Next Up: Bill Clinton, Joe Biden To Speak On 'National Security' Night

The Democratic party is unleashing stalwarts Bill Clinton and vice presidential candidate Joe Biden at prime time to combat John McCain and the Republican Party during the convention's national security night. The AP outlines the recent GOP attacks Clinton and Biden will likely try to tear down.

Anticipating Wednesday night's focus on national security at the Democratic National Convention, Republican John McCain contended in a new TV ad that Obama showed he was "dangerously unprepared" for the White House when he described Iran as a "tiny" nation that didn't pose a serious threat.

"Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism. Developing nuclear capabilities to 'generate power' but threatening to eliminate Israel," says the ad, which was being run in key states. "Terrorism, destroying Israel -- those aren't 'serious threats'"?

Missing from the ad was the context of Obama's remarks last May in which he compared Iran and other adversarial governments to the superpower Soviet Union. "They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us," he said in arguing for talks with Iran. "You know, Iran, they spend one-100th of what we spend on the military. If Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn't stand a chance."

The McCain ad signaled a shift from trying to stir up Hillary Clinton's supporters with her primary-season criticism of Obama to raising fears about Obama's ability to handle international threats. Clinton closed the book on her 2008 presidential bid Tuesday night with an emphatic plea for the party to unite behind Barack Obama.

The Democratic convention spotlight was turning to her husband, the former president, as he prepared to take the prime-time television stage Wednesday night. He is expected to launch attacks on McCain and on the Bush administration, particularly on the state of the U.S. economy.

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Obama's choice as a running mate, will get prime-time exposure as well.

Comments

[chiefeditor]

We've posted MP3 highlights from both addresses at Entertonement.

Biden: http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2612/Joe-Biden-2008-DNC-Address

Clinton: http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2606/Bill-Clinton-2008-DNC-Address

[HawkOnTheLeft]

Joe Biden is beginning to rip the national security mantle from the Republicans. But, Joe, you need a better tag line! Try this:

Our enemies are stronger because we invaded Iraq.

Worried about what Iran will do next in Iraq? They weren't in Iraq before we invaded. Iran is stronger because we invaded Iraq. Repeat the sentences for each enemy: al Qaeda in Iraq (wasn't one), radical fundamentalist Islam (Iraq was secular, now 40% Sharia), and the Taliban/al Qaeda (needed troops that were diverted to Iraq in 2003).

Repeat ad nauseum: Our enemies are stronger because we invaded Iraq.

A complete set of phrases includes these:

- Republicans have no business telling anyone how to make America safer.
- No rational national security hawk could support them.
- It''s "The Emperor's New Clothes" - they claim to wear the mantle of national security, but it vaporizes when you recognize the obvious: each one of our enemies is stronger because of their foreign policy.

[strangerinthenight]

Just a magnificent speaker ! HE DELIVERED !

[yankee452]

Dukakis just tore Hannity a new one!!

Man I'm fired up!!

[Twentylaws]

BOOYAH....BILL CLINTON!!! HE DELIVERED OBAMA!

CALL TO WEBSTER: ADD "CRONYISM" TO THE DICTIONARY

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF HURRICANE KATRINA AND RITA!

[yankee452]

Magnificent!!

Simply Magnificent.

[robjh1]

And another Clinton delivers. No matter what the media or pundits think, he did what they didn't think they would do, regardless of Bill believing it _ he did it. End of story.

[in4success]

WOWOWOWOWO­WOW!!!!!!!­! BILL IS KICKING ASSSSSSSSS­SSSSSSSSSS­S!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!

out of the park -- brilliant! this has been an incredible day -- for as much as i have given them hell, i must now say: KUDOS BILL AND HILLARY AND THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!

[in4success]

WOWOWOWOWO­WOW!!!!!!!­! BILL IS KICKING ASSSSSSSSS­SSSSSSSSSS­S!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!

out of the park -- brilliant! this has been an incredible day -- for as much as i have given them hell, i must now say: KUDOS BILL AND HILLARY AND THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ebanks84]

YOU GO BILL! YOU'RE THE MAN!

[BOBONDE]

IT TOOK BILL TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AFTER THE MASSIVE DEFICITS OF REAGAN AND OLD MAN BUSH, I MISS THE GOLDEN YEARS OF BILL CLINTON.

[ebanks84]

I'm so glad the "real" Bill is back! YES WE CAN!

[Stencil]

Why do they let impeached presidents speak at conventions? At least Nixon had the decency to resign.

[oberon123]

Why do they let traitors post remarks on HuffPo? At least Republicans had the decency to stick to their own sites. Wait, how did a republican learn how to use a computer?

[in4success]

heh heh heh --- YOU'RE DONE!!!!!!!

BAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHA!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!

[Lupin77]

I wish Bill and Hill would just go away. I can't help recalling how he sullied the Oval Office with his x rated activities there and how she put up with it all. They are not paragons of virtue and morality and it's time for them to take a hike.

[YankeeCanuck]

That is private and should remain so.So, they are flawed human beings-- welcome to the human race!
Aside from that, they are both very smart people who have a lot to contribute. Make no mistake, it is not going to be easy.

[Articulator]

You are truly grasping at straws here. Comparing a BJ to the criminal acts of the Bush regime and the worldwide harmful affects of the current White House sleaze is absurd at best. You'll have to try harder than that. You should be ashamed of yourself for trying to provide cover for the Bush regime that is turning America into a corrupt third world country. Are you trying to say that W is a paragon of virtue and morality?

[hydenorhare]

I sure hope Obamacles doesn't plan to have each of those pillars stand for something.
Like ... one pillar for income redistribution.
Another for magic-word diplobamacy so Iran won't wipe Israel off the map.
Another for reparations.
And so on as he touches the pillars of a welfare society.

[Stencil]

I don't know if Iran is going to wipe Israel off the map, after all Israel does have at least 200 more real nuclear weapons than Iran.

I find it amusing that we're so irate about Russia’s interdiction in Georgia when Israel has been doing the same thing to the Palestinians for half a century.

[Twentylaws]

INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME REDISTRIBUTION!!!!!
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME REDISTRIBUTION

REPARATIONS REPARATIONS REPARATIONS DID I SAY MORE REPARATIONS?
R E P A R A T I O N S

(Like sand thru the hour glass...so are the prosperious days of our lives!)

YES HE CAN !!!!! GO OBAMA GO!

[hudsuckerproxy]

Harry Reid's speech is coming up. I suspect he'll make Mark Warner look lively in comparison.

But Joe's gonna bring it.