What Hillary Clinton's victories in New Hampshire and Nevada have demonstrated beyond any doubt is that her husband has been a helpmate not a hindrance to her campaign. Despite media criticism that the former president was acting too angry or too petulant during his campaigning in both states for Hillary, what most Democratic (and independent) voters saw, in fact, was the passions of the most popular leader in the party articulating the reasons why his wife would be the best choice for the party's nominee over her most formidable challenger, Barack Obama. In New Hampshire, voters took seriously Bill Clinton's argument that Senator Obama's anti-Iraq war stance was a "fairy tale." They listened with equal intensity to him in Nevada when he criticized a caucus system that favored a union backing Obama and they as well resented the implication that Clinton's critique of that set-up disrespected Hispanics. In the end, Hispanics in Nevada went 3 to 1 for Hillary over Obama. Bill Clinton has proven his sterling silver value to the Hillary Clinton cause -- and undoubtedly his presence will have much the same impact in the remaining primaries.
Every President has advisors, yet I will be most reassured that Bill will be there. BC balanced the budget, improved the American reputation, he passed legislation that benefitted the middle class.
As one Clinton supporter recently remarked:
"What did you dislike the most about the Clinton Presidency: the peace or the properity?"
Bill Clinton did more for Democrats, more for the poor, more for the middle class, than all the modern presidents before or since.
Hillary is a world class candidate, and she happens to be married to Bill Clinton.
Winning. It's a bracing idea. The idea of winning at all costs. The idea of winning by any means necessary. Winning. Granted, one must win before anything can be achieved. However, when the entire substance of a campaign is all about winning, there's little room for vision or hope or unity or character or morality or dignity or anything else. Winning for the sake of winning. It is what inspired Karl Rove and George Bush above all other things. Winning.
This singular vision of winning is the sole inspiration for the Clinton's. This would explain why the Clinton campaign has changed its campaign slogan so often. Because it's never been about a consistent message of change or health care or a vision to move the country forward or to bring the troops home or having a conversation or experience or getting things done or anything else. Those are mere bumper stickers to achieve the ultimate goal. Winning.
My son Ed was stationed at the Elmendorf AFB in Alaska, when it was discovered that Shawn was in bad shape with leukemia. Shawn had to be transported to a Takoma, Washington Army Base Hospital for three months. Ed stayed at his bedside.
My pregnant daughter-in-law Carolyn stayed on at Elmendorf AFB with the oldest son.
Ed got orders to be transfered back to Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas (where they were stationed before being stationed at Elmendorf). Lackland AFB had the facilities to treat leukemia.
Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland was only two hours away from the Philadelphia and Jersey areas where the majority of the extended families lived. Although Andrews didn't have the facilities to treat leukemia, Walter Reed Army Hospital did, which was nearby Andrews.
My son, his wife and many, many professional people emailed petitions for the Air Force to change the orders from the Lackland AFB in Texas to the Andrews AFB in Maryland, to no avail. They were told the final answer was NO.
One evening I worked late and called the White House for the Clintons' fax number. I faxed a personal plea to Bill Clinton the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Hillary Clinton the good lawyer to please change the Air Force's final orders of NO to a YES for Ed's family to transfer to Andrews AFB.
It took a week or two and then the Pentagon called and told them the Texas orders would be overturned and that they would be transfered to Andrews AFB in Maryland near family instead of Lackland AFB in Texas.
I personally would vote for Hillary for president (with Bill as her helpmate) and for Obama as vice-president
or the other way around,
Obama for president and Hillary for vice-president (and Bill as her helpmate).
Respectfully,
Shawn's Grandmother
They really need a new name for such quasi-Democrats...Repuborats?
I wonder how long it will be before someone from the Clinton camp - or one of their mouthpieces - says "Let them eat cake!"?
The years of the Clinton presidency were marked by peace, prosperity, general trust in our government and being respected and even loved overseas. Yes, Bill Clinton had flaws. Yes, he lied about a blow job. Yes, he did the stupid "don't ask don't tell". But, being a gay man, I thought that was better than pretending that gay people in the military didn't even exist and providing NO protection at all to gay and lesbian people in the military.
And, yes, it is disgusting that Bill is making nice with Pappy Bush.
But, put things in perspective. Isn't lying about a blow job a little different than lying about the reasons to start a preemptive war that has killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, destroying our international reputation, denying poor and middle class children adequate health care, and destroying any trust conscious Americans have in their government?
Bill Clinton was a god compared to the pathetic looser Dubya that retarded ignoramuses voted for in the last 2 election cycles!!!!!
Hillary and Bill will be great in the White House again! I can't wait. And I hope you idiots that voted for Bush will remember your mistake every 4 years for the rest of your lives. You caused this invasion of Iraq. Yes, it was your fault, not Congress', not Big Bad Hillary, not Prescott Bush. It was YOUR fault for having voted for this clown OVER AND OVER! Don't ever forget it.
It's a little past time for Barack to take off the gloves and hit back. He should not worry about NOW and the hard core female vote but should be hitting at Hillary-Bills records, their divisiveness, their inability to govern mainstream America and their unelectability. It's time to wake up to the damage the Clintons have done to the democratic party and to our nation. We can't afford any more of the Clintons.
The Clintons were the object of a multi-million dollar rightwing witchhunt, and the only thing they discovered was that Bill got a blowjob. Bigass deal.
Over the weekend, I listened to "This American Life" and they told the story of "Baby Nubbin".
It was a doll that could not be sold due to factory defects.
It was joked about. Battered.
Almost drop kicked. But it was white.
But, when Christmas time came, and all the whgite asian and hispanic dolls had been sold, the only one left that as the proper color was (you guessed it) "Baby Nubbin".
So, ignoring all the black dolls in their cute little incubators, it was sold to an obnoxous white woman and her bratty child.
Yep, Hilarity Clintoon (or as I will now call her "Baby Nubbin").
Will, in fact be the next president of the U.S.
Not because she should be, but because, in a toy store full of black dolls, as damaged as she is, she is STILL White.
Hilary Clinton 2008 - Buy good cop get bad cop free.