Reuters: I'm 60 and I hate it: Bill Clinton

[DeepModem Mom]

I'm 60 and I hate it: Bill Clinton
Aug 15



...."In just a few days, I will be 60 years old. I hate it, but it's true," the snowy-haired veteran of two tumultuous White House terms said.

"For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing what I was doing. Then one day I woke up and I was the oldest person in every room," said Clinton, who was a youthful 44 when he was first elected president, in 1992.

"Now that I have more days behind me than ahead of me, I try to wake up with a discipline of gratitude every day," said Clinton, who left office in 2001 and has since devoted himself to his charitable foundation....

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The man from Hope, Arkansas then reprised the tale of his own American dream, having been born into poverty and never knowing his father, who died before he was born, but then having a remarkable odyssey to the White House....

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"I had teachers, a coherent community, a decent health care system. I knew that there would be some connection between the efforts I made in life and the results that I achieved," he said....

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/15/060815185415.fesfqduy.html

[alarimer]

1. My boss, who is almost 60,said EXACTLY the same thing

"How did I get to be the oldest person in the room?" This in reference to some work function or another.

[Sticky]

2. I watched his press conference today

Handsome, honest and well-spoken - he makes America look great!

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/08/15/clinton-aids.html

Edit to add link.

[napi21]

3. And makes his replacement look & sound like a real AH!

I know it's unfair to compare people, but EVERY time I hear Bill speak, I can't help miss the time when we actually had an articulate leader!

[MichiganVote]

4. Getting older sucks. But its nice to be 50+ and still use the word sucks

[Daphne08]

5. I don't have too many years left before I become 60, and I agree.

It sucks.

I often wonder, WHERE did all those years go.

[bigluckyfeet]

6. Bill and I were Born on the same Day

60 is not bad at all.