Amy's parents are friends with Bill Clinton!!!
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Jeneane

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think it was rude of Roddy to make the whole thing out that it was such an outragious story how could it be true. He said "I find that hard to believe."

Missy2

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Amy has made herself and easy target for eviction so Roddy baby is trying to set it up by using his pull. I think he is just coming off as petty and obvious. But then again I'm on the outside looking in.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The funny thing is, when we saw the clips of Amy's parents and her house it didn't seem to be very extravagant to me. Seemed pretty middle class, but who knows. People all live different and I didn't look super closely. From Amy's comments, they seem as if they would be pretty well off. I have no idea.

Guinevere

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kaili, I thought the same thing. There seemed to be a lot of fake-looking wood paneling, IIRC.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It was the wood paneling that did it for me. I guess I would just expect a more "museum" like quality to the house based on Amy's personality. I though she would have grown up in a house with lots of art, white walls, light colored leather or floral patterned furniture, etc. It reminded me more of Lori's house, which seemed typical for her area of Wisconsin. Especially her yard.

Did they ever show Amy's bedroom? There I would expect frilly stuff- a canopy bed, etc.

Ark

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The people that I meet that know him are certainly not wealthy. Comfortable, but not wealthy. I would consider them upper middle class with hillbilly tendencies. You have to remember that Clinton doesn't come from a wealthy family and he grew up in a struggling family in a very small town. I don't think that the fact that he's hung out at Amy's parents house is unbelievable at all. On TV they looked like a couple that had started out in a small Delta town and done well enough to move out. Their house looked nice but not designer nice and it was apparent that they didn't give a hoot about designer clothes. I meet so many people like them. People that have worked hard to get where they are but have no desire to waste their hard earned money on frou frou frills to impress people. I think it would be relaxing for Clinton to hang out with people like that and not have to worry about impressing anyone.

Crossfire

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
"and it was apparent that they didn't give a hoot about designer clothes"

I pretty much consider that a compliment.

Scorpiomoon

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kaili: Are you serious?

Amy and her family go deer hunting together for gosh sakes! She is a true Southern girl! The kind of house you described: "...with lots of art, white walls, light colored leather or floral patterned furniture, etc" is more like something Chiara a "Yankee" from CT would grow up in. :)

Cyn

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
bill's connections come through his wife who is from the infamous Rodham clan. bill was just a good 'ole boy. then, he met hill and began playing with the big boys.

Lurknomore

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
DBS I have no qualms about saying I would vote for him for Prez again tomorrow and wish I could. The man was moral scum but he ain't my hubby. I think history will show he was one of the best President we ever had. I am far more concerned with how he did his job then what he did in his free time. That's Hillary's business not mine. He certainly would have done a better job of pulling this country back together after Sept 11th. I think we need a leader than can connect with us (not to mention foreign leaders).

As for Clinton and associating with only wealth do you remember his beloved Mom? I don't think a more down to earth woman existed. I'm sure he has friends from all walks of life.

Ok this is totally OT....so I'll toss in my 2 cents on the thread. I can't see why they don't know him. They are from the same state. While I never had a Gov from MA show up with beer, I've been to cocktail parties with a few. No big whoop. People meet people in life. Can't see why they don't believe her. Jealousy probably.

Bigd

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I can tell you (since I'm from that area of the country) that Amy's family would call on Frank from Trading Spaces to do their "decoratin"

Kaili

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 12:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I guess I forgot about the deer hunting thing. Amy has this two sided quality about her where on one hand she's out huntin' fer dinner and the other hand she's in front of the mirror primping with her little dog. throws me off a bit. She just appears, physically, a lot different than her family. I kind of expected her mom to be a bit more made up, ya know? No big deal though- I think it's cool that she can be a princess one day, then go out crawling in the mud with a gun the next.

As for her family and Clinton- really not a big shock to me either. Meeting politicians isn't usually too difficult. They like to be met! And he was definitely a people's person- loves getting out and all that. On top of the fact of not having grown up in a political family in Washington. Why not? He seems like a normal guy to me (excluding the moral/sexual stuff, but that's probably not terribly unusual either for people with a lot of power especially).

Maryann

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree that Clinton is a down to Earth guy who probably did meet with Amy's parents. Also, I would imagine that they were in their rec room when they were photographed, hence the wood paneling. I wouldn't say the fact that they appeared middle class to actually mean that they were middle class, they could have a lot of money, and just not be show-offs. In the South, there seems to be a stigma against flaunting your wealth. Of course, I've never met an American who would admit to being wealthy. The most Americans will admit to is "Upper Middle Class"
BTW, Clinton met up with Hilary because he was at Harvard Law School which was not such a shabby acheivement for a kid who grew up poor.

Maryann

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I guess he's been known to party in the area that I live in (a long time ago) and when a lot goes on the market in our neighborhood, we all discuss which neighbor is going to buy it, because we don't want Bill to retire here<--Ark
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I don't think that Clinton will retire in Arkansas.My best bet would be California. Since his mother died there really isn't that much there for him.I don't even think that Chelsea wants to live there, though it was her childhood home. I voted for him, and feel that his presidency was a boon to the country.

Sunlit

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I live in the area and I know several folks who met/partied with Clinton, including my uncle who claims to "finished off a bottle of old Turkey with that nice young man." Of course, he's finished off quite a few bottles in his life and may not be the most reliable source. :)

Sanfranjoshfan

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 05:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks to you other Clinton-as-president likers out there for your support! :-)

As for Amy's folks knowing Bill...heck, a good friend of mine and his lover were friends with a woman that knew Bill. (She was that woman that Jesse Helms referred to as "a damn lesbian" on the Senate floor....when Clinton appointed her to some post)

So....if *I* was only 2 people removed from knowing the guy, then *anybody* could be!