http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bill/ en-us Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:23:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068753/posts DENVER — Bill Clinton appeared to undermine Sen. Barack Obama again Tuesday. The former president, speaking in Denver, posed a hypothetical question in which he seemed to suggest that that the Democratic Party was making a mistake in choosing Obama as its presidential nominee. He said: "Suppose for example you're a voter. And you've got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don't think that person can deliver on anything. Candidate Y disagrees with you on half the issues, but you believe that on the other half, the candidate will be able to... The Hill via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068753/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:23:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2061832/posts Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) takes photos with supporters while campaigning for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) at Green Valley High School August 8, 2008 in Henderson, Nevada. Hillary Clinton, seen here on August 08, 2008, would be the Democrats' White House nominee today if former presidential hopeful John Edwards had come clean earlier about an extra-marital affair, a top aide to Clinton believes. Obama's campaign announced that former Virginia governor Mark Warner will be the "keynote" speaker on the same night that Hillary Clinton is due to address the Democratic convention. Former US president Bill Clinton, seen... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2061832/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2054477/posts Dear TA3, During the campaign, Hillary and I didn't have the chance to eat together much because we were usually on the trail in different states. Now that the campaign's over, I'm glad we can share more meals again. Of all the people I've had the privilege to break bread with, the person I most enjoy is still Hillary. Now you have a chance to have dinner with her. And if you contribute today to help Hillary retire that pesky campaign debt, you and a guest might be sitting down to dinner with her soon. I think you should go... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2054477/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054096/posts The housing bill signed Wednesday by President George W. Bush will provide a stream of billions of dollars for distressed homeowners and communities and the nonprofit groups that serve them. Brody Mullins/The Wall Street Journal Acorn volunteers registered people to vote in late July. One of the biggest likely beneficiaries, despite Republican objections: Acorn, a housing advocacy group that also helps lead ambitious voter-registration efforts benefiting Democrats. Acorn -- made up of several legally distinct groups under that name -- has become an important player in the Democrats' effort to win the White House. Its voter mobilization arm is co-managing... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054096/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:52:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051753/posts WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate lawmakers on Saturday overwhelmingly passed a broad package of housing legislation, hoping to send a calming message to financial markets and voters amid the ongoing deterioration of the housing market and a growing number of bank failures. Meeting in a rare weekend session, the Senate voted 72-13 in favor of the bill, which includes tax breaks for homeowners, a $300 billion program to refinance loans for struggling borrowers, and a dramatic rescue plan for embattled mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Other provisions include an increase in the federal debt limit to $10.6 trillion... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051753/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050915/posts Boehner calls Dems' energy bill 'joke' U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner Thursday called the Democrats' efforts to free up the strategic oil reserve a joke. At his weekly news conference, Boehner, R-Ohio, said Democrats have been making one excuse after another for why we can't have more American-made energy. Boehner, fresh from trips to Colorado to inspect oil shale reserves and Alaska where he looked at conditions in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, said tapping those reserves would not lead to environmental catastrophe. The only people standing in the way of this are (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, (Senate Majority... Politicom.moldova http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050915/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050684/posts STUART VARNEY, GUEST HOST: A live look at Capitol Hill, House members inside, right now, voting on that $300 billion housing bail-out bill — the president saying, today, he will sign it, even though Democrats tacked billions onto it. My next guest voting against it. Ron Paul is a Republican congressman from Texas. Congressman, good to have you with us. Thanks for being here. REP. RON PAUL (R), TEXAS: Thank you. Thank you. Nice to be with you. VARNEY: OK. Now, you'll vote against it. OK. You don't like this thing. We understand it. But the argument is that, if... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050684/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:33:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041435/posts Clinton talks about saving the worldby Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Sunday, July 6, 2008 Bill Clinton has an idea about how to solve the world’s most pressing humanitarian problems: It’s the systems, stupid. Addressing a panoply of world issues from climate change and alternative energy to food security and AIDS yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the former president argued that creatively rethinking and reorganizing current global problem-solving methods would vastly improve civilization. Clinton’s sober hour-long conversation with Jane Wales, his former White House aide who is currently vice president of philanthropy and society at the Aspen... Aspen Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041435/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:11:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035873/posts Former U.S. president Bill Clinton thanks the audience after he received the 'Osgar' media award in Leipzig, Germany Tuesday June 24, 2008. At right is Irish singer Bob Geldof. Chief editor Kai Diekmann of German tabloid 'Bildzeitung' hands over the 'Osgar' media award to former U.S. president Bill Clinton, left, in Leipzig, Germany Tuesday June 24 2008. Clinton was honoured for the Clinton foundation and his International engagement for peace and freedom. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea pose for photographs as they arrive at the town hall in Leipzig, eastern Germany, to attend the Osgar media... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035873/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:05:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031543/posts R.I. Sen. Whitehouse sees silver lining in demise of global-warming bill01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, June 15, 2008 BY JOHN E. MULLIGAN Journal Washington Bureau whitehouse WASHINGTON — The Senate’s global-warming bill, many months in the making, is dead for this congress, but one of the senators involved in preparing it says the work wasn’t wasted. The next president, whether Barack Obama or John McCain, is likely to sign into law a bill, based on the one that faltered last week in the Senate, that is meant to curb the pace of climate change, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said in an... Projo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031543/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:16:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029660/posts "As the Obama bandwagon has swelled, so have the lists of people Clinton loyalists regard as some variation of “ingrate,” “traitor” or “enemy,” according to the associates and campaign officials, who would speak only on condition of anonymity." -- MARK LEIBOVICH, New York Times Those wondering what Hillary Clinton is going to do with herself, now that she's no longer campaigning for the first time since January 2007, would do well to check out today's New York Times. Those Loyal to the Clintons Take Note of Who Was Not addresses both the Clintons and Enemy List v7.0. Mark Leibovich notes... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029660/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:34:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029260/posts Hillary and Bill are busy updating their enemies lists. And Obama is racking his brain trying to figure out where to stash his erstwhile rival. If a President Obama put her on the Supreme Court, of course, we would have the infinite fun of hearing Bill rant about how Scalia, Alito, Thomas and Roberts were dissing Hillary. It’s good news for Obama that Hillary’s out of the race. But it’s also bad news. Now Republicans can turn their full attention to demonizing Michelle Obama. Mrs. Obama is the new, unwilling contestant in Round Two of the sulfurous national game of... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029260/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024948/posts A part of modern political Americana says he's gone Pittsburgh Tribune-Review By Salena Zito Former President William Jefferson Clinton told supporters in South Dakota that this many be his last day that he is ever involved in a campaign of this kind. Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024948/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:12:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021715/posts "I can't believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out," Clinton said at a South Dakota campaign stop Sunday, in remarks first reported by ABC News. Clinton also suggested some were trying to "cover up" Sen. Clinton's chances of winning in key states that Democrats will have to win in the general election. " 'Oh, this is so terrible: The people they want her. Oh, this is so terrible: She is winning the general election, and he is not. Oh my goodness, we have to... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021715/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 02:24:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019320/posts Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles with her daughter, Chelsea, as she's introduced at a campaign event in Boca Raton, Fla., Wednesday, May 21, 2008. US Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) talks with supporters during a campaign stop at Lynn's Paradise cafe in Louisville, Kentucky, May 20, 2008. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton gets a kiss from her campaign manager Terry McAuliffe at an election night rally May 20 in Louisville, Kentucky. Predictions of political doom failed to penetrate a cramped downtown hotel ballroom where a beaming Clinton and die-hard supporters kept alive her... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019320/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 20:36:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018716/posts And now the supplemental spending bill to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan war is going to be vetoed and the Democrats damn well know it. Gives them more talking points in the current election cycle, troops be damned. How did it get to this point? Blame Pelosi: How did Congress get itself into this gridlock? The short answer is that the speaker and majority leader placed expediency and control over regular order and transparency, and pursued a strategy that would bypass House and Senate Committee markup, thus forcing the supplemental bill through both bodies with limited debate. Instead of allowing... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018716/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 17:11:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018091/posts 5 YR AMNESTY ATTACHED TO WAR FUNDING BILL BY Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) TRAVESTY Disastrous Ag Jobs Amnesty Attached to Iraq Funding Bill! Millions of Illegal Aliens and Their Families to Get 5-Year Amnesty! The pro-amnesty coalition is once again attempting to force another illegal alien amnesty onto America. Sen. Feinstein sponsored a proposal to grant a 5-year amnesty for up to 3 million illegal aliens and their families into the Iraq War supplemental bill. Knowing that the war funding bill is desperately needed to support our troops in battle overseas, the amnesty plan was attached covertly in attempts that... BlogTownhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018091/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 15:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016899/posts Anthony Pellicano found guiltyConvicted of racketeering, conspiracyBy Leslie SimmonsMay 15, 2008, Hollywood ReporterAnthony Pellicano, the former celebrity private eye who set up shop on the Sunset Strip and boasted clients who were some of Hollywood's rich and powerful, was found guilty Thursday of racketeering, wiretapping and running a criminal enterprise. [Below Reprinted From Newsmax - 2003]From the NewsMax.com StaffWednesday, Nov.12, 2003 10:58 a.m. ESTPellicano Tapes Could Spell Trouble for Bill and Hillary Hollywood is buzzing over "investigator to the stars" private eye Anthony Pellicano, who copped a plea earlier this year after the FBI caught him with a drawer full... NewsMax Hollywood Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016899/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 15:35:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013700/posts The Democrats invented race-baiting, making it a staple of campaigning for nearly a century. (The Republicans gave us a civil war.) Now race politics is back, and this time everyone gets to play. With Hillary dead and gone without even a decent wake, most of the punditry is busy with the fatwa, decreeing beheading with a dull knife for anyone who says irreverent things about Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton, who suddenly couldn't push a crippled child's wheelchair across a busy street without taking severe criticism for how she did it, learned yesterday that she broke the brass rule of American... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013700/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 18:43:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013598/posts Carol Felsenthal's new book about Bill Clinton's post-presidential years, Clinton in Exile, is often catty, occasionally malicious, and overly reliant on unnamed sources. It's also pretty boring; when Felsenthal's not muckraking, she's content to trot out newspaper accounts of Clinton's foundation work and his appearances on the guest-speaker circuit. But don't fret—with Slate's reading guide, you can zip straight to the water-cooler-worthy gossip. Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013598/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 15:44:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012727/posts Bush Vows to Veto Housing-Relief Bill in HouseWednesday May 7, 10:35 pm ET By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON — As the House prepared to vote on a housing-relief bill offered by Democratic leaders, President Bush on Wednesday told the lawmakers, in effect, not to bother. “I will veto the bill that’s moving through the House today if it makes it to my desk,” the president said at the White House, after meeting with Republican House leaders. “I urge members on both sides of the aisle to focus on a good piece of legislation that is being sponsored by Republican members.” The... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012727/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 23:47:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2011469/posts Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is accompanied by North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, right, and his son Mike Jr. as they enter a rally at Pitt Community College in Greenville, N.C. Monday, May 5, 2008. US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner in Indianapolis, Indiana May 4, 2008. While a Secret Service agent holds onto his waist, former President Bill Clinton stretches over a porch rail and shakes hands with well-wishers during a campaign stop on Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Morganton, N.C. The former president was campaigning for his... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2011469/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 16:08:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007559/posts Bill Clinton as president being comforted by Reverend Wright In the aftermath of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary — a race in which Senator Hillary Clinton had a 20-point lead only a few months ago — the racism and hypocrisy of the Clinton campaign was laid bare for all a nation to scorn. Desperate and willing to do anything to win, the Clintons resorted to a naked form of racism aimed directly at white working-class voters in the rural portions of the state. Their message: Barack Obama cannot win because he’s black. In the early stages of the campaign, it... Black Star News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007559/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:57:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006032/posts Barack Obama says it's an "abstract measure" to count votes in Michigan and Florida, whose contests were essentially nulled by the Democratic National Committee when the states violated party rules and moved their primaries ahead of others in the election calendar. "There have been a number of different formulations that the Clinton campaign has been trying to arrive at to suggest that somehow they're not behind," Obama told reporters following a town hall meeting in New Albany, Indiana, "If you want to count them for some abstract measure, you're free to do so. But, you know, the way that the... ABC NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006032/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002409/posts TALLAHASSEE — Employers and business owners can no longer bar workers and shoppers from bringing guns onto their property and leaving the weapons locked inside their vehicles under a bill signed into law today by Gov. Charlie Crist. The new law allows employees and visitors who have concealed weapons licenses to leave their weapons locked in or to vehicles. But concealed weapons license records are not available for public inspection so businesses would have no way of verifying if employees actually have the licenses. The business community objected to the bill, backed by the National Rifle Association, saying property owners... Palm Beach Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002409/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:33:32 GMT