Bill Clinton: Hillary's Experience Compared To Obama's, 'It's Not Even Close'

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In a surprisingly frank interview with Charlie Rose on his PBS show late Friday night, former President Bill Clinton declared that his wife was not only far better prepared to be president than her chief rival Sen. Barack Obama -- "it's not close" -- but that voters who disagreed would be taking a "risk" if they picked the latter.

Repeatedly dismissive of Obama -- which could come back to haunt the Clinton campaign -- the former president at one point said that voters were, of course, free to pick someone with little experience, even "a gifted television commentator" who would have just "one year less" experience in national service than Obama. He had earlier pointed out that Obama had started to run for president just one year into his first term in the U.S. Senate.

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- SaintN I'm a Fan of SaintN 4 fans permalink

The major difference is that Obama,unlike Hilliary,wasn't married for 25+ years to a "World Class" Sleazy-Sli­me-Bag,lik­e Hilliary was and still is!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:37 PM on 12/15/2007

since Bill Clinton insists on bringing up the question of Vision and Experience, we have to talk about his foreign policy legacy.

after Bush's caricaturization of the White House and the power of the government made us look mass media reports differently, the military and police actions during Bill Clinton's administration look more questionable, aggressive, and cruel -- from relentless Wag the Dog bombing of Iraq to distract from Monica Lewinsky, to bombing half the medical supplies of Sudan (oh yeah, it was Al Qaeda, sure, we don't need to see any evidence), to attacking the civilian populations in Yugoslavia by bombing utilities. and for the conspiracy theorists awakened by Bush and 9/11, there are the unanswered questions at OKC, Waco, WTC, and the USS Cole.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:40 PM on 12/15/2007
- Jane22 I'm a Fan of Jane22 10 fans permalink

I beg to differ with Bill Clinton. So many of the reasons cited for valuing one skill or ability over another, I believe, are not necessarily valid. Each one can bring different personal skills to the debate. However, for me, the most important factor IS INTEGRITY! At what level will one compromise Values!Mor­ality?Just­ice? Human Rights? Following the money can offer real answers. Why did Bill compromise with the "don't Ask Don't Tell..", Welfare Reform? Nafta? They are sooo ambitious, but we need to ask for what purpose. Peace

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:36 PM on 12/15/2007
- ebbtide I'm a Fan of ebbtide 16 fans permalink

No second chances Bill. You can, and will I suspect, say anything about her experience because the records of all her fabulous "experience" are all locked up.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:12 PM on 12/15/2007
- stlrfan I'm a Fan of stlrfan 2 fans permalink

Where have you gone Mr. Albert Gore, a party turns it's lonely eyes to you....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:49 PM on 12/15/2007

ok, enough of this.

let's see Bill Clinton debate Obama head to head.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:37 PM on 12/15/2007

Obama with 2 years in the Senate and who has missed 80% of the votes since September 1, 2007 is totally unqualified to be President. He is incompenent. The Republicans know it and all the neo-cons on FOX and MSM are predicting a Republican victory because when Obama as a black make is pitted against a female, the prejudice against women by white males is the deciding vote in the minds of the white male media on Fox and MSM. But, they know that when Obama faces a Republican white male in November, he won't win because the bottom line he is unqualified for the job of President and everyone sees it.

This is a classic systemic way of creating failure for African American's - put up a "token" candidate or employee in a position in which they never had the opportunity to learn on the job, gain experience, network with others, earn a reputation, and they will fail. Even if by some miracle Obama is elected, he has alienated people like the Clintons who are second to none in advancing the cause of African Americans in this country, not to mention other members of Congress who are also running. This is playing into the Republican handbook. He is not trained to handle a crisis and he has alienated the majority of Democrats in Congress to get elected. Built-in failure that will set back the Democrats 20 to 40 years as did the Carter Administration.

Obama needs to wait 8 more years, maybe 16 more years before he considers running for President so he can succeed. Right now, he is being set up to fail. One doesn't get $100m of corporate America's money to run for President unless Corporate America gets what they want - a Republican President - and Obama is there to help them.

However, for those who want experience and a President who HAS PROVEN HE CAN WORK WITH EVERYONE Joe Biden is the best. www.joebiden.com

The choices are: Obama, Clinton, or Biden. Why not pick the best of the best?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:36 PM on 12/15/2007
- ffa I'm a Fan of ffa permalink

I thought he was going to break down and cry:
It is my wife's turn. Please, Please...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:17 PM on 12/15/2007
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