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Bill Clinton: “One of my Republican friends was being crude. That's what I said to him. I said no one in their right mind could compare…”

On the recordJuly 24, 1999
One of my Republican friends was being crude. That's what I said to him. I said no one in their right mind could compare me to Michael Jordan. Well, he said, ``I meant it only in the political context.'' [Laughter] I said, ``I can't jump 4 inches. I have a vertical jump of about 4 inches.''
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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