"Hey, Barry! How're ya doin'?"
Posted on 07/31/2012 9:45:44 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Seeing as how President Obama’s economic strategies have most definitely not worked, the Democrats are bringing out former President Bill Clinton for a prime-time speaking slot at their national convention — presumably so he can tout his “Hey, I’m a Democrat and we had balanced budgets and a robust economy during my tenure, ergo I have authority on the economy issue and I’m for Obama!” credentials.
Sources tell the Associated Press that Obama personally asked Clinton to speak at the convention and to place Obama’s name in nomination, an offer the former president enthusiastically accepted. Clinton’s expected to take center stage in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 5, the third day of the four-day convention.
Hume
The convention role being given Bill Clinton is proof that President Obama is in deep trouble and he and his political handlers know it….
Add to that the Rasmussen survey in which voters by 62 percent to 30 said economic growth was more important to them than economic fairness. Fairness, of course, is a major theme of Mr. Obama and his party. With his attacks on Mitt Romney’s business record and his repeated and unsubtle appeals to elements of his party’s base, Mr. Obama is clearly shooting for a big Democratic turnout in November.
But Gallup reports that the number of Democrats who say they are more enthusiastic about voting this year is at 39 percent, down from 61 percent four years ago. 51 percent of Republicans, meanwhile, said they are more enthusiastic this year, that is up from 35 per cent in 2008.When you put all this together with the continuing bad news on the economy, you know why Mr. Obama is suddenly reaching out to Bill Clinton.
This is a distress call.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
America hates Bill Clinton.
Romney should have George W. Bush make a Primetime speech of the GOP Convention.
The economy was healthy during the time that Bill Clinton was in office but he was just a bystander. It was, of course, Newt Gingrich and the Conservatives sweep to power that led to low unemployment, tax rollbacks and a a renewal of free enterprise. I well remember that gas was down to 78 cents a gallon after the Gingrich Revolution has effectively neutralized Clinton and the left.
The gas prices were among the many reasons why I so strongly favored Speaker Gingrich during the primaries. I'm still sure that he would have be the strongest candidate and I believe his "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" was more than a slogan. Gingrich proved to be a man of substance in the 1990's and the results were tangible.
Reagan spoke at the 92 convention.
Didn’t do squat for Bush.
Like what the hell is the guy people remember for getting a cheap bj going to do for Obama?
Bringing B. Clinton on the scene will be a kiss of death for Obama. Does anyone recall the presser where Clinton flat out took over and Obama literally left the room looking very small after that? The same in spades will happen again, Clinton will hog the limelight (and admittedly, the guy is good at it and handling the quisling press) and the stark difference between the two “democrats” will be shown (with Obama looking like the complete inferior) and more “middle of the road” democrats who don’t normally pay attention to politics will be pushed to Romney. Just my $0.02 of course.
So Obama is basically hoping some nastalgia out of the convention will carry him to victory... This will probably give him a little bounce, but it won’t last or do much else.
After all, “someone else made that happen” won’t get you to the White House.
How about all of the Bush family go away and never be heard from again?
Hume’s analysis is fine, but I suspect that (beyond needing a gimmick to justify media attention for a purposeless convention):
1) Obama retains some fear of a convention rebellion in favor of Hillary.
2) Wishful thinking by many Democrats that Obama might be dumped for Hillary! is hurting campaign donations and Obama’s poll numbers. (At least Obama’s handlers hope so).
Lining up Bill to place Obama’s name in nomination, and announcing this publicly, pretty much kills the draft Hillary notion.
Unfortunately for Obama, Bill is always about Bill. Reminding the electorate that he, for all his faults, was a skillful politician, enormously more engaged and effective as President than Obama, who actually did bipartisan business by co-opting the Republican agenda, tamed the deficit, etc., makes Obama look mighty shabby. Obama does not measure up to Bill’s standards, even for honesty.
If there is anyone in the entire world with a bigger ego than Obama, it’s Clinton. The problem for Obama is that with Clinton it is always all about him personally. So Clinton is likely to overplay it and “tell” America to vote for Obama. And America is likely to say: “Who the F are you? Oh, yeah, you’re the guy who got the blow jobs...well, we’re broke now and a blow job won’t help so go to Hell.”
What helped the Toon was the dot com bubble, his 24x7 spin meisters, and the Republican Congress saved him because they thought it was too extreme to kick Hill and Billy out on their Arkansas @$$e$ after he was impeached!
Note I left Wisconsin out of the mix, they at least had the good sense to retain Scott Walker and give him an even BIGGER win during the recall election, than he had in 2010.
Bill Clinton is the luckiest guy in the world, but he’s a jinx to everybody around him. He gets the credit for everybody else’s work, and the people around him get hosed. Great idea, Obama. Give Bill the chance to grab the spotlight and you’ll never get it back. This should be fun to watch.
It’s got to stick in the craw of the Chicago Gang that they must rely on ‘rock stars’ (puke) in the form of a dirty old man and Hillary (XY/XX chromosome combination unknown).
Obama is ego first, last and always so having to rely on others as a draw is delicious irony.
Hey man, that would be the maximum Hoot!
What the hell could nobama do? Maybe moochelle would attack Slick on stage or smack hitlery upside her heyet! CDs of the dem convention would be priceless.
It might be worthwhile to watch the convention....... naw.
Rush was just talking about how and what the liberals will be blaming nobama going down in flames on. Maybe that’s their goal of getting Slick to do. They gotta blame it on something.
Barack Obama, desperately searching for a record he can run on, begs Bill Clinton to come to Charlotte and save his bacon. Priceless!
Now -- thank goodness -- there are alternative media that didn't exist back then.
I don’t care if you’re a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, Vegetarian, THAT is funny!
I don’t care if you’re a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, Vegetarian, THAT is funny!
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