South Chicagoland Young Democrats: The Blog

As Prepared For Delivery
Berlin, Germany
July 24th, 2008

Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome.

I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen – a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world.

I know that I don’t look like the Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city. The journey that led me here is improbable. My mother was born in the heartland of America, but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya. His father – my grandfather – was a cook, a domestic servant to the British.

At the height of the Cold War, my father decided, like so many others in the forgotten corners of the world, that his yearning – his dream – required the freedom and opportunity promised by the West. And so he wrote letter after letter to universities all across America until somebody, somewhere answered his prayer for a better life.

That is why I’m here. And you are here because you too know that yearning. This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom. And you know that the only reason we stand here tonight is because men and women from both of our nations came together to work, and struggle, and sacrifice for that better life.

Ours is a partnership that truly began sixty years ago this summer, on the day when the first American plane touched down at Templehof.

On that day, much of this continent still lay in ruin. The rubble of this city had yet to be built into a wall. The Soviet shadow had swept across Eastern Europe, while in the West, America, Britain, and France took stock of their losses, and pondered how the world might be remade.

This is where the two sides met. And on the twenty-fourth of June, 1948, the Communists chose to blockade the western part of the city. They cut off food and supplies to more than two million Germans in an effort to extinguish the last flame of freedom in Berlin.

The size of our forces was no match for the much larger Soviet Army. And yet retreat would have allowed Communism to march across Europe. Where the last war had ended, another World War could have easily begun. All that stood in the way was Berlin.

And that’s when the airlift began – when the largest and most unlikely rescue in history brought food and hope to the people of this city.

The odds were stacked against success. In the winter, a heavy fog filled the sky above, and many planes were forced to turn back without dropping off the needed supplies. The streets where we stand were filled with hungry families who had no comfort from the cold.

But in the darkest hours, the people of Berlin kept the flame of hope burning. The people of Berlin refused to give up. And on one fall day, hundreds of thousands of Berliners came here, to the Tiergarten, and heard the city’s mayor implore the world not to give up on freedom. “There is only one possibility,” he said. “For us to stand together united until this battle is won…The people of Berlin have spoken. We have done our duty, and we will keep on doing our duty. People of the world: now do your duty…People of the world, look at Berlin!”

People of the world – look at Berlin!

Look at Berlin, where Germans and Americans learned to work together and trust each other less than three years after facing each other on the field of battle.

Look at Berlin, where the determination of a people met the generosity of the Marshall Plan and created a German miracle; where a victory over tyranny gave rise to NATO, the greatest alliance ever formed to defend our common security.

Look at Berlin, where the bullet holes in the buildings and the somber stones and pillars near the Brandenburg Gate insist that we never forget our common humanity.

People of the world – look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.

Sixty years after the airlift, we are called upon again. History has led us to a new crossroad, with new promise and new peril. When you, the German people, tore down that wall – a wall that divided East and West; freedom and tyranny; fear and hope – walls came tumbling down around the world. From Kiev to Cape Town, prison camps were closed, and the doors of democracy were opened. Markets opened too, and the spread of information and technology reduced barriers to opportunity and prosperity. While the 20th century taught us that we share a common destiny, the 21st has revealed a world more intertwined than at any time in human history.

The fall of the Berlin Wall brought new hope. But that very closeness has given rise to new dangers – dangers that cannot be contained within the borders of a country or by the distance of an ocean.

The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil.

As we speak, cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic, and bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya.

Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that detonates in Paris. The poppies in Afghanistan become the heroin in Berlin. The poverty and violence in Somalia breeds the terror of tomorrow. The genocide in Darfur shames the conscience of us all.

In this new world, such dangerous currents have swept along faster than our efforts to contain them. That is why we cannot afford to be divided. No one nation, no matter how large or powerful, can defeat such challenges alone. None of us can deny these threats, or escape responsibility in meeting them. Yet, in the absence of Soviet tanks and a terrible wall, it has become easy to forget this truth. And if we’re honest with each other, we know that sometimes, on both sides of the Atlantic, we have drifted apart, and forgotten our shared destiny.

In Europe, the view that America is part of what has gone wrong in our world, rather than a force to help make it right, has become all too common. In America, there are voices that deride and deny the importance of Europe’s role in our security and our future. Both views miss the truth – that Europeans today are bearing new burdens and taking more responsibility in critical parts of the world; and that just as American bases built in the last century still help to defend the security of this continent, so does our country still sacrifice greatly for freedom around the globe.

Yes, there have been differences between America and Europe. No doubt, there will be differences in the future. But the burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together. A change of leadership in Washington will not lift this burden. In this new century, Americans and Europeans alike will be required to do more – not less. Partnership and cooperation among nations is not a choice; it is the one way, the only way, to protect our common security and advance our common humanity.

That is why the greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another. The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down.

We know they have fallen before. After centuries of strife, the people of Europe have formed a Union of promise and prosperity. Here, at the base of a column built to mark victory in war, we meet in the center of a Europe at peace. Not only have walls come down in Berlin, but they have come down in Belfast, where Protestant and Catholic found a way to live together; in the Balkans, where our Atlantic alliance ended wars and brought savage war criminals to justice; and in South Africa, where the struggle of a courageous people defeated apartheid.

So history reminds us that walls can be torn down. But the task is never easy. True partnership and true progress requires constant work and sustained sacrifice. They require sharing the burdens of development and diplomacy; of progress and peace. They require allies who will listen to each other, learn from each other and, most of all, trust each other.

That is why America cannot turn inward. That is why Europe cannot turn inward. America has no better partner than Europe. Now is the time to build new bridges across the globe as strong as the one that bound us across the Atlantic. Now is the time to join together, through constant cooperation, strong institutions, shared sacrifice, and a global commitment to progress, to meet the challenges of the 21st century. It was this spirit that led airlift planes to appear in the sky above our heads, and people to assemble where we stand today. And this is the moment when our nations – and all nations – must summon that spirit anew.

This is the moment when we must defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it. This threat is real and we cannot shrink from our responsibility to combat it. If we could create NATO to face down the Soviet Union, we can join in a new and global partnership to dismantle the networks that have struck in Madrid and Amman; in London and Bali; in Washington and New York. If we could win a battle of ideas against the communists, we can stand with the vast majority of Muslims who reject the extremism that leads to hate instead of hope.

This is the moment when we must renew our resolve to rout the terrorists who threaten our security in Afghanistan, and the traffickers who sell drugs on your streets. No one welcomes war. I recognize the enormous difficulties in Afghanistan. But my country and yours have a stake in seeing that NATO’s first mission beyond Europe’s borders is a success. For the people of Afghanistan, and for our shared security, the work must be done. America cannot do this alone. The Afghan people need our troops and your troops; our support and your support to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda, to develop their economy, and to help them rebuild their nation. We have too much at stake to turn back now.

This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. The two superpowers that faced each other across the wall of this city came too close too often to destroying all we have built and all that we love. With that wall gone, we need not stand idly by and watch the further spread of the deadly atom. It is time to secure all loose nuclear materials; to stop the spread of nuclear weapons; and to reduce the arsenals from another era. This is the moment to begin the work of seeking the peace of a world without nuclear weapons.

This is the moment when every nation in Europe must have the chance to choose its own tomorrow free from the shadows of yesterday. In this century, we need a strong European Union that deepens the security and prosperity of this continent, while extending a hand abroad. In this century – in this city of all cities – we must reject the Cold War mind-set of the past, and resolve to work with Russia when we can, to stand up for our values when we must, and to seek a partnership that extends across this entire continent.

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many. Together, we must forge trade that truly rewards the work that creates wealth, with meaningful protections for our people and our planet. This is the moment for trade that is free and fair for all.

This is the moment we must help answer the call for a new dawn in the Middle East. My country must stand with yours and with Europe in sending a direct message to Iran that it must abandon its nuclear ambitions. We must support the Lebanese who have marched and bled for democracy, and the Israelis and Palestinians who seek a secure and lasting peace. And despite past differences, this is the moment when the world should support the millions of Iraqis who seek to rebuild their lives, even as we pass responsibility to the Iraqi government and finally bring this war to a close.

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. Let us resolve that all nations – including my own – will act with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce the carbon we send into our atmosphere. This is the moment to give our children back their future. This is the moment to stand as one.

And this is the moment when we must give hope to those left behind in a globalized world. We must remember that the Cold War born in this city was not a battle for land or treasure. Sixty years ago, the planes that flew over Berlin did not drop bombs; instead they delivered food, and coal, and candy to grateful children. And in that show of solidarity, those pilots won more than a military victory. They won hearts and minds; love and loyalty and trust – not just from the people in this city, but from all those who heard the story of what they did here.

Now the world will watch and remember what we do here – what we do with this moment. Will we extend our hand to the people in the forgotten corners of this world who yearn for lives marked by dignity and opportunity; by security and justice? Will we lift the child in Bangladesh from poverty, shelter the refugee in Chad, and banish the scourge of AIDS in our time?

Will we stand for the human rights of the dissident in Burma, the blogger in Iran, or the voter in Zimbabwe? Will we give meaning to the words “never again” in Darfur?

Will we acknowledge that there is no more powerful example than the one each of our nations projects to the world? Will we reject torture and stand for the rule of law? Will we welcome immigrants from different lands, and shun discrimination against those who don’t look like us or worship like we do, and keep the promise of equality and opportunity for all of our people?

People of Berlin – people of the world – this is our moment. This is our time.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

But I also know how much I love America. I know that for more than two centuries, we have strived – at great cost and great sacrifice – to form a more perfect union; to seek, with other nations, a more hopeful world. Our allegiance has never been to any particular tribe or kingdom – indeed, every language is spoken in our country; every culture has left its imprint on ours; every point of view is expressed in our public squares. What has always united us – what has always driven our people; what drew my father to America’s shores – is a set of ideals that speak to aspirations shared by all people: that we can live free from fear and free from want; that we can speak our minds and assemble with whomever we choose and worship as we please.

These are the aspirations that joined the fates of all nations in this city. These aspirations are bigger than anything that drives us apart. It is because of these aspirations that the airlift began. It is because of these aspirations that all free people – everywhere – became citizens of Berlin. It is in pursuit of these aspirations that a new generation – our generation – must make our mark on the world.

People of Berlin – and people of the world – the scale of our challenge is great. The road ahead will be long. But I come before you to say that we are heirs to a struggle for freedom. We are a people of improbable hope. With an eye toward the future, with resolve in our hearts, let us remember this history, and answer our destiny, and remake the world once again.

I’m trying to write this, make dinner, and hand out candy, all in the next 30 minutes, so forgive me for making this rather abbreviated and short.

Today, as many people know, is Halloween, the day in which children (and some who aren’t children) dress up as something with the intent to either frighten others, or get candy. (I’ve never really celebrated Halloween as most of you know it, so my interpretation may be a bit off.)
Now, in between supporting the dentist industry and checking for the spaghetti water to boil, I have a couple of seconds here and there to point out what is really frightening in this world:  the simple fact that Noah Webster and Samuel Johnson are under the thumb of the GOP.  I am, of course, referring to the makers of the first dictionaries, and the monopoly that President Bush and his cronies have on the English language.  The control of the language began, of all places, in Hollywood, known for their dramatic special effects, from the mind of Ronald Reagan.  While most Americans were drawn in by the rhetoric to fight the Soviet Union and “win one for the Gipper,” a subtle change was occuring:  the word “public” became related with communism, and “private” was suddenly the popular word around the Beltway.  Now we’ve got privatized Social Security (as if that isn’t a contradiction in terms), private military contractors, and on and on.  Next I imagine we’re going to privatize sidewalks.

Since I’ve already written on Blackwater, I’ll go after the future of Social Security here.  It’s certainly possible that I’ve missed something major, but from what I understand of the president’s plan, all of “Social” Security in the future will be handling by investing in Wall Street.  Now, it may just be the spaghetti, but something there just doesn’t sit well with me.  In terms of economics, we’ve got a real problem on our plate at this very moment.  The housing market has reached a new low, a credit crunch is here now, and the Fed’s plan to ease us out of it is to inject $17 billion into the economy, which only causes inflation.  Economists left and right are anticpating a major recession to come, and to come soon, resulting in billions of dollars lost by businesses.  And, billions of dollars lost by businesses means that shareholders aren’t going to get their dividends (don’t forget we’ve got this little problem of the national debt, too).   So, go ahead and invest your retirement savings, but if what the experts think will happen actually happens, then you’d better work to pay off your retirement debts.  Personally, I’d rather pay into Social Security now and get guaranteed returns, than pay into Wall Street now and get possible returns.  Here’s what is really scary about this year’s Halloween:  the potential for millions of retirees to suddenly be without money if the market collapses (and it will- but that’s a different story to come).  As a side note, President Bush is taking money out of Social Security to fund the occupation of Iraq, then returning to DC and complaining about how Social Security is broke. Well, I wonder why!

And, for those of you who are interested in knowing, I am wearing a Cubs shirt for Halloween.  My dad doesn’t mind having a Democrat for a son, he minds having a Cub fan for a son.  Luckily for him it’s only for a day, but when he’s old enough to get Social Security, he’d better hope that the coming recession is old history by then.

From the mind of Eamon Driscoll.

As a nation, the number 80 seems to be a peculiar feature of our republic.  It was approximately 80 years ago that the nation voted overwhelmingly for FD Roosevelt, for change in the face of the Great Depression.  80 years before that, there was Lincoln, and 80 years before that- George Washington.

Friends, we are at a crossroads of history.  Now, as the 80th year approaches and history confronts us once more, we are left with a deceptively simple choice.  There is a feeling I have that this election will determine the course of history and may be the single factor that either restores or destroys the falling opinions of the US abroad.  As it is, the best man for the job may be Barack Obama. 
For what this nation is, or rather, for what “President” Bush has let this nation become, we need somebody new.  We are embroiled in not one, but two wars, while our reputation worldwide has fallen to incredible lows.  TIME Magazine had a story about worldwide polls asking which nations people believed had a better government.  Of the nations, the majority of people believe that the Kremlin is a better government that the White House!  This reflects very poorly upon us as a nation, and we need someone to restore our reputation.  The politicians have done little to stop this.  For them all that matters is making money, but Obama is different.  Barack has refused to take money from lobbyists, meaning that his capital is much smaller than the other candidates, but also that he is not burdened by special interests.  In one sense, you might say that Obama’s sole special interest is the American people.  Now THAT is a revolutionary statement for a politician. 
And the war?  Even in 2002, Obama was a stalwart opponent of the invasion of Iraq.  No other candidate can claim anything similar.  We cannot say that Bush lied, because the intelligence that the war was based on turned out to be false.  MI-6, FSB, the Mossad, and various other intelligence agencies all had the same information.  But when Congress nearly unanimously supported the war, Obama stood among a small contingent of those who were opposed to the war no matter what the CIA told us.  History has vindicated Obama, perhaps in a subtle means of drawing our attention to him.  Obama remains among the few candidates who are committed to a complete withdrawal because he, unlike Hillary, unlike McCain, unlike Giuliani. 

We are at a crossroads of history.  Now, like every 80 years before, we have the opportunity to directly change the course of our nation.  The chance may not come again in our lifetimes, but now we have the opportunity to make there be another chance.  Therefore, not only for myself and for America, but for the world.  I will be voting Obama, and I invite everyone to join me.  The best politician is not a politician.

From the mind of Eamon Driscoll

While on the outside the Pledge of Allegiance appears to be an oath of loyalty, there are certainly parts which seem to contradict the fundamental values of America, most of which have been violated time and time again.  There is of course the religious controversy about adding “under God” to the Pledge, which occured in 1954.  “Indivisible” is clearly a reference to the Civil War, though secession is still held as a right in many states, even those in the north, such as New Hampshire (Article 10).  If America is founded on rebellion, why should this country be indivisible?  Even Thomas Jefferson believed that “a little revolution now and then is a good thing.”  I could go on for hours about “liberty and justice for all.”  But I will not make this a philosophical argument about the ethics of the Pledge.  Instead I have created a new, more realistic version of the Pledge of Allegiance, according to what I believe that those in power (ahem:  King George II) wants everyone to be really saying.  Enjoy.

I pledge obediance to the Flag
of the Corporate Feudalism of America
and to the Empire for which it stands
One Conglomerate, under the Christian God,
Superficial, with Serfdom and Conformity for all.
Amen.

~From the mind of Eamon Driscoll

Today, Congress passed a bill that allocates billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. To most, this is really no surprise because several of these bills have been passed in the last few weeks. This one is unique, however, because it does not contain any timelines for the withdrawal of troops. This may seem surprising because of the adamant stance that the Democrats in Congress took on the issue, namely Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, but it was truly inevitable.

Since President Bush requested more funds for the two wars several months ago, Congress passed a bill that supplied the money that he asked for. The only stipulation this bill was that it included a timeline for the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq. Our beloved president refused to accept this bill, vetoing seemingly without any thought. This led to a standoff between Congress and the White House, namely because, pardon my French, President Bush is the world’s largest ASS****. Throughout the debate, Bush refused to compromise; he would not accept any form of timeline for the end of the war. I honestly think that he must be forgetting that Congress represents the American people. What Congress says is what the people of this country want. How dare he veto a bill simply because he does not like it or it does not fit his plan for the war. The American people are sick of this “Global war on terror” and he refuses to accept this fact.

Congress passed a bill that gave the president everything that he asked for, money to continue a war that we should not be fighting without any stipulations for the end of the war. The Democrats in the Senate and the House were forced to stand down simply because the troops on the ground needed the funds for supplies. President Bush should know, however, that the days of him getting whatever he wants from Congress are over. It was wrong of him to force this bill to be passed by putting the lives of American troops on the line. He played politics. If the troops ran out of supplies he could simply say that Congress refused to give him the money needed to keep them supplied. He risked the lives of American troops playing politics and as disappointing as it is that he received all that he wanted, it was responsible of the Democrats to support our troops. They displayed some things that President Bush will never possess: intelligence, responsibility, and a conscience.

From the brilliant mind of Mike Kean, your friendly Sergeant at Arms.

Today, President Bush vetoed a proposed Iraq spending bill, calling the bill’s timetable for withdrawal of American troops an admission of defeat. The bill, which allotted funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, called for the withdrawal of American troops ending in March of 2008 with all combat forces out of Iraq. The president stated that signing the bill would be equal to admitting defeat to the terrorists and insurgents fighting in Iraq, therefore, refusing to sign the bill.

It is my opinion that defeat and victory are no longer what this country should be thinking about. We have had to come to this conclusion in Korea, again in Vietnam, and now in Iraq. What difference does it make if we win this war? More importantly, what constitutes a victory? If we “win” this war, will that bring the 3000 plus American soldiers back to life, or will end the suffering of those soldiers’ parents? No, it will not. It is time for us to end this war, victory or no, mission accomplished or not. Those things are not important. What is important are the lives of those soldiers still fighting the war and those who will be sent there in the near future (or if Bush has his way the distant future). To those who say that withdrawing without a definite victory would disgrace the memories of those soldiers who have already died in the war, I say that allowing any more soldiers to die is even more disgraceful.

The real issue here is President Bush’s ego. To withdraw the troops would be to admit that he was wrong, a thing that he refuses to do. It is time for him to rise above his own ego and do what is good for this country for a change. Congress should not relent in their work to end this war. Rather, Bush should give up on a futile endeavor and bring our troops home before more young lives are cut short and before more mothers lose their sons and daughters. Congress should pass another bill with the same timetable. If Bush vetoes that one, they should do it again and again and again until he gets the point that we, the American people do not support this war. If he claims that we are denying the soldiers the money that they need to fight the war then we should simply state the truth. It is not we who are denying the soldiers their funds, it is President Bush. His stubbornness has cost the lives of 3000 plus soldiers and anymore that die because of a lack of funding will be on his conscious as well. It is time for him to do the honorable thing, the responsible thing, and sign a bill that withdraws American troops. Our job is not over until he does.

From the brilliant mind of Mike Kean, your friendly Sergeant at Arms

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has been under a lot of fire lately since the recent book by former White House staffer David Kuo claimed that Snow had refered to Evangelists as “nuts”. The book went on to imply that the Bush administration had manipulated the religious right to get elected. It goes without saying that a lot of eyebrows have been raised in response to this alleged statement and others like it since members of the religious right are considered close supporters of President Bush and his faith based initiatives.

First of all, I believe one hundred percent that Tony Snow made these alleged statements. The Evangelical leaders in this country are nuts. They are completely and utterly insane. Anyone who believes the literal interpretation of the bible, a four thousand year old book, is just crazy.

Second and more importantly, I address the claims that the Bush administration used the religious right as a means to get reelected. To this I say “DUH”, and anyone who did not realize that was simply naive. Why else would Bush have proposed an amendment that would ban gay marriage and brought up abortion, two issues that were irrelevant to the good of the country, a few months before the presidential election? As far as I am concerned, Neil Young says it best in his song “Let’s Impeach the President” from of his most recent album when he sings “They hijacked our religion to get elected”.

From the brilliant mind of Mike Kean, your friendly Sergeant at Arms.

The other day I was accused of being unpatriotic because of my views regarding the war in Iraq. As an ardent protestor to this war, I was greatly offended by these remarks. Although I do not support the war, and personally feel that President Bush deserves to be impeached for the lies that he told to get us into the war in the first place, I support our country very strongly.

In defense of all of the antiwar citizens of this country, I hereby claim that by opposing the war, I am showing more patriotism than any of those war mongering fools in the White House. Few things have been more detrimental to the American people in recent memory than this war and by opposing it, we are fighting for the lives of the thousands of American soldiers that are put in harms way daily for the sake of the president’s ego. Who actually supports the troops, the men that send them to die or those who fight for them to be brought back home? Also, our country was founded on the principle of protest. We are simply using the right of free speech to carry on an American tradition, insulting an acting government openly and publicly. Now I challenge all of you, every peace loving teenager in the country, to come together and protest the war openly. Anyone who calls you unpatriotic is simply a fool and they do not deserve your time or your attention. Thank you.

From the brilliant mind of Mike Kean, your friendly Sergeant at Arms.

On tonight’s episode of the top “news source of choice for all discerning young people,” the Daily Show, the special guest was former president Bill Clinton. As young people, the only Democratic president that we can recall is Bill Clinton which is both good and bad. It is good because he was a great president, in my opinion the best in 20 years (he happens to be the only Democratic president in the last 20 years therefore he must be the best), and it is bad because it is a reminder of the experiment in idiocy that is the Bush administration. Clinton appeared on the show to discuss his Clinton Global Initiative, a noble organization that is seeking to unite private citizens globally to act on the main social and environmental issues that the world faces today. For more information on the organization please visit the website: www.clintonglobalinitiative.org

He also commented on his wife’s rumored presidential campaign. In support of his views, I agree in stating that Hillary Clinton would do great things as president and in the event that she does run and wins the nomination of the Democratic Party, I will support her. To Bill Clinton I say: Keep on truckin and remember that one day, people will stop focusing on who you slept with in office and remember the what is important, the good that you did while serving as president.

To view a replay of the former president’s interview visit www.comedycentral.com

From the brilliant mind of Mike Kean, your friendly Sergeant at Arms.