Stage Door: Bill Clinton Leaves Letterman Show

[usedforspam37]

PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD

[2012near]

@usedforspam37 Really ? :)

[usedforspam37]

@2012near IT'S OFFICIAL.

[SABBOU7TE]

@usedforspam37

YES YES YES ..HE IS STILL IS

[d4seasons]

@Malsori5 he does have a great image & popularity. very nice of him to approach the fans to say hello. surprised that he did especially in NY. look @ those secret service. very serious looking.

[dvtrue]

not forever ,they changed it ,u only get secret service protection for so many years after leaving office maybe 10 or something

[PEDROCLASSIC]

Thank you Bill. 

[cloverforluck]

He's so darn popular, it's pretty ridiculous. I don't see this happening with the Bushes.

[batvette]

@icthruu4evr THANK YOU. He built China and his wussy CinC performance led to 9/11. Invited it even.

[megamanxu]

What would happen... if JFK and Bill were to be combine into one person, the best of each in that person, that person wouldn't even run for president, he would be too awesome for that... he would be like... Buddha.... and we all know Buddha is awesome...

[batvette]

@megamanxu the result would be a man who'd make his wife cry herself to sleep every night alone in bed, with her husband stoned on pot and strung out on amphetamine cortisone cocktail injections, starting wars around the world he'd commit a few thousand men for then turn tail when a dozen of the enemy showed up with wooden clubs. And with all those disgraces starry eyed admirers would swoon in adulation at his greatness. You people really need to pick up an objective review of these actors.

[megamanxu]

@batvette lol u're only picking up the bad stuff, what about the booming economy? what about the fight against communism? i'm vietnamese, and in my objective view, i was really grateful that they tried to help us not to fall into communism, because i know because i lived there, that communism is an evil son of a bitch, and i am thoroughly saddened by the fact that the american soldiers moved out. that's my subjective view of it. there's a reason why saigon is better looking than hanoi ;)

[batvette]

@megamanxu isn't it funny how of all the people who claim the

Vietnam war was a mistake, most aren't vietnamese? I agree with you, I am one of the few who thinks it was necessary and a battle of the cold war.However JFK's obsession with opposing communism was less for the greater nobility of it than it was to promote his vanity, to appear strong. As for economies, if you mean Clinton, well he sold/gave all our intellectual properties to China for camaign contributions. It all soon crashed.

[sunlitporch]

that must be frightening.

[SABBOU7TE]

I WISHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I WAS THERE

[fizzybrasil]

When i was a child, the only person I've ever wanted to meet was the President. Now I know they are all a bunch of corrupt worthless idiots.

Although I did like Bill, I would not wait in line, or want anyone's autograph! It's just another man in a suit!

[Tzadeck]

@fizzybrasil There's a great interview called The Pleasure of Finding things out by Richard Feynman (a really amazing person) on Youtube. He talks about how his father was a uniform salesman, and how his father, knowing that a man out of his uniform is just another man, taught him that to distrust authority and honors is healthy. Check it out, it's a good video (I think it's divided into 5 parts)

[germagic2]

Bill Clinton was the best president ever!

[JCruzify1]

Republicans don't have any leaders that can turn up crowds like this. Who? Sara palin. That fucking hore

[charleshoskinson]

@JCruzify1 We got Ron Paul. He's ten times the man Clinton will ever be.

[JCruzify1]

Clinton is well liked by the masses. He signed a lot of books. He's is definatly a leader. Now what bush did and the republican party introduced the tarp bill. That is criminal to the working class.

[wowkuhajda]

i dont care if bill was pimping it or not he was the best president in my life time and im only 22. this man rocks

[onebrandofdemocracy]

One of the slickest bastards to ever walk the earth. Should be in prison.

[neilzep]

@onebrandofdemocracy that he is,funny how ppl forget the MAJOR crap he got away with....9/11,China, housing fiasco,NAFTA etc etc

[rickslate]

@neilzep

 Don't Even think for a second you have enough education to understand NAFTA and whether or not it was good for America. Stop Blaming shit on the communist. the housing fiasco was caused by american idiots. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY Clinton tried to go into Afghanistan but Wasn't given the clearance to launch a full scale invasion that would have been needed to capture Osama. he was President not Dictator. Read a Book instead of listening to nothing but Fox News.

[SeriousYetTalented]

@neilzep 9/11???? NINE EFFING ELEVEN??? That happened on GW's watch, and he had warnings in advance as well... and MUCH CLEARER ones. Every business his family's money ever bought him, he ran into the ground. Why would we think he wouldn't do that to the country.

[JackieMichaels1994]

hahahah thats so funny.. they stopped for some sandwiches

[HF2112]

Top handsome men in the world...superstar...

[mrGmantn]

Tho' flawed, Clinton is still loved by the people. His sham impeachment for adultery by a gang of holier-than-thou adulterers has been written off by the people & historians. Newt Gingrich is on his 4th/5th? wife. The EVIL & IMMORAL Bush & Cheny will never, ever be able to walk among the people like this.

[RhinoHair1]

good old slick willie

[bapyou]

Notice, since he left office, Bush doesn't ever show his face in public. If he did he'd have horseshit thrown at him.

[LgndryThndr]

I did not have sex with that woman.

you are totally in tune with my charisma.

I can totally get away with this.

[comeonewtf]

I wish I was adored like that XD

[youslackers]

Well Ol Bill has done alot of running from things. One his liberal bitch of a wife, lesbian prone.

The murders down in arkansas, and the murders of Vince Foster, Ron Brown. etc etc.

Yeah he's got alot to weigh on his mind.

And to think, when he was president, all he could manage to think about was his sexual satisfaction. What a loser. I wonder who was stupid enough to have voted for em.?

[hulkyone]

Man, CAN YOU EVER NOT BITCH NONSENSE. NEARLY EVERYTIME I'VE LOOKED AT A BILL CLINTON VIDEO IN THE PAST TWO DAYS, I SEE YOU TYPING LAUGHABLE BULLSHIT. Ron Brown died in plane crash. The plane had a poor design. I guess maybe if you want to say Clinton murdered Ron Brown, then maybe Reagan murdered Christine MacAuffle and the Challenger crew. And come to think of it, maybe Bush murdered the entire crew of Colombia as well. THE PLANE CRASHED THE SAME WAY THESE SHUTTLES EXPLODED: WEAK DESIGNS.

[hulkyone]

Vince Foster committed suicide too, DUMBFUCK. EVEN KENNETH STARR'S INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THIS. I WONDER WHO IS STUPID ENOUGH TO BUY YOUR BULLSHIT? HE CURRENTLY IS ALSO STILL POPULAR. Hell, in 2008, HE SUCESSFULLY HELPED OBAMA WIN THE BLUE-COLLAR STATES THAT STRONGLY FAVORED HILLARY BY PUBLICALLY THROWING HIS SUPPORT TO HIM. Had he found the time to campaign more for Obama in both Missouri and Arkansas, HE LIKELY WOULD HAVE GIVEN OBAMA VICTORIES IN THOSE TWO STATES AS WELL. BE A MAN.

[dasdepp27]

1:00 look at the black Chevy SUV, you can see little strobs ;)

he gets really protection of the USSS... nice :)

[paconot]

I still love Bill. He was a great President.

[obdami]

What a charmed life he has lead. It must be nice...

[NathanBForrest1776]

true, he's nailed a lotta women

[SAAB7899]

Him and Gene Simmons.

[hulkyone]

@NathanBForrest1776 Sorry to tell you this, BUT HE NAILED ONLY TWO WOMEN. RICHARD MELLON SCAIFE ENCOURAGED MOST OF THOSE ATTENTION-CRAZED, GOLD-DIGGING BITCHES TO MAKE THEIR CLAIMS FOR POLITICAL. IN THE CASE OF PAULA JONES, SCAIFE CONVINCED HER THAT SHE WOULD GAIN PUBLIC AFFECTION IF SHE MADE HERSELF LOOK LIKE A VICTIM OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. Also, THE LIE DETECTOR TEST JONES TOOK PROVED NOTHING, EXCEPT THAT SHE RELAX HER BLOOD PRESSURE WHILE TAKING THE TEST YOU ARE PATHETIC

[hulkyone]

@NathanBForrest1776 I Forgot to finish my second sentence. I WAS RUSHED AND I FORGOT TO TO PUT THE WORD "GAIN" AFTER POLITICAL. YOU ARE A WEAK-MINDED IMBECILE

[rrk10]

Look at all the blind liberal sheep! LMAO

[rianpop]

blind sheep

[johnreagannumber1]

Absolutely great footage, so clear. It must be so tense for the security around him.

I recall being in his presence after he left a restaurant in my hometown. Nothing before or since has compared to the personal charisma that man has. Nothing.

[FantasticBabblings]

It might have been tense for them, but he was quite relaxed. And, as you say, very charismatic.

[johnreagannumber1]

Thanks for answering Phil. Would have loved to see him again, he can enravish.

[gnossticc]

@johnreagannumber1 Unlike George Bush...Yep, Bill is a beloved ex-president.

[gnossticc]

@johnreagannumber1 A friend of ours from Arkansas is an intimate friend of his, I'm trying to get an autographed letter directed to us from him since the closeness allows it!  :-)

I've got a letter letter from Nixon who came to my country while he was vice-presidente in 56 I think. I might send it to you, just give me your e-mail if you'd like to take a look at it.

[hartnell114]

bill has always seemed my kind a president, espically after the whole nobbing the secratary thing

[FantasticBabblings]

Now that he's out of office, and his wife spends most of her time out of the country, he must be having a really great time now.

[zippyman818]

Republicans lust for the days of the Clinton Administration; they made so much money, even on their crappiest funds!

Now they have to see Clinton relish his role as an elder statesman!

[TomSanderson100]

A darn good campaigner while he was running for office and still good now

[kamonycole1]

He is a great guy. He had dinner at the restaurant my husband used to work in and was gracious enough to go to the kitchen to tell the staff how much he enjoyed his meal and take a picture with them.

[greengrass1212]

i love bill clinton! he was the best!

[avin44]

He made us Americans proud by the graceful and dignified way he carried himself in the hostile territory in North Korea. Especially those final moments before the doors of the aircraft closed was a poignant scene I viewed repeatedly. His final bowing and holding his arm to his heart evoked spontaneous applause even from North Koreans.

[PoliticsAddict]

he made americans proud and dignified even when he signed nafta, which sent our manufacturing jobs overseas. didn't you feel warm and happy when our manufacturning jobs were sucked out of america after bill clinton signed nafta?

[CosmoCarter]

Why don't you shut the fuck up already!

[PoliticsAddict]

im just trying to share the love for bill clinton. you know the guy who signed nafta. sent americas manufacturing jobs overseas never to return.

[Brutalizmo]

how is canada and mexico "overseas"?

[avin44]

I am sure you know what the NA of NAFTA stands for.

As for sending jobs abroad almost all Presidents from Nixon including the much sanctified Reagan did it except for Ford and Carter(these two didn't due to other preoccupations at home.)

Nixon started the mischief by sending almost all the manufacturing base (except heavy industry-too heavy to transplant) to China.

I am not a democrat, still, compared to Chinese imports, NAFTA is short change.

[conroto]

You're right. Clinton made a mistake my signing NAFTA, and he made a mistake with that big press conference featuring George H.W Bush and Gerald Ford. And he made a mistake by allowing the Republican controlled congress to railroad this terrible bill. You are correct sir.

[mikeyes11]

I love Bill. I don't care what any one says..

[PoliticsAddict]

you don't care about the manufacturing workers who lost their jobs when bill signed nafta? yeah it was bill clinton who signed nafta and sent our manufacturing jobs overseas. but you don't care what anyone says..

[jaydesh9]

i like this guy ..!!

[mikeyes11]

He was loved by all of us, Whites , Blacks, Latinos..Bill Was not a bad Prez, man..

[PoliticsAddict]

we all loved him, even when he signed nafta and sent our manufacturing jobs to china and india. but we all love him so much..

[PoliticsAddict]

i like him too especially when he signed nafta and destroyed americas manufacturning base, what was left of it.

[fehquig]

This is some kind of footage to be proud of...

[FantasticBabblings]

A case where stalking paid off :)

[eswyatt]

Lost footage: "Hey, Fantastic Bab-blings, I love your Barbara Bush videos." W.J. Clinton (okay not really, but it would have been funny).

[FantasticBabblings]

He could have at least asked for my autograph.

[TheFatAussieBarstard]

Some of these security guys look pretty out of shape Phil..lol...I reckon I could take em..... ;)

[FantasticBabblings]

You probably could Pete. The problem when they are out of shape is that they are much quicker to shoot!

[Furnifur]

That was pretty cool you got to see Clinton, yes he does come off a bit more human now.

[AVDJ]

where you been, furni?!

[Furnifur]

I was lost in Cali for a while...off the grid n shit.  lol

[FantasticBabblings]

It figures. He's rich, trim and his wife stays away most of the time.

[Furnifur]

oh you went to see my favorite, Letterman!! I have to go see Carrie Fisher show when I can, I have heard her do excerpts someone I forget, sounded good

[FantasticBabblings]

I love Carrie Fisher. Although she is off the sauce, she still talks like a drunk. She is very funny.

[Furnifur]

Yeah she will always have that drunk way of talking, gotta love her!

[Vikashar]

Bill is the fucking Man. His other, considerable accomplishments not withstanding, when he rescued those girls(negotiating leniency from a man like Kim Jong Ill is nothing short of a rescue), he became one of my genuine heroes.

[LeSaMilano]

He has quite a powerful presence. I wonder if they assign ex-secret service men to ex presidents....

you should have set up a cigar stand Phil. ;)

[FantasticBabblings]

Naughty girl...

[ogamike]

@LeSaMilano ..... Bill Clinton gets full secret service protection for the rest of his life. Unlike Bush who will only get protection for only 10yrs after leaving office. That policy was changed right after the Clinton administration.

[beanlewis]

I don't think that is right...

Where did you hear that???

[jbjumpback]

Bill Clinton disgraced the office of the President...

[TandEeesDad]

Biff Henderson rocks...who's the guy with the white hair?

[FantasticBabblings]

Just somebody Biff knows.

[wildheart5]

Great video Phil!

[FantasticBabblings]

He certainly was better by comparison.

[achampag]

i used to be a big fan. then i found out he approved bovine growth hormone.

glad you had some fun tho phil.

[FantasticBabblings]

I am not an unalloyed fan. He has many faults. On one occasion I did formally meet him and exchanged a few words. At a personal level he seems to really care about people. But his political ambition always overrode his personal beliefs. In person his presence is enormously magnetic and makes you forget a lot of his faults. I don't think that is necessarily a good thing.

[achampag]

can see what you mean. imo he taught me a lot; his presidency...some of what went on, made me look deeper...really shook up how i should have come out mentally, being where i am from and all.

[biggerdouchebagjones]

Oh man, I am soo jealous. :( Bill is the man.

[FantasticBabblings]

Don't make his head any bigger ;-)

[kenrg]

Pretty cool. The biggest guest star I've seen when visiting the Ed Sullivan theater is Kristin Davis.

[FantasticBabblings]

I saw Warren Beatty there a few years ago. I was shocked how old and wrinkled he is in person.

[PrincessDiana161]

He looks good ... thanks for posting Phil :)

[FantasticBabblings]

He looks healthier and more relaxed than I have ever seen him. He still has an enormous noggin.

[PrincessDiana161]

"that's what she said"

[carrolly2k]

Great video post!

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks for watching.

[OhCurt]

No saxamophone?

[PrincessDiana161]

isn't it a little early for you to be thinking about Sax?

[FantasticBabblings]

I think he gave that to Monica.

[OhCurt]

Monica?!

Yar... she blows.

[sign543]

That was awesome!!

[FantasticBabblings]

He's no Rufus Wainwright, but how about second best.

[Clemburke1111]

This man is one of the gay communities worst enimies.

[FantasticBabblings]

I get your point. I don't think he is one of our worst enemies (which President has been our friend, really?). He was a disappointment in many ways. DOMA was an act of cowardice. He put political survival above principle.

[Clemburke1111]

Dont forget "dont ask dont tell", it was his second punch to the gay community,,I put Clinton right up there is Jerry Falwell and Anita Bryant.

[FantasticBabblings]

He did inittially try to eliminate the ban on gays serving openly and he bungled it and caved in to political pressure. DADT was the result and I agree, a disaster.

He has much to answer for, but to equate him with Falwell and Anita Bryant is not logical.

[vitalfinds]

Very cool!

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks for watching.

[AVDJ]

wow, man. just awesome! what a feeling

[FantasticBabblings]

Just part of everyday New York :)

[paul1967uk]

great footage

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks Paul. I wish the quality had been a little better, but the crowd was tight and I was jostled a bit.

[NiteBlogger]

I'd trade all the celebs out here in CA for one of these with Clinton - 3x - you lucky pup!!!

Watched Obama tonight on Letterman - one of the things I will give him credit for - is he seems to really be trying to be out there with us (compared to 8 yrs of cloak & dagger with bush baby) lol

Thanks for sharing!

[FantasticBabblings]

It's also nice to have a president who speaks in complete sentences.

[NiteBlogger]

Refreshing, isn't it? ;)

[moomay11649]

AWSUM footage! Look at his entourage! Wow! Cool!

Luvs,

Mooz

[Fringe111]

It's his secrete service men. Hi Mooz

[FantasticBabblings]

And they had guns!

[sinrboy]

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing Phil;)

[FantasticBabblings]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[OneLessTheist]

Hey Phil, I've been following your YT channel on here for quite a while. I really appreciate your sensibility, sensitivity and intelligence. Great footage of the Bill here - I share your ambivalence towards him.... but cannot deny his charisma and intelligence and perhaps what could have been -. Keep up the good work !

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks for watching. I wondered if people who watch this would take it as a ringing endorsement. I'm glad you understand it is more complicated than that.

[JohnLWright]

wow, that was kool

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks.

[thizizliz]

Wow - Phil - too cool. Wouldn't you have thought he would have been rushed out smooth and quickly? How cool that he took the time to meet and greet.

[FantasticBabblings]

LeBron James came out afterwards. Not that I care, but he was rushed out and didn't even acknowledge anyone.

[thizizliz]

Interesting! You've just reinforced my opinion of him as a nice guy.

[debbiez112]

That was so nice of Bill Clinton to take the time to sign for some of the people. Thanks for showing us this. :)

[FantasticBabblings]

He loves the attention.

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[FantasticBabblings]

Thanks.

[Blinkazoid]

Very cool!!!

[FantasticBabblings]

Hi there, Blinky.

[SomewhereInTheGray]

This was kind of a neat video. I'm only 22, so I don't have much memory of Bill Clinton (When I was in Middle School, 8th grade Bush won the election).

I remember this paper coming out saying "Bush Barely!" Haha. Then apparently there was some sort of recount or some such.

[FantasticBabblings]

Hopefully in a few years you'll be able to put that Bush guy out of your memory :)

[SomewhereInTheGray]

With any luck, just maybe!

[rachelazw]

Well, to be exact, the Gore team was requesting a final recount in a Florida jurisdiction that, it was believed, would go strongly in Gore's favor and win him the election. But the Supreme Court, in a controversial vote, decided 5-4 against that recount. The five Supreme Court justices who voted against doing the recount were the ones who had been appointed to the court by Republican presidents. The four who voted in favor of the recount had been appointed by Democratic presidents.

[BoomerChick55]

How exciting!

[FantasticBabblings]

It was nice. I wanted to see Obama, but didn't work out. Clinton was a nice bonus.

[MrVisions]

Very cool... seems to be a very personable type guy.

[FantasticBabblings]

Very personable and friendly.

[kokohawk]

Wow you got pretty close. I wonder if I'll ever get that great of a glimse of political power like that. I wonder why they didn't have a couple of vehicles follow right after him.

[FantasticBabblings]

There was another SUV with a couple of aides that went afterwards, but nothing like a presidential motorcade.

The first time I saw him was the day after his nomination in 1992. Much larger crowd and more security, but I got close enough to shake his hand. I saw him again when he was president at a fund raiser and I had to go through metal detectors for that.

Obama was there earlier tonight, but you couldn't get within a block of him.

[jrsnyderjr]

In the article "The Mellowing of William Jefferson Clinton" fairly recently in the NYTimes he states that his heart attack significantly changed him. I tend to believe that.

extraordinary...I remember every President since JFK and I would bet we're going to look back and say the "Reagan-Clinton Years were great." Two different men, two different parties, but both able to reach a broad base and appeal to people's better nature.

Thanks for sharing this.

[FantasticBabblings]

I've always had a love/hate attitude towards the man. He is undoubtedly charismatic and very intelligent. I think he could have achieved greatness if it weren't for his lack of discipline. Yet on the macro measures of peace and prosperity, I think he will come out pretty well in history.

This was the third time I have seen him. Tonight he was the most relaxed. The heart attack probably changed him. Also, he no longer has the weight of all that responsibility on his shoulders.

[jrsnyderjr]

Love/hate pretty much sums up my attitude towards him also. I went to high school in the South in the late sixties and wonder if that's the affinity I get from him.

[jrsnyderjr]

...it's also probably where I got my wariness of him also.

[FantasticBabblings]

I know what you mean. I grew up in South Carolina, also h.s. in the late 60s. I didn't move to NY until the late 70s.

[jrsnyderjr]

Then you probably shared the experience of de facto segregated schools and court ordered desegregation and busing in some way. It was four years of culture shock for me and I was glad to get back to Arizona for college. In hindsight it made me understand race in the US more than most people I know in western US cities.

[FantasticBabblings]

I remember segregation in all aspects of life: rest rooms, water fountains, public pools, restaurants, churches, schools, etc. A lot of progress has been made, but there is still a deep place that hasn't been healed.

[DoctorDoubleX]

Wow. I really find it hard to live in a world like that.

[FantasticBabblings]

It seems like something I remember from a book instead of something we lived through. In retrospect it is surreal.

[jrsnyderjr]

I vividly remember the first time we went to South Carolina, when I was four, my first experience with separate water fountains necause it made such an impression on me. I had been to SC before I went to high school but the real impact of daily life with that didn't hit me until then. Previously it was in a distant place.

The twists and turns and nuances navigating what was acceptable and what was not between races was and still is quite a trip.

[gllafc]

Imagine having to do that everywhere you went.

[FantasticBabblings]

I really think he loves the attention. He didn't seem to be in any hurry to get away.

[gllafc]

I'm sure he does. But what a different life he leads from you and me and most people.

[FantasticBabblings]

Oh yes. I don't think he has lived anything like a normal life since he was in his 20s.

[Zipster08]

Awesome footage! Love you, Phil!!

[FantasticBabblings]

Love you too, babe.

[FullOfFail]

BILL'S THE MAN

[FantasticBabblings]

He is a very impressive presence.