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Dubya and Bill Clinton on the same stage at the same time?

And in Canada?

Well, George W. Bush scam — sorry, treated Canadians to his thoughts in March when we had the, “dubious distinction of being the first to pay ex-US president George W. Bush big bucks to make a speech”.

It was at a $400-a-head private luncheon co-hosted by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, said p2pnet, noting Dubya was said to been paid $150,000 for his words of wisdom, his first since retiring in ignomy.

Now, we could see both ex-prezzes at the same event.

If we wanted to, that is. And if we had the money and the connections, of course.

On May 29, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, United States presidents 42 and 43, will appear together on stage for the first time since Bush ended his presidency in Jan 2009,” says says newsahead.com, going on »»»

Bush made his first post-presidential appearance in Calgary in March. Although speakers’ fees are not divulged, there were reports Bush received as much as US $162,000 for his March appearance in Calgary, and Bill Clinton earned US $31 million in speaking fees between 2001 and 2005.

Clinton’s fees were disclosed in the Senate ethics reports of his wife, now-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The conversation at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre is expected to last two hours and cover the global and domestic challenges looking ahead and of the last 16 years. It will reflect the ideological differences between Clinton, a Democrat, and Bush, a Republican, but not generational differences, as they are close to the same age.

The “ideological divisions include gay rights, gun rights, God in the classroom, environmentalism and projecting American power,” adds the story.

We can hardly wait.

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May, 2009

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