Bill Clinton: “McAuliffe June 7, 1999 Thank you very much. I want to thank Ron and Beth for having us here; and Chairman Andrew, Mayor…”

“McAuliffe June 7, 1999 Thank you very much. I want to thank Ron and Beth for having us here; and Chairman Andrew, Mayor Archer, the other officials of the Democratic Party who are here. I want to thank all those who have spoken before; but I have to say a word about the two women. Ann Richards is my former colleague and my longtime friend who tells me jokes that make me laugh, but which she knows good and well I can never repeat. [Laughter] So tonight she referred to me as ``her lovely husband, Bill.'' And then Hillary said my being a member of the Senate spouses club was a good reason to run. [Laughter] No offense, Senator Daschle, but until you change the numbers up there, if I were given the choice, I'd rather be in the spouses club. [Laughter] I'm looking forward to it. However, I've also made it clear that I'm available for any and all other services. I would be happy to run the New York City casework operation--there will never be a difficult reelection if they let me do that; it'll be over. [Laughter] Let me say, I want you to all ask yourselves something. What is it that you like about Terry McAuliffe? I like the fact that he lies to me about his golf handicap, and I can't get mad at him. I like the fact that for a rich guy, his politics go a little left and his golf ball goes a little right.…”