Does anyone remember when Bill Clinton went to Viet Nam? [View All]

[Stinky The Clown]

It seems it was around this time of year. I remember it for two reasons. The first is the obvious one ..... the country sending a 'draft dodger' (<---- ironic snark/not said in dersison) to start a more open healing process and all manner of our fellow citizens thinking it was a good thing. The second reason is that I was at a business conference in Tampa. The second reason sticks out strongly for me because the event was interrupted frequently when his visit was being shown on CNN. The conference included mostly Americans, but maybe 40% of the attendees were non-Americans; mostly Europeans with a few Asians in the mix, too.

Bill Clinton was treated like a rock star, even in our former enemy country, Viet Nam. He walked among actual people and was loudly cheered by huge crowds. Among the people with whom I was spending the weekend, the general feeling was 'Wow! This is good for the world.'

And now, this weekend, we have ........ a simian-like semi-sentient being over there avering that he's the leader of the free world.

How low we've fallen.