More Ire for Slick Willy

The only thing I really love about Bill Clinton is his unrivaled ability to piss off the wingers, and he’s done it again:

Bill Clinton, who as president championed the Kyoto Protocol clamping controls on "greenhouse gases," was scheduled to speak at the conference Friday afternoon -- in an unofficial capacity but potentially at a critical point in backroom talks involving the U.S. delegation.

The U.S. envoys, representing a Bush administration that renounced the Kyoto pact, were said to be displeased by the 11th-hour surprise.

"They haven't protested formally, but they're annoyed," a source in the Canadian government, conference host, said of the U.S. delegates. "They're not infuriated, but they're not thrilled."

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Clinton, who was invited here by the City of Montreal, will speak in the main conference hall between the official morning and afternoon plenary sessions, said U.N. conference spokesman John Hay.

Despite its unofficial nature, the speech was sure to attract hundreds of delegates from the more than 180 countries represented.

Oh yeah—I also love his ability to remind the rest of the world that there was a time when America used to elect presidents with functioning brains.