Big Dawg, Al Gore and the Ladies

[Beacool]

President Bill Clinton and freed Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee arrive at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California August 5, 2009.

Get your Kleenex, folks...........

:-)

[MADem]

1. Man, those are some great K and R-worthy images! nt

[JayMusgrove]

3. Absolutely! They would make a great montage for a commercial about

What the Obama administration is doing, has already done for us, what a great team we have working for the interests of America.

[Beacool]

5. Yeah, they are heartwarming pics.

:hug:

[Soylent Brice]

2. .

:kick:

[ThirdWorldJohn]

4. Clinton looks as though he is in really good shape and really Presidential and as always

a man of and for the people. One of the greatest.

[Beacool]

7. Yep, he's still the best president in my lifetime.

I heart the Big Dawg........

:loveya:

[Goddess me]

87. Bill Clinton the best president ever!

OMG! How I miss him. :loveya:

[Captain Hilts]

90. With one of THE shittiest Congresses in decades. nt

[4_TN_TITANS]

129. Mine too.... n./t

[Johnyawl]

15. Gore looks to be in great shape also. I'm glad to see he's lost the weight

[Beacool]

30. Yeah, he looks fit.

He got a little too chunky for a while there.

:)

[Captain Hilts]

89. I liked the beard, and, normally, I don't like beards. nt

[Myrina]

118. Al looks awesome!! Handsome AND Wicked Smart. Sigh.

Why no wedding ring, Bill? :shrug:

[Jennicut]

6. Great pics, good to see Al and Bill together again!

Euna and her daughter...brought tears to my eyes. Same thing with Laura and her family.

[Beacool]

18. I know, it's very moving to see them reunited with their families.

:pals:

[Jennicut]

26. I have a four year old and a five year old, both girls

It really made me cry but in a good way.

[Beacool]

29. That little girl must have missed her mommy

and goodness knows that her mommy must have thought of her daily. Very sweet to see them reunited.

:)

[havocmom]

8. So good, so inspriational, so educational, so healing

on so many levels.

Thanks for the pictures. Pass the tissues, please.

[Beacool]

25. You're welcome!!!

:hi:

[SeaLyons]

9. Wonderful pictures...

very emotional....I'm so proud. How can anyone be anything but a democrat. I feel sorry for the freeps. They have no one in their party that could do what President Clinton did.

[tilsammans]

86. "They have no one in their party that could do what President Clinton did."

Oh, ya mean Sarah Palin couldn't do that? :sarcasm:

You are so right. "They" have no one. NO ONE of that stature in the world.

The Dems, however, have a deep bench.

:patriot: :dem:

[noiretextatique]

10. thank you, Mr. Presidents

Clinton and Gore :patriot:

[Beacool]

20. For a moment I thought you meant Obama.

Yeah, Al was definitely cheated out of his rightful job in 2000.

:(

[noiretextatique]

33. thank the treasonous five whores of SCOTUS

for annointing the village idiot. obama deserves some props too...he doesn't hold grudges, and he uses the best resources available to him.

[Beacool]

38. Yep, you said it!!!

:mad:

[CakeGrrl]

45. Yes, President Obama deserves BIG props for

focusing on the task at hand and using the best resources rather than holding grudges about the past. This would never have happened with Bush. It's all good for him, and I'm sure he had a definite hand in making this moment possible.

[grasswire]

11. I love that pic of Bill and Al.

These men are giants. True statesmen. Global heroes.

I'm so proud.

[Beacool]

19. Just like Bush and Cheney, ain't it?

:rofl:

[zonkers]

116. HA!

[silverweb]

12. Beautiful.

Vision-blurring happiness!

[Hepburn]

13. OMG....

...that small child is absolutely beautiful!



Thank gawd her mother is home! :cry:

[Beacool]

23. One of my favorite pics of the bunch.

Very moving..........

:cry:

[Ishoutandscream2]

34. Seconded. That picture is truly brilliant

Talk about capturing the moment...

[katkat]

53. The Democrats

We have folks who do this. The other party is, well, birthers, Limbaugh, mobs, etc.

[liberaltrucker]

75. One wonders how Dad explained the situation

I salute him.

:patriot:

[Doctor_J]

14. Ah, Bush would have handled it just as smoothly

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I crack myself up

[Beacool]

24. Even better, they should have sent Cheney.

He probably would have shot "Dear Leader" in the face.

:eyes:




:rofl:

[Doctor_J]

57. Nah. he only shoots his friends

when it comes time to shoot at enemies, he gets a lot of deferments

[skyounkin]

94. Oh SNAP!!

duzy worthy!

[Beacool]

113. Ohhhh, that's cold..............

:7

[AzDar]

16. Awesome....just AWESOME!

:fistbump:

[Autumn]

17. What a remarkable day.

Seeing Bill and Al together brings back so many happy memories. The picture of Bill with his arms around the 4 year old and her Mom is just precious.

[Beacool]

21. Yep, it reminded me of the old days.

They still look great together.

:)

[TexasObserver]

22. recommend

[Lugnut]

27. Aw, man.

It's hard to type through tears.

[Bobbie Jo]

28. Wow!

K&R for the Big Dawg! :kick:

Isn't it great to have America back in the world?

[Hekate]

31. This is great -- and yes, must go get kleenex. nt

[question everything]

32. Ahh, to be hugged by Clinton

These are great pics. I watched the arrival on TeeVee, but did not see the one where he hugs mother and daughter. This is great.

And the look of understanding each other between Bill and Al: we did good!

Yes, you did!

:hi:

[Beacool]

48. I wouldn't mind a hug from the Big Dawg.

:evilgrin:

With all due respect Hilz......

:D

[bumblebee1]

35. those picture bring tears to my eyes.

I have to leave for work in a few minutes.

[bigwillq]

36. K and R!

:bounce:

[PretzelWarrior]

37. wonderful. this is what it's all about.

[livetohike]

39. K+R

:kick:

[Uzybone]

40. Great pics, thanks

[lunatica]

41. I bawled my eyes out watching it!

me >>

[mzmolly]

42. Off to grab the tissue.

:yoiks:

K and R

[Sultana]

43. Great job, Big Dawg

Great pics, very touching. May God bless them all.

[VaYallaDawg]

44. Thanks for those great, great pics!

I said it before, I'll say it again - thank goodness the adults are back in charge again.

[Beacool]

49. My pleasure!!!

:hi:

[Vidar]

46. Bill certainly did well on this one.

[MoonRiver]

47. So wonderful!

I'm in tears looking at the mother and daughter reunion. Can't imagine the joy that baby and her mama felt at the moment they saw each other again! :)

[Justitia]

50. "We're from the government, and we're here to help!" - LOL turned that meme on it's ass, didn't we?

I would have been so damned glad to see Pres Bill Clinton enter the room I would have hyperventilated a lung in relief!

GREAT pics.

[Beacool]

52. Imagine their shock and surprise?

They were probably apprehensive about the meeting and not knowing what to expect, and in walks Bill, larger than life. I would have cried out of sheer relief.

:D

[Justitia]

54. Let me tell you, I would have fell at his feet, grabbed his leg & never let go!

They wouldn't have been able to peel me off him & I would have been hysterical "Take me hooooommmmme!"

Honestly, my first thought would have been "Are they letting me go or is this just an allowed visit?"

I'm sure Pres Clinton made it clear immediately that he was taking them with him, and at that point I don't think I could have stopped crying w/relief.

[Beacool]

51. This is one sexy pic...........

Wouldn't mind being sandwiched in the middle of these two.



:evilgrin:


Sorry, Tipper and Hilz!!! Bad girl!!!

:spank:


:7

[BlueMTexpat]

73. If only I could wake up and find out that the period from November 2000

to January 20, 2009 had been nothing but a bad dream, that Al Gore had taken his rightful place in the White House on January 20, 2001, that there had been no 9-11, no invasion of Afghanistan, no war with Iraq, no torture (as there most assuredly would NOT have been under Al Gore), that FEMA had acted as it should have to save the great city of NOLA, that USG regulation of the securities markets had been more than a myth, that Al Gore had recognized LIEberman for the useless POS he is and had discarded him LONG before the 2004 election, and so on and so forth.
Ah, the tears for all the lost years ... !

[zeemike]

92. Of all the words of mice and men,

the sades are it might have been.
I think that these last 8 years makes it more than just sad.

[Beacool]

96. Yeah, so much would have been different if Gore had been in office.

Instead, we ended up with one of the worst presidents in our history.

:(

[Jennicut]

80. Ha! You ARE bad.

By the way, I always had a crush on Al Gore, since I was like 17.
He is my other political crush besides Joe.

[Beacool]

99. Gore was very hot when young.

There's a great photo taken by Tipper where Al is bare chested and shaving. He looks like a print model, very yummy.

:9

[Autumn]

111. That picture is one of my favorites, but this one

And of course

[Beacool]

125. Yummy!!!

In the one I'm talking about he's only wearing jeans (he's also barefoot) and the pic is in color. Do you happen to have that one? I couldn't find it last night.

:9

[Autumn]

132. I think that one, if it's the one I'm thinking of

might ( hopefully) be on the laptop, which is having repairs done. As soon as it's back I will get it to you.

[Beacool]

136. OK, thanks.

I'll be waiting........ not too patiently.

:7

[4lbs]

55. I got up early this morning to watch this live on CNN. When Bill Clinton finally got off the plane

(he waited a few minutes to let the journalists get all the initial attention from the media and their families), he had tears in his eyes.

:D

[Beacool]

69. Ahhhhhhhhh, that's so sweet!!!!

:cry:

[Mithreal]

56. Good job, K&R nt

[mother earth]

58. A celebratory BRAVO!!! Blue doing good, always, never red!

[Kajsa]

59. Wonderful, beautiful pictures of this historic

event and those who are a part of it.

Yep, it brought tears to my eyes.

What a joy for the families of the ladies.

Thanks so much for sharing these great
photos!

:) :hi:

[Beacool]

104. It was a very moving moment.

You're welcome!!

:pals:

[BeatleBoot]

60. Diplomacy Works. Imagine that.

Did you hear me dumb ass?



Talking is good.

Being an idiot is bad.

What a dumb ass.

[JayMusgrove]

63. Don't tell W Bush, John Bolton, Rummy, Cheney, or Gonzo that!!!!!!!!

the worst public servants of all time... don't give them a hint as to how to get America back to a position of power.

Let's just send them to Iran for "negotiations" on hostages there...........send them all...get rid of them once and for all.

[InvisibleTouch]

61. Love these pics, thanks!!

Bill & Al both look great - and I can only imagine the relief and happiness of the returning ladies and their families.

[Dinger]

62. Wish This Had Unlimited K & Rs

I am proud to give this a K & R!!!!!!

[lumberjack_jeff]

64. I don't understand Gore's involvement.

Can someone please clue me in?

[BrklynLiberal]

66. The women worked for his TV station...

[lumberjack_jeff]

70. Aaah! Thanks. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

65. Wow! Sure did bring tears to my eyes....

This picture just made my heart jump...

[PopSixSquish]

71. Of All the Pictures of Bill Clinton Over the Years, I Think I Will Remember this One Forever

Damm....

[BigBearJohn]

108. That picture is one for the history books. It's the Bill I know. Love that man!

[midnight]

127. This is a great pic.

[Jakes Progress]

67. Talk about a country screwing up.

We went from eight years with these men to eight years of bush and cheney. It's gonna be a long way back up.

[orleans]

68. great pics. i loved the clinton/gore hug (the full hug--not pictured here)

and al hugging one of the ladies who was holding her little girl.

[liberaltrucker]

72. Much better than the Fark headline

Bill Clinton picks up two Asian chicks

http://www.fark.com/politics/

Kleenex liberally used!

:)

:cry:

[Uncle Joe]

74. Excellent photos, I'm happy for the families and everyone involved.

:)

Thanks for the thread, Beacool.:thumbsup:

[GoCubsGo]

76. Nothing like seeing Bill and Al together...

It reminds me of better days. (Not blaming my hard times on President Obama. They were caused directly by his predecessor and flunkies. I think Barack will make things better, and I hope he enlists these two in making it so.)

[aaaaaa5a]

77. Rec! NT

[1monster]

78. Both the Big Dog and Al look really happy to be working together again, if only

temporarily.

Makes me nostalgic for better times.

[madmax]

79. This is a 5 tissue post

It's times like this that make me proud to be an American. Too bad they are so few and far between. :grouphug:

[MasonJar]

81. Thank you for posting these wonderful pictures.

[2Design]

82. love that picture of gore and clinton - eye to eye - amends made for totally screwing up years ago

by clinton - he finally came through and gave something good to al gore -

[carpetbagger]

83. Boy, isn't that a storybook ending to the last 15 years.

It is fine art on so many levels that just aren't appreciated. To name a few, shrewd access and intelligence gathering by virtue of Clinton having access, further validation of Gore's globalism, especially in light of the Iranian summer (i.e. the importance of illegal freelance reporting), all of that stuff.

But it was just the mere images today, after the abject failure of Bush's diplomatic and economic program, and the beginnings of improvement under the restoration of intelligent, pragmatic, globalist and demand-side leadership, those images would have been nice to prophesy in 1995, or 2001.

[burning rain]

84. Shock and Awww!

Love it.

[puebloknot]

85. K&R 1,000 recs .... if I only could!

[Captain Hilts]

88. It's a GREAT day to be a Democrat! It's aaaallll goooood! nt

[Chorophyll]

91. K&R for President Clinton and...

...President Gore. Oh yeah, I said it.

[Autumn]

133. LOL I still say it

:toast: Hey he won.

[DesertRat]

93. Love it! k&r

[usregimechange]

95. Good job Big Dawg

[RagAss]

97. Big Dawg !! My Man !

[liquid diamond]

98. Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for the lovely photos.

[Beacool]

100. You're welcome.

;)

[liquid diamond]

102. I'm sorry about our little spat a few days ago.

[Beacool]

121. It's forgotten..............

:hi:

[JI7]

101. can you imagine Bush and Cheney doing this ?

this is Clinton and Gore working together as they did when they were in office.

this shows more what a joke Bush was. nobody would even suggest sending him for something like this.

[Cali_Democrat]

103. Thank you for these pictures

:applause:

[Joe Bacon]

105. I second that

Shame on idiots like Bolton and Buchanan who trashed the Big Dog. Shame on them!

[Janice325]

106. I don't need Kleenex, but I sure got a lot of goosebumps

...and sniffles.
k&r

[earth mom]

107. Way to go President Gore!

:applause:

[Beacool]

124. Hey, don't forget the Big Dawg, Hill Dawg, Obama

and the State Dept. critters. It was a team effort.......

:7

Oops, almost forgot about Kerry.

[earth mom]

134. It wouldn't have happened without Gore. He is BRILLIANT. nt

[DFW]

109. Points out a fundamental difference between leading Democrats and leading Republicans

Clinton and Gore did this because it was the right thing to do and because they wanted to help the two women.

Bush and Cheney wouldn't have done it unless it was politically expedient and there was something in it for them.

[DUlover2909]

110. Score one for the good guys.

:dem: :kick: :fistbump:

[texpatriot2004]

112. Thanks for posting this. Awesome pics and story. nm

[Beacool]

114. No problem.........

:hi:

[polmaven]

115. Sniiiiiiiffff!

:loveya:

[Arkansas Granny]

117. Love the pictures. Thanks, Bea.

[Beacool]

122. You're welcome, Granny!!!

:pals:

[1gobluedem]

119. Wow, goregous

I'm getting chills...

[demigoddess]

120. diplomacy works!

Gore and Clinton, statesmen

[Beacool]

123. Yeah, don't they look good?

I love me some Big Dawg and Gore too.......

:loveya:

[gratefultobelib]

126. Wow, just wow.

[wroberts189]

128. Awesome post knr nt

[Kid Dynamite]

130. I have a question

the two journalists were held as political prisoners. Now I understand that "political prisoners" carries a negative connotation, but..

these two WERE political activists and expressly so..no?

Is it the severity of the sentence that we are objecting to? Or is political dissidence a one-way street?

I have always wondered one thing about so-called "political" prisoners: if the United States builds and fills prisons because of politics aren't the people caught up in that dragnet also political prisoners? Doesn't our enormous prison population (plus those on probation and parole) tell us something? Doesn't the incredibly skewed statistics that reveal that African Americans and Latinos are overwhelmingly the targets of this "tough on crime" stance tell us anything? The fact that the "crimes" in question are non-violent and of dubious "criminality" in the first place?

I would very much like someone to explain to me a self-consistent position on this issue. Carping about North Korea and Iran and Cuba seems a touch..hypocritical from my perspective.

[dogindia]

131. hurrah.....big dawg. kandr

[marshall]

135. I'm glad the Prez got him some sugar, he deserves it

From the journalist and her young daughter.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

137. Big Bill STILL ROCKS!!

:loveya:


On Hardball Tweety was asking "Bill Clinton:Master of the Universe?"

My answer "What took them so long?"

[JNelson6563]

138. Great title, great post, great pics,

from one to ten, I give it an eleven. :toast:

Julie

[SKKY]

139. I'm glad the Big Dawg got his mojo back...

...he's such a powerful statesman.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

140. Rec #177!

These photos really capture the high emotion - relief, joy, and maybe a tad disbelief. Excellent!

Am remembering Al's amazingly humanitarian gesture during Katrina - quietly flying some desperate people out....really stepping up.

[Beacool]

141. Thanks!!!!

:woohoo:

[City Lights]

142. Wonderful photos! nt

[slackmaster]

143. All go into a bar?

:hi:

[Are_grits_groceries]

144. Love the pics!

I heard that the meeting with Clinton was very emotional. I can't even imagine their feelings.

I did think to myself that Clinton was a good person to send because he was also big enough to hug both women. I'll bet he made them feel very safe.