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A humbler Bill Clinton
International Herlad Tribune ^ | February 26, 2008 | John M. Broder

Posted on 02/26/2008 7:56:05 PM PST by Senator Goldwater

LANCASTER, Ohio: The long campaign has taken some of the fight out of the Big Dog.

The growling and snapping Bill Clinton that the country saw before the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries has been muzzled and leashed.

He is being kept as far from the media as possible to prevent any more of the red-faced, finger-wagging tirades and freelance political commentary that polls say cost Hillary Clinton a lot of support, particularly among black voters.

In the Lancaster High School gymnasium Monday night, Bill Clinton spoke for a full hour to about 2,000 people. The room could have held 1,000 more, but the rest of the gym was curtained off. Earlier in the day, at a college campus in Chillicothe, Ohio, he spoke in a gym that was two-thirds empty.

Some left before he finished speaking.

The reason the Clinton Big Dog is on such a short leash is obvious from polling data. According to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, only 22 percent of respondents said they were more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton because of her husband, while an equal number said they were less likely to support her because of him.

Bill Clinton's approval numbers have fallen as well. Last summer, 51 percent of poll respondents said they had a favorable view of him, while 32 percent said their opinion was unfavorable. By early February of this year, the split was 46-39.

It was not hard to find low opinions of Bill Clinton in Lancaster among those who stayed away from the evening rally.

Tom Mertz, who runs an insurance office on Main Street, said, "If I was advising her, I'd get him out of there."

"He's not done her any good," he said. "He threw his mouth in gear before his brain."

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


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: albatross; billary; hillary; loser; oh2008; stain; stigma
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All texas and Ohio Freepers:

Let the House of Clinton fall.

Bury the Beeotch.

1 posted on 02/26/2008 7:56:07 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Senator Goldwater
Humble Clinton http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976855/posts
2 posted on 02/26/2008 8:01:52 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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The long campaign has taken some of the fight out of the Big Dog.

slick may be a dirty hound dog, but he was never the Big Dog.

3 posted on 02/26/2008 8:03:40 PM PST by VRWCmember (McCain 2008 - If it's inevitable, you might as well lay back and try to enjoy it.)
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In the Lancaster High School gymnasium Monday night, Bill Clinton spoke for a full hour to about 2,000 people. The room could have held 1,000 more, but the rest of the gym was curtained off. Earlier in the day, at a college campus in Chillicothe, Ohio, he spoke in a gym that was two-thirds empty.

Some left before he finished speaking.


This has an almost Spinal Tap quality to it.


4 posted on 02/26/2008 8:04:27 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Senator Goldwater
In the Lancaster High School gymnasium Monday night, Bill Clinton spoke for a full hour to about 2,000 people. The room could have held 1,000 more, but the rest of the gym was curtained off. Earlier in the day, at a college campus in Chillicothe, Ohio, he spoke in a gym that was two-thirds empty.

Some left before he finished speaking.

So let me get this straight. The guy that commands up to $450,000 for a speech to a larger group, can't even get that many in for FREE?

PINGing the IRS and CIA, this creep is getting PAYOLA for having sold our country out.

5 posted on 02/26/2008 8:07:24 PM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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Looks like Bubba is due for a cardiac event soon so she can use his “memory” as a launch pad... [cue black helicopters]


6 posted on 02/26/2008 8:07:41 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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What’s Bildo doing in Fred’s pick up truck?

The only way we will see a humbler Bill Clinton is when he is wearing an orange jumpsuit, with Ft. Leavenworth across the back.


7 posted on 02/26/2008 8:08:03 PM PST by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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To: Senator Goldwater

Wonder if the Clintons political downfall will be the end of their ‘marriage’?


8 posted on 02/26/2008 8:08:46 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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9 posted on 02/26/2008 8:09:09 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 63 days away from outliving Dan Quisenberry)
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Didn’t the Clintonistas cost Ohioans more jobs than any other administration ? Union / Non Union and White Collar JOBS ?

As well, EVERYONE needs to take a peek at this guys take on what the rats have done for blacks over the years !

http://www.wayneperryman.com/info_reviews.html


10 posted on 02/26/2008 8:09:34 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: exit82

LOL...

Lots of laughs here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976855/posts


11 posted on 02/26/2008 8:10:18 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Senator Goldwater
Vote for Clinton. Keep her in the race as long as possible. The longer she and Obama are sniping at each other, the better. Clinton is behind...vote for her.
12 posted on 02/26/2008 8:11:14 PM PST by goldfinch
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Is that the pickup with the Astroturf in the bed?


13 posted on 02/26/2008 8:11:39 PM PST by leprechaun9
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To: Senator Goldwater

>> The growling and snapping Bill Clinton... has been muzzled and leashed.

The job isn’t finished until the neutering is complete.


14 posted on 02/26/2008 8:12:12 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: SamAdams76

LOL..my husband just peaked over my shoulder and wondered what was in the Bill’s barrel...lol
Someone else wondered the same thing on the other post!


15 posted on 02/26/2008 8:12:41 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: goldfinch

vote for her.


NEVER vote for a Clinton.

Bury the beeotch.


16 posted on 02/26/2008 8:12:46 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Senator Goldwater

Not according to the Obama supported Clinton elbowed in the eye (the Secret Service had to pull Bubba off the guy).


17 posted on 02/26/2008 8:13:09 PM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: Henchster
So let me get this straight. The guy that commands up to $450,000 for a speech to a larger group, can't even get that many in for FREE?

PINGing the IRS and CIA, this creep is getting PAYOLA for having sold our country out.

Excellent observation, and imho, spot on.

18 posted on 02/26/2008 8:13:14 PM PST by Eroteme
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To: penelopesire

Thanks—lots of great minds thinking alike there, too.


19 posted on 02/26/2008 8:13:29 PM PST by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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20 posted on 02/26/2008 8:13:59 PM PST by Roscoe Karns
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