Posted on 02/23/2009 10:51:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I hate to admit it, but I miss Bill Clinton. At least that lecherous old charmer was more amusing than his successor as a Democratic president, our new mortician-in-chief, Barack "end of the world" Obama.
Still, our new president's spokesman did deliver the funniest line of this so far not-too-funny millennium. Last week Mr. Gibbs said the president - who had in the previous couple of weeks talked about our economy being a catastrophe from which we might never recover - called the president "an eternal optimist."
I appreciate that presidential spokesmen are not always known for their candor. And putting a positive gloss on his boss' image is barely an infraction, given the howlers that have often come from that podium. But really, one prefers one's perfidy to be at least plausible. If our economy in a death spiral is Mr. Obama's upbeat version of events, one can only tremble at what he would sound like when he turns a little glum.
Perhaps it was with those comments in mind that Mr. Clinton took the opportunity - while purportedly complimenting his successor - to advise Mr. Obama he ought to try to be a little more upbeat about the economy.
(One of the more enjoyable entertainments we can look forward to over the next four years will be watching Bill Clinton sneak in little disparaging statements about his successor every time he pretends to compliment him. Bill is obviously being driven nuts by Mr. Obama. After all, as I recall, Mr. Clinton once complained he could have been a great president if only he had a depression or major war to preside over. How envious he must be of Mr. Obama, who may be in the process of turning an economic downturn into a depression...
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“Mortician in Chief”....Now THAT is one of the BEST descriptions EVER of Bomba!!!
He makes a good point about both BJ and Odumbo.
Thanks Bill!
“After all, as I recall, Mr. Clinton once complained he could have been a great president if only he had a depression ...to preside over.”
instead, he helped balance the budget and reform welfare. The last thing we need are more ‘great’ presidents.
Obama: don’t be like Bush who spent on all kinds of things. Be like Clinton and cut spending. ;)
Almost as much as GWB!
Bill Clinton is still an ass clown. He always will be.
Oh and thanks also to John Boehner’s incompetent resistance.
You do know that it was a Republican controlled Congress that cut spending, and that Clinton only signed on after they shut down the govt.
This is of course a joke. Bill Clinton passed the first ex post facto law. A retroactive tax that in time caused a lot of harm.
Tony is right on the money here. Doom and Gloom Obama is his own worst enemy now. He will make things worse. A president needs to be an upbeat sort of person—God help us if we are pulled in to a war.
But regretfully Mr. Obama is the very embodiment of my boomer generation. We will go down in history as the generation that was given everything, took everything, and left nothing - except debt, debt, debt.
we had a republican controlled congress when bush was prez and they didn’t cut spending. Clinton didn’t push his own wife’s hillarycare. Bush was for the medicare prescription drug expansion. I’m saying this not because I miss Bill but rather to get republicans to get back to their roots. We’d be much better off if we went back to the Contract with America republicans and stopped competing with Obama on how many banks they want to nationalize and how many regulations they want to impose.
oh you will see a lot more taxes and no spending cuts from Obama.
I'm quite certain of that. However Clinton remains a big jerk.
With the number of Republicans in the house Boehner can not resist, only the Senate with the filibuster can really resist this. We have to count on a handfull of RINO’s to save us. Not Good!
Ditto wefare reform. Consequence of a Republican led Congress ramming it down Clinton’s throat.
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