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Bill Clinton: Damage to Democrats over Obamacare rollout failure will be ‘minimal’
The Washington Times ^ | December 3, 2013 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 12/03/2013 4:10:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Former President Bill Clinton, who prodded President Obama last month to keep his promises on Obamacare, said Tuesday that the political damage for Democrats from the flawed law will be “minimal.”

“I believe that if the computer problems are all fixed, and it’s up and running by — and healthy in the next several weeks, I think that the damage will be minimal,” Mr. Clinton told interviewer Jorge Ramos of Fusion. “It’s getting better. I think it’ll be fixed by — in the next few weeks. If it’s worked through, I think within four or five months people will be talking about something entirely differently.”(continued)

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014; 2014issues; 2014midterms; 2016; billclinton; democrats; hillary; obama; obamacare; socializedmedicine; x42
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To: stevecmd

People are so dying to get B.C. back in the W.H. that they will do almost anything, including electing H.R.C.


21 posted on 12/03/2013 4:34:49 PM PST by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs are flirting with Christie, but it's Jebbie's turn!" to LOSE!)
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To: kabar

Kabar, one can hide reality with words; the American people are, as Rush first called them, “low-information voters”, and they shall so remain.


22 posted on 12/03/2013 4:36:35 PM PST by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs are flirting with Christie, but it's Jebbie's turn!" to LOSE!)
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To: kabar

It would be really hard for the Clintons to oppose Obamacare while supporting it so publicly and she from within the administration. If it looks like it could drag her down, my prediction is they will resort to that old Clinton tactic of triangulation. She’ll pledge to tweak and fix the few things needed to make it just right.


23 posted on 12/03/2013 4:39:12 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wordsmithing. Damage to the Democrats over Obamacare (not the rollout, but the policies) will be huge.


24 posted on 12/03/2013 4:45:33 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“”I think within four or five months people will be talking about something entirely differently””

No, Bill.....They will be talking about something entirely different OR they will be talking about THIS entirely differently. I thought the guy was supposed to be a genius. Or is that his wife? Gosh - it’s so difficult to keep this straight when all democrats sent to DC are all supposed to be geniuses....


25 posted on 12/03/2013 4:46:05 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

“You better put some ice on that.”

The Bill Clinton prescription for being raped by Obamacare.


26 posted on 12/03/2013 4:53:35 PM PST by heye2monn
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The faulty website is the only thing temporarily saving their collective butts.

Once it works, and everybody actually learns their specific cost for insurance, the public will go through the roof.


27 posted on 12/03/2013 4:59:52 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Run Hillary! RUN!

We won't mention Benghazi... we'll give you a pass on it.

You run girl!

28 posted on 12/03/2013 5:02:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You wish.


29 posted on 12/03/2013 5:05:17 PM PST by goldi
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Clinton is an azz hat


30 posted on 12/03/2013 5:11:02 PM PST by Renegade
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To: Mygirlsmom
We will look back on the website debacle as “the easy part” of this nightmare. <<

Exactly!..Just because u cant add or subtract doesn't mean you're not a whiz at long division.......Or does it?

31 posted on 12/03/2013 5:14:12 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“I believe that if the computer problems are all fixed, and it’s up and running by — and healthy in the next several weeks, I think that the damage will be minimal,”

Agree -- compared to the damage from everything else about Obamacare, the damage from the website fiasco will be minimal.

32 posted on 12/03/2013 5:19:09 PM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: lurk

Well, Captain Smith would have said that at around 11:30 p.m. on April 14, 1912. However, at around 2:00 a.m. on April 15, 1912 Captain Smith would have been saying...”Oh, shit!”


33 posted on 12/03/2013 5:20:20 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Thank You Rush
As much as Bill hates it...the hi-lite of his presidency will always be the “Blue Dress”.......He can spin all he wants...lol
34 posted on 12/03/2013 5:23:54 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is why they call him ‘Slick’.

He’s giving Obama the green light to double down on the very thing that will destroy his legacy, and the careers of every Dem politician who supported him.

Slick walks away grinning as his enemies go up in flames.


35 posted on 12/03/2013 5:34:58 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Four or five months. This spring. Seven years. Next month. Who knows?
The important thing is that we must throw money into this black hole.


36 posted on 12/03/2013 5:47:10 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You heard it first from Slick Willy .... and if you can’t trust Slick Willy, what Democrat can you trust?


37 posted on 12/03/2013 5:48:43 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Some people might call it a confidence game or swindle, others call it ObamaCare!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He is correct. And I would add, if any.


38 posted on 12/03/2013 5:50:30 PM PST by sport
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To: kabar

One of the things that is going unsaid is this: the ‘failure to launch’ of healthcare.gov is the best thing that could have happened for Obama. If the site had worked properly and millions of people could have seen what their options for coverage are and the cost, we would be in a state of civil revolt by now.


39 posted on 12/03/2013 5:51:42 PM PST by patriotsblood
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not for me.


40 posted on 12/03/2013 5:52:57 PM PST by funfan
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