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Bill Clinton back in the White House, holds economic meeting with Obama (Follow the $$$$)
Washington Post ^ | July 14, 2010 | Anne E. Kornblut

Posted on 07/14/2010 3:17:28 PM PDT by maggief

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Clinton, whose foundation is working on clean energy programs that would employ additional workers, and Buffett met with Obama as part of a White House push on the economy and employment. On Tuesday, Obama tapped Jacob Lew as budget director and publicly directed him to reduce the deficit. On Thursday, Obama travels to Michigan to talk job creation once more.

Gibbs said the timing of the two Wednesday meetings was coincidental, and that Buffett initiated their sit-down.

"You don't turn down an opportunity to talk to Warren Buffett," Gibbs said. Buffett has been an Obama supporter and adviser since backing him in the 2008 primaries.

The Clinton meeting was designed to "discuss new ways to create jobs in the private sector and continue to build on the success we have seen through the Recovery Act on building public-private partnerships in the clean energy sector," a White House statement said.

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"Clinton, whose foundation is working on clean energy programs that would employ additional workers"

http://www.clintonfoundation.org/what-we-do/clinton-climate-initiative/our-approach/cities/building-retrofit

The Clinton Climate Initiative’s (CCI) Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program (EEBRP) brings together many of the world’s largest cities, energy service firms and financial institutions in a landmark effort to reduce energy consumption in existing buildings. CCI works with industry, financial, government and building partners to overcome market barriers and develop financially sound solutions that accelerate the growth of the global building efficiency market. CCI provides support to building owners such as city governments, commercial portfolio owners, schools, universities, and public housing authorities in identifying, designing, and implementing large-scale energy efficiency retrofit projects and brings the owner together with the necessary contracting and financial firms for implementation.

1 posted on 07/14/2010 3:17:30 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

So let’s see if Clinton can waive his magic wand and get Obama out of this.


2 posted on 07/14/2010 3:19:04 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Geez, somebody at the WH must have gotten a brand new bag of nose candy....


3 posted on 07/14/2010 3:19:57 PM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: Brilliant

No, but he can wave his magic wand and get more gov $$$$ in his CCI coffers.


4 posted on 07/14/2010 3:22:03 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Obama would have been better off having a meeting with the Republican Congress that forced Clinton to become a “fiscal conservative”. But Obama’s intellect is as overrated as Clinton’s virility.


5 posted on 07/14/2010 3:22:23 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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I thought in the campaign it was Joe Biden who said he would be looking over the shoulder of the Jr. Senator to make sure things got done right.


6 posted on 07/14/2010 3:25:45 PM PDT by rovenstinez (,)
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To: Brilliant

‘So let’s see if Clinton can waive his magic wand and get Obama out of this.’

Not likely. Hillary is tanned and ready for 2012.

Key thing to watch. Will the Kenyan be invited to Chelsea’s wedding? I bet not.


7 posted on 07/14/2010 3:30:11 PM PDT by y6162
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To: maggief
Buffett has been an Obama supporter and adviser since backing him in the 2008 primaries.

And that is all I needed to hear.

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8 posted on 07/14/2010 3:30:56 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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Bubba and Energy. Bubba and Putin. Bubba and .....

Bubba and Hillary buying a mansion.....Interesting!!!

9 posted on 07/14/2010 3:31:22 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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He’s the first person listed....Sorry...


10 posted on 07/14/2010 3:32:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: Brilliant

So let’s see if Clinton can waive his magic wand and get Obama out of this.


Clinton is no magician. He never really pulled a rabit out of the hat; he just happened to be standing in the right place at the right time when one suddely hopped by thanks to the dot com boom. There are no tricks up his sleeve to help Obama.


11 posted on 07/14/2010 3:34:48 PM PDT by Starboard
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The Clinton meeting was designed to "discuss new ways to create jobs in the private sector and continue to build on the success we have seen through the Recovery Act on building public-private partnerships in the clean energy sector," a White House statement said.

Do any of them honestly believe that the tech boom and Y2K, and the (temporary) jobs they created, would not have happened if Clinton wasn't President?

12 posted on 07/14/2010 3:34:48 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Compassionate Conservatism? Promoting self reliance is compassionate. Promoting dependency is not.)
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On Thursday, Obama travels to Michigan to talk job creation once more...building public-private partnerships in the clean energy sector," a White House statement said.

This seems to be the industrial route Michigan has chosen to go under Granholm. I can't help but think our state is investing in the buggy whip industry.

13 posted on 07/14/2010 3:35:28 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
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The only one to benefit from this meeting is Bill Clinton.

Nice to see Obama having his A$$ handed to him.

What’s next, VP Hillary?


14 posted on 07/14/2010 3:35:44 PM PDT by IncPen (How can a man who won't produce his own documentation lecture the rest of us on immigration?)
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To: Starboard

It wasn’t the dot com boom. It was $12 a barrel oil, which was really Bush’s brainchild since he evicted Saddam from Kuwait and made it happen.


15 posted on 07/14/2010 3:40:43 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: y6162
Unfortunately, he is... The Clinton Wedding
16 posted on 07/14/2010 3:41:22 PM PDT by NoExpectations
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To: Brilliant

It wasn’t the dot com boom.


The spectacular boom ran from about 1995 to 2000. Look at NASDAQ chart. That was no coincidence.


17 posted on 07/14/2010 3:49:06 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: maggief

Bill to Obama: “Give me money or I take the leash off Hillary.”


18 posted on 07/14/2010 3:54:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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Recovery Act on building public-private partnerships in the clean energy sector

Whenever you hear about “public-private partnerships,” you’re hearing about a fascist concept.
The Administration knows it’s impossible to own the means of production. It’s more effective to control the means of production.


19 posted on 07/14/2010 3:55:13 PM PDT by griswold3 ('Regulation and law without enforcement is no law at all)
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To: Starboard

I think the stimulus was an attempt to generate another boom. It didn’t, but we still have to pay back the money we borrowed to pay for the boom we didn’t get.


20 posted on 07/14/2010 4:00:06 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Compassionate Conservatism? Promoting self reliance is compassionate. Promoting dependency is not.)
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