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Bill Clinton Steals Show From Ted Kennedy
Sen. Ted Kennedy has been basking in the media limelight as he meanders from talk show to talk show promoting his new book, "America Back on Track." But at his own book party, it was Bill Clinton who stole the show. The New York Daily News reports that Kennedy gave "a moving speech" to the assembled gathering, which included Sen. John Kerry, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, former Commerce Secretary Bob Rubin, E.L. Doctorow, Gail Buckley, David Halberstam, Phyllis Newman, Joe Armstrong and all three of his sisters, Pat, Eunice and Jean. In a none too thinly veiled swipe at the Bush administration, the Massachusetts Democrat lamented: "In the 43 years in which I've had the honor to serve in the United States Senate, I have never seen our democracy in greater disarray, or greater turmoil."
Story Continues Below Kennedy said he longed for the day "when we had leaders . . . When the nation took on race, when other countries wouldn't ... we knocked down walls on gender ... the elderly ... 42 million disabled ... education." Right on cue, Bill Clinton suddenly materialized at the other end of the room, drawing Kennedy's guests towards him, according to the News, "like iron filings to a magnet." Among the well-wishers was historian Arthur Schlesinger, who handed Clinton something called a "Bush Countdown Clock." "Only 1,005 days, four hours, and 36 minutes to go," Clinton remarked. Whether the scandal-scarred ex-president was what Kennedy had in mind when he waxed nostalgic for the Democratic Party's halcyon days is anybody's guess. Editor's note:
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