Posted on 01/29/2008 10:13:57 AM PST by NormsRevenge
BLACKWOOD, N.J. - Former President Clinton said his wife would strengthen the nation's middle class as he did, and that she would be his favorite candidate for president even if they weren't married.
"These are tough times. We can bring America back. We've done it before," Clinton told a boisterous crowd Tuesday at Camden County College, a week before New Jersey and more than 20 other states hold nomination contests. "She will do it."
The event comes three days after Barack Obama won an easy victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton in South Carolina. There, the former president was outspokenly critical of Obama, a tactic that some say cost his wife votes.
Tuesday, Clinton hit issues ranging health care to energy independence to the federal budget to college loans in his half-hour talk. On student loans, he talked about how his wife's policies would echo those he implemented.
And he addressed how as a senator representing New York, Hillary Clinton was among the first politicians to realize that 9/11 rescue workers could be at risk because of toxins in the air after the attacks.
"That's the person I would be here for if we never had been married," he said.
He briefly mentioned race, promising that if his wife were president, no one would be excluded from opportunities because of their race.
Also Tuesday, Sen. Clinton won the backing of California Rep. Maxine Waters, an influential member of the Congressional Black Caucus whose support could help blunt charges of racial polarization against the Clinton campaign in the South Carolina primary.
Clinton and Waters were expected to announce the endorsement via conference call.
In a statement, Waters praised the former first lady's readiness to tackle the nation's economic woes.
"At a time when the economy continues to worsen and so many of my constituents are losing their homes and their jobs, we need someone with the leadership and experience who can step in on day one to tackle the economic challenges our country is facing," Waters said. "Hillary understands the daily challenges that people are facing and she will fight for them everyday she is in the White House."
Issues of race and gender have come to the forefront of the campaign, pitting Clinton, who hopes to be the first female president, against Obama, seeking to become the first black to hold the job.
By raising taxes, tons of new anti-competition laws, increasing union power? What is this old fart talking about?!
Go away, you sick old bastard!
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton poses for a photo after a rally while campaigning for his wife US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Blackwood, New Jersey, January 29, 2008. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer
Good for the economy? Hmmm.
What about defense? Like he was closing all those bases and downsizing the military cause the Cold War was over and we didn’t need it anymore?
Is that the kind of foresight we need?
Caption: The things I have to do to get some more White House Intern nookie.
Reminder: Defeating Hellary is the Prime Directive.
I agree - there would be a run on guns, ammo, fallout shelters, bio-hazard suits, gas masks.....etc
BTW, since when was the economy the President’s job anyway?
Is there anything in the Constitution that gives the him that responsibility?
Of course, he thought that increasing taxes was good for the economy, and vetoing medicare reform was good for the economy.
Everytime I see a photo like that I can’t help but wonder “is that another Monica?”
Either that or just spending a lot. Conspicuous consumption?
“taking things away from you for the common good”.. HRC
“raising taxes on those earning $250/k or more” ..HRC
Oh yeh...she’s an Einstein on economics BJ.
And you, Bill, would be good for the ice industry.
A run meaning mass purchase, or pulling them off shelves?
Yeah, the Venezuelan economy.
"That's the person I would be here for if we never had been married," he said.
Actually Bubba took a growing economy, and crushed it with the biggest tax increas in history, one that was applied retroactively to a time when he wasn't even President.
I love how he talks about the wife in the past tense.
LOL!
Bill, tax yourself into prosperity first.
Too Slick by half?
“Bill: Hillary would be good for economy”
Like she was with her billing records while with the Rose Law Firm? If she gets the nomination, we must be relentless in reminding everyone of her past, like the MSM would do if she was a Republican.
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