I wonder how well BO will draw north of the forty-ninth after november 2012?

BO will probably be living incommunicado at the flat next door to Mo Strong in Bejing, if he isn't residing in the 2X6 farm by that 2012.

BO will probably be living incommunicado at the flat next door to Mo Strong in Bejing, if he isn't residing in the 2X6 farm by that 2012.

I was tempted to attend just to heckle him about Vince Foster and Lewinski.

Hey, Zilla...
Wait three or four months. Bubba will be back for yet another speaking engagement. That pathetic attention whore pops up in Toronto as often as his bent weiner popped up in the Oral...excuse me...Oval Office.

Do they have to pay $5 not to go?

BC has sucked so much out of Toronto in speaking fees in the last few years I am not surprised.

Bit of a hairbrained idea. Nonetheless, that he could sell 7,000 regularly priced tickets is still surprising given his, ahem, overexposure.

They would have made more money if they brought in Hanna Montanna for a concert

The EX is the perfect place for Bill, he should be working the midway with a straw hat and a bamboo cane.

What gets me really pissed about this is the amount of money the federal government gave to Toronto to bring this clown in.

a different bob - the federal government did NOT give any money to bring in Clinton. They gave the money as part of a heritage or tourism grant. What the CNE Organizers choose, themselves, to do with that money, is up to and only up to, those CNE organizers.

People in other blogs are, gleefully blaming Harper for inviting Clinton. However - Harper, the Conservatives and the federal government, have NO say in the choice. If they did, the same Liberal presses would be screaming about 'federal interference and control'.

Yes they did, ET. They're running a massive deficit, and chose to continue forking over cash for non-essentials. So, the Conservative government gets to wear it, like it or not.

What Kate said.........

And we Canadians have shown that we will not support companies and organizations that willingly takes the stimulus and then still wants to charge us max dollars.

Take Ford as an example...Sales are up and it's being partially blamed on the fact that consumers are switching to Ford product because they refused the cash grab. GM and Chrysler took billions in tax payer dollars and still expect the taxpayer to pay sticker price.

So Clinton comes to town and when it's realized he is being funded by the stimulus cash the CNE got, slump in ticket sales...organizers are now forced to offer tickets at a discount...yeah for us!

And we Canadians have shown that we will not support companies and organizations that willingly takes the stimulus and then still wants to charge us max dollars.

Take Ford as an example...Sales are up and it's being partially blamed on the fact that consumers are switching to Ford product because they refused the cash grab. GM and Chrysler took billions in tax payer dollars and still expect the taxpayer to pay sticker price.

So Clinton comes to town and when it's realized he is being funded by the stimulus cash the CNE got, slump in ticket sales...organizers are now forced to offer tickets at a discount...yeah for us!

Bill should be in front of a booth at the CNE yelling Doggie Doggie.

Sorry, only those who grew up going to the EX will get that one.

And yet we are assured time and again by "experts" in the "Conservative" party that Toronto is so liberal that we need to water down our message for the 416 area code blah blah blah

I was at a conservative blogger get together last weekend where one party volunteer said solemnly, "The media still bitch about Mike Harris."

Yeah dude but: He GOT ELECTED TWICE. Who cares what two dozen reporters and a bunch of loud loser social workers think and say??

We are SUCH wimps.

Yeah that media.....

Them and their polls.....then this.....sorta like CO2 AGW in a cold august.....

Well, I myself am going to see the airshow (unless it rains, damnit) but I will not be forking over for entrance to the CNE. Its a Liberal propaganda fest, and I'm not going to participate.

Are you hearing me, Conservative party minions? Stop spending my money.

Bringing Beel Cleentone to the CNE to speak is totally beyond me ... except for the political bent of the Toronto CNE officials.

Driving in downtown Toronto yesterday, who but Moron Miller should cross the street in front of me? It took a great deal of restraint not to yell out my window, "MORON! WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?" Not being a violent type, however, and being a law-abiding citizen, I didn't have to restrain myself from running him down.

they should have booked in Monica, - now there would be a draw - then return the profits to the beleagured taxpayers of Canada

Amazing isn't it, how quickly we forget.

Clinton was Governor of Arkansas, turning a blind eye to tainted blood from Arkansas prisons to be sold to Connaught in Canada and subsequently to the Canadian Red Cross, which eventually became the death sentence for many Canadians.
Shameless corruption at the highest level.
Former prime Minister Paul Martin Jr. was said to be on the Board Of Connaught Labs at the time as well.
Clinton, the accused rapist (Jaunita Broaddrick)
has the gall to come to Canada to speak for money and the arseholes at CNE are happy to pay him.
Chretien is eventually rewarded with Order Of Canada, Martin becomes Prime Minister for a short period and finally Clinton comes to Canada to bullshit us for our money to boot.
Handcuffs and leg irons would be more appropriate for those involved at the government level in the cross border dirty blood business which killed innocent Canadians.

There is not enough money on this plane of existence that I could be offered to listen to any of the three speak in a hall.

Bill Clinton needs a warm up act to cure those drooping ticket sales,
I’d pay 5 bucks to watch Stephane Dion eat a wiener with a knife and fork.

sorry, kate, I disagree. The comment from a different bob was - did the Conservative Government specifically give money to invite Clinton? The answer is: No.

They gave money to the CNE, 3 million from their tourism fund. The grant requires recipients to earn 25 cents on every dollar they spend and only goes to tourist events with an over 250,000 audience. Other tourist events funded by this same Tourism Board include the Stratford Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival. There is no way that this Tourist Board could have refused to fund the CNE.

The Tourist Board certainly did not allot any of the money to bring in Clinton. The fact that the CNE Executive did such a dim-witted thing as to invite Bill Clinton..is an act that reflects their own stupidity. Who goes to the CNE to hear anyone speak? They go for the rides, the fun, the food, the shows...and certainly, not for any old political has-been or even, 'now-is'. Only the socialist left on the CNE Board would deem such an invitation of any interest - and the results show that no-one has anyh intention of going to Clinton's Show.

Breathless in TO. Will Willy peak too early?

Kennedy, Willy, and Goreacle: "straight from the funeral of Sen. Edward Kennedy,".
...-

"Former president Bill Clinton set to speak in Toronto

TORONTO - Former US president Bill Clinton will soon be speaking at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, arriving in the city straight from the funeral of Sen. Edward Kennedy, which stretched into the afternoon."
(googlenews)

Willy's ex-VP, Goreacle, is waiting to greet Willy:

"Rain, wind could greet former US president Bill Clinton in Toronto 680 News"

I LOVE IT!

Only 10,000 showed up to hear Beel Cleentone's speech. One of the CNE organizers blames it on not enough time to advertise, as the "window" was very small, having only since August 15 to let us know that Bill was coming ... well, you know what I mean.

The tide is turning.

I LOVE IT!

Only 10,000 showed up to hear Beel Cleentone's speech. One of the CNE organizers blames it on not enough time to advertise, as the "window" was very small, having only since August 15 to let us know that Bill was coming ... well, you know what I mean.

The tide is turning.

Terrana, a world-class city in its own mind, screws up a shindig for arguably the most popular non-Canadian politician among Canadians. This kind of thing should be so simple that even David Miller could not screw it up. It is to laugh.

"""" even David Miller could not screw it up. """"

Millet has talent you know!!!!

If you had to see someone, why not Leonard Nimoy at the Fan Expo? At least we can be sure he didn't give sensitive technological advancements to China, even though there is a Vulcan saying that only Nixon can go here.

this is not a reflection on slick willy.

it is a reflection on the 21st century norm of instant gratification and faux celebrity, i.e. personages famous for being famous (paris hilton ring a bell?)

look for vastly more of this effect in the future at AN ACCELERATING PACE.

acknowledgment and credit to rupert murdoch.

Hilarious. George W. shows up in Calgary, where 2,000 people paid $400 to listen to him. Bubba shows up where almost 10,000 people paid $5 (though through original $20-50 pricing, who's to say what their takings were?) to listen to him.

So, roughly, W. brings in $800,000 and Bubba brings in $50,000. Sounds about right to me. If the government hadn't kicked in the extra $125,000, Clinton wouldn't have even been paid his speaking fee.

In Toronto, only 10,000 show up for Bill Clinton.

In Boston, only 30,000 show up for Ted Dead Kennedy.

Liberals are celebrating everywhere.

general Lee: dubya's handlers are smart enough to send him to Texasnorth. a.k.a. Alberta cow country to engage in preaching to the converted.

slick willy's handlers dispatch him to Tranna. a.k.a. sheep-to-the-slaughter country. LOL !!!

What are you TALKING about, curious_george?

I know you're a monkey, but c'mon.

Toronto's just the place to send Slick Willy. It's his kinda place -- and even they're sick and tired of him.

'Over exposure, I guess, and now that times are tough, socialist hogwash wrapped in a shiny Clinton package doesn't go down too well, seeing as it's what got us into the real down and dirty situation we're in now.

It's obscene that he got paid almost $200,000 for a few minutes of glib, lets-all-get-along-Kumbaya schlock.

Largs: I remember "Doggie, doggie" :)

Who would even cross the street to observe that shyster for nothing?