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Clinton says midterm elections won't be as bad ‘94
Associated Press ^
| Feb. 22, 2010
Posted on 02/22/2010 7:16:47 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON Former President Bill Clinton said Monday he doesn't expect Democratic prospects this year to be as bad as 94, when his failed drive to overhaul the nation's health care system helped Republicans win control of Congress.
In assessing what could be a potentially tough year for his party, Clinton said if Democrats catch a break with the economy and party leaders kind of keep their heads on straight and keep focusing on the need to show up and get counted, I don't think it'll be as bad as 94. I think we'll do much better.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2010midterms; gopcomeback; x42
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Whistling past the graveyard.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:19:26 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions: $1.00 Halfbaked: 50c)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I bet they are MUCH MUCH worse.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:19:42 PM PST
by
Old Texan
(Nobama, cound't get a job as a shift leader at Church's Fried Chicken.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I have trouble reading politicalspeak. Is he saying that the American people think Obama is less of a dirtbag than Clinton was?
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:19:57 PM PST
by
Mobties
To: Free ThinkerNY
I hope BillyBob’s correct.We want to get within a few seats of taking both chambers this November so we can stop Hussein in his tracks.But we don't want to give Hussein the same opportunity in ‘12 that BillyBob had in ‘96...running against the Evil Republican Majority Leader...or Speaker.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:20:22 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
wonder where he thinks that economic recovery is coming from? increased taxes? cap and trade?
To: Free ThinkerNY
I think Clinton secretly believes it will be a blood-bath and will be greatly pleased if it is. The man is a firm believer in the ancient Klingon proverb that revenge is a dish best served cold.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:22:55 PM PST
by
TheVitaminPress
(as goes the Second Amendment . . . so goes the Constitution.)
To: GOPPachyderm
That seals it! The Dems are doomed, doomed I say.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:23:16 PM PST
by
Patrick1
To: Free ThinkerNY
I love how the ASS PRESS goes on pretending Clinton doesn’t hate Obama.
As if the ‘rats are all one big happy family.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Yeah, he's right when they sneak in liberals like Scott Brown posing as a republican.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:26:15 PM PST
by
woodro43
To: Old Texan
They will be worse. Republicans need to find a way to illustrate the truth apparent in this chart:
To: Gay State Conservative
But we don't want to give Hussein the same opportunity in 12 that BillyBob had in 96...running against the Evil Republican Majority Leader...or Speaker. Billy Jeff's "opportunity" in 1996 was the Republican Majority Leader or the Speaker.
It was Bob Dole.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:31:49 PM PST
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: Gay State Conservative
I hope BillyBobs correct.We want to get within a few seats of taking both chambers this November so we can stop Hussein in his tracks.But we don't want to give Hussein the same opportunity in 12 that BillyBob had in 96...running against the Evil Republican Majority Leader...or Speaker.
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I must respectfully disagree. Old BJ was a masterful politician, repeatedly elected in a swing state. Zero comes from a one-party town in one-party state, and shows no inclinations towards a mid-course correction.
My preference is that the voters issue him a stinging rebuke this November, bringing with them a comprehensive conservative mandate.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:33:55 PM PST
by
stillonaroll
(Nominate a non-RINO in 2012!)
To: Old Texan
They WILL be much much worse.
But I see a problem with GOP overconfidence here, which
to me is the real issue.
I’d like to see the RINOs handing their heads IN ADDITION to seeing a big rollback of Dem seatholders.
I just don’t think there’s enough time.
All my instincts tell me that the RNC has ALREADY been manoeuvering to position Romney as its candidate, and I KNOW they’re extending their hegemony and whatever influence they can muster in more local elections to put NON Tea Party candidates in. There was an FR thread this AM, I will link to in a little while.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:34:25 PM PST
by
supremedoctrine
("I'm flattered that you wanted me, I'm bitter that you got me" --Dick Powell)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Based on what... 100% Arkansas pig poop trailings? Apologies to Arkansas and pig poop?
LLS
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:36:37 PM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
To: GOPPachyderm
No. THe foundation of the economic ‘recovery’ will be just as its been for months: lies, illogic, subterfuge, citations of “respected economists”, forecasts, new wrinkles on ‘saved’ and ‘created’, and further puffing up every little make-work project you and I are paying for in some distant state, to overcompendate unskilled workers who will then be beholden to vote Democrat till the end of time.
They, in other words, continue to dig a DEEPER hole for a
Foundation, because that’s all they know how to do.
It will all fall in on them, and they’ll be buried alive.
(I thought I would just exploit the metaphors Joe Biden’s been using for months, about ‘deep holes’ the whole country was in, and how we need “ladders” to get out—this is a sick joke on a cosmic scale.
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:40:00 PM PST
by
supremedoctrine
("I'm flattered that you wanted me, I'm bitter that you got me" --Dick Powell)
To: TheVitaminPress
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:44:37 PM PST
by
notpoliticallycorewrecked
(According to the MSM, I'm a fringe sitting, pajama wearing, Freeper)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Hey Slick, how was the head nurse?
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:44:52 PM PST
by
Jolla
To: Free ThinkerNY
if Democrats catch a break with the economy and party leaders kind of keep their heads on straight
Note the Clinton-speak qualifier. Maybe dimowits catch a break with economy, but no way dimowit party leaders keep their heads on straight.
I think we'll do much better.
More Clinton-speak. He doesn't define 'we.'
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:48:33 PM PST
by
javachip
To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
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posted on
02/22/2010 7:48:47 PM PST
by
TheVitaminPress
(as goes the Second Amendment . . . so goes the Constitution.)
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