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Bush Addresses "These Accusations That Bill Clinton Is A Racist"

NY Times   |   February 11, 2008 08:34 AM


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Mr. Bush offered his thoughts not only on Mr. McCain, but also on the other remaining Republican candidate, Mike Huckabee, and the Democrats as well. He also defended former President Bill Clinton, who has been accused of playing on racial sentiments by attacking Mrs. Clinton's opponent, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.

"I can understand why President Clinton wants to campaign hard for his wife," Mr. Bush said. "And you know, these accusations that Bill Clinton is a racist I think is just wrong. I just don't agree with it."

Mr. Bush did not stick with his earlier prediction that Mrs. Clinton would win.

"I predicted Senator Clinton because I knew that she understands the klieg lights and understands the pressures," he said, adding, "And that race seems far from over to me."

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Just because you play the race card doesn't mean you are a rascist. RIP, Johnny Cochran!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:15 AM on 02/12/2008

I've worked with a lot of different people in the 2 decades I've been out of school, and I'm not looking at your skin color, I'm looking at your work ethic, if anything. I think some people are kind of shady/crafty in and of themselves, and are inclined to be interested in the contents of other people's wallets, some of them used to work in NYC and are now in court, and they are/were fair-skinned, the crafty guy that tried to scam me for 300 bucks was african-american, the guy that tried to intimidate me into giving him 100 bucks was latino, and the guys that got me for 2.5k were mainly caucasian. Yeah, I'm kinda stupid, but my memory works fairly well, and your gender doesn't make you automatically a 'good' person either. The jesus junkies know this saying, 'by their works ye shall know them', meaning that a person's actions are telling about their character, and that's a lot more important than what kind of paint job you got. It's all the same color primer underneath.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:13 AM on 02/12/2008

Wow, Bush is defending Bill Clinton... pathetic.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:38 AM on 02/12/2008

That's not exactly "defending".

Bush is getting the words "Clinton" and "racist" in the same sentence together. The idea is for people -- especially the weak-minded ones who still listen to Bubble Boy -- to associate the two.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:56 AM on 02/12/2008

EXACTLY. And the stupid fucker doesn't even know about noun/verb agreement after going to Yale: "these accusations.... is just wrong."

"And you know, these accusations that Bill Clinton is a racist I think is just wrong. I just don't agree with it."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:48 AM on 02/12/2008

And who made these accusations Mr Bush, you f...ing dipshit?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:12 AM on 02/12/2008

Bush is a lame duck, shot by Cheney. He is not as lame or as dead as those whose blood he has on his hands. He is not as lame as his brush clearing supporters have been and told him not to worry in August 2001.
When Nixon died I had no pity, for his hands were soaked in the blood of many.
When Reagan died I said okay- people liked him, but they didn't look too close at his hands either.
How dare he interfere with the opposition that fight each other to clear this country's honor.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:09 AM on 02/12/2008

Like Bush would understand anything about subtle racist remarks. Do the Clintons really need this liar sticking up for them? He's a good gauge to listen to and do the opposite of what he says.

W., don't help, please; the majority of people really don't like you. I'm sorry nobody told you, but it's true.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:05 AM on 02/12/2008

President Bush has come out in support of the Clintons. Saying "I don"t think Bill is a racist", (talk about triangulation), and that "Obama has no experience". WAKE UP PEOPLE! The Repubs want the Clintons to get the nomination. It"s now CRYSTAL CLEAR! It"s obvious and shame on us if we can"t see them for what they are. Just because we"re paranoid of them, doesn"t mean they"re not manipulating us. The radio news reports (AP news) of the election is playing only Hillary sound bites, listen carefully. The Right control most of the Radio networks. It"s starting to NOT go their way, and their only hope of winning is to run against the Clintons. Don"t be stupid & fooled by Coulter, Limbaugh and the rest. They"re actually saying they"ll campaign for her. They know she"s their only shot. I like her, but no one will admit they"re voting for Bill. She feels like the safe bet, like when you play not to lose. But energizing the right and dividing us into red & blue is exactly what they want us to do. What we need is courage to change it all (she"ll be a part of it, but not front and center), to diffuse any power they have left. It will then be between new and really old, real change and another Bush. That we can win.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:05 PM on 02/11/2008

Anything this idiot has to say is not even worth listening to.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 PM on 02/11/2008

In fact, he may not even be listening himself.
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:44 PM on 02/11/2008

As a kid Bush fell out of the Stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:53 PM on 02/11/2008

OHIO'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER ENDORSES OBAMA !!! SPREAD the WORD !!

Hillary DOES NOT HAVE OHIO LOCKED UP ! In fact, this past Sunday, Ohio's Largest Newspaper (Cleveland Plain Dealer) gave a wonderful endorsement to Barack Obama. Below are a few excepts. Funny....we're not hearing that on the news at all.....So it's up to you...The Obama Warriors to SPREAD THE WORD !

Ohio's Largest Newspaper Endorses Obama !

...Given these similarities, Ohio Democrats have to ask themselves which candidate is more likely, first, to win the White House, and, then, to persuade a closely divided country to embrace his or her vision of change. Put even more pointedly: Who is more likely to change the world of a child born in 2008?...

...The answer, we think, is Barack Obama.
Although Obama stands on the precipice of a historic breakthrough, his personal story is a classic only-in-America saga: A white mother from Kansas. A black father from Kenya. A childhood in multi-ethnic Hawaii. Scholarships to Ivy League schools. Work as a community organizer and later a law professor in Chicago. Two terms in the Illinois Senate, then a landslide election to the U.S. Senate. An electrifying keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
That speech laid out the template for this campaign. He has challenged America to move beyond rigid racial, religious or partisan divides to focus instead on shared, national goals. It's a message that appeals to young voters and independents, to disillusioned Democrats eager to regain a sense of possibility and, yes, hope.

Hillary Clinton is an exceptionally bright and accomplished woman. Only a fool could dispute that. It would be nice if Obama's policy proposals were as meaty as those she has put forward. It's no wonder she wants Democrats to see this race as a choice between résumés.
But in a campaign where history matters, she carries an inordinate amount of baggage. Who wants to relive the soap operas of the 1990s?
America needs a fresh start. Barack Obama is the Democrat to provide it.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Feb.10,

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:44 PM on 02/11/2008

Umm....Didn't the Los Angeles Times endorse Obama?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:21 AM on 02/12/2008

No, It was headline news here.

I like HuffPo for that reason, although, they are accused of posting irrelevant topics sometimes, what is clear to me is that all the relevant topics don't escape them.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:21 PM on 02/11/2008

"And you know, these accusations that Bill Clinton is a racist I think is just wrong. I just don't agree with it."

I think we is missing the real story here.
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:24 PM on 02/11/2008

The real story: Bush said "I disagree that Bill Clinton is a racist. I would know. I've been to the meetings."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:04 AM on 02/12/2008

"In politics nothing happens by chance. If something happens, then you can bet that it was planned that way."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:22 PM on 02/11/2008

I figured it out: I just saw a clip of him on Democracy Now putting Obama down. Bush is supporting the Clintons because they will continue his war and add to his legacy. If Obama is elected and gets us out of Iraq, what does that do for the worth of his agenda in the middle east?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:05 PM on 02/11/2008

Bush is still making noises?
Someone give him a piece of string to play with already.
Bush; WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:19 PM on 02/11/2008

It has recently been learned that the President always make love with his wife on top since George W. Bush can only f**k up.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:47 PM on 02/11/2008

Well, if your not Waldo there's no sense lookin' for you. By the way, Bush is definenatly the bottom in that marriage. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you meant George H. W. Bush! The one married to that professional wrestler named Barbara.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:03 PM on 02/11/2008

Oh dear, I'm not sure that this is a positive endorsement of Bill.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:29 PM on 02/11/2008

It's a great photo though.
Bill in his republican red tie, and Bush in his Democratic blue. Who said the dynasties can't get along. Why, they're positively enabling.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:56 PM on 02/11/2008

"I know racists. You, sir, are no racist."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:33 PM on 02/11/2008

WELL, THAT SURE CLEARS THAT UP, EH?

"Mi Dada's Casa es su Casa"...

Just two "Good Ol' Boys"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KdRFTK_8Fyw

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:01 PM on 02/11/2008

NO STUPID- Bush is licking his chops over this. Wake Up!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:14 PM on 02/11/2008

Exactly.

And Bill's caught with his fist around the $$ in the cookie jar of "Mr. Continental"

All they need is a NetJet lease and wifi access

they don't need no stinkin' national borders...

"We're just the good ol' boys..."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:04 AM on 02/12/2008

The people on this post need to study the more respected and experienced people who have been here for a long time at HuffPo and know what the hell they are talking about. What a bunch of strange, bizarre, and idiotic things have been said on this thread!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:44 PM on 02/11/2008

You don't really think any of us believe this topic is worthy of us, do you?

Personally, I'm enjoying the free-for-all with these dim witted and slobbering Republican trolls who were apparently just bounced on their fluffy fat asses out of Uncle Charly's, the gay bar in Austin where Karl Rove, Scott McClellan and the Gannon Cannon Sisters have been sitting, wedged onto their bar stools crying in their Judith Miller Lite draft beer and praying for another sugar daddy who won't make them bleed.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:21 PM on 02/11/2008

LOL OMG you have me rolling in the floor! NewFrontier, I hope you have a blog somewhere. You crack me up.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:22 AM on 02/12/2008

....yea, he looked into bills eyes...and he could tell.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:32 PM on 02/11/2008

"....Do you play golf?" he asked, blinking those presidential eye lashes like Divine in a cucumber patch. "I've heard that's it's ....crooked."

"Yup," said Bill, "But it's not Hillary's fault. The neocons got in the back door and bribed her campaign staff."
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:25 PM on 02/11/2008

You don't actually have to be a racist to manipulate the racism of others for your advantage. It's low and opportunistic but that doesn't necessarily mean it's racist.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:31 PM on 02/11/2008

Is that like saying you talk to Jeebus at night and he tells you things like, "Go smite Saddam," and he went and smitted Saddam? Or, "Go and set my people free!" and he reduced taxes on corporatists and issued pardons to his cronies?

Do you mean like telling evangelicals that you watch the 700-Club, too, when your wife is passed out after a night of boozing, too?

Or is that like when the police pull you over and is about to give you a DWI in Kennebunkport and the cop asks, "Have you been drinking again, George?" and you say, "Why no, ossifer, I've only had *a bottle of water* tonight." And then when the officer points at your "bottle of water" and asks, "Is that *wine* in that bottle, George?" and you look up at him with astonishment, knowing that you saw the him in the Crystal Cathedral on his vacation last week on "The Hour of Power" and you reply holding up the bottle, "Holy cow! Jeebus must of did it again!"
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:40 PM on 02/11/2008

Another HuffPo nasty anti-Clinton byline. Get it right, or don't do it at all, please!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:17 PM on 02/11/2008

This is great! Two southern white men who both use racists statements denying they use such statements.

Does this mean Bush is endorsing Hillary?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:38 PM on 02/11/2008

pheepher-get phucked.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:15 PM on 02/11/2008

Hasn't anyone tried to explain to Chimpy the differences between being a racist and using nuanced language to try to bring out the worst in people. Oh I forgot it's chimpy. Carry on then.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:06 PM on 02/11/2008

Lynn, Yes that is the point exactly. Bush always takes the extreme position of any argument to use it against you. It's either a devious tactic or it's because he's just a simple minded idiot. Either way, he's just plain stupid.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:39 PM on 02/11/2008

Bush is certainly qualified to know racists.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:52 PM on 02/11/2008



It was just revealed a few days ago that the former Minister Ted Haggard recently visited the White House several times.

That, combined with 8 years of secret Jeff Gannon visits, probably means that everything in the White House has dried astroglide on it.


Including Barney.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:46 PM on 02/11/2008