"...He never did go to prison; his conviction was overturned. Government prosecutors considered re-trying him, but President Bill Clinton ended that when he pardoned Symington. The two politicians had a chance meeting years before when both were 19 years-old.
'Outside the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port… it was a very interesting weekend,' he said.
Introduced by a mutual friend, Tommy Caplan who later petitioned the president to pardon Symington.
'So we all got together at Hyannis Port on a weekend, and two of my very attractive first cousins Jane and Elise were with us,' he recalled.
The girls caught Bill Clinton's eye.
'So I quickly realized I needed to protect my two first cousins both of whom were just drop dead gorgeous, its sort of a stormy day and were down on the beach and were walking along the beach, and the red flags were up and rip-tides all the sudden Tommy turns to me, and he says well where’s bill, and then I looked out, and there 100 yards off shore is this head bobbing, and there’s Bill Clinton caught in the rip-tide headed to Portugal,' said Symington.
Symington climbed into a rowboat and headed out to save the future President.
'I got upstream of him and he crashed into the boat, I’ll never forget because I reached down and grabbed him by his hair, which there was a lot, and he’s a big guy and I lifted him up and said 'you need a ride?', And I flipped him into the boat and he was coughing, and he lacerated his chest, because he’d been raked over some shoals and brought him to shore that was it.' said Symington.
In that afternoon, he had saved the life of the future president and perhaps saved himself.
'He said I saved his life; he was in trouble, there’s no doubt about that,' said Symington."
http://www.fifesymington.com/fife-s...r-his-troubles-and-saving-bill-clintons-life/
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So let's assume that Bill Clinton drowns before Fife Symington can save him. If Fife Symington's political career still goes as scheduled, of course Symington will have a less sympathetic president when he is looking for a pardon, but that would be one of the least important of the consequences...
'Outside the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port… it was a very interesting weekend,' he said.
Introduced by a mutual friend, Tommy Caplan who later petitioned the president to pardon Symington.
'So we all got together at Hyannis Port on a weekend, and two of my very attractive first cousins Jane and Elise were with us,' he recalled.
The girls caught Bill Clinton's eye.
'So I quickly realized I needed to protect my two first cousins both of whom were just drop dead gorgeous, its sort of a stormy day and were down on the beach and were walking along the beach, and the red flags were up and rip-tides all the sudden Tommy turns to me, and he says well where’s bill, and then I looked out, and there 100 yards off shore is this head bobbing, and there’s Bill Clinton caught in the rip-tide headed to Portugal,' said Symington.
Symington climbed into a rowboat and headed out to save the future President.
'I got upstream of him and he crashed into the boat, I’ll never forget because I reached down and grabbed him by his hair, which there was a lot, and he’s a big guy and I lifted him up and said 'you need a ride?', And I flipped him into the boat and he was coughing, and he lacerated his chest, because he’d been raked over some shoals and brought him to shore that was it.' said Symington.
In that afternoon, he had saved the life of the future president and perhaps saved himself.
'He said I saved his life; he was in trouble, there’s no doubt about that,' said Symington."
http://www.fifesymington.com/fife-s...r-his-troubles-and-saving-bill-clintons-life/
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So let's assume that Bill Clinton drowns before Fife Symington can save him. If Fife Symington's political career still goes as scheduled, of course Symington will have a less sympathetic president when he is looking for a pardon, but that would be one of the least important of the consequences...