The Most Exciting Quote Since 1992
Joel Connelly, whose obsession with the Stranger continues unabated (still more here) loves Bill Clinton almost as much as the Stranger loves Nick Licata. Connelly spent some time in the then-candidate’s limo in 1992, and he’s been milking the anecdote ever since.
Check out the following series of excerpts from Connelly’s column over the last 14 years
February 29, 1992
Earlier in the day, Clinton was in high spirits as he drove back to Boeing Field. He had just used a bullhorn to address about 600 people who weren’t able to jam into the Edgewater. “I might move out here,” he joked.
March 8, 1993
As Bill Clinton’s limousine drove onto the tarmac at Boeing Field last spring, seeming to head straight toward a gleaming Mount Rainier, he mused, “I think I’ll move out here sometime.” A year later, it almost seems like he’s keeping the promise. Clinton is due back in the Northwest April 3-4 to meet in Vancouver, B.C., with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
November 18, 1993
Mount Rainier appeared to rise directly out of the end of Boeing Field last year as President Clinton’s limousine drove onto the tarmac after a campaign visit. “I think I’ll move out here sometime,” joked Clinton, buoyed by good crowds and a beautiful late winter day. He seems to be making good on his promise.
November 5, 1994
Clinton has been greeted by sunny skies on six visits since the summer of 1991. “I think I’ll move out here sometime,” he said during a 1992 trip while driving onto the tarmac at Boeing Field with Mount Rainier seeming to loom up at the end of the runway.
February 8, 1996
Clinton has developed an affection for the region. In 1991, just before launching his campaign for president, the future president, his wife and daughter spent a few days in British Columbia. In his 1992 campaign, heading down a runway at Boeing Field with Mount Rainier in the distance, the soon-to-be-president joked, “I think I’ll move out here sometime.”
June 29, 1998
“I think I’ll move out here sometime,” Clinton joked at the end of one visit, driving onto Boeing Field as Mount Rainier seemed to rise out of the end of the runway.
August 15, 2000
As his motorcade snaked onto the tarmac at Seattle’s Boeing Field during the 1992 campaign, with Mount Rainier seeming to rise out of the end of the runway, Bill Clinton mused: “I think I may move out here some time.”
Jan 28 2002
Clinton haters would recoil at words once spoken as the presidential motorcade snaked onto Boeing Field, on a clear day with Rainier’s Willis Wall seeming to rise out of the end of the runway. “I think I’ll move out here sometime,” he quipped.
April 17, 2006
As his motorcade drove onto the Boeing Field tarmac, with Mount Rainier seeming to rise out of the runway, then-President Clinton quipped: “I think I’ll move out here sometime.” Clinton was in the Northwest 13 times as president and has returned repeatedly since.
After being trotted out by Connelly out at least nine times, Clinton’s quote is more threadbare than a mattress at Value Village. Note also how the context has changed over the years: Initially, Clinton made his quip in the spring of 1992, during his first presidential campaign. But by 2002, Connelly was claiming the incident happened while Clinton was president, referring to the “presidential motorcade.”
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All Bill Clinton has to do to "move out her" is to register to vote at Connelly's cabin