March 20, 2008
Martha Martha Martha
Though Bill Clinton is off the campaign trail today, he did stop by the "Martha Stewart Show" as the surprise guest for Stewart's 500th episode.
The appearance was completely free of campaign politics, though Stewart did note that the former president has "been extremely busy." Instead, Clinton plugged his Global Initiative, and its effort to encourage people to make commitments for the public good. He had announced the mycommitment.org Web effort on Stewart's show in September of last year.
To celebrate the milestone show, Clinton came bearing a gift - a Rwandan friendship basket.
"This was woven by women who were survivors of the genocide," he told Stewart.
"Is that beautiful!" Stewart gushed. "Congratulations. To be able to affect change in the world, all over the world, with your Global Initiative is really an amazing feat."
Clinton later joined Stewart and her crew for Dom Perignon and a toast to her show's run. Clinton returns to the campaign trail tomorrow in North Carolina, before some more down time over the Easter weekend.
(NBC/NJ's MIKE MEMOLI)
Posted at 04:11 PM
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