Hillary Clinton's Husband Said to Be Offering Up His Diplomatic Services to Broker Far West Peace Accord

I am hearing it on good authority from a highly reputable source that none other than former President Bill Clinton -- long a friend of the entertainment industry -- has let it be known to intimates that he would make himself available to help break the Writers Guild of America strike impasse with the studios that at the moment has no new talks planned.

"He could absolutely serve as a modern-day Lew Wasserman," the source confirmed. "Bill Clinton is uniquely positioned because he doesn't need anything from this. It would strictly be about bringing the sides together. I'd say the only possible deal-breaker could be if his wife's team somehow feels that it may be perceived as a negative for her Presidential campaign, but I don't really see how it could."

To be sure, the former President couldn't do any harm to a situation that's grown about as chilly as these things get. At the moment, it's all about sniping and potshots and ego and the race to hold the higher moral ground. So far, that ground remains pretty much barren, with no fresh growth (in the way of meaningful discussion) in sight.

It leads to another question that's already being asked with increasing volume -- namely, where is California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in all of this? He has obviously made a decision to stay out of the picture -- but why? He's in the rare position of being both a high-level politician and a Hollywood superstar. And this strike quite clearly stands to have a major negative economic impact on his state. Weird that he should be so resolutely committed to staying on the sidelines.

But if a guy like Clinton -- who nearly was able to broker peace in the Middle East, you may remember -- can be enlisted to try to get WGA president Patric Verrone and AMPTP chief negotiator Nicholas Counter to join hands and sing "Kumbaya" together, it seems like a no-brainer to let him try to bring quasi-harmony back to our little town. I can see the placard now: "All We Are Say-ing...Is Give Bill a Chance."

Comments

[mark]

this is the single most bias, ridiculous statement in all of this. Ego's may run rampant amongst these politicians, but come one A modern day Lew Wasserman? You must not know the history of this business well.

Perhaps Clinton can contribute a little good business and common sense to the table of the WGA and the AMPTP. I think it is a contructive idea. We need to move on and get everyone back to work. This work stoppage is outrageous and unnecessary.

[TESS]

wHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE FINE CONDUCT OF
FORMER PRESIDENTS? yOU KNOW THOSE THAT TOOK
A NICE VACATION AFTER THEIR TERM ENDED AND
ONCE IN A WHILE THEY 'WISHED THE PEOPLE A
GOOD HOLIDAY'! other than that they kept
out of the next president's way.
THAT WAS THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE REMAINED but
we have that 'clinging' CLINTON WHO REFUSES
TO GIVE UP HIS STAGE. HE IS SUCH A 'BABY'
HE REFUSES TO ALLOW ANYONE ELSE TO TAKE THEIR TURN....!

[BETTYEJ]

Give me a break! Bill Clinton and his wife need the writers and every other form of the News Media to keep talking bad about the competition! This man only want it stopped so they have a better chance of making sure they can keep the help they have to spin their way back into the White House!