Posted on 04/10/2014 3:16:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
During his speech at the Civil Rights Summit held at the LBJ Presidential Library, former President Bill Clinton sounded a gloomy note about the current state of the economy under President Obama.
Clinton, whom Obama frequently described as the “Secretary of Explaining Stuff,” pointed out that the current state of the economy made it more difficult to unite Americans politically.
“It is all the more difficult today because of the economic conditions that we find ourselves, where medium family income today after inflation is still lower than it was the day I left office,” he said, adding, “where all over the world, there is a job shortage particularly acute among the young.”
Clinton asserted that although statistics show that the economy is growing, “almost all of it is going to the top ten percent, in some cases even five or one percent of us.”
That economic divide, Clinton noted, was bad for the country.
“You do not have to resent the wealthy to know that that is an extreme constraint on the long-term economic growth and social well-being of America,” he said...
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The Dems actually attack any woman who got to her position on her own merits...look how they hate Condoleezza Rice. We can’t have a society with something so elitist as people who are actually competent and can achieve on their own. It’s not part of the Dem program.
I think the Clintons, deep down inside, still hate the Obamas for taking the Presidency from Hillary in ‘08. Look for more of this type of “speech” by the former Prez.
". . . but that will change when you elect Hillary."
The economy is bad but boy do I have a murderer for you!
Other quotes attributed to Hillary:
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
“It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.”
“(We) ... can’t just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.”
“We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground.”
“I certainly think the free-market has failed.”
“I think it’s time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched.”
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
“It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.”
“(We) ... can’t just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.”
“We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground.”
“I certainly think the free-market has failed.”
“I think it’s time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched.”
For once, King Fubo is right.
Who else but Slick Willy could explain the meaning of the word "is"?
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