Sunday, October 17, 2010

Clinton Standard Time

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-927457.html

Article: Clinton Standard Time; Aides' Worry Grows As Schedules Slip

The subject of today's story is President-elect Clinton, but unfortunately he seems to be running a bit late, so let's all just wait quietly for a moment.

(Pause.)

He should be along any minute.

(Longer pause.)

Perhaps we should begin without him. People often must. Clinton is so consistently late in his personal appearances that reporters and staff members have concluded he lives in a one-man time zone: Clinton Standard Time.

But a private worry is growing in the Clinton circle that his personal lassitude when it comes to keeping schedules may be infecting his approach to governing, and that the momentum of Clinton's victory might be squandered while …

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