Note: Liebrary is not an accidental misspelling.
"The library is an imposing glass and metal structure overlooking the Arkansas River. Also on its landscaped grounds is the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service."The motto of which is: "If it gets me off, it must be right".
Okay, I was kidding about that.
A presidential library is a repository for preserving and making available the papers, records, collections and other historical materials of a former POTUS.
In Bubba's case, those documents which survived shredding, and those which have rewritten history according to the Clintons.
A president's library is supposed to reflect the character of the president, assuming they have any.
This looks like it belongs in a trailer park.
So, who paid for this $165 million monstrous eyesore?
No one knows exactly because, according to the Clinton Library the donors were promised confidentiality - and - the William J. Clinton Foundation, which funds the library, is considered a charity whose contributors can remain anonymous.
One wonders how much of that $165 million was actually spent on the library.
UPDATE: Bill Clinton's presidential library raised more than 10 percent of the cost of its $165 million facility from foreign sources, with the most generous overseas donation coming from Saudi Arabia, according to interviews yesterday.
In addition, a handful of Middle Eastern business executives and officials also gave at least $1 million each, according to the interviews. They include Saudi businessmen Abdullah al-Dabbagh, Nasser al-Rashid and Walid Juffali, as well as Issam Fares, a U.S. citizen who previously served as deputy prime minister of Lebanon.
Spokesmen for Kuwait and Taiwan confirmed that each government has given the library $1 million. Both governments also donated to other presidential libraries. Kuwait contributed at least $1 million to the library of former president George H.W. Bush, and Taiwan gave $2 million to the Ronald Reagan library.
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