City, National - by Kenneth Hsu on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:45 - 3 Comments - 498 views
Gothamist reported that advance tickets are on sale today for the discussion between Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton during the Radio City Music Hall “Minds That Move The World” speaker series in February. No, you’re not hallucinating — Dubya vs. Bill is really happening. This is every politics major’s wet dream.
The advance tickets are only available to American Express members until Nov. 15, when tickets are released to the general public through Ticketmaster. Even if you’re an AmEx user, expect to empty the wallet a bit: face value of the tickets range from $60 – $1250.
Gothamist notes that the most expensive tickets are “if you want to join both presidents at a pre-debate reception for cocktails and picture-taking and awkwardness.” Okay, now that’s actually every politics major’s wet dream.
The MSG website is currently fielding suggestions for what each president should ask his counterpart, which is essentially a perfect prompt for an SNL skit. Give them your best shot, you hippie liberal!
Update: According to the NY Post, the debate “has been nixed because the promoter overhyped it as a death-match faceoff between the men.” However, promotions for the event still remain on the MSG website.
3 Comments
keith
Wow… this is a gift for the late night talk shows.(mostly comedian writers)
we already know the clear winner. hmmmm is this some kind of drama about to unfold?
Henry Chan
Looks like it’s now canceled.











For Bill, this makes sense; he’ll get to charm the audience in what’s essentially a harmless publicity stunt. But I’m wondering why W would agree to do this, at all, unless getting out of the White House has made him a little more articulate (doubtful?).