Vietnam-US diplomatic ties marked in US
Vietnam Abuzz Over Two Million Dollar Chelsea Clinton Wedding?
Whose money is paying for this? It's not the Clintons'.
RUSH: Now, this next, folks, "Vietnam Abuzz Over Chelsea Clinton's Wedding."
This is from the Associated Press out of Hanoi. Are we to believe this, that
in Hanoi there is (buzz, buzz, buzz) a giant buzz on about Chelsea Clinton's
wedding -- that in Hanoi, in Ho Chi Minh City, there are people whispering and
buzzing about Chelsea Clinton's wedding? "Chelsea Clinton's big day may be
half a world away but that hasn't tempered enthusiasm in Vietnam for her
upcoming nuptials. In Hanoi on Thursday for diplomatic meetings a little over
a week before the July 31 wedding, mother-of-the-bride and U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton was given a wedding present -- a white tablecloth
-- for her daughter by the Vietnamese government along with gemstone mosaic
portrait of her and Chelsea during their 2000 visit to the country.
"'Very nice,' Clinton said when Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem
presented her with the tablecloth and congratulated her on the marriage of her
only child. 'I'm very honored. I will be very pleased to give it to
[Chelsea'].' Arriving at a hotel to speak to a luncheon hosted by the local
American Chamber of Commerce, she was greeted by and posed glowingly for photos
with a group of young American women holding a congratulatory sign reading
'Mazel Tov[,] Chelsea.'" Okay, so there's a big buzz on in Vietnam for Chelsea
Clinton's wedding. This is what the giddy Associated Press wants us to think,
that they're buzzing. Vietnam "Vietnam Abuzz Over Chelsea Clinton's Wedding,"
and from the Asian News International: Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Price Tag
Could Reach" dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut! "$2 Million.
"Details of the wedding are slowly leaking out. It's presumed to be in the
small upstate New York village of Rhinebeck, reports ABC News. Perhaps all too
fittingly, the historic event will be held at the Astor Courts, a 13,000-foot
Beaux Arts pavilion designed to evoke Versailles. While nobody but the
Clintons knows the exact price, it’s shaping up to be a costly affair: the
total price tag could easily reach 2 million dollars," and what do you bet they
aren't paying a dime of it? What do you bet it's being paid for by donors,
campaign contributions? (interruption) You don't think so? (interruption) You
think the Clintons are paying for this out of their pockets? (interruption) You
really...? (interruption) Dawn, you think the Clintons are paying for this out
of their pocket? (interruption) Ah. (interruption) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Yeah,
right.
How did the money get into their pocket? Is it the name Johnny Chang? Does the
name Charlie Trie? Who else? Is any of the money they have their own? "When
Jenna Bush got married two years ago at the president's ranch in Crawford,
Texas, planners estimated it only cost 100,000 dollars for the "down-home"
celebration." Now, we are of the school of thought here that it's nobody's
business how much anybody else spends on their weddings, but we are fairly sure
Mrs. Clinton does not have the same laissez-faire attitude. So $2 million? Two
million dollars would feed a lot of hungry children; $2 million would buy a lot
of AIDS vaccines in Africa. Two million dollars! Look how far that would go in
Vietnam where, according to Mrs. Clinton's own State Department, the yearly per
capita income is $1,052 a year. Yet they're "abuzz" in Vietnam over Chelsea's
wedding.
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RUSH: It has to be a slow day in Hanoi if they are abuzz over Chelsea
Clinton's wedding. Chelsea Clinton's wedding is not even 'til, what, July
31st? And for Hanoi to be abuzz about it...
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RUSH: We're sitting here and since everybody is buzzing in Vietnam about
Chelsea Clinton's wedding, we are, too. We're buzzing about Chelsea Clinton's
wedding. We're wondering if there is a Lewinsky in Chelsea's husband's future.
Greetings, and welcome back. Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh. Open Line Friday, Rush
Limbaugh. Let's grab a phone call, since it's Open Line Friday.
Greenville, South Carolina. Regina, thank you for calling. Nice to have you
here.
CALLER: Hi. Thank you. How are you, Rush?
RUSH: Yeah, I'm Rush.
CALLER: I said, "How ARE you, Rush?"
RUSH: Fine. I'm fine. Thank you.
CALLER: That's great. I was calling 'cause I wanted to ask you. You're making
a big hubbub about Chelsea Clinton's wedding and about how the Clintons are
spending $2 million on --
RUSH: No, no.
CALLER: -- her wedding.
RUSH: No, no. Other people. I don't think it's the Clintons' money, is the
point.
CALLER: Well, okay, okay. Somebody -- somebody somewhere is spending $2
million on --
RUSH: Exactly, yeah.
CALLER: -- Chelsea Clinton's wedding. And we all know that you spent at least
a million dollars, or somebody spent at least a million dollars on your wedding
to have Elton John sing.
RUSH: See, that's what you think you know, because it was reported in the fake
media, but I'm here --
CALLER: Are you saying you didn't?
RUSH: -- to tell you that that number is incorrect.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: I wish it were correct, but it's incorrect.
CALLER: But you did pay him to sing at your wedding?
RUSH: Pardon me?
CALLER: You did --
RUSH: I did, yes. Yes. With my money. With my money.
CALLER: Will you tell us how much you spent to have him sing at your wedding?
RUSH: Well, no. It's classless to do that. By the way, my comment on the
Clintons spending $2 million at the wedding, I don't care. If they want to
spend two million of somebody else's money on their daughter's wedding, that's
fine with me. What makes you think that I was taking on...?
CALLER: Well, you were saying that, you know," it would feed a lot of hungry
children and everything," and I realize you're just making your point, but I'm
just calling to make that point.
RUSH: Well, that's what the Clintons always say. I love to take the
Democrats' own words and throw right back at 'em. You know, they're the ones
that don't think we have the smarts to spend our money the right way. They're
the ones that tell us we need to pay high taxes. Remember Bill Clinton said,
"No attack ever fed a hungry child." Well, no wedding ever did, either.
CALLER: Right. I see what you're saying. I just... I was amazed that you
would bring up the cost of her wedding after it was all over the media about at
least part of the cost of your own.
RUSH: I didn't bring up the cost. I reported what they're "abuzz" about in
Vietnam.
CALLER: (giggles)
RUSH: Vietnam is abuzz about the fact that it's an Asian news network that
reported the cost of the wedding and their guessing two million bucks.
CALLER: M'all right. I'm headed out to Vegas and I am not one of the "nutroots"
members. Actually, I love you, Rush.
RUSH: I didn't say you were.
CALLER: But, uhhh --
RUSH: Wait a minute. You're defending a charge that has not been made. I did
not say you were a member of the nutroots. Are you in Las Vegas? No. You're in
--
CALLER: N-n-n-no. I'm saying because you just talked about it and I --
RUSH: Oh, oh, oh.
CALLER: -- am actually on my way out to Vegas.
RUSH: I get it.
CALLER: I didn't want you to think I was going out there for that.
RUSH: Okay. You don't want me to misunderstand the nature and the tone of your
call?
CALLER: Right.
RUSH: Right.
CALLER: Right.
RUSH: I can take it.
CALLER: I love you.
RUSH: I love you, too. I'm glad you called.
CALLER: Thank you.
RUSH: I really am. But, look, did it come across I was bashing Chelsea? Was
I bashing the amount? All I said was, "The Clintons aren't paying for it."
That's my guess. Democrats don't pay for anything with their own money. We
do. They're the ones that do everything from donors and fundraising and
everything else. Now, if they are paying a portion of it with their own money,
then good. More power to them. I just don't believe it. Plain and simple.
Read the Background Material...
• AP: Vietnam Abuzz Over Chelsea Clinton's Wedding
• ANI: Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Price Tag Could Reach $2m
US PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN INSISTS ON CAMBODIA INDPENDENCE. 1988
On April 28, 1984, Deng Xiaoping, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meets U.S. President Ronald
Reagan in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo: fmprc.gov.cn)
Photo Gallery>>>
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON( FMR ANTI WAR MOVEMENT ) HAD DONE, THE OPPOSITE OF
PRESIDENT REAGAN , BY COMING TO NORMALIZE THE US -VIETNAM RELATIONS, IGNORING
THE 10 UN RESOLUTIONS VOTED UNDER REGAN CALLING THE VIETNAMESE TO QUIT CAMBODIA.
WHEN HE CAME TO VISIT CAMBODIA, IT WAS A VIETNAMESE BY THE NAME OF ONG YINTIENG
WHO MET HIM AT THE AIRPORT IN CAMBODIA, REVEALING THAT CLINTON ACCEPTED
CAMBODIA AS A DE FACTO COLONY OF VIETNAM
WHILE ,
President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General
Assembly in New York, New York . September 26, 1988.
"Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose
freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and
independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops
...."ANOTHER FACT:
"Prime Minister Pham Van Dong called on me and, in the presence of Premier Chou
En-lai, swore in the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam that the latter
would always respect the land frontiers as well as all islands belonging to the
"Kingdom of Cambodia" March 1970 by Sihanouk . Wilfred Burchett book "The China
Cambodia Vietnam triangle " P-176-177
UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses
Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a
resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of
Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions.
5. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by
vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese
forces from Cambodia.
As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the
call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since
1988.
Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders.
Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once.
July 16, 2010 - VN/US relations
(VNA) Fifteen years ago, US President Bill Clinton’s announcement on the
normalisation of US ties with Vietnam opened a new chapter in the two
countries’ relationship, said the Vietnamese Ambassador to the US.
Le Cong Phung was speaking at a reception marking the 15 th anniversary of the
normalisation of the Vietnam-US diplomatic ties jointly hosted by the
Vietnamese Embassy in the US and the US Department of State in Washington on
the morning of July 15 (Vietnam time).
The function saw the attendance of former US President Bill Clinton, Senators
John Kerry and John McCain, and House of Representatives member Eni
Faleomavagea.
The Vietnamese ambassador expressed thanks to the participants and other US
congressmen for supporting US-Vietnam ties.
He affirmed that gains in the bilateral relationship reflected the
determination and will of the two countries’ leaders and people to boost the
ties further.
“Although short, the past 15 years laid a firm foundation for the bilateral
relationship in the future,” Phung said.
He affirmed that the development of Vietnam-US ties serves the interests of the
two nations and their people, contributes actively to peace, stability,
prosperity and security of the region and the world, and also helps solve
important issues facing the international community.
Addressing the event, former President Clinton recalled the time from 1993 when
he took office to 1995 when the two countries officially established diplomatic
ties.
He also recalled his meetings with Vietnamese leaders, especially his visit to
Vietnam in 2000, and reviewed developments in the two countries’ relationship
in various fields.
The former president took this occasion to thank the two governments for
helping him establish the Clinton Foundation to support people living with
HIV/AIDS in Vietnam .
As an enthusiastic supporter of the normalisation who has made a significant
contribution to boosting the US-Vietnam ties, Senator John Kerry recalled
efforts made by the two governments during the past two decades towards
normalising ties.
He described Vietnam ’s cooperation in the search for US servicemen missing in
action during the Vietnam War, prior to and since the two countries normalised
ties, as an important factor in bilateral relations.
The senator said he had a profound impression of looking back through the
entire history of US-Vietnam ties and congratulated Vietnam on successes it has
recorded in the renewal process.
He noted that for the American people, Vietnam is presently not a war, but a
country and a friend.
Addressing the function, Senator John McCain said the two countries’ relations
have grown strongly and profoundly during the past 15 years, affirming that
Vietnam has become one of the US ’s most important and promising trading
partners in the Asia-Pacific.
Noting the 30-fold rise in the two countries’ trade value in 2009 over 1995,
Senator McCain said this was just a starting point and expressed hope that the
two countries’ ties will advance further.
Representing the US State Department at the event, Assistant to the Secretary
of State Kurt Campbell cast his mind back to the days when he was involved in
the normalisation process.
He said he thought the relationship between Vietnam and the US has a lot of
potential for growth./.
Remarks made at the Reception by:
Ambassador Le Cong Phung
Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell
Former President Bill Clinton
Senator John Kerry
Senator John Mc Cain
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