I would have blown this Prez!!!! And I wouldnt have told on him either!!!! Anyway, seriously, I have always been impressed with President Clinton and I DO think that he did a good job as President. Too Bad he cant be elected again!!!

"refusal of the Palestinians to reach a lasting peace with the Israelis "

You just had to throw that tendentious claim in, didn't you?

It is strangely quiet about the fact that the release was prepared and handled by the Swedish
embassy in Pyongyang.
Clinton may well emerge as a brilliant statesman when seen on television with the two girls.
However the hard work was done by the Swedes.
Sweden by the way is chairman of the European Community from July 1 and six months on.

In reading all these blogs, it seems to me that for most of them, political party is more important than country. This is a big problem, especially on the Republican side. So many people want to have bad things happen so that their party can "win." But, instead, if people look at the world that way, we all lose.
We should be looking for positives, regardless of who is in charge, not negatives because "our" side is now not in charge. I've been studying pretty hard on all the politics going on, I've been an elected official, so I've felt the various pressures. But, what I see that has taken place in this release of two journalists is all highly positive. Rather than speculating about possible "bad" things that might have been agreed to, or what might happen in the future, we need to rejoice in the good thing that happened and look to the highly intelligent people who are now in charge to help solve the various problems that may come up. In other words, we shouldn't be so constantly critical of every thing that happens. It's almost like people want failure, regardless of the consequences. Hey, try being positive!

Is your journalist onto something? What does it mean to say "two American journalists who either strayed into North Korean territory or were seized in China by border guards?" Who would seriously consider that North Korea would violate Chinese territory, their closest friend with whom they have a large border? It just isn't plausible. These two individuals were provocateurs who, for whatever reason, either as individuals or as spies (that possibility should never be excluded) created an international incident. Let's not make their behaviour heroic. The message needs to be sent that the world is not a US playground, where Americans can intrude wherever they want to, welcome or not.

Hard to figure how the right will turn this into a negative, but I'm sure they will.

I say "Thank You", to EVERYONE involved in getting these women home safe. I have decided that I will just be grateful when something good happens. Some folks could stand to learn to do the same.......

Say what you naysayer's will and we all now you will....But Bill delivers, always has. He's an awesome presence in any room and knows how to talk to people. He is the go to man!!!

Hostage crisis? The two american women *did* commit the crime for which they were arrested and convicted, and the same act is also a crime under our laws, too.

The fact is that North Korea has acted with considerable restraint in this situation.

Whatever the motives, who would be so mean as to tear apart the kind and empathetic actions of a leader in using his earned power to free wronged prisoners? Republicans who want COMPLETE FAILURE when there is absolute need to right the wrongs of a greedy mob who wrongly held office.

Let's kill this myth once and for all: Clinton did jack to free the hostages. There was no negotiating, no diplomacy, no brilliant scheming. Kim simply wanted Bill to show up. That's all it took.

See Michael Brenner's BS-piercing blog here on HP:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/the-clintons-are-back_b_252126.html

Hill & Bill : I LOVE YOU!!!! Barack too. Can'thelp feeing that these three will have a much easier path past St. Peter at the Pearly Gates than many, many, of our vocal Christans

Jeez! Give the man time to complete re-entry, that ego of his is still orbiting jupiter!

I mean cant you see the dust?

You have to love Bill Clinton. How I wish he was President again! Only Bill could have pulled this off.
And probably the only one who can fix our economy quickly. I hope President Obama has the good sense to have Bill play an important role in his administration!

Bill Clinton's and Hillary Clinton's brilliance and magnamity are wonderful examples of how good people can use their talents for the right reasons.
It is no surprise, however, that some right-wing birther and basher-types will try to make this extraordinary act of kindness into something negative.