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The Re-election Tango (MoDo Alert)
nytimes ^ | September 20, 2011 | MAUREEN DOWD

Posted on 09/21/2011 7:17:01 AM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi

Whether Bill Clinton is being mischievous or helpful is never entirely clear. But the former president often manages to show the current president just how the game should be played.

When Barack Obama was languishing by the phone in July, yearning to hear from John Boehner on the elusive Grand Bargain, the Big Dog advised blowing off the obstructionists in Congress and invoking the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling.

Clinton will often forcefully — and feelingly — frame the argument for Obama policies that would help the working class in a way that Obama himself, once hailed as a master communicator, can’t seem to muster.

On Sunday talk shows, Bill adroitly defended Barry against Dick Cheney’s sly jab that Hillary would make a stronger Democratic nominee in 2012 and against the Cajun ragin’ of James Carville.

And, on Tuesday in New York, as the airwaves thrummed with talk about whether President Obama provoked a “women” problem by letting the West Wing become too much of a frat house, Clinton showed how easy it is to get a roomful of women purring.

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The audience swooned.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: clinton; dowd; obama
Well that's an odd way to begin an article. Hmmmmmmmmm, I wonder what this could be about? Maybe if we read further........

"Obama, in contrast, is still mooning over the tango he didn’t have with Boehner."

Ah. MoDo got the memo. It's official. Obama bad. Clinton good. Fall in line Progressives.

And let's see if I can get the picture right,


1 posted on 09/21/2011 7:17:04 AM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi
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To: MontaniSemperLiberi
I love MoDowd. Just call me Pavlov's dog.
2 posted on 09/21/2011 7:20:34 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug

You know that’s Catherine Zeta Jones, right? She took Michael Douglass away from MoDo. I’ve been told it’s a Freeper rule that her picture must be posted whenever MoDo is mentioned. I was slow on the uptake.


3 posted on 09/21/2011 7:23:09 AM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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To: MontaniSemperLiberi
Bubba’s advice on the 14th Amendment was just as bogus as he was and is.
4 posted on 09/21/2011 7:28:38 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (I want a Triple A president for our Triple A country)
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To: MontaniSemperLiberi
On Sunday talk shows, Bill adroitly defended Barry...

Uh oh - Dowd referred to the President of the United States as "Barry".

Quick - somebody report her to #AttackWatch...

5 posted on 09/21/2011 7:39:54 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: MontaniSemperLiberi
And let's see if I can get the picture right,

Only reason for the MoDo threads, IMHO.

6 posted on 09/21/2011 7:42:57 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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