coloring all of the pictures in one of them.

[physioex]

47. Come on.....

We have to make room for "My Pet Goat"......

[TlalocW]

10. The guy in charge was made a fool of on the Daily Show

Considering that hardly anyone ever goes to presidential libraries, I can't imagine how they thought they were going to be successful with an anti-presidential one. Even most freepers aren't going to base a vacation around their hatred of Clinton. Besides, it's still technically a LIBRARY. That would just scare freepers away.

Rob Corddry interviewed one of the guys in charge and just made him look like an idiot. Amongst other things, the guy said that Clinton's Library should be spelled, "L-i-e-brary." Rob did the Daily Show schtick of not understanding by pointing out that he was misspelling it. Then Rob "got" the joke and laughed heartily, which fooled the guy into thinking he was safe so he continued the joke by saying, "And his book, 'My Life,' should have been called, 'My Lies.'" Once again, Rob didn't get it.

The highlight of it was when they were listing off the different rooms that were going to be in the library, and Rob asked if they were going to have something about how Clinton lied about weapons of mass destruction to get us into a war with Iraq. The guy looked crestfallen as he had to reply that that was George W. Bush who did that.

It might still be up on the Daily Show's website.

TlalocW

[loudsue]

22. Actually, the Clinton Library is always packed with visitors.

I spent some time in Little Rock, and the place is always packed. I was going back every few weeks for a while (still do), and every time you drive by, you can see swarms of people through the beautiful glass front of the building.

The Big Dog had a lot of fans. Evidently, he still does.

:kick::kick::kick:

[Autobot77]

40. My parents visited it

A few months back, at the time Clinton and Bush Sr. were there, and Clinton went up and shook my dads hand and asked how he was doing. Of course, my dad was speechless lol, he has pics on his cell phone but he cant figure out how to download them.heh

[NJCher]

32. I can just see that

The way you described it. Too funny!


Cher

[Kali]

33. The ONLY reason

I miss television!!!

If I could just have this show ... I need NO other.

[redwitch]

35. that daily show was great!

that man was an idjit for sure.

[Griffy]

48. VIDEO link HERE!!!

they are so dumb...

http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=12674

[Placebo]

11. haHaHA!!!

These are the things that make life worth living. :)

[Sanity Claws]

21. I miss Socks!

His eyes reveal more intelligence than any of the present occupants of the White House.

[Placebo]

27. Oh I couldn't agree more my friend!

I miss him too!

I'd trust Socks with his finger on the big red button more than Chimpy!

[Robeson]

37. Socks was cool!...

...

[Sanity Claws]

38. Did you get a card from Socks?

Way cool. However, that paw print looks like the print of a drooly dog, not a cat -- the "toes" are too big to belong to a cat.

[tblue37]

43. He was traveling incognito.

[Connie_Corleone]

12. BWAHAHAHAHA!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[truthisfreedom]

16. building something based on hate is always a bitch, huh?

they got their just desserts.

[tblue37]

44. Now, if only we could ship

Bush and his henchmen to Iraq, so they could get their just deserts (spelling and pun intended).

[Vogon_Glory]

17. Hee! Hee! Hee! Hah! Hah! Hah! Ho! Ho! Ho! Chortle! Snicker! eom

[stepnw1f]

19. Waste of Money Dumbasses!

Congratulations... no clothes.

:applause:

[grytpype]

20. fucking ha ha

[geckosfeet]

23. Weeping Jesus! These people have nothing better to do? nt

[onehandle]

24. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!......oh damn.

Excuse me while I change my pants.

ha ha ha ha......

[Maccagirl]

25. I have my own issues with Bill Clinton

but I LOVE that this has happened. Finally, their evil, lying karma has caught up with them! Sometimes, one little bit of good can make up for a lot of bad.

[Catherine Vincent]

26. Recommended!

As usual, Clinton kicks their sorry asses once again!

[benburch]

28. I'll piss on their graves any time. nt

[CBHagman]

31. Sometimes you get two pieces of good news in one day.

On the bus home tonight, I read that NBC's latest show built around a Hilton :eyes: bombed in the ratings.

Then I see this.

May I have a double scoop of Schadenfreude, please? Thank you.

:bounce:

[tblue37]

45. Don't you just love the idea that the woman who raised

amateur porn star and no-class fool Paris Hilton was set up to instruct ordinary people on how to be elegant and classy?

[CBHagman]

51. Oh, I gave our local paper hell over their feature on that.

They printed a story titled "Class: She Has It" -- with a picture of that Kathy Hilton person. Mind you, this was the same publication that ran a photo of Paris Hilton in what looked like streetwalker garb.

Anyway, I sent an e-mail to them suggesting that a famous last name and a big bank account don't confer class, let alone prove competence or newsworthiness. One of their staffers called me to tell me a number of readers wrote in with the same point.

[leesa]

41. I actually thought that was a great honorium to Clinton. It would have

demonstrated so clearly the insane pressures these people put on him while he was trying to do his job. Makes Clinton look better and preserves this unique bizzare anti-Clintonite cult for future reference and comedy.

[cosmicdot]

46. the IRS 501 regs really need tightening up

these 'non-partisan', 'educational', 'non-profits' are just too easy to set up for fun ... and, well ... 'profit' ... of course, contributions to this counter group were tax-deductible?

"granted status as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization"

http://www.counterclintonlibrary.com/cgi-data/news/files/22.shtml


next thing you know someone will try to start republican-lite tax exempt (non-profit but pay-out handsome salaries) organizations, call them a 3rd way or something, and declare they are the New Democratic Party, siphoning off funds from the DNC, and confusing the message ...

oops, that's being done

<never mind>

[dbt]

49. Y'know how people always say "I hate to say I told you so?"

Not me. I told you so. I said this was a scam and that the CCL toads would never even get around to buying land for their project. I'll bet the CONtributors never see a penny of their money back, either.

:rofl:

[UrbScotty]

50. HAHAHAHA!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kurovski]

52. Not enough nutbags would pay to look like whiny shitheels.

There's some hope for us after all.

[Dr Fate]

53. AHHH-ha!

!!

[FighttheFuture]

54. Actually, this should be investigated.... what really happened to the $$??

I would not be surprised if this was a front to funnel the donations elsewhere, probably illegally. Like in stealing elections!! All the while giving "tax deductions" to the doners.

For example, you may have a limit to what you can donate to function/candidate A. However, you can then donate to function B, C, D, etc. These functions can in turn donate to Candidate/Function A.

It's all a web of lies and deceit. The Ohio Coingate scandal is an excellent illustration of how they skirt the laws to keep the money flowing.

Economists would call this multiplier effect of money. I call it a perversion of our democracy!

[newscott]

55. Casting aspersions on the White House

and not supporting the president is grounds for treason charges I tell you!!!!! :sarcasm:

[Vox_Reason]

56. If I were on the staff at the Clinton library...

I would add mention of this abject failure to the exhibit there.

It's certainly relevant, isn't it? And it would be a nice little stick in the eye of these anti-American hatemongers who failed in their attempt to defame the last legitimately elected president.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of losers.

[rodeodance]

57. those affluent mouth peices could not even conjur up the $$ te he--but

it was wise of them. this was on cnn news just now also.