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Two way conversation between president Franklin Roosevelt & Bill Clinton

Two way conversation between president Franklin Roosevelt Bill Clinton

It was Christmas Eve . William Jefferson Clinton , otherwise known to most of us as Bill , sat on a snow-covered bench beside the Boulder Bridge at Rock Creek Park . He was soon joined by another man , whom Bill thought strangely familiar

WJC : Excuse me sir , but I really thought you looked like FDR

FDR (silent

WJC : Sorry , I must have offended you . You don 't seem quite cheerful It 's Christmas Eve

FDR : Son , don 't you have any consideration ! Shame on you

for dodging the drafts ! And you have the guts to be merry at these darkest times

WJC : Hey , I don 't understand what you 're talking about -

FDR : December 7 - over two weeks ago , Pearl Harbor was harassed by an air raid of Japs . We live in infamous times

WJC : I definitely agree with that . It was the worst day America had to face almost three scores ago

FDR : What nonsense are you talking about ! The year is 1941

WJC : Fifty-eight years ago

FDR picked up a daily that lay under the bench It was then that he realized what was going on

FDR : God Almighty ! I must be dreaming

WJC (puzzled

FDR : Is it really the year 1999

WJC : Why of course - wait , don 't tell me .you ARE FDR

FDR : Of course I am

Bill touched FDR 's hand . It was a fine winter night , but Bill felt a genuine chill run down his spine

WJC : You 're not even a ghost

FDR : Now that I think of it - (FDR stood up and walked around ) I could walk

WJC : Maybe we are in a dream

FDR : What 's your name , son

WJC : William Jefferson Clinton , sir . I 'd be unworthy to tell you , but I am the president of the United States

FDR : A young man like you

WJC : Theodore Roosevelt and John F . Kennedy were younger when they assumed office - oh I forgot , you never knew John Kennedy

FDR : Never mind me - it 's just that the war had gotten to my nerves . Of course I 'm never going to tell the press anything about that

WJC : The press was nicer during your times . I 'm a cheap tabloid staple

FDR : You allow them to do that to you

WJC : That 's freedom of speech ' these days . The press don 't pry on private lives in your time as much as they do now in mine

FDR : You have to show them who 's boss ! You 're the PRESIDENT , for Pete 's sake

WJC : I 've heard you 've been very controlling during your term , even defying the Constitution and the balance of power -

FDR : It was the call of times . People had no jobs and were homeless Those unscrupulous money changers had gone too far . The government had to act if it was to revive its former prosperity

WJC : They 've called you fascist

FDR : I used to admire that Italian leader , Mussolini . Then...

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