Bill Clinton at the groundbreaking ceremony for Columbine memorial - pics

[Kadie]

From left, Dawn Anna Beck, mother of one of the victims of the massacre at Columbine High School, is joined by the school's principal, Frank DeAngelis, and former President Bill Clinton, in standing during the singing of the National Anthem before a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to the victims of the school massacre on Friday, June 16, 2006, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)


Former President Clinton is followed on to the stand for a speech by Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis before the groundbreaking for a memorial for the victims of the massacre at the school on Friday, June 16, 2006, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)


Former President Bill Clinton, right, talks with Dawn Anna Beck, left, mother of slain Columbine High School student Lauren Townsend, as Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis looks on at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Columbine memorial in Littleton, Colo., Friday, June 16, 2006. Clinton said Friday he would donate $50,000 to help build a memorial to the 13 people killed at Columbine. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)



Former President Bill Clinton addresses the friends and family of 13 people killed at Columbine High School in 1999 during a ground breaking ceremony for the Columbine Memorial in Littleton, Colo., Friday, June 16, 2006. Clinton said Friday he would donate $50,000 to help build a memorial to the 13 people killed at Columbine High School, drawing cheers from a crowd gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking seven years after the deadliest school attack in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)


Former President Clinton interacts with Richard Castaldo at the groundbreaking for the Columbine Memorial in Littleton, Colo., Friday, June 16, 2006. Castaldo is paralyzed from wounds suffered during the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

[bluestateguy]

1. I remember when America had a real president

I remember being proud to be an American.

I haven't flown the American flag in five years.

[billbuckhead]

3. Remember NRAleader Charlton Heston said Gore should be lynched?

"Now, saying 'I'm with you guys on guns.' In any other time or place you'd be looking for a lynching mob." The crowd responded with "let's do it" and "I've got a rope."
-- The Grand Rapids Press, October 17, 2000 quoting NRA president Charlton Heston and describing audience reaction.

America's kids are just collateral damage to the NRA and it's corporate friends.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. bill did frustrate me from time to time

but goddamn, i miss him these days

[Kadie]

6. same here.

I can't believe how much things have changed in just a few years.

[TacticalPeek]

4. K&R

:patriot:

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. No smirking, imagine that. nt

[Rocknrule]

7. Bush would probably make a memorial for the killers, not the victims

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. And he'd confuse it with Colombia.

"Isn't this where my cocaine came from?"

[Tahkcalb]

8. Ah hell, cue a Shrub photo-op with cripples!

Former President Clinton interacts with Richard Castaldo...
No way they'll let that one go unmatched.

[madokie]

14. that is a painful thought * with someone crippled

[atommom]

10. WaPo has an article up about this too...

LITTLETON, Colo., June 16 -- Recalling "one of the darkest days" of his presidency, Bill Clinton wielded a shovel along with bereaved family members Friday for the groundbreaking of a memorial to the 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School who were killed seven years ago.

Standing in an open park in the midst of a lightning storm, Clinton said that the shootings in this suburb southwest of Denver on April 20, 1999, marked "a momentous event in the history of the country that left every parent feeling helpless -- including the president."

The former president received a rousing welcome from about 4,000 people who withstood menacing thunder and a steady rain to hear his remarks. Although Littleton is generally Republican country, Clinton is something of a hero here because he has worked for years to help Columbine parents raise the money for a memorial.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061600220.html?nav=rss_nation

He was far from perfect, but sometimes I really miss Bill...

[OhioChick]

11. Bill has such class.............

unlike asshat.

[benEzra]

12. Good story. (n/t)

[madokie]

13. That is how a true American President conducts himself

President Carter is another of that genre

[Rocknrule]

15. Would * do this for the Red Lake victims?

I think not, unless there was something in it for him