Posted on 06/07/2012 2:06:52 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Clinton: 'I'm very sorry'
Posted by CNN's Ashley Killough
(CNN) – Bill Clinton regrets the swirl over comments he made earlier in the week in which he appeared to suggest he would be open to extending the so-called Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, the former president said Thursday.
"I'm very sorry about what happened," Clinton said in an interview to air on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." "I thought something had to be done on the 'fiscal cliff' before the election. Apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year."
Republicans seized on Clinton's remarks this week when he said lawmakers will likely put off a series of major spending and budget decisions. They argued the former president was siding with many in the GOP who call for the extension of the controversial tax cuts largely opposed by Democrats.
"[Congress] will probably have to put everything off until early next year," Clinton said Tuesday during an interview with CNBC. "That's probably the best thing to do right now."
The "fiscal cliff" consists of measures set to begin in January that would remove more than $500 billion out of the economy in 2013 alone. Those measures include the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and protection of the middle class from the Alternative Minimum Tax, the onset of $1 trillion in blunt spending cuts, and a reduction in Medicare doctors' pay.
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One thing I believe, and I’ve been told the same by other Conservatives- At least Bill Clinton doesn’t hate America, as the Obamas do.
We are watching the Dems implode, and it’s by design, IMHO. Gotta go thru the demolition phase — shitcan the radical Left — in order to build a viable party. The road they’ve been on not only wounds America, it totally is destroying their brand.
I credit Bam’s freefall in the polls to two factors, WI and Bill Clinton.
Bawhahhaa....TOO late, cats outta the bag! Kudos to team Romney for ceasing the moment before RED NOSE backtracked! I hope they have the nerve to run the camp ad over and over until heads explode.
Isn't that what he said to Monica, also? Talk about "Useful Idiot".
Sometimes you just have to stand and applaud someone who is a master at his art. Of course XXX-42 is a master at deception, but he is one of the best.
It's like the complaint about Paradise Lost: Satan gets all the best lines.
That pic just says it all.
Clinton is undermining Obama just as Ted Kennedy did Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Never ask for permission,ask for forgiveness.
Never ask for permission,ask for forgiveness.
Billy slams his “willy” in a door again.
This time they see Romney ahead and want the market to slide so he has a big headache when he gets elected in the new year.
Obama HATES AMERICA!
"I thought something had to be done on the 'fiscal cliff' before the election. Apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year."
Dayum! Does Bill know how to twist that knife (in the back), or what?
It's been said that he's a political genius. Watching his performance this week, I'd have to agree. Not only did he punch Obama harder than any Republican besides Sarah Palin, he managed to apologize for it while grinding Zero's big toe under his boot heel!
LOL!
As much as I despised the puke while he was in office (and pretty much ever since), he's almost likeable, compared to Obama.
Heh....no, that was Zero's willy he slammed in the door. Brak must have really done something to piss him off last week.
Slick Willy better put some ice on that.
Lol, Bubba knows exactly what he’s doing. Even in his ‘so called’ apology - Krouthhammer called it a ‘word-salad’.
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