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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Bill Clinton suggested during a TV appearance that, should his wife be elected president of the United States, he be referred to as the “first laddie.”
Clinton jokingly suggested the moniker during an appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.
"My Scottish friends say I should be called 'first laddie' because it's the closest thing to 'first lady'," he said.
Speaking more seriously, the former president saod that he feels the title isn't important.
"I'm not so worried about what I'm called as what I'm called upon to do," Clinton said.
However, he said his role in the campaign of his wife -- Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton, N.Y. -- is a small one.
"If she's writing an important article or giving an important speech, she'll ask me to read it," Clinton said. "And once in a while she'll ask me for some advice on something strategic. But she knows so much more about a lot of this stuff than I do because I'm far removed from it."
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