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President Bill Clinton Remarks at HFA Fundraiser Canton, Ohio November 19, 201
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
!o "irst, thank #ou, Pastor$ %hank #ou, Bru&e '(h)$ %hank #ou, Ror# '(h), Ron '(h), and Ale* '(h)$ + literall# this is the third time +-ve &ome to an event here$But + love #ou$ +-m + &ame throu.h here on one o" m# bus tours "rom 1992 /hen + /as runnin. "or (resident, and + literall# ran into a /eddin.$
PARTICIPANT:
'O""mike$)
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
ou remember that 3e ran into the /eddin.$ !o + thou.ht, 4Oh m# .osh, there .oes Ohio$5 '6au.hter$) + o(ened the door o" the bus, ran out, and /e brou.ht the ha((# &ou(le into the bus and took a (i&ture, saved the /hole deal$ '6au.hter$)%hen + /as ba&k on 7ul# 8th in 199: some o" #ou /ere there$ ;uess /ho (rovided the "ire/orks '6au.hter$) +-m the onl# thin. standin. bet/een #ou and the "ire/orks 'lau.hter) and it /on-t be lon.$ + /ant to thank the Pastor <a&klin '(h), as + said$ + admire him ver# mu&h$ And + think %im R#an is a .reat &on.ressman$ 'A((lause$) + /ant to thank the other &ohosts, =ave Betras '(h), 7anet Carson '(h), >ath# =e&hista"aro '(h)$ <ar# 3ilson '(h) +-ve loved "or a lon. time, and she does still have it, doesn-t she 'A((lause$) !he looks #oun. and beauti"ul$ 'A((lause$) %hank #ou Chis ;illes(ie "or (la#in.$ %hank #ou, Ra# <an&ini$ %hank #ou, 7im %ressel "or bein. here and "or /hat #ou-ve done$ + /as so .lad to see 7im Bro/n '(h)$ And + /as reall# .lad to see ?d O-Neill$ And + #ou kno/ ho/ #ou like somebod# on %@ and #ou see them and #ou al/a#s think #ou kno/ /hat #ou-re .oin. to ask them$ And + lost m# .uts$ '6au.hter$) Be&ause + /ant to kno/ i" it-s true that he a&tuall# (aid to (la# !o(hia @er.ara-s husband on <odern Famil#$ '6au.hter$)
PARTICIPANT:
A lot o" mone#$ '6au.hter$)
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
+ mean, + &ertainl# /ould have, and + no, it /as .reat$ 6ook, be"ore this a/"ul event in Paris, + /as tr#in. to hel( Hillar#, .oin. to events like this and sa#in. that + had &on&luded that + had be&ome utterl# /orthless in (oliti&s$ +-m kind o" like an old horse$ Our host kno/s somethin. about horse ra&in.$ And the# leave me in a barn: the# (ut me out in the meado/ ever# da#$ %hen, on&e ever# "our #ears, the# brin. me a little e*tra ha#, load me out on the tra&k, sla( me on the rum(, and see i" + &an .et around ust one more time$ '6au.hter$) And + thou.ht, 4+-m ust not .oin. to be .ood, be&ause look at /hat-s .oin. on$5 + /at&hed those"irst t/o debates the Re(ubli&ans had and + thou.ht, 4+ am /orthless, be&ause +-m not mad at