Just happened across this while looking for something else.

Inside Politics
President Clinton Pushes Mideast Peace Proposals; Is California Governor Gray Davis Considering a Run for the White House in 2004?
Aired December 27, 2000 - 5:00 p.m. ET

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WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I just have a limited number of days here before I leave office, and I'm trying to get as much done as I can.

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JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: President Clinton keeps pushing his proposals to bring peace to the Middle East. We'll have the latest on the negotiations. Meantime, the future president has gone fishing amid questions about whether he has hooked a Defense Secretary nominee.

So nothing has changed for Dubya.
Come on you compassionate members of the Grand Old Party, cut the guy loose.