Posted on 04/09/2011 11:45:39 AM PDT by Baladas
BILL Clinton thinks Donald Trump needs to shut his mouth!
During recent media appearances, Trump questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in this country and has demanded that Obama make public a birth certificate to prove it.
But former President Bill Clinton says the argument that Obama was born outside the United States is ridiculous.
“If I were them, I’d be really careful riding that birther horse too much,” he said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Monday. “Everyone knows it’s ludicrous.”
Questioning Obama’s birthplace might attract some conservative voters, but “a very different America” votes in presidential elections than in midterm congressional elections, Clinton said.
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When you don't have the truth on your side, resort to Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals #5. "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage."
Don’t you just love it when they tell us things “for our own good”? They’re such a compassionate bunch, those lefties.
See above.
Only for himself. Most the folks he poloticed for lost over the years.
Depends what the meaning of “ludicrous” is.
politiced or politicked. We need an edit button.
Sounds like you've been drinking something a little harder.
He’s saying this to protect Hillary. I firmly believe Trump has the goods on Obama that the Clintons had but were afraid to use during the campaign.
Trump is now doing their dirty work and Hillary can ride in to save the day, I mean rescue the DemocRATS from the evil Republicans who took down their President.
Clinton is a class A pervert and no one with an ounce of integrity should bother giving him the time of day...no better than Hugh Hefner.
Lol! You’re right—those hardcore lefty partisans are always looking out for the GOP.
On a bright note, Bill Clinton’s words of caution do tell me something. Namely, that they are scared witless...if you get my drift. BC is probably playing Good Cop for Hillary. He gets out in public and makes it look like he’s running interference for Barry, whereas behind they scenes Hillary’s people are probably leaking to Trump’s investigators like the Titanic taking on water. The next several mos will be fun and interesting.
“Everyone knows it’s ludicrous.”
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Bubba doth protest too much!
He’s on record as a good soldier, and Hillary is first in line if BHO gets discredited and has to resign.
The cynical world of Clinton.
” . . they have to keep their own hands clean . .”
OOPS! TOO LATE!!
“Everyone knows it’s ludicrous.”
So “everyone” includes the 40 percent of the American public who believe there are questions about the site of his birth.
Trump is the stalking horse and Clinton is playing to the crowd.
Hillary can’t bring this up but Trump is the perfect person to do it. What does he get out of it? Who knows..but he is a grand stander and loves the limelight as much as Bill.
I think Clinton is just publicly distancing himself and Hillary from the controversy for the purposes of plausible deniability when the curtain comes down on Obama. Even if Donald Trump isn’t actually working for them, he certainly is making himself useful for taking out the competition. It certainly sounds like The Donald has the goods on Obama and one wonders where it came from!
I’m not buying this “rebuke” from Der Slickmeister.
This is his way to keep him (and, by default, “the smartest woman in the room”) above the fray while at the same time, he is probably cheering The Donald on, probably even helping him, albeit behind closed doors. This is a “wink-wink, nod-nod” rebuke, the kind of rebuke that sounds strong but when these two get together, they laugh about it and maybe even The Donald will come out and say something like, “It’s unfortunate that my friend, Bill, feels this way but he has a right to his opinion.”, just to keep up the appearance.
To hell with free speech right?
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