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Bill Clinton: “That's when you're supposed to show up at an event, and you do, and nobody else is there.”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2000
That's when you're supposed to show up at an event, and you do, and nobody else is there.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Reception in New York City

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