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Friday prayer

2011-06-25T00:13:57Z

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[[Image:UTM-friday.JPG|thumb|Friday prayer at a university in Malaysia]]
'''''Jumu'ah''''' ({{lang-ar|جمعة}}) (also known as '''''jum'ah''''', '''Friday prayer''', etc.) is a congregational prayer (''[[salah]]'') that [[Muslim]]s hold every Friday, just after [[noon]] in lieu of ''[[dhuhr]]''. It is mentioned in the [[Qur'an]] as:
{{quote|O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of [[Allah]], and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew!And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse through the land, and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate the Praises of [[God in Islam|Allah]] often (and without stint): that ye may prosper.|Qur'an, [[sura]] 62 ([[Al-Jumua]]), [[ayah|ayat]] 9-10<ref>{{quran|62|9|e=10|s=ns}}</ref>}}

The ''jumu'ah'' prayer is half the ''dhuhr'' prayer, for convenience, preceded by a ''[[khutbah]]'' (a sermon as a technical replacement of the two reduced ''[[rakaʿāt]]'' of the ordinary ''dhuhr'' prayer), and followed by a communal prayer, led by the [[imam]]. In most cases the [[khatib|khaṭīb]] also serves as the imam. Attendance is strictly incumbent upon all adult males who are legal residents of the locality. Salaat-ul-Juma'a with congretion is not obligatory on Female muslims.<ref>{{cite book|author=Margoliouth, G.|editor=Hastings, James|others=Selbie, John A., contrib|title=Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics|volume=20|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|date=2003|pages=893–894|chapter=Sabbath (Muhammadan)|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qVNqXDz4CE8C|isbn=9780766136984|accessdate=2009-03-17}}</ref>

The [[muezzin]] makes the call to prayer, called the [[adhan]], usually 15-20 minutes prior to the start of Jum'ah. When the khaṭīb takes his place on the [[minbar]], a second adhan is made. The khaṭīb is supposed to deliver two speeches, stopping and sitting briefly between them. In practice, the first speech is longer and contains most of the content. The second speech is very brief and concludes with a [[dua]], after which the muezzin calls the [[iqama]]. This signals the start of the main two rak'at prayer of Jumu'ah.
[[Image:friday prayers.jpg|thumb|Worshipers listening to the obligatory sermon preceding the prayers. Sermon is being delivered by [[Murtaza Alidina|Sheikh Murtaza Alidina]]]]
The communal prayers have higher compliance of worshippers, as compared to the non-communal ritual prayers. In [[Turkey]] for example, the ritual prayers are performed regularly by 44%, whereas Friday prayers were regularly attended by 56% (25% responded that they sometimes attended and 19% that they never did).<ref>[http://www.konda.com.tr/html/dosyalar/ghdl&t_en.pdf KONDA Research and Consultancy - Religion, Secularism and the Veil in Daily Life - ''December 3-9, 2007'']</ref>

From [[hadith]]:
{{quote|Narrated [[Abu Hurairah|Abu Huraira]]:

The [[Muhammad|Prophet]] said, "On every Friday the [[angel]]s take their stand at every gate of the mosques to write the names of the people chronologically (i.e. according to the time of their arrival for the Friday prayer) and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit) they fold up their scrolls and get ready to listen to the sermon."|Collected by [[Muhammad al-Bukhari]]|''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]''<ref>{{Hadith-usc|bukhari|usc=yes|2|13|51}}</ref>}}

[[Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri]] relates that the [[Prophet of Islam|Islamic prophet]] Muhammad used to read Surah 87 ([[Al-Ala]]) and Surah 88, ([[Al-Ghashiya]]), in [[Eid]] Prayers and also in Friday prayers. If one of the festivals fell on a Friday, the Prophet would have made sure to read these two Surahs in the prayers.

A person who goes to Friday prayer and remains quite during the sermon is said to have his sins between that Friday and last forgiven.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://muslimways.com/library/prayer-worship/friday-prayer-salat-al-jumuah-/the-etiquette-for-salat-al-jumuah.html The Etiquette for Salat al-Jumuah]

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Fard

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Lbzguy4u69:

{{Usul al-fiqh}}
'''Fard''' ({{lang-ar|الفرض}}) also '''farida''' ({{lang-ar|الفريضة}}) is an [[Islam]]ic term which denotes a religious duty. The word is also used in [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], and [[Urdu]] (spelled ''farz'') in the same meaning.

''Fard'' or its synonym ''wajib'' is one of the five types of [[Ahkam]] into which [[Fiqh]] categorizes acts of every [[Muslim]]. The [[Hanafi]] Fiqh however makes a distinction between ''Wajib'' and ''Fard'', the latter being more obligatory than the former.<ref>[http://www.albalagh.net/qa/fard_wajib_sunnah.shtml Albalagh.net]</ref><ref>[http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=972&CATE=4 Sunnipath.com]</ref> In [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], ''wajib'' also means ''obligatory'', since the word is derived from [[Arabic]].

==Individual duty and sufficiency==
The [[Fiqh]] distinguishes two sorts of duties:
*Individual duty or ''fard al-ayn'' ({{lang-ar|الفرض العين}}) relates to tasks every [[Muslim]] is required to perform, such as daily prayer (''[[salah]]''), [[hijab]], or the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime (''[[hajj]]'').
*Sufficiency duty or ''fard al-kifaya'' ({{lang-ar|الفرض الكفاية}}) is a duty which is imposed on the whole community of believers (''[[ummah]]''). The classic example for it is [[janaza]]: the individual is not required to perform it as long as a sufficient number of community members fulfil it.

==See also==
===Ahkam===
*[[Ahkam]], commandments, of which fard are a type
*[[Mustahabb]], recommended but not required

===Other religions===
*[[Mitzvah]] (somewhat similar Jewish concept)
*[[Dharma]] (Hindu/Buddhist/Sikh term that can be used to mean "duty" or "obligation", although there are also other meanings)

==References==
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James Carville

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{{Infobox person
| name = James Carville
| image = James Carville 1.jpg
| image_size =
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| birth_name = Chester James Carville, Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|10|25}}
| birth_place = [[Fort Benning, Georgia]]
| residence =
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| Political Party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| residence = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| education = [[Louisiana State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]], [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])
| occupation = [[Political consultant]], Political science professor of practice, [[Tulane University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://admission.tulane.edu/livecontent/news/28-james-carville-joins-faculty.html|title=James Carville Joins Faculty|date=2008-11-11|publisher=Tulane University|accessdate=2010-02-10}}</ref>
| spouse = [[Mary Matalin]] (since 1993)
| website = [http://www.carville.info/ Official site]
}}

'''James Carville''' (born October 25, 1944) is an [[United States|American]] [[political consultant]], commentator, educator, actor, attorney, [[media personality]], and prominent liberal [[Pundit (expert)|pundit]]. Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful [[Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992|presidential campaign]] of then-[[Arkansas]] governor [[Bill Clinton]]. Carville was a co-host of [[CNN]]'s ''[[Crossfire (television)|Crossfire]]'' until its final broadcast in June 2005. Since its cancellation, he has appeared on CNN's news program, ''[[The Situation Room]]''. As of 2009, he hosts a weekly program on [[XM Radio]] titled ''60/20 Sports'' with [[Luke Russert]], son of the late [[Tim Russert]] who hosted NBC's ''[[Meet The Press]]''. He is married to Republican political consultant [[Mary Matalin]]. In 2009, he began teaching political science at [[Tulane University]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hobgood |first=Kathryn |title=Political Pundit Joins Faculty |publisher=[[Tulane University]] |date=2008-11-18 |location=New Orleans, LA |url= http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/111808_carville.cfm |accessdate=2009-01-29}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Carville, the oldest of eight children, was born '''Chester James Carville, Jr.'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/ois/cases/filegate/carville3.htm |title=James Carville Deposition section 3 |publisher=Judicialwatch.org |date=1991-12-01 |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> at [[Fort Benning, Georgia]], the son of Lucille ([[married and maiden names|née]] Norman), a former school teacher who sold [[World Book Encyclopedia]]s door-to-door, and Chester James Carville, a postmaster as well as owner of a general store.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/columnists/jcarville.html The Columnists]. Salon.</ref><ref name="schoolt"/> James Carville was raised in [[Carville, Louisiana]],<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/carville.james.html Anchors & Reporters]. [[CNN]].</ref> and attended [[Ascension Catholic High School]] in [[Donaldsonville, Louisiana]].<ref name="schoolt">{{cite conference |last=Carville |first=James |coauthors=[[Mary Matalin]]; Federal News Service (transcript) |title=CEA Washington Forum |publisher=[[Consumer Electronics Association]] |date=2007-03-27 |location=Washington, D.C. |url= http://www.ce.org/Events/event_info/downloads/WF07/3.27.07%20Carville%20&%20Matalin%20Keynote.doc |format=[[DOC (computing)|.doc]] |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref>

He received his [[undergraduate]] and [[Juris Doctor]] degrees from [[Louisiana State University]]. He served for two years in the [[United States Marine Corps]].

==Early career==
Before entering politics, Carville worked as a [[litigator]] at a [[Baton Rouge]] law firm from 1973–1979. Carville spent two years serving in the [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marines]], achieving the rank of [[Corporal]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/02/carville-bumps-into-bp-ceo/?fbid=WmcDFSCWNDE#more-106834 |title=CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Carville bumps into BP CEO « - Blogs from CNN.com |publisher=Politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com |date=2010-06-02 |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> and later worked as a high school [[teacher]].

Prior to the Clinton campaign, Carville and consulting partner [[Paul Begala]] gained other well-known political victories, including the [[gubernatorial]] victories of [[Robert P. Casey|Robert Casey]] of [[Pennsylvania]] in 1986, and [[Zell Miller]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in 1990. But it was in 1991 when Carville and Begala rose to national attention, leading appointed incumbent [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Harris Wofford]] of Pennsylvania back from a 40-point poll deficit over [[White House]] hand-picked candidate [[Dick Thornburgh]]. Also noteworthy is that Wofford's campaign was where the "[[it's the economy, stupid]]" strategy used by [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992 was first implemented.

==Bill Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign==
In 1992, Carville helped lead Bill Clinton to a win against [[George H. W. Bush]] in the Presidential election.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} In 1993, Carville was honored as Campaign Manager of the Year by the [[American Association of Political Consultants]]. His role in the Clinton campaign was documented in the feature-length Academy Award-nominated film, ''[[The War Room]]''.
One of the formulations he used in that campaign has entered common usage, derived from a list he posted in the war room to help focus himself and his staff, with these three points:
# Change vs. more of the same.
#[[It's the economy, stupid|The economy, stupid]].
# Don't forget health care.

==Political and media work==
After 1992 Carville stopped working on domestic campaigns, stating that he would bring unneeded publicity, but he has worked on a number of foreign campaigns, including those of Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Ehud Barak]] of [[Israel]]'s [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]], and the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. In 2002, Carville worked as a [[Greenberg Carville Shrum]] (GCS) strategist to help American-educated Bolivian [[Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada]] win the presidency in [[Bolivia]] which was portrayed in a documentary [[Our Brand Is Crisis]].

In 2004, he was brought in for last-minute consulting on [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Kerry]]'s Presidential campaign, but he did not play a major role.

In 2005, Carville taught a semester of the course "Topics in American Politics" at [[Northern Virginia Community College]]. Among the guests he had come speak to the class were [[Al Hunt]], [[Mark Halperin]], Senator [[George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]], [[George Stephanopoulos]], [[Karl Strubel]], [[Stan Greenberg]], [[Tony Blankley]], representatives from the [[Motion Picture Association of America]], [[James Fallows]].

In 2006, Carville switched gears from politics to sports and became a host on a sports show called ''60/20 Sports'' on [[XM Satellite Radio]] with [[Luke Russert]], son of the late NBC journalist [[Tim Russert]]. The show is an in-depth look at the culture of sports based on the ages of the two hosts (60 and 20). After the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm election, Carville criticized [[Howard Dean]] as [[Democratic National Committee]] Chair, calling for his ouster, as he believed Dean had not spent enough money. In late November 2006, Carville proposed a truce of sorts.<ref>[http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/11/carvilles_truce.html Hotline On Call: Carville's Truce?] ''The Hotline''. National Journal Group. 2006-11-30.</ref>

Carville is the [[executive producer]] of the 2006 film ''[[All the King's Men (2006 film)|All the King's Men]]'', starring [[Sean Penn]] and [[Anthony Hopkins]], which is loosely based on the life of [[Louisiana]] [[Governor]] [[Huey Long]].

Carville had believed that [[Al Gore]], whom he helped put in the White House as vice president in 1992, would run for president in 2008.<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/2/27/120317.shtml James Carville: Al Gore Will Run in 2008]. ''NewsMax.com''. 2007-02-27.</ref> This prediction did not come true.

On March 4, 2009, ''[[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]]'' reported that Carville, Paul Begala, and [[Rahm Emanuel]] were the architects of the Democratic Party's strategy to cast conservative [[talk radio]] host [[Rush Limbaugh]] as the face of the [[Republican Party (US)|Republican Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.html|title=Rush Job: Inside Dems' Limbaugh Plan|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=March 4, 2009|publisher=Politico|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> Carville was particularly critical of Limbaugh for saying he wanted [[Barack Obama]] to "fail." It was later reported that Carville had voiced the opinion, during the presidency of [[George W. Bush]], that, "I don’t care if people like him or not, just so they don’t vote for him and his party. That is all I care about. I hope he doesn’t succeed, but I am a partisan Democrat. But the average person wants him to succeed. It is his country, his life or their lives. So he has that going for him."<ref name="context">{{Cite web|url=http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/political-media/revealed-what-james-carville-really-said-on-911-about-wanting-bush-to-fail/|title=Revealed: What James Carville Really Said On 9/11 About Wanting Bush To Fail|last=Sargent|first=Greg|date=March 12, 2009|publisher=WhoRunsGov.com|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> Carville made the remarks on September 11, 2001, shortly before the [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attacks]] on the United States. Upon hearing news of the attacks, Carville asked reporters to "disregard" his prior comments.<ref name="fail">{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/11/carville-wanted-bush-fail/|title=Flashback: Carville Wanted Bush to Fail|last=Sammon|first=Bill|date=March 11, 2009|publisher=FoxNews.com|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>

Afghan presidential candidate [[Ashraf Ghani]] hired Carville as a campaign advisor in July 2009. Carville said that the [[Afghan presidential election, 2009|2009 Afghan presidential election]] is "probably the most important election held in the world in a long time," and he called his new job "probably the most interesting project I have ever worked in my life."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/659/story/1312800.html|title=U.S. strategist helps rival of Afghan president|agency=Associated Press|date=2009-07-08|accessdate=2009-07-14}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} ''Cf.'' {{Cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aHvyg97ihhPM|title=Carville to Advise Karzai Challenger in Afghan Election Contest |publisher=Bloomberg|date=2009-07-06|accessdate=2009-07-14}}</ref> Carville, whose work for Ghani is ''pro bono'', when asked about similarities between politics in Afghanistan and politics in Louisiana, responded:
::Yeah, I felt a little bit at home, to be honest with you.<ref>Bruce Eggler & Michelle Krupa, [http://nola.live.advance.net/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1249104648283580.xml&coll=1&thispage=2 "Carville finds familiar politics in Afghanistan" (section titled "Going native")] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 August 1, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B3.</ref>

In 2010, Carville worked as senior advisor for the campaign of Colombian presidential candidate [[Juan Manuel Santos]].<ref>[http://www.lasillavacia.com/historia/6941 "Juan Manuel Santos' campaign is running at full speed, La Silla Vacía (Colombian Political Website in Spanish)"].</ref>

==Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign==
{{Main|Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008}}
As an advisor to [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]'s [[Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, 2008|2008 presidential campaign]], Carville told ''[[The New York Times]]'' on March 22, 2008, that New Mexico Governor [[Bill Richardson]], who had just endorsed Senator [[Barack Obama]] for the Democratic nomination, was comparable to [[Judas Iscariot]]. It was "an act of betrayal," said Carville. "Mr. Richardson’s endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for [[30 pieces of silver]], so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic,” Mr. Carville said, referring to Holy Week. Governor Richardson had served in President Bill Clinton's administration as both [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] and [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]], and Carville believed that Richardson owed an endorsement to Senator Clinton in exchange for being offered those posts by her husband. Carville also claimed that Richardson assured many in the Clinton campaign that he would at least remain neutral and abstain from taking sides.<ref>Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/us/politics/22richardson.html?_r=1&ei=5090&en=31393242dd61f808&ex=1363924800&oref=slogin&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print "First a Tense Talk With Clinton, Then Richardson Backs Obama"], ''The New York Times'', March 22, 2008.</ref> Richardson refuted Carville's account, arguing that he had not made any promises to remain neutral. Richardson claims that his decision to endorse Obama was "clinched" by his speech on race relations following the swirl of controversy surrounding Obama's former pastor [[Jeremiah Wright]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/22/richardson-obamas-speech-was-decisive/ | work=CNN | title=Richardson: Obama's speech was decisive | accessdate=2010-05-05}}</ref> Carville went on to note,"I doubt if Governor Richardson and I will be terribly close in the future," Carville said,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sinderbrand |first=Rebecca |title=Carville: Controversial Judas comment 'had the desired effect' |work=CNN Political Ticker |publisher=CNNPolitics.com |date=2008-03-25 |url=
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/25/carville-controversial-judas-comment-had-the-desired-effect
|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> but "I've had my say...I got one in the [[List of baseball jargon (W)#wheelhouse|wheelhouse]] and I tagged it."

Even as Clinton's campaign began to lose steam, Carville remained both loyal and positive in his public positions, rarely veering off message and stoutly defending the candidate. But on May 13, 2008, a few hours before the primary in [[West Virginia]], Carville remarked to an audience at [[Furman University]] in [[South Carolina]], "I'm for Senator Clinton, but I think the great likelihood is that Obama will be the nominee."<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/13/carville-obama-likely-to-win-nomination/ | work=CNN | title=Carville: Obama likely to win nomination | accessdate=2010-05-05}}</ref> The moment marked a shift from his previous and often determinedly optimistic comments about the state of Hillary's campaign.

After Barack Obama's clear lead for victory in the Democratic presidential campaign on June 3, James Carville said he was ready to open up his wallet to help Obama build a political war chest to take on [[John McCain]] in November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/org/684/000167183/ |title=Obama for America |publisher=Nndb.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref>

==Career as author==
Carville is also a best-selling author. With his wife, Mary Matalin - a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] - and writer [[Peter Knobler]], Carville co-wrote ''All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President'', published in 1995. He later wrote: ''We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives'', published in 1996; ''...And The Horse He Rode In On: The People vs. [[Kenneth Starr]]'', published in 1998; With [[Paul Begala]] he co-wrote ''Stickin''. ''Suck Up, Buck Up... and Come Back When You Foul Up'', in 2001, which detailed strategies for fighting and winning in business, politics, and life. In 2004, Carville released a political banter book entitled ''Had Enough?'', as well as a children's picture book, ''Lu and the Swamp Ghost'', with co-author [[Patricia McKissack]] and illustrator [[David Catrow]]. In January 2006, he released another book co-written with Begala, ''Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future''.

Carville's most recent book is entitled ''40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation''.

In 1996, Carville was inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]], along with former Louisiana State Treasurer [[Mary Evelyn Parker]] and the late segregationist leader [[Leander Perez]].

==Personal life==
Carville is married to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] political pundit [[Mary Matalin]], who had worked for [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] on his 1992 reelection campaign. Carville and Matalin were married in New Orleans in October 1993. They have two daughters: Matalin Mary "Matty" Carville and Emerson Normand "Emma" Carville. Carville publicly acknowledged that he has [[adult attention-deficit disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Thakkar
| first = Vatsal
| title = Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, "Depression and ADHD: What You Need to Know"
| url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/549018
| accessdate = 2009-04-17 }}</ref>

In 2008, Carville and Matalin relocated their family from Virginia to New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Argetsinger |first=Amy |authorlink=Amy Argetsinger |coauthors=[[Roxanne Roberts]] |title=His Family Is Following the Ragin' Cajun Home |work=The Reliable Source |pages=C03 |publisher=The Washington Post |date=2008-03-27 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032700006.html |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> He is currently on the faculty of the department of political science at [[Tulane University]].

==Film and television appearances==
{{Trivia|date=September 2008}}
[[File:Carville-Ellison-2007.jpg|thumb|Carville and [[Keith Ellison (politician)|Keith Ellison]] in 2007]]
*Carville takes a lead role in ''[[The War Room]]'', a documentary about [[Bill Clinton]]'s 1992 presidential campaign, together with [[George Stephanopoulos]].
*He appeared in the 1996 film ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' as attorney [[Simon Leis]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117318/</ref>
*He appeared in three episodes of the sitcom ''[[Mad About You]]'' playing himself, as head of a political consulting firm that hires Jamie Buchman, played by [[Helen Hunt]].
*In the film ''[[Old School (film)|Old School]]'', Carville makes a cameo appearing as himself, brought in as a ringer at a college-level debate society meeting and introduced as the "ragin' cajun". [[Will Ferrell]] then inexplicably gives a complex answer regarding US biotechnology policy. When it comes to Carville's rebuttal, he only says, "...We...(stumbles) have no response. That was perfect..."
*In the film ''[[Wedding Crashers]]'', Carville makes a cameo appearance alongside Senator John McCain of [[Arizona]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
*He appeared as himself in [[Rachel Boynton]]'s ''[[Our Brand Is Crisis]]'', a documentary that goes behind-the-scenes to show the manipulation and orchestration that is involved in big-time political campaigning. The movie follows members of the consulting firm of Greenberg Carville Shrum to [[Bolivia]], where they have been hired to help controversial candidate [[Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada]] reclaim the presidency.
*Carville appears as the [[Governor]] of [[Missouri]], [[Thomas Theodore Crittenden|Thomas Crittenden]], in the 2007 movie ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford]]''.
*He appeared as himself in [[NBC]]'s comedy ''[[30 Rock]]'', season 2 episode 8 'Secrets and Lies', where he advises [[Jack Donaghy]] (a Republican supporter) on his relationship with a Democratic Congresswoman, and advises numerous characters on how to deal with their problems "Cajun style". ("Tryin' to steal candy from a vending machine? Here, let me show you how it's done...Cajun style."){{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
*Appeared in cartoon form in Season 2, Episode 10 of the ''[[Family Guy]]'' "Running mates". Carville was introduced as the ragin' cajun and was trying to save [[Peter Griffin]]'s career as school president. Peter cringed in terror at the sight of Carville's face, exclaiming: "Did someone open the [[Ark of the Covenant]]?"
*Starred in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s [[HBO]] series ''[[K Street (TV series)|K Street]]'' along with his wife.
*In 2010, as a result of the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]], Carville appeared in a commercial to raise awareness for the spill. Also starring in the commercial were [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Peyton Manning|Peyton]] and [[Eli Manning]], [[Jack Del Rio]], [[Drew Brees]], [[Emeril Lagasse]], [[Blake Lively]], and [[John Goodman]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
*Carville is a regular guest on ''[[The Tony Kornheiser Show]]'' where he picks both NFL and college football games against the ''[[USA Today]]'' spreads.

==Quotations==
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* In reference to [[Pennsylvania]] politics being [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] in the [[Philadelphia]] & [[Pittsburgh]] areas while the rest of the state is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (hence its [[swing state]] status): "Pennsylvania is Philadelphia on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, and [[Alabama]] in between."<ref>http://thinkersandjokers.com/thought.php?id=93915</ref>
* On the odds of [[John McCain]] beating Obama: "[[John King (journalist)|John King]] said that it would be the biggest comeback of the century. It actually would be the biggest comeback since [[Lazarus]]"<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0811/03/lkl.01.html | work=CNN | accessdate=2010-05-05 | title=CNN.com}}</ref>
* "But one of Clinton's problems was, the interest groups don't care about the [[working poor]]. The Republicans don't care about the working poor — they don't know any. The [[Op-Ed]] writers don't care about the working poor. The [[editorial]] writers don't care about the working poor. The talking heads don't care about the working poor."
* "Drag $100 bills through [[trailer park]]s, there's no telling what you'll find." regarding [[Paula Jones]]<ref>{{Cite news| title = Will she have her day in court?| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985789,00.html| work = [[Time (magazine)]]| location = New York | date = 1997-01-20| accessdate = 2008-01-21| archiveurl = | author = [[Adam Cohen]]}}</ref>
* (''To Obama on BP Oil Spill'') "Tell BP 'I'm your daddy, I'm in charge, you're going to do what we say."<ref>{{Cite news| title =James Carville To Obama: Tell BP 'I'm Your Daddy' And Take Lead In Response| url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/27/james-carville-to-obama-t_n_591416.html}}</ref>
* (''Another quote directed at Obama on BP Oil Spill'') "And it just looks like he's not involved in this! Man, you have got to get down here and take control of this!...Put somebody in charge of this and get this thing moving! We're about to die down here!"<ref>{{Cite news| title =James Carville Slams Obama on Oil Spill: 'We're About to Die Down Here!'| url = http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2010/05/26/james-carville-slams-obama-oil-spill-were-about-die-down-here-stepha}}</ref>
* "I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one."{{citation needed|date=November 2010}}
* "I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody."<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=adGdbnMsKTQg&refer=news | work=Bloomberg| accessdate=2010-08-18}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[K Street (TV series)]]
*[[Greg Meffert|Ray Nagin]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Clinton, Bill (2004). ''[[My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)|My Life]]''. Vintage. ISBN 1-4000-3003-X.

==External links==
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*[http://www.carville.info/ The Office of James Carville]
*[http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/carville.james.html CNN Biography]
*{{IMDB name|id=0142598|name=James Carville}}
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== The New MySpace layout ==

We should have some information about the new layout on the home page and the navigation bar. It is a major step of myspace and that should be included. The Web 2.0 gradient like design and the home page, etc. They should also say how the new homepage design of Nov 2009 is just a carbon copy of facebook. From reading posting on the myspace forums a vast majority of user comment are negative on the forced new look.

== New Version Of Registration ==

The New Version of the Registration won't let people register!
Please message me about this problem.
Thank you,

== Remove the 100th million profile reference==

There are no longer 100 million myspace users so why reference it?

== Edit request from 137.240.136.69, 11 August 2010 ==

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My Space is the new GEOCITIES of Social Networking.


[[Special:Contributions/137.240.136.69|137.240.136.69]] ([[User talk:137.240.136.69|talk]]) 18:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
:{{ESp|n}} According to whom? That statement needs a [[WP:RS|reliable source]], and anyway we don't need to be making such comparisons anyway. [[User:Dabomb87|Dabomb87]] ([[User talk:Dabomb87|talk]]) 21:38, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

== Forced...New 3.0 profile...NO CSS ==

Any one care to revamp this article? It will need it. I just received an email from myspace telling me that any one with 1.0 or 2.0 will be forced to have the new 3.0 profiles...and these new profiles will no longer have css. Here is the contents of that letter. "Based on user feedback we’ve received, we’ve removed CSS from the new profiles, and instead offer you better customization tools to personalize your profile.

Important stuff to know:

- Your CSS has been preserved, and will be available should you decide to revert from the beta profile

- CSS will be preserved for the duration of the beta

- Any HTML widgets or other code you used has been migrated to an HTML box on your profile, allowing you to keep it or reuse it differently

- Many profile modules can now be dragged and dropped for easy customization of your pages

- Sometime in the next few months, all profiles will have to migrate to the new profile design, and at that point you will no longer be able to use CSS on your profile

Sincerely,
Philip
The Myspace Support team"

[[Special:Contributions/63.3.3.2|63.3.3.2]] ([[User talk:63.3.3.2|talk]]) 02:35, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

== MySpace reveals new logo. ==

MySpace recently updated their logo yesterday, consisting of the word "my" followed by a fill-in-the-blank space. —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:KnightRider592|KnightRider592]] ([[User talk:KnightRider592|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/KnightRider592|contribs]]) 17:26, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Bill Clinton

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==Two Presidents for the Price of One==

''Further concern arose when Bill Clinton announced that voters would be getting two presidents "for the price of one".''

Bill did not say ''two presidents''. He merely said "two for the price of one".

Correct it? —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/92.2.24.205|92.2.24.205]] ([[User talk:92.2.24.205|talk]]) 22:18, 8 August 2008 (UTC) 

==DMCA paragraph woefully out of place==
I would question the necessity of a paragraph outlining the DMCA in this article, but would even more seriously question why it is under the heading regarding Bill Clinton's impeachment trial.[[Special:Contributions/75.177.137.225|75.177.137.225]] ([[User talk:75.177.137.225|talk]]) 04:58, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
::I would say more (but, I would also move it to "Legislation and programs") as President Clinton’s greatest legacy (besides being the administration to persecute Phil Zimmerman for creating the PGP encryption program and Clinton's role in creating the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement) may come from three poorly implemented intellectual property laws (key in the Information Age): the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) through his Executive Order 12949 in 1995, the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) he signed into law in 1996, as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMC) he signed in 1998. The IAA expanded what the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) may consider concerning surveillance and physical search orders. The EEA has largely replaced individual state policies, including the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), and the Restatement of Torts as the basis for U.S. trade secret laws. Lastly, the DMC sets new rules for downloading, sharing, or simply viewing copyrighted material online. Clinton also initiated $2 Billion in governmental funding for telephone companies to rewire their networks in order to provide transparent phone and Internet wiretapping by the FBI.

::The following text should NOT be included on the Clinton page but is only provided as evidence for the long-term impact of this particular legislation.

::It was discovered that the federal government had been engaged in widespread domestic surveillance for several decades (since Watergate). Clinton’s IAA up held the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) practice of often disregarding court orders normally required in criminal investigations and authorized the charging of US citizens without even being allowed to review the evidence against them by classifying all records. In 1996, the FISC approved 839 such applications, while all other federal judges combined approved only 538 requests. Many constitutional scholars and civil liberty advocates felt the overly broad powers of the FISC statute and court authority were in direct violation of the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and general warrants while explicitly circumventing guarantees expressed in the First, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution. Likewise, many considered the EEA to be the worst ever U.S. law. Since the law actually violates a number of international trade treaties, enforcement focus has sadly been directed towards domestic thefts. Even having a list of unhappy employees who might be vulnerable to recruitment could now get one jailed for up to 15 years and fined up to $10 million. A judge could also now slap an injunction on an ex-employee simply for knowing too much. Finally, The DMC is often characterized as a law that can only be enforced arbitrarily and capriciously. Congressman Rick Boucher harshly criticized the DMC at a Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) conference mentioning that the law threatened first amendment free speech and the right of fair use.

::A court newly forged in the creation of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement joins the growing list of powerful courts that few Americans have ever heard of. NAFTA judges were allowed to interpret, for instance, the Mexican constitution when awarding an American company, Metalclad Corp, almost $17 million dollars for being refused a permit to open a toxic waste dump in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The new court circumvents normal federal, state, and municipal regulatory powers and provides foreign companies with excessive protection from regulations. A Canadian chemical company, Methanex Corp, was also able to bypass all U.S. courts to challenge California’s ban on the gasoline additive MTBE based on vague notions of international law that would not have been held up in U.S. courts.

::In March 1994, FBI Director Louis Freeh authored a revised Digital Telephony proposal (that included 180 cases in which court authorized FBI wiretaps had been at least partially subverted). Clinton then signed the proposal into law as the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) on October 25, 1994 in order to force telecommunications carries to upgrade their network to the J-STD-025 interface specified in section 103 by October 25, 1998 (later delayed by the FCC to June 30, 2000). The FBI later reported that it needed approximately 30,000 simultaneous land wiretaps and 103,190 simultaneous cellular calls. The government later complained, however, about the $10,000 to $50,000 per tap cost (AT&T Wireless producing the highest bills) that had to be footed each year by taxpayers. Freeh had promised Congress that CALEA would not expand law enforcement’s wiretapping abilities and CALEA states that “call-identifying information shall not include any information that may disclose the physical location of the subscriber.” Freeh, though, later insisted on exact cellular locations within half a second, roving wiretaps (including phones of neighbors and local payphones) without direct court involvement, and taps based only on subpoenas. A consortium of advocacy groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the American Civil Liberties Union wrote in a letter to Congress in 1998, “It is our belief that CALEA has created an unworkable, impractical, and potentially unconstitutional surveillance scheme that threatens the privacy of citizens and the security of our nation’s telecommunications infrastructure.”

::P.S. I also think it would be great to include the irony of Clinton's enthusiasm for providing a death penalty (under Death penalty) option for drug kingpins when even the application for a top-secret clearance had to be modified for his entering administration to allow access for the individuals in his cabinet that came with him from Arkansas who had past felony drug convictions. [[User:TucsonJim50|TucsonJim50]]

== Attempts to insert the Clinton + Rev. Wright image ==

Let's not kid each other here with the "its just a picture showing Bill Clinton, what's POV about that?" nonsense. Rev. Wright is a hugely controversial figure tied to Barack Obama, who just happens to be running in a very bitterly-contested primary with Bill Clinton's wife, Hillary. Inserting a Wright + Clinton here is an attempt to mitigate that Wright + Obama controversy. If there is truly a need to expand the gallery section of this article, then there's no reason to insist on ''this'' image in particular. [[User:Tarc|Tarc]] ([[User talk:Tarc|talk]]) 11:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 As an added thought, I will pose this; let's say someone added an image of Bill and [[Monica Lewinsky]] to the gallery. Could anyone say with a straight face that that is "just an image of the Prez and an intern" ? There's subtext to placing an image of Clinton and Wright in this article. [[User:Tarc|Tarc]] ([[User talk:Tarc|talk]]) 12:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
::I agree with your reasoning. I have to ask though do we even need a gallery? As all the photographs in the gallery are actually on wikicommons and there is a link to wikicommons Bill Clinton [[User:LordHarris| '''LordHarris''']] 15:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
::(ec)No offense, but you seem rather paranoid about this. I'm a fan of Bill Clinton, and would never draw that conclusion. How does this picture at all mitigate the Obama-Wright 'controversy?' As for Lewinsky, I'd love it if we could get a picture of her with Clinton - the encyclopedic value in such an image is huge. [[User:Faithlessthewonderboy|'''faithless''']] [[User talk:Faithlessthewonderboy|('''speak''')]] 15:16, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
::: "encyclopedic value" of a Lewinsky image in the gallery? Well, no offense either, but I don't see how your response can be taken even remotely seriously. [[User:Tarc|Tarc]] ([[User talk:Tarc|talk]]) 15:20, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Like it or not, the Lewinsky scandal was a major part of Clinton's presidency (unfortunate, but true). The encyclopedic value is obvious, just as a picture of Obama and Wright would be, or a picture of the current President with Osama bin Laden would be. I have made a genuine effort to remain civil here - disagree if you will, but "I don't see how your response can be taken even remotely seriously" and an edit summary saying "what the fuck" in a roundabout way isn't constructive. [[User:Faithlessthewonderboy|'''faithless''']] [[User talk:Faithlessthewonderboy|('''speak''')]] 15:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::Your ignoring of the patently obvious isn't constructive at all either. Both images we're talking about above can and would portray a POV above and beyond the image itself. Yes the Lewinsky scandal is a major part of Clinton's history, why are you eve brining that strawman up? It it mentioned prominently in the article and has an article of its own, no one here is saying that it shouldn't. But placing an image of her in an otherwise innocuous image gallery would be crossing the line. You know that, and I know that. If you truly desire to expand the image gallery, then there should be no problem finding other public domain, non-charged images to use instead of this. Insisting on this one and this one alone without sufficient explanation as to why it is important gives credence to the "has an agenda" accusation. [[User:Tarc|Tarc]] ([[User talk:Tarc|talk]]) 17:23, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::You're the one who brought up Lewinsky; I'm not advocating adding such an image to this article, but to say that such an image has no encyclopedic value is laughable. Actually, I concur with the above sentiment that the gallery should be scrapped - it serves no real purpose, considering there is a link to Commons in the article. Either way, I'm not going to waste any more time on such a ridiculous argument. On a side note - as this was such a trivial matter, and as we both appear to be fans of Bill Clinton, I imagine this could have been settled very easily and harmoniously. Coming out with guns blazing and a condescending/insulting attitude doesn't do anyone any good. I implore you to take this into consideration in the future. [[User:Faithlessthewonderboy|'''faithless''']] [[User talk:Faithlessthewonderboy|('''speak''')]] 19:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::::I make no apologizes for being flabbergasted that someone can sit here and suggest that image's inclusion had no other context other than "hey, here's Bill Clinton with some guy". [[User:Tarc|Tarc]] ([[User talk:Tarc|talk]]) 19:48, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

== First black president? ==

An AP article today by Sonya Ross [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_campaignplus/20080425/ap_ca/on_deadline_race] mentions Toni Morrison recently "clarified the first-black-president title she'd bestowed on Clinton," but it doesn't stay what the clarification was or where it appeared. Anyone know? [[User:Schizombie|Шизомби]] ([[User talk:Schizombie|talk]]) 21:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

== Factual Error ==

I noticed a factual eror in the ariticle. It says that Bill Blinton was president from 1993-2001. But how could that be true if George W. Bush was elected in 2000. So if what i say is correct, could someone please correct it. I'm having trouble figuring out how. —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Mataaron83|Mataaron83]] ([[User talk:Mataaron83|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Mataaron83|contribs]]) 18:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC) 

Presidents are Elected in november the year before the current presents term ends. President Bush was elected in 2000 but became President in 2001. So therefore President Clinton"s term ended in 2001.[[User:Jpc100|Jpc100]] ([[User talk:Jpc100|talk]]) 02:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

==List of posthumously-born notable people==

I've just created [[List of posthumously-born notable people]]. Not sure where to mention it in Clinton's article. Any suggestions? -- [[User:JackofOz|JackofOz]] ([[User talk:JackofOz|talk]]) 03:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

:That he was born after the death of his father is already touched upon in [[Bill Clinton#Early life]]. [[User:Tarc|Tarc]] ([[User talk:Tarc|talk]]) 12:59, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

==Environmental Stuff==
There is information on Clinton's environmental policies and actions scattered all around wikipedia, but it barely gets a mention here on the official Clinton page. Someone oughta compile that information and add it to the page. Some of this information can be found in the [[Environmental policy of the United States]] article, there's a little on [[U.S. National Monuments]] article, a little here [[Roadless area conservation]]. Obviously it's not great for wikipedia to reference itself, but it's a starting point. [[User:Shafferl|Shafferl]] ([[User talk:Shafferl|talk]]) 20:14, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

==Degree==
Under education it says that he studied 'Government' at Oxford. I doubt this as no such degree exists. He is also included in the list of famous PPE students at Oxford, [[Politics, Philosophy and Economics| here]]. This sounds much more likely, but could people verify it.[[User:Billsmith453|Billsmith453]] ([[User talk:Billsmith453|talk]]) 11:37, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::I believe he left without a degree[[User:PonileExpress|PonileExpress]] ([[User talk:PonileExpress|talk]]) 18:55, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

==Further Reading==
See most recent Clinton book (March 2008)- 'Clinton, In This Sign +' (+ = cross); esp about
early , earliest ancestors of wife Sen Hillary Clinton; see further, this 9 book series
about ancestors of all 43 US Presidents (including Bill Clinton) and 08 candidates - McCain, Obama,
Clinton & Romney.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Clinton-This-Sign-Presidential/dp/B0016NLPPY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1216025400&sr=1-4 Clinton In This Sign +]
* [http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=4159247994894&type=author&find=l+e+cooper all 43 US Presidents & ? you]
* [http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-8321179-5773530?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=leon+e+cooper Obama McCain Clinton Romney - 08 Candidates]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Clinton-Diaries-Fred-Petrovsky/dp/1438215649/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217999803&sr=8-1 The Clinton Diaries] —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Fredpetrovsky|Fredpetrovsky]] ([[User talk:Fredpetrovsky|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Fredpetrovsky|contribs]]) 05:33, 6 August 2008 (UTC) 
/s/ gm,ps - [[Special:Contributions/76.202.165.95|76.202.165.95]] ([[User talk:76.202.165.95|talk]]) 08:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

== Coat of Arms ==

Per the article at [[Chief Herald of Ireland]], Bill Clinton was granted an Award of Arms from the Republic of Ireland. I have contacted Fergus Gillespie, the Chief Herald of Ireland, to gain some more information. Should any be forthcoming I shall add it to the article. [[User:PrinceOfCanada|PrinceOfCanada]] ([[User talk:PrinceOfCanada|talk]]) 04:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

See a description of the arms at http://groups.google.com/group/rec.heraldry/msg/956f0d4d15dbaab2
[[User:Spark240|Spark240]] ([[User talk:Spark240|talk]]) 01:33, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

== didn't graduate from oxford university? ==

okay, this is strange. i had always heard rumors that clinton did not get a degree from oxford, which is highly unusual considering he had a rhodes scholarship, which would have paid his full tuition. it is quite unusual for a rhodes scholar not to finish. also, there seems to be no explanation on the web that i could find. i was wondering if anyone had more information on this? googling this only finds sources saying he attended oxford, but no reasons why he left. ??? —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Theserialcomma|Theserialcomma]] ([[User talk:Theserialcomma|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Theserialcomma|contribs]]) 08:02, 12 July 2008 (UTC) 
== Bot report : Found duplicate references ! ==
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?useskin=monobook&title=Bill Clinton&redirect=no&oldid=229168253 the last revision I edited], I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
* "First In His Class" :
** First In His Class : A Biography Of Bill Clinton, David Maraniss, Random House, 1996, ISBN 978-0684818900
** David Maraniss, ''First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton'' (New York: Random House, 1996; ISBN 978-0684818900).
* "The Survivor" :
** ''The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House'', John F. Harris , 2005, ISBN 0-375-50847-3
** ''The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House,'' John F. Harris , 2005, ISBN 0-375-50847-3
* "The Natural" :
** ''The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton'', [[Joe Klein]], 2003, ISBN 0-7679-1412-0
** [[Joe Klein]], ''The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton'' (2003; ISBN 0-7679-1412-0).
* "The Choie" :
** [[Bob Woodward]], ''The Choice: How Clinton Won'' (1996; ISBN 0-684-81308-4).
** ''The choice: how Clinton won'', [[Bob Woodward]], 1996, ISBN 0-684-81308-4
[[User:DumZiBoT|DumZiBoT]] ([[User talk:DumZiBoT|talk]]) 12:31, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

==Opening Paragraph a mess==

This page is still trying to put way too much inessential information into the opening paragraph. Since he's so controversial, I recommend the opener only give his name, birth date and the fact that he was the 42nd president serving from X to Y. All else should be dumped to later opening paragraphs.

Is it really necessary to say he's the third youngest president? And why then go on to actually list the younger presidents in Clinton's opening paragraph (other than to obtusely connect this page to the presidential age chart link). Neither TR nor JFK's pages even mention their age in their opening paragraphs.

Can you name me another President whose wife is mentioned in the very first paragraph? Why not put Hillary at the end of the full opener as is often done with other memorable First Ladies?

"He is one of only two U.S. Presidents to have been impeached." When you follow the link to "impeached," it takes you straight to the "Impeachment of Bill Clinton" page. But when you follow Andrew Johnson's impeachment link, it takes you instead to the much more politically neutral "Impeachment in the Unite States" page. Is this consistent?[[Special:Contributions/122.26.62.73|122.26.62.73]] ([[User talk:122.26.62.73|talk]]) 06:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

:''"Can you name me another President whose wife is mentioned in the very first paragraph? "'' Name me another president whose wife ran for president herself.--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 02:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

== CNN poll and George W Bush ==

I removed the reference to CNN endorsing George W Bush because I thought it was irrelevant. If anyone can point to the CNN poll (regarding Clinton's popularity and legacy) itself being flawed or biased in some way, that would be great, but I don't see how CNN endorsing Bush is worthy of inclusion for any reason, other than to deliberately call into question the results of the poll with no supporting evidence. -- [[User:Plushpuffin|plushpuffin]] ([[User talk:Plushpuffin|talk]]) 16:38, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I CERTAINLY REMEMBER THE 2000 ELECTIONS, AND THE ARTICLE I HAVE POSTED DEFENDS MY CLAIM. RESPECT GOOD FAITH, AND REALIZE YOUR, AND NOBODY ELSE'S, OPINIONS AREN'T ALWAYS FACTUAL.[[User:Kevin j|Kevin j]] ([[User talk:Kevin j|talk]]) 16:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

== Sally Perdue affair and date discrepancies ==

I removed the line "Sally Perdue's claims were discredited [because she said the alleged affair occurred during her divorce in 1983, when she actually started divorce proceedings years later]" I think this statement is an unwarranted judgment and definitely POV. Just because she got the dates wrong doesn't mean there was no affair; for example, she could have gone through marital difficulties in 1983, up to but not including the actual filing of divorce papers. Her faulty memory for dates does not, by itself, invalidate her claim. —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Plushpuffin|Plushpuffin]] ([[User talk:Plushpuffin|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Plushpuffin|contribs]]) 16:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC) 

User, YOU ARE MISTAKEN. THE CAPITAL HILL BLUE IS A VERY RELIABLE RESOURCE AND IT DOES DEFEND MY CLAIM. STOP THE VANDALISM, OR I WILL SUGGEST YOU GET BLOCKED.[[User:Kevin j|Kevin j]] ([[User talk:Kevin j|talk]]) 16:28, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

==In Case Anybody Gets the Idea About Capitol Hill Blue's Motto, There's Something You Need To Know==

The mainstream media statement is only an advertisement I'm afraid. It's no different than Fox New's "fair and balanced" or CNN's "most trusted name in news" mottos. You also did not read the article clearly, ''because it backs my claims''. Capitol Hill Blue is a very reliable resource that presents good debating on various things.[[User:Kevin j|Kevin j]] ([[User talk:Kevin j|talk]]) 16:41, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Homophobia]] ==

I have removed the recently-added category tag [[:Category:Homophobia]]. Declining to fully support [[LGBT]] rights doesn't necessarily make a politician homophobic, merely pragmatic and electable. If you have a good reason to re-add it, please explain yourself here first. -- [[User:Plushpuffin|plushpuffin]] ([[User talk:Plushpuffin|talk]]) 02:45, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

== Reference link #60 no longer exists or is broken ==

60: The Iraq Liberation Act, Statement by the President, Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release, October 31, 1998 [[User:Brian Pearson|Brian Pearson]] ([[User talk:Brian Pearson|talk]]) 23:54, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
:This link has changed to link #61. I can't seem to find the broken link http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/libera.htm elsewhere on www.library.cornell.edu. I have found a functioning link, though, at http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=55205, "Statement on Signing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998". Please correct link #61 by using this, or any other functioning link. [[User:DanniDK|DanniDK]] ([[User talk:DanniDK|talk]]) 15:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

==2008 DNC speech==

Many media outlets have remarked that Bill's speech seemed to ease any tensions or perceptions of tension between Obama and the Clintons. Let's include some mention of this?
[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/politics/28DEMSDAY.html?hp]
--[[Special:Contributions/68.56.17.70|68.56.17.70]] ([[User talk:68.56.17.70|talk]]) 10:55, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
:Already did.--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 17:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

==Introduction==
The current introduction reads:
: '''''William Jefferson Blythe III''' (born on August 19, 1946), later '''William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton''' served as the ...''

It should probably be simply whittled down to "'''William Jefferson Clinton''' (born August 19, 1946) served as the ..." (or "'''William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton'''" or even "'''William Jefferson Clinton''', born '''William Jefferson Blythe III'''") with the fact that he had a diffrent birth name kept in the appropriate early life sections.

This would match the name he has used in his entire professional life and the one he's "notable" for. This would also bring some symmetry with the pages of [[Gerald Ford|Leslie Lynch King]], [[Ulysses Grant|Hiram Grant]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|David D. Eisenhower]], etc.--[[User:Tim Thomason|Tim Thomason]] 17:33, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

:Good point. I've changed it.--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 17:43, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Can someone put his date of birth back in? [[User:Angelamaher|Angelamaher]] ([[User talk:Angelamaher|talk]]) 15:25, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
:Done.--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 00:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

== FA: help standarize refs? ==

If someone would help me standardize the refs into <nowiki>{{cite web}}</nowiki> templates, I think Bill here would merit an FA nomination.--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 20:10, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
:Going through the refs in the careful way that is being done, should help towards that goal. Naturally, the citation needed tags and any dubious references would need to be addressed first. [[User:DrKiernan|DrKiernan]] ([[User talk:DrKiernan|talk]]) 18:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

== Bill Clinton's continued affairs and liasions with young ladies ==

This should really get a mention - this guy also used state troopers to pick up women. —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/64.55.144.50|64.55.144.50]] ([[User talk:64.55.144.50|talk]]) 20:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC) 
:Got a [[WP:RS|source]] for that claim? Otherwise it violates [[WP:BLP]].--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 21:48, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
:Talk pages are also subject to [[WP:BLP|BLP]]. I have removed a name from this section title. [[User:Jayvdb|John Vandenberg]] '''([[User talk:Jayvdb|chat]])''' 03:59, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

What about his relationship with Belinda Stronach? It is newsworthy because she is a politician. Here is one source:

www.thefirstpost.co.uk/2622,features,bill-and-belindas-excellent-adventure,2

Or his extracurricular activities on overseas trips? Or on Air Force 1 - ask anyone in USAF? —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/140.174.9.7|140.174.9.7]] ([[User talk:140.174.9.7|talk]]) 21:01, 21 October 2008 (UTC) 

== Reference link #85 is broken ==
Broken link: http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/Roperweb/PresJob/PresJob.htx;start=HS_fullresults?pr=Clinton
Functioning link: http://webapps.ropercenter.uconn.edu/CFIDE/roper/presidential/webroot/presidential_rating_detail.cfm?allRate=True&presidentName=Clinton. Please someone fix it.
[[User:DanniDK|DanniDK]] ([[User talk:DanniDK|talk]]) 15:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

== Bill Clinton to campaign with Obama ==

For the first time Barack Obama will campaign side-by-side with former President Bill Clinton in Central Florida. The two will rally with supporters at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee Wednesday night to continue the early voting.
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/10/25/bill-clinton-to-campaign-with-obama/

Bill Clinton has already made several speeches across the U.S. for the Obama campaign.

== Carroll Quigley ==
Not a single mention of Professor Carroll Quigley in this entire article about Bill Clinton? That is a bit suspicious. He was Clinton's mentor, and Clinton gives much praise and respect to him as one of the most influential people in his life.
{{unsigned|70.121.13.77}}
:Editor, please sign your posts with four tildas like so: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>

:As for adding Carroll Quigley to the article, it's not necessary for you to discuss noncontroversial changes to article on the talk page first. [[WP:BB|Be Bold]] and add what you think will improve the article, including [[WP:RS|your sources]]. Only if the content becomes debated does talk page discussion become necessary. Cheers.--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 17:38, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

== Add this great Clinton college days photo... ==

What do you think about adding this classic Clintons photo:

http://www.liebtag.org/assets/2008/2/7/bill-hillary-clinton-hippie.jpg

Thanks,
Chad
[[User:Chadcole74|Chadcole74]] ([[User talk:Chadcole74|talk]]) 16:18, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

:If we were to create a page entitled [[Non-Free, Out-of-Focus Images of Bill Clinton]], sure. [[User:Tarc|Tarc]] ([[User talk:Tarc|talk]]) 22:42, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

::That is awesome.--[[User:Loodog|Loodog]] ([[User talk:Loodog|talk]]) 01:45, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

== Governor of Arkansas - not Good Article level ==

According to the article, Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978 then defeated in 1980, and then went to work for a law firm. Then we read he does various things of a political and government nature but in what roll? By going to the bottom of the page I can discover under external links that he was re-elected in 1983 but no mention of this or subsequent elections in the article. This needs to be fixed, the article is not currently at Good Article level currently. Any offers? Sorry I'm an Aussie, with no access to sources. --[[User:Michael Johnson|Michael Johnson]] ([[User talk:Michael Johnson|talk]]) 10:20, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

== He was not the first democrat to be reelected since FDR ==

Truman, and LBJ were re elected democrats after FDR