Posted on 06/05/2012 10:54:18 PM PDT by Steelfish
Clinton Sparks Campaign Commotion With Comments On Taxes And Recession
In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, former President Bill Clinton addressed chatter arising from his praise of Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital, and pointed out that the loss of thousands of public jobs could have been avoided had Obama's jobs plan passed.
By Tom Curry Former president Bill Clinton roiled the presidential campaign Tuesday with comments in an interview with CNBCs Maria Bartiromo in which he called for continuing all the current income tax rates into early 2013, as opposed to President Obama who wants income tax rates on higher-income people to go up at the start of 2013. Clinton also said the economy is still in a recession.
It was the second time in a week that Clinton had appeared to go off message from the Obama campaign and to put distance between himself and the president. In comments on CNN last week, Clinton defended GOP presidential contender Mitt Romneys role as head of Bain Capital, praising Romney as a man who had a sterling business career.
But Clinton said in another interview Tuesday with NBC's Brian Williams that Im trying to help the president win re-election because I think hes done a better job than most people know. I think the health care bill is a step in the right direction... I think his economic policy is dramatically better than the one articulated by Gov. Romney and his supporters." Clinton also told Williams that he was "aghast" at the media reaction to his comments about Romney.
But Republicans were quick to seize on the apparent divide between Clinton and Obama, citing Clintons comments in his interview with CNBC as evidence that Obama is out of step on the tax question and that even the Democratic Partys....
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The Rapist is loving all the attention he is getting. He is one very sick bastard this guy. Will we ever be rid of him ???
Ya gotta admit, Obama even makes you miss Clinton.
The Rapist is loving all the attention he is getting. He is one very sick bastard this guy. Will we ever be rid of him ???
Yes, the sicko does love it and is actually hurting 0bama because he’s instilling doubt.
He won’t go away until he does himself in with some slut.
Bill must have missed these communists marching in the streets of California
The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right name.
That's what Obama said...
The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right name.
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The bald fat-ass (center right) needs the 1st shovel ready job that O-nothing creates. Boy must be forced into a weight loss program with no more 32oz sodas.
A pair of commies.
Clinton does not look or sound well at all. He looks like a guy with cancer, IMO. He may be getting closure to having that involuntary audience with the Almighty and won`t be able to smooth-talk his way out of that one.
Clinton’s thiner and older. He mentioned a while back after his heart surgery that he’s a vegan now. I don’t think a meatless diet is a healthy diet for human beings.
If Hillary was president, they would have a lot of conflict in the white hut. She is as radical and ham handed as Obama.
Absolutely true. Here she is in some polls with a 66% approval rating... how quickly people forget how evil and marxist-leaning that "woman" is.
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