Posted on 02/16/2008 9:12:18 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — Former President Clinton on Friday accused Sen. Barack Obama, his wife's rival for the Democratic nomination, of trying to ignore any accomplishments they achieved during their years in the White House.
"You have one candidate who's made the explicit argument that the only way we can change America is to move into a post-partisan future and therefore we have to eliminate from consideration for the presidency anybody who made good things happen in the '90s or stopped bad things from happening in this decade," said Clinton, who was winding up a day of East Texas campaign appearances for his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"It doesn't matter how much good you did," the former president said at Stephen F. Austin University. "We've got to get rid of you because you had to fight to make something good happen. You had to fight to stop something bad from happening. And if you fought, you made somebody mad, we ought to give you an old watch and retire you. You can't possibly make a contribution to America's future."
Without mentioning Obama by name, Clinton said the Illinois senator was promoting a position that it's "actually an advantage to not have any experience because you've not made anybody mad."
"It's been very effective," Clinton said. "It's already taken four good candidates out. It would have taken Hillary out if she didn't have so much grass-roots support and so much guts."
Clinton said his wife's position is to "bridge the party divides when we can, but we also need to be prepared to fight."
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Clinton never thinks enough people are paying attention to him.
Run, ignore or cry, no good option.
Bill Clinton: Obama’s ignoring my White House legacy
So do I, Bill. So do I.
Bill, your diddling around in the '90s led to a very bad thing happening in this decade--on September 11, 2001, to be specific.
Probably cause he doesn’t have a legacy.
The real question is how did those two (Hilary and Bill) ever fit both their egos into the same room.
She has no guts. Those weak attacks on obama have been pathetic.
His church, affirmative action admittee, never once straying from the democratic caucaus, never running anything,
his insane wife (well maybe she should go in this direction) , che, cocaine use, meeting with despots,
more than a trillion in new spending ( again maybe this is not the best line of attack either) but she never attacked, because she is gutless.
Monica?
I’m glad to see this. The Clintons are opening a new front in their battle against the MoveOn-Soros-Obama wing of the party. They are not going to say that Obama is too liberal (it would not be considered a negative in the Dem primaries), but they are going to argue that he is simply too idealistic and not tough and pragmatic enough.
It might work better than the subtle race-baiting Billary seemed to be tinkering with.
Ignored like BillHill Ignored UBL in the 90’s... Ignore the coming storm because it would inevitably happen on someone elses watch?
It could be argued that BillHill caused everything that has happened to date... So if its so bad then they are the culprits... guess its not really that bad after all... guess we really don’t need all this change now do we..
Rats dug a huge hole and unleashed Obama.
Ignored like BillHill Ignored UBL in the 90’s... Ignore the coming storm because it would inevitably happen on someone elses watch?
It could be argued that BillHill caused everything that has happened to date... So if its so bad then they are the culprits... guess its not really that bad after all... guess we really don’t need all this change now do we..
Rats dug a huge hole and unleashed Obama.
Ignored like BillHill Ignored UBL in the 90’s... Ignore the coming storm because it would inevitably happen on someone elses watch?
It could be argued that BillHill caused everything that has happened to date... So if its so bad then they are the culprits... guess its not really that bad after all... guess we really don’t need all this change now do we..
Rats dug a huge hole and unleashed Obama.
A giant among men! In his dreams.
Bill, we already know about the BJ you got from Monica. Take that out and you have NO legacy... imagine that!
Bill Clinton gives every impression of being power-addicted, and unwilling to give up the presidency. He uses Hillary’s candidacy as a way to get back in office. For this reason more than almost any other, Hillary must be denied.
I would of thought Bill would be glad Obama was ignoring his legacy. Or perhaps he wants Obama to bring up the fact he sold US Missile tech to the Chinese Communists in exchange for illegal campaign contributions in 1995-1996?
Bills legacy is when he fell in love with a sink.
Yeh, sure...Ol'Slick had the GREAT FORTUNE of being a contemporary of Grove, Greenspan and Gates....who "MADE HIM"... And as that famous flash from the past, Ralph Nader, is fond of saying--The bottom 80% of Americans were worse off in 2000 than in 1973 re wages...Klintoon favored those "Top Earners?"
Who woulda thought it?
It never fails it is ALWAYS ABOUT BILL AND HILLARY ,what a conceited slob
And ironic because it was Bill Clinton himself, running in 1992, who proved conclusively that hope trumps anger – that it is not about who will fight the power or who has experience, it’s about who can most skillfully project hopeful optimism about the future, and can persuade voters, beyond the Democratic base, that he will transcend what he called the “brain dead politics of Washington” (his own way of selling a post-partisan worldview).
And thus, in a bizarre twist, it was Obama who grasped the mantle of Clintonism and became the “Man from Hope.”
Ben Stein, Politico
And considering their tech transfers to the Chinese in exchange for illegal campaign contributions, for things yet to come.
And considering their tech transfers to the Chinese in exchange for illegal campaign contributions, for things yet to come.
Let's see Clintoon legacy, ...blue dress, blow jobs, lied to the country and caught, sold secrets to asia, got a ton of money from and old Hsu(shoe)illegally I might add, Arkansas sleletons,bombed Kosovo to keep folks minds off the BJ's ), cut up the military especially the SAC, whitwater gate, so many dead cronies that happened to KNOW something....the silverware...never took the OBL shot( thank-you Billy Waugh for being in position at least), Somalia retreat, almost impeached...I'm certain I missed a LOT
This could ba an awesome blog about failed Clintoon legacy, send it off to Obama who I dislike also but what the heck time to drown the Clintoon's in the old bitter well of politics.
That man gives me the heaves.
Is Bill Clinton going dumber by the hour?! Is this the man who was thought to be the smartest politician on the planet? As I said before Bill Clinton is not the genius that people made him to be including people on our side, he was just very lucky when he ran for President twice.
Middle legacy?
Its a particularly gloomy day here in NE TX.
Mow I know why.
If this were a general election, I’d agree with you. But unlike the old days of multiple ballots at conventions (i.e. what the media now call a “brokered convention”), the handlers in both parties want to avoid at all costs the appearance of a chaotic spectacle at the convention(*). So all candidates for the Dems have to proceed with more subtlety and hold their cannon fire for the GOP. But, Hillary does not want to let go. The next two weeks should be interesting.
(*)In my view, this is unfortunate. It takes a lot of the fun out of the democratic elements of our elections.
The more Bill Clinton talks, the more I root for Hillary.
OK Bill! Let’s focus on that stellar legacy!
Barrett Report, unredacted,please!
I hope so. Adultery, rape, treason, extortion, manslaughter, lying, perjury... Bill’s legacy is secure.
Bill you have lived long enough to see your work go to nothing.
It’s not that anyone’s trying to ignore your legacy, Bill; it’s just kinda hard to spot since the cleaning crew went though the White House.
BINGO! I have said this for years. Billyboy's reign HAPPENED to coincide with the phenomenal rise of the Internet, which, despite Algore's claims, the Clinton administration had nothing to do with!
I would ignore that too, if I were Obama.
Out of pity, if nothing else.
Bill was a traitor who auctioned off military & MIRV secrets to the Chinese. Some legacy.
Campaign donors such as Loral demanded Clinton do these transfers and Bill happily complied
"You have one candidate who's made the explicit argument that the only way we can change America is to move into a post-partisan future and therefore we have to eliminate from consideration for the presidency anybody who made good things happen in the '90s or stopped bad things from happening in this decade," said Clinton, .... "It doesn't matter how much good you did," .... "We've got to get rid of you .. we ought to give you an old watch and retire you. You can't possibly make a contribution to America's future." (blah, blah, blah, blah)
See kiddies, this is what happens to your brain after decades of drug abuse. [Paranoia is just one of the long term effects.]
Bill's legacy is front and center.
Exactly
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