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Bill Clinton raffles himself to clear Hillary's debts

Former US President Bill Clinton is offering himself up as a raffle prize to help his wife Hillary pay off hefty debts from her ill-fated election campaign.

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Anyone who donates money on what used to be Hillary Clinton's campaign website - hillarycampaign08.com - will have their name put into a hat to win a day out with Bill in New York.

The donations will be used to pay what Bill Clinton described in an email sent out earlier this week as "a few vestiges of debt" still hanging over his wife's 2008 White House campaign.

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A listing on the Federal Election Commission's website shows that Hillary Clinton's campaign is still carrying a debt of US$771,000.

The cash is owed to market research and consulting firm Penn, Schoen and Berland for "consulting polling/mail expenses".

But the raffle has provoked mixed reactions - one comment on the Internet said the Clintons were "in better shape than 99 per cent of Americans and really should pay their own bills".


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