EXCLUSIVE: Obama Rips Bill Clinton Slams as ‘Troubling’ and Inaccurate

Would be an interesting debate. Bill Clinton is playing such an heavy role in this campain you can wonder who is running.

Why aren’t most of Barack Obama’s appearances in the media? Sounds like the media is again coronating Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee prematurely.

I voted for Bill twice, and now I am just embarressed by the way he has been conducting himself.

Obama, you had better know that you are up against “THE” pro spin politician. Bill has told more lies about opponents than that comedian who was the pathological liar on Saturday Night Live. And next time, for goodness sake, put your right hand over your heart when the Star Spangled Banner is played dude!

I have become deeply troubled with Bill Clinton’s actions and words as of late. Bill and Hillary are literally playing good cop, bad cop. Furthermore, Obama is now running a campaign against not only Hillary but also Bill. You’d almost think that Bill Clinton is running for President again. Well, maybe he is…

In regards to President Clinton being on the attack. I love it! Obama is getting a free Republican media ride, because they anticipate an easy kill. Democrats need to get this message out and Pres. Clinton is doing it. Good job! Sick ‘em Bill! We’re behind you all the way. You set your standard. What do we care what opponents think? We’re Clinton people! The Clintons weren’t in for eight years by mistake. Nor was their vote ever contested like Bush, who we all know, didn’t win.

It would appear Mr. Obama has something to hide. If people doubt me, just read the comments made by the people in Illinois about his purpose and participation in events that would have benefitted his total base. He was not there! Too busy seeking personal wealth and gain to do his job. I should think he is the greatest divider this country has seen in a long time.

No matter who wins between Hillary and Obama, there is a divide in the democrat party that will lay them bare for another republican win. The African Americans who have been on the liberal plantation for so long are finally seeing what we on the right have known all along. They are being used.

Obama is LOSING

Yeaaaaaaah!
Go Barack! Go!!!
We’re sick and tired of shameless smear!

I think Obama and Edwards should not particpate in any more debates with Hillary, until Bill is and Hillary decided to run as team. Hillary is patehtic. Hillary thought should could skate her way to the democratic nomination based on her husband presidency. When Obama and Edwards won Iowa, she went crying to her husband to help her win in Newhampshire. I don’t have any respect for Hillary or Bill for the way they have been conducting themselves against, Obama.

Billary is so yesterday. Move on. Obama for Presidnet.

Go Bill & Hillary. At least we know who they are, when will we learn the truth about Obama? Ambition is not enough will for leadership, experience counts.

The media is playing along with the Clintons all the time. Why is this man never challenged on his outright lies? He said he and his daughter witness union officials strongarming people. Everyone thinks its a lie, just like his lie that he opposed the Iraq War.
The media repeats and repeats Clinton tactics bringing up minor drug use by Obama as an adolescent but they will NEVER compare and contrast whatever thats supposed to mean with Bill Clinton having sex with Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office as a 50 year old. Any normal person would have brought up the known Clinton scandals and put Shaheen, Penn, Kerrey, et al on the hook to say what bothered them so much about Obama when they could support Clinton?

Of course Obama did this in front of a black woman (Robin Roberts). He is desperately playing his entire deck of race cards. Making Bill and Hillary Clinton the victim of his pathetic attacks at least will let Hillary kick his ass sideways on Feb 5.

Obama is to immature. Maybe you want a just out of school to do brain surgery on you.

Bill Clinton balanced the budget, generated a federal surplus, increased the number of jobs, and Wall Street loved him as well. The Republicans under Bush squandered that surplus, created a phony war that is bleeding us to the tune of soon to be trillion dollars, killed/maimed thousands of Amercian soldiers, outsources jobs, lost control of the borders and brought on ‘recession’. I like Obama;s hope message but right now, we need experience. You know, whenever I interviewed for a job, the first question they always asked of me was what sort of experience do you have and not what my message of hope was or how many people liked me. Experience versus kumbaya. I vote Hillary now and for Obama in 8 years! ;))

I have voted for Clinton in the past. However, I am disappointed to say that based on his behavior during this campaign I am embarrassed to have not seen thorugh his garbage. I truly believe he has no ethical compass and is a poor excuse for a human being.
The great thing about this election is to have learned that the phrase “that’s just politics” no longer applies. We have never seen a candidate before Obama who has tried to do it the right way. The candidates don’t differ much on the issues; consider integrity when making your decision.

Obama’s supporters show their lack of experience and knowledge of politics in their defense strategies for Obama. They call everyone else names and give no reasons to support Obama other than he is “Change” and that Hillary, a woman who will make history with her nomination, as “so yesterday”. Don’t be naive! The Republicans are behind the perceived Obama wave. We know…they hate the Clintons for a reason; The Clintons will beat them!

The Democrats are about to pull steaming defeat from the jaws of victory again. Consider for a moment the republican race has chrystalized down into a two horse race — John McCain and Mitt Romney. Neither candidate interests the evangelical segment of the republican party, in fact both are generally disliked by the this groups, McCain for undercutting blessed Bush and Romney for daring to be Mormon. There is only one name that will mobilize those people to vote for either candidate — Hillary Clinton.
Additionally both candidates do well with moderates, while Hillary Clinton only polls well with the long-time Dem faithful and has the highest negative rating in the race.
This is a recipe for disaster. Obama on the otherhand is the darling of independents and the disenfranchised. If he beats Hillary the democratcic base falls in line behind him to give him the Dems 30% and a large portion of the independent vote —say 20%. Now figuring that the evangelicals (say 10%)stay home or run their own candidate, the republicans are at best going to get 30% republican + 15% Indy. That is how you win vs. the republicans.
How can I say all of this? I am a regular voting, anti-Iraq war moderate with a strong liberal lean who probably will vote republican if Hillary is the Democratic candidate.

Here goes whiny again.When his wife goes after Hillary its great when Bill stands up for Hillary he whines about how is running against 2 people. He is her husband so what do you want him to do campaign for Obama? Dah!

Bill Clinton has made unsubstantiated claims, and attacked Obama for saying the same thing Hillary and he have said about Reagan. When the Clinton campaign was asked to prove voter intimidation in Nevada, they declined. They’ll say and do whatever it takes to win, and this is one Democrat who won’t vote for them in November.

Obama actually has more elected experience than Clinton. Get the facts straight and don;t fall for Clinton lies! Hillary has padded the ol resume!

JKR, I love the letter! I almost wish it was a petition so I could sign it ;) There is no way on this green earth that the Clinton’s have been entangled in so many legal snafu’s and been innocent every single time. It’s just not mathmatically probable. The Clinton tactics this campaign have done no justice to the political process. As a registered Independent, I wish Obama would have run as an Independent and distanced himself from the Democratic party this time around.

What a joke! MSNBC a part of the Republican media? Russert trying to help Obama? Did anyone see the Russert hour long interview with Obama where he went after him on ethics and lack of clarity on tough issues pre-Iowa caucus? The Clinton’s argue that others are trying to convince us that a Hillary nomination will divide our nation. We don’t even have to wait to find out if this is true. Since Obama won in Iowa, the Clinton’s have been doing a pretty good job of dividing Democrats. A preview of things to come. I’m tired of this divisiveness. Those Clinton supporters who are accusing Obama of dirty tricks are blinded by their loyalty. Compare how Obama accepted defeat in New Hampshire, calling for a round of applause for Hillary at his own rally. After her loss in Iowa, Bill and Hillary’s fangs came out, and she has revealed to me that this isn’t about our country, it’s about them. I don’t understand how she’s winning the female vote when her husband is doing all of the work for her. Republicans are in disarray, but if you want to see them unite behind a single candidate, give Hillary the nomination and watch what happens.

Bill and Hillary have delivered consistent results for the American people. Obama has delivered nothing but an impossible dream of a cooperative and sunny GOP workingin unity with Democrats.
I’ll trust Bill Clinton.

Hope there is a funiture manufacturer that makes an oval office chair big enough for Bill and Hill to sit in both at the same time.

I can’t understand why bill is getting so much tv time, and the other spouses, are rarely heard from, they are on the campaign trail, but they are almost never heard. It seems like there is something wrong with this picture. If she gets the Nod, Republicans you got my vote, so keep it up whatever you and bill are doing to destroy Obama, it’s working.

Dear Bill Clinton,
I’m sure you’re aware that one of the last Iraq War Spending Bills had an interesting clause attached to it – the Federal minimum wage increase. Virtually every senator voted for it.
Why Barack doesn’t bring up things like that baffles me.

concerning this article, it is an interesting chessmatch. Hillary is essentially using Bill as her vice president — her attck dog. Obama is smart to directly challenge bill (not Hillary) in measured words. It begs the question who is the candidate? If he can obscure Hillary the candidate/the woman with the shadow of lying ex-president Bill Clinton, it magnifies her campaign negatives and removes what we have seen so far — the public’s willingness to overlook “clintonian tactics” because Hillary is fighting an uphill battle as a woman candidate.

I’m on the fence this election and was an enthuisastic supporter of Bill Clinton in the past. Bill’s behavior this election is one of the major factors that is driving me towards Obama. He needs to put a lid on it and let Hillary and Obama have their campaign moment. It looks pathetic and below his stature as a former President for him to be ranting the way he has.

As an undecided democrat, Obama is pushing me towards Clinton! If he thinks Bill is be unfair, wait untill the republicans start the smear campaign. I like Bill involved and if he is involved in Hillary’s administration I will vote for her!!

The Clintons truly don’t know how to handle Obama! He has nothing to hide. That is why they have sunk so low and have resulted to lies and unfair attacks. They are baffled. I just hope American’s can see through this like we Canadians. It is plain and simple. Don’t be fools again. Obama truly is your best hope for postive change!
Toronto,Canada for Obama!!!!!

I was a huge bill Clinton fan for years and backed him no matter what…BUT I am sick of watching him on the campaign trail, Im sick of watching him act like he knows everything, and I am sick of Hillary sending him out to attack Obama and basically lie while she sits back away from the fray. Ive had it with both of them and would NEVER vote for her now. Shes is running for President NOT him. I will vote for Obama if given the chance..If not I hope her campaign crashes and burns in the general! Signed life long democrat.

Obama or Clinton? Who cares!! Either one is better than the Republican control freaks who are running!

Go Obama you just got my vote!!!

This is a sign of Obama’s “better” judgement? He challenges the best politician in our time to a straight-up, face-to-face fight?
Obama reminds me of a rookie gun-slinger who calls Marshall Dillon out into the streets of Dodge for a duel. I expect the same result.

I guess a woman isn’t ready to become President. At least not this woman. She needs a man, a former President no less, to win and I must assume to be co-president. Too bad really. how does that make all you women out there feel?

All one has to do is look at the clip. Obama said that Reagan was able to bring about ideas and change. He did not say they were the BEST ideas and the right change. Then Hillary and Bill jump up and say that he is saying that he had the best ideas. SIMPLY NOT TRUE and can be proven by looking at the tapes. YouTube and online videos prove them wrong. It is harder to lie when people can bring up the audio and video of EXACTLY what was said. I am tired of hearing about the economy under Clinton. He went for NAFTA, and it is now causing problems. He planted those seeds! More could have been done against terrorism under Clinton, but he was busy chasing skirts. He should be ashamed to call anything a “fairy tale” after denying having sex with “that woman” and arguing about the meanings of words to cover his lies. If you don’t think Obama has addressed the issues, then you haven’t gone to his site and done the homework; he clearly has and also has more elected years of experience than Hillary. He is trying to be a gentleman and not knock that down, but the Republicans are just waiting to do so.

Hillary Clinton was due to return $850,000 in campaign funds bundled through Norman Hsu – who is indicted on defrauding inverstors of $60 million and she was named
Obama’s campaign accepted third party donations of $10.0 and is not named in any lawsuit
Neither is great but plse people — lets be clear here
Bill Clinton negotiated the deal for Magic Johnson and Calvin Butts for land in Harlem — goes back to 1997 — and Magic is in SC campaigning for Hillary and today Butts endorses her
The Clintons may have started out with high ideals and no money but figured out real fast — it’s much better with MONEY
WHO MAKES $100,000 IN ONE DAY ON CATTLE FUTURES WITH NO MARKET EXPERIENCE?
Hillary Clinton!
Can we move on –

How can anyone be surprised that Bill Clinton lies no matter who it hurts, including his party? He was impeached for lying. Moments with Monica were more important to him than respect for the office, his wife, or anyone else. And HIllary stayed with him, a sign that his being out of control does not bother her that much. What part of dysfunctional power trigger so much amnesia? Here comes more soap opera and still no solutions.
Bush Clinton Bush Cl save us while you can.

How would he ever be able to take what the Republicans will dish out?

This guy is the biggest wimp ever. Hillary has been called the worst things by everyone, including the media. The media was dancing when they thought she would lose NH. She has been vilified for years by the republicans. She has been attacked in unison by Barack and Edwards. Let one person say one thing about Barack’s record, and they are not playing fair. He needs to learn how to win an election. This is not a cocktail party. Bill and Hill are veterans. Hillary can take a punch. She gets up and keeps fighting. He complains. This is a fight to lead the greatest country in the world. Hillary has shown that she is a thousand times stronger than you.

Why is it all of a sudden bad for the Presidential hopeful’s spouse to be doing some campaiging for the nominee? We don’t complain about the way Obama’s wife gets her two cents in. It seems to me that because Hillary is a woman and her husband knows how the system works that all of a sudden it’s wrong. NO it’s not. He’s an asset to her organization and her campaign. America loves Bill. I am for Hillary 110%!!!!!

I think this is just another example of the whining that Obama has spread throughout this whole campaign. If you can’t take the heat get out of the kitchen! GO HOME OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!

As a black woman,I hope Hillary is the nominee to teach stupid Democrats a major lesson. She will be defeated in the Nov election if McCain is the nominee. This election has shown where the real racism lies. Within the Democratic party. Feminists and latinos are going to put a Republican back in the white house. If that happens you cant blame no one but yourselves.

OH NOES, Obama mentioned in the Rezko scandal!!! What’s that way down in the second paragraph after two giant bold-faced titles?
“The Illinois senator isn’t accused of any wrongdoing.”
Oh. Nevermind, go on about your business.

Every time I look around, I read statements from Hillary supporters state that one of the reasons they are supporting Hillary is “because she has Bill”. It’s past time that Obama makes clear in a debate or to the media that he is running against Hillary – NOT Hillary and Bill! No democrat or liberal wants to bring up the ugly side and the mistakes of the Clinton presidency and soap opera (the healthcare debacle, Travelgate, Whitewater, and the issues related to Bill’s personal behavior). However, their seems to be an emerging pattern to Hillary and the Clintons playing the victim, while at the same time their surrogates make snide references to Obama’s religion and drug use (as a teenager).

It is very strange to see the Republicans falling all over themselves to tell us how much they respect Obama and could even vote for him. They apparently think that Democrats are a bunch of fools.

This might hurt some feelings but please listen carefully. Barrack Hussein Obama does not seem like a bad guy, intelligent, good speaker etc…………………..But he will never get elected as President. If we want rid of the current group of criminals in the White House then we got to nominate someone who can win a general election in all fifty states, not just a caucus full of screaming college kids. Let’s look at the negatives for Obama.
- His real name is Barrack Hussein Obama. Oh, I must be a religious bigot for saying that right? No the fact is Barrack Hussein Obama was born into a Muslim family. He recently supported the loser in the Kenyan election who is a radical Muslim and who supports strict sharia law for women including having to wear vails at all times. Barrack Hussein Obama also is in the middle of a political scandal with a guy who bribed him by helping him buy his house and lots of other terrible money matters including being a slum lord in the black areas of Chicago. That slime ball self admitted friend of Obama’s is a Muslim also. Further a man who does not have the guts to use his real name, dishonors his father, dishonors his heritage. No current soldiers or Veterans are going to vote for a man with the middle name Hussein while we are still at war with half the Middle East………..
- Barrack Hussein Obama is a bi-racial American. Not black, not white but bi-racial, yet he wants to be known as a black? Obama is the one who brought race into this equation and into this election cycle. Obama attends a black’s only church with a preacher who just honored Farrakhan with a lifetime achievement award and a church that demands that its attendees pledge allegiance to black America……He dishonors his mother and the white race for not at least acknowledging his bi-racial heritage.
- Obama besides a very weak overall elected record has never managed a business, never served in the military, never ran a large company. His one notable achievement in the Illinois legislature is that he was the ONLY person to vote no for a bill to stop late term abortions. In fact when asked he feels that a baby carried to full term is not a person. Even people who support abortion have trouble with killing a 9 month old health baby. Barrack Hussein Obama does not.
So for all you Obama supporters, who treat this man like some kind of messiah, take another look. He was born a Muslim and still supports hardcore Muslims that would put women in vails and treat them like all Muslims do which is with absolutely NO respect. He accepted a bribe to buy his house from a recently indicted slum lord, a Muslim by the way who has received 43 million in public funds to help fix up the black ghetto and instead let them live without any heat in a sub-zero temperatures. (Obama just gave back over $40,000 from this slime). A man who will not wear an American flag on his lapel, raises his hand to his heart when it is convenient, and supports the killing of full term babies. Every one of the above statements are facts, look them up. Colonel Ray

What a fight. Big Dawg will smash in Mr. Potato Head’s catcher mit ears and droopy jowels.
Big Dawg +1
Barack bin Obama 0

Frank mattison: Are you serious? Or can I take your remarks as ‘tongue-in-cheek’ as I hope they are.

Pshaw!
Let’s elect Barack bin Obama so the official American language can be Ebonics and all the House and Senate members get there on affirmative action.

Democrats don’t be foolish. We have an opportunity never seen before in history,to make needed changes in our country rapidly.We have an opportunity to have absolutely the mastermind to make the changes we need become reality (Bill Clinton)to serve for us,as he always has,in addition to his very talented wife. In the evil background you will read articles from those Republicans who hate the Clintons not for their unbelievable accomplishments,but because they are jealous to the point of hatred because they were so embarrassed by Bill. Clintons were a light in the darkness for the middleclass in the 90′s.What they did accomplish,which was miraculous,was performed against all odds billions of dollars against them etc. etc. etc. Hillary and Bill and Barack together is a dream come true. Don’t fall for articles trying to distort your thinking. They want us to fall for their slant and split us up. A vote for Hillary is a vote for Bill as a team with his wife to accomplish far more vthan she alone or Barack alone could ever achieve. It is normal and positive for a loving husband to do all in his power to help his wife. It is not normal to distort that fact. We all want the most power against the special interests as possible, and Bill as a extremely “humble”team member is our secret weapon as he has always been. History is our proof.

Maybe Bill’s past needs to be brought to the fore front again, do we remember Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky and Jennifer flowers, if Obama supporters doesn’t bring his past up, republicans sure will.

Obama needs to come out and lead the band singing the Star Spangled Banner, hold his hand over his heart and recite the Pledge of Allegance loudly, and start wearing a U.S. flag in his lapel. Otherwise, you are going to see the Swift Boat Vets and all the other patriotic organizations come at him harder than they did for Kerry. At least Kerry served in the military.
It has been other democrats up til now. It has been with the gloves on. Wait until this summer and fall , if he gets the nomination and the right comes at him. He will spend his time answering about his Muslim biological father and his Muslim stepfather and his schooling in a Muslim country. They will paint this rookie with so wide a paintbrush that you would think he would name Bin Laden as his Secretary of State, and Louis Farrican and Sharpton as his chief advisors.

I think Bill Clinton is doing a great job for Hillary. He knows what he is doing. This is a man that has won the office twice. A man that is already recorded as one of the greatest presidents in American history for all posterity.
If he needs to be rained in. I am sure Hillary will do it. But he must be doing something right. Hillary keeps winning in stunning fashion. Al Gore would have done better if he had relied on Bill more.
Frankly, I think it is a very smart move. He is making it very clear that he is going to be a very supportive and involved husband to President Hillary Clinton. Just like she was for him. And that is a good thing. Because she just happens to be married to one of the greatest former presidents in our history. Two for one.
The Clinton’s are probably the most skilled politicians in American history.
Considering the catastrophic condition that we are now in at home, and abroad. You better all see to it, and hope they win.

Come on Bill, let’s reason in this scenario: You are against your children going for an expedition (iraq war in this case) but they compelled by someone else to go. While there, they get into trouble and call upon you to help them out. What would you do? Tell them off, saying it’s up to you, since you without my consent, or do whatever is within your means to help them out? Would it be a fairy tale if you voted to send them help?

“Why is it all of a sudden bad for the Presidential hopeful’s spouse to be doing some campaiging for the nominee?”
I have no problem with a spouse campaigning, but the kind of mud slinging Bill Clinton has gotten into lately has made me lost respect for Mr. Clinton. I really thought he was more of a unifying force for Democrats than just a mud-slinging hack. And I say this as someone who was a HUGE fan of Mr. Clinton. It’s distressing to me (someone who is undecided in this race) to watch a Democrat I admire stoop to the kind of smears he’s been making against Obama. He is damaging the Democratic Party with these attacks. I would be happy to support Hillary for President (or Barack), but this negativity, which I see as coming mostly from the Clintons at this point, could undermine our efforts against the Republicans in the fall, and that’s why I want Bill Clinton to put a lid on it and be more respectful to his opponent.

You know the fact is this Obama I think is scared he dose not have a snowballs chance in hell of being elected and he knows this, now I will give it to you that not all of President Clintons words are exactly true but the fact remains his lies have NEVER killed anyone like Bush has, also you have to be honest when he was president our economy was the best in the history of the world ever, gas prices were down, we were friends with other nations, people had jobs, and money to spend, we did not have to worry about our homes being forclosed on, we had a more than balanced budget, infact we had a very large surplus, so dont go crying about Bill and a few TRUE statements about Obama , the fact is thie media and most all news stations want him as president we need some one who is in it not just to make history like he is but we need someone who is passionate about this country and cares for the working and lower class families, Obama said himself that ” he will not run the goverment he will leave that for someone else” that is part of the job as president, no matter what you think, Mrs Clinton would be a great president maybe not as good as Bill but pretty close, and I think the best ticke would be Clinton-Obama wow that would be awesome, so to all of you out there quit makeing this a race/gender issue and think of what is best for this country and who is more qualifyed with the mose experence, maybe this country IS ready for a woman president maybe not but lets not judge her till she gets in if she gets in give her a chance.

The results of the fight are Bill crushes Obamas skull with one punch

Reading all these posts just reminds of someone who built a house and then try to pull it down.
If anyone of you really think that the Democrats can win in November without the black vote, that person is an idiot. Even more naive is to believe that the Democrats will win in November regardless of who it presents as the norminee.
I have yet to see this much division in this party for along time. Sadly people are too stupid to pull back from the brink.

If you people are harping on these little tiddlywinks that Bill brings up about Obama, imagine what the Republicans will bring up in the fall. They WILL bring up his cocaine use, his fence-sitting “present votes” in the Illinois state Senate, his suspicious real estate dealings with an indicted political operative, his lack of leadership in the NATO subcommittee he chairs, his vote for Cheney’s self-serving energy policy, and the fact he only served a little over a year in the Senate before deciding to run for president. You people gasp if just a smidge of these things are mentioned by fellow Democrats, but Republicans will skewer him in the fall. Obama is definitely a good man, and I will happily vote for him in ten years after he’s proven to me that he can do more than just give a good speech.

I think it’s time that Obama packed his bags and just went back home. I don’t see how he thinks he stands a chance of winning against Hillary. As far as the November elections. Republicans have got a screw loose if they think they stand a chance against the Democratic nomination (Hillary). America is ready for change and another Republican is NOT change. Hillary is change. Hillary will happen. People just need to understand that America is ready for a woman in the white house. We are behind the times. With Hillary (and Bill) in the white house maybe we can undo the mess that Bush has made. Obama is just whining that Hillary’s husband knows the system and know’s what it takes to be the president. Obama is CLUELESS and america will soon learn that Hillary is the only way to go.

Are you kidding me, do you really think this country is really going to elect a black president…if anyone has a shot is Hillary and even that is a long shot as she is a woman. You can blame the Clintons for whatever but at the end of the day is the unspoken racism in this country that will do him in..just watch and see.

Dumping on Clinton just shows how not ready for prime time Obama is. He is a whining brat who thinks he’s entitled because he seems himself as the great white (black) hope. Clinton is the best thing the Democratic party has and if he sits this one out if Obama gets the nomination, we are all in trouble. He can rally the dems, independents and every thinking person to oppose the Repubs.
Obama claims he wants to be bipartisian — I guess that means for the Repubs, not for his fellow dems. This should be obvious — he is not a peacemaker and if he was he’d be talking about himself and not Clinton. He is a poser. He should go write another biography of himself to add to the three has already and he’s only in his mid fifties.

It’s funny how Obama keeps crying.
He is a big baby that needs his bottle.
I LOVE Bill Clinton!

Gordo, You Got It Right! Thank goodness there are people who know this game. You cannot be naive and throw this away for a dream of high ideals; as if all we Democrats don’t have them. We know what we stand for; but against the Republicans it is war. It’s not all “let’s just all be friends.” It is a struggle for power! Obama has not been tested and he will walk into all the Republican mines. I can practically set up the Republican strategies for them against Obama. Wake up Democrats! Obama is not ready. As for all those other comments from Clinton haters, they are either Republican’s in Democrat clothing, they are people who are hung up on the “sex scandal” as if it had anything to do with us, or they are people who don’t know…..The Republicans aren’t helping Obama ’cause they’re on our side, they’re against Democrats. Wake up! Face it! I understand your wanting to stick to that dream, but this is not the time, we can’t afford it with a novis.

I agree Maris.
The Obama’s are nothing but racists. Have you been to his church website? They hate white people and his minister and the Dr. Wright he wrote so fondly of in his book as an inspiration, blamed WHITE AMERICA for 9/11.
Can you believe that crap?
I bet Obama and Michelle laugh every night how they are fooling the white people. They are racists and repulsive people.

Are you worried at all that Bill will “crack” like he did during the Starr investigation and again “act out” inappropriately. Don’t you think that this could mean we have a Romney or such in the White House? Remember, as reported in the NYT, Bill claimed that Starr’s investigation caused him to “act out” with Monica. And the NYT also reported that Hillary claimed that Bill’s actions were a result of pyschic damage when he was four years old. I have seen Bill losing it on the campaign trail; it will only get worse as stress of the campaign continues. There is a great risk that he will have worse outbursts and will likely “act out” again in some other inappropriate manner. Can the Democratic Party afford to take this HUGE risk with the Clintons? It could well mean a GOP victory in November if even a whiff of such a scandal surfaces and the whole drama is re-enacted. The independents and much of the rest of the public will recoil and the GOP will be the victors. Don’t you think that Obama is the only viable way to avoid this mess?

Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Dow
High ranking Dem’s are growing restless about Bill’s behavior on the campaign.

I wonder if Obama’s wife was running in this race if he would of stayed home and took care of the kids, Obama is such a hypocrite big time. Bill is not doing anything that any other husbands in this position would not do. If Bill was not going all over the place the talk from Obama would be the Bill has deserted her, or that Bill does not have confidence in her attempts to become the first woman president. Obama needs to get over his self and run his race, after every lost he acts up if its not some one cheated, its race, now its Bill is attacking him geez man grow up!!!!

Yeah, Mr Hope Obama let black people in his OWN district live in rat infested apartments without heat or windows while he was taking illegal donations from Rezko the OWNER of those slums.
Sicko!

Obama needs to come out and lead the band singing the Star Spangled Banner, hold his hand over his heart and recite the Pledge of Allegance loudly, and start wearing a U.S. flag in his lapel. Otherwise, you are going to see the Swift Boat Vets and all the other patriotic organizations come at him harder than they did for Kerry. At least Kerry served in the military.
It has been other democrats up til now. It has been with the gloves on. Wait until this summer and fall , if he gets the nomination and the right comes at him. He will spend his time answering about his Muslim biological father and his Muslim stepfather and his schooling in a Muslim country. They will paint this rookie with so wide a paintbrush that you would think he would name Bin Laden as his Secretary of State, and Louis Farrican and Sharpton as his chief advisors.

One bright spot in this otherwise depressing and discouraging Democratic campaign season is the voter turnout so far. It’s great to see Americans taking part (in large numbers) in their states’ caucuses and primaries.
Of course all the voters are chopped up into categories–Whites, Hispanics, African Americans, women, men, women over 50, voters between the ages of 18-30, Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, those who make less that 25,000, more than 100K, those with a high school education, college education, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, etc., etc., etc. As Mark Penn, Clinton’s “pollster and campaign consultant” shares: There isn’t one America, there’s 100 Americas. Great.
Reminds me of the 30 minute conversation I had with one of Clinton’s pollster’s back in the summer in NH. Would I feel “not at all favorable,” “somewhat more favorable,” “more favorable,” “much more favorable” about Hillary Clinton after hearing her stance on: health care, social security, the war in Iraq, education, the economy, etc., etc. Which of the follow celebrities did I have favorable opinions of? I must admit I didn’t recognize many of the names. I’m not up on pop culture — couldn’t help much there.
And after a couple of questions back to this question: If you were voting in the NH primary today, would you vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama; then Hillary Clinton or John Edwards? More “not at all favorable,” “somewhat favorable,” etc. – Back to “Hillary Clinton or Barck Obama?” “Hillary Clinton or John Edward?”
I never got any pollsters calling me from the Obama, Edwards, Dodd, Biden, or Kucinich campaigns. I guess they must have tried to figure it out for themselves. Too bad for them, looks like the slicing and dicing of the American electorate is THE way to win elections. So much for wanting to make a difference. So much for finding the common ground. Divided we stand.

Got get ‘em Barack – fight back! Is this how Bill promised Hillary he’d make up for being with Monica? I really like our former President, but this is just undignified for him – kinda messy no?

Wow after 7 years of Junior I felt sure that there was nothing the Democrats could do to lose the election of 2008. Years of Republican controlled government lead to tax cuts for the wealthiest 1%, home foreclosure at an all time high, corporation starting to lay-off workers by the thousands and I didn’t even start with the war. But somehow the Dems will do it. They will hand the election over to the Republicans, again.
I as a old African American woman was torn between Obama and Hillary. After Iowa I was still somewhat torn but after watching the Bill/Hillary show I would NEVER under ANY circumstance vote for her. I voted for Bill twice but Hillary? No way!. I expected the Republicans to play the race card, after all race baiting politics is what the are good at but I did not expect to see it in a Democratic candidate. I expected Republicans to play the Al Qaeda card. It’s how they controlled power for so long, they needed Americans to be afraid but Hillary plays the Al Qaeda card was too much for me. I understand that Hillary was shocked by her Iowa loss but to use surrogates to play dirty politics while trying to appear that she had nothing to do with it is insulting. Robert Johnson, BET founder was the straw that broke the camels back. Republicans and a lot of independents hate Hillary and by the time she and Bill get done that African American guaranteed vote will be split which will leave her with not much to work with. Face it folks, McCain will win the Republican nomination and Hillary as the Democratic nominee will send Republicans to the polls in great numbers. We wont be discussing the complete failure of the Bush years. The topic will be Bill, Hillary, scandal, sex, corruption, Sandy Berger, Marc Rich, Clinton’s brother and all of other crap from the 1990′s. Waiting for Clinton’s prosperity years? Sorry but you will never see them again, at least not by anyone with the name Clinton.

HILLARY, RELEASE YOUR RECORDS TODAY!!
Prove your record of experience in the White House for 8 years:
Release your First Lady Appointment Calendar-
Release your Clinton co-president strategy meeting notes-
Release your Cabinet and Clinton Administration Advisory Notes-
Release your Clinton Health Care Task Force Notes-
Release your First Lady Security Clearance Listing- (appropriate proof)
Immediately, Release all of the documents that have been requested through the FOA.
TODAY – Hillary, Make the CHANGE from secrecy to transparency.
Where’s the INTEGRITY Hillary? Where’s the INTEGRITY?

Reagan as agent of change; Bill Clinton not an agent of change: I don’t know if that is smart politics or not, but it is accurate.
“Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not,” Obama said in a video on the Gazette Journal’s website.
I don’t know if that is smart politics or not, but it is accurate.
I think Michael Goodwin may have been the first to write about Hillary’s experience claim. John F. Harris, Maureen Dowd, and others also touch on this factor. However, they are just describing the peak of the iceberg.
Hillary Clinton is On the Ropes (Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News)
“The nostalgia for the ’90s, a move for a restoration of the Clinton presidency, isn’t a persuasive rationale. The flaw was on display in her speech – surrounded by Bill and some of his old aides, she was a tableau of the past, not the future.”
“She needs to come out from behind Bubba and the barricades and the imperial court of handlers who create a bubble.”
Hillary and Bill Clinton’s time in the White house was during a much different, much easier time in our country’s history than the next eight years will be.
I think the voters realize that Hillary’s claim to experience was that she had only some experience and that it was during that much different, much easier period.
It is not all that relevant to the difficult next eight years. Her time has come and gone.
I think that voters are seeing Bill Clinton as someone who rode the wave, not as someone who actively created the good times. The more I read and think about Bill, the more I see him as someone who wasted a fabulous opportunity to help the people of this country.
I think that is underlying Hillary’s drop in the polls and the loss in Iowa. If that is correct, I don’t see how she can regain the lead without a very negative attack on Obama. I think that having Bill on the campaign trail was the cause of her decline. It made her look like his puppet, reminded people of Bill’s failings to seize the fabulous opportunity, and reinforced the opinion that she was of the past that was much different than the present.
If this is correct, Bill’s taking over her campaign will only make matters worse for Hillary. Sharp attacks by both of them against Obama will also reinforce the differences between the two candidates.

I think someone should write a book about Bill Clinton’s role in Hillary’s campaign. Maybe call it “Third Term”.
I think his campaign is the best story of the 2008 election. News articles, editorials, Op-Ed pieces and blogs are full of Bill. If you started researching now and started with only web searches you would probably need a year full time to get everything before some of it disappears from the web.
I agree with George Will’s comment: “Speaking of the boomers’ inexhaustible fascination with themselves, Bill Clinton has transformed his wife’s campaign into his narcissism tour. As the New York Times dryly described a New Hampshire appearance the day after her Iowa rejection: “He talked about his administration, his foundation work and some about his wife.”"
However, it talks only about tactical campaigning. There is something of more concern.
Running to redeem a father and now, a husband, is a story worth writing.
Much has been written about George W running to redeem his father’s “failure” to “go to Bagdad”.
Some has been written this time around about Senator Dodd running to redeem his father’s failure-ethical lapses- and Governor Romney running to redeem his father’s failure-his brainwashing comments.
The press has been nibbling around the edges of Hillary running to redeem Bill and herself. That story, however, is the most intriguing of the bunch.
In addition, an article written about all of these “redemption” runs would probably convince us that voters should never vote for a presidential candidate who is related to a president or presidential candidate. I think with just my information it is fair to say that redemption runs lead to poor judgment in the political decisions of a campaign and in presidential decisions, clouding both. An experienced political writer or writers would be able to fully research and present clearly the results of that research.
I think that Hillary Clinton would still be leading if Bill Clinton had been kept in the background. What I am seeing and what I believe the press is starting to report is that Hillary’s race is all about Bill redeeming Bill and Bill’s legacy and Hillary redeeming Bill, Bill’s legacy, and Hillary’s legacy. Obama and Edwards have been clearly stating for a long time that their presidential race is about America or about the middle class or about the other America, not about them. Hillary in NH is just starting to say that her race is not about her. But she just said that the race for her is very personal, suggesting policy but in reality much more telling.

Suffice it to say-the commentaries posted about Obama,et al being racists- do not know the meaning or history of racism in the United States- make a quick trip to wikipedia and see how it is defined-perhaps(but doubtful-you may learn something). Your accusations are as unjust as they are ill informed, misinformed.

Never in my life did I think I would see Democrats, who appear to support someone other than Senator Obama, use racism and garbage rhetoric to bash a fellow Democrat. Some of you need read your comments and truly rethink whether being a Democrat is right for you. Regardless of your support for a candidate, using middle names to stir up fear, or belittle someone because of their perceived lack of experience, make accusations and distort documented stances on specific issue, these are all tactics we have seen before. Usually However, they are coming from the other side of the battlefield. Regardless, I believe we need a Democrat this election, it would be a shame to leave my party and join the fastest growing political party ( I ) due to my party’s own ability to be respectful and rise above the Karl Rove strategies and beltway bickering…

Wow is all I have to say.
Hillary is relying on her former President husband to get elected. 35 years of experience with the help of Bill. Clintons have already been in the white house for 8 years and that is quite long enough.
It’s time for someone new to make a change!

Some of us call Hillary Billary and its now very clear why! Bill’s really setting his wife up for a Reptile take down by getting up in front of her during this. He has to allow her to stand or fall on her own or its going to create a really sticky situation come Nov.

Endorsement from an impeached president shouldn’t count for much to begin with.
Bill sure wants back in the White House.

Why is there no place on this blog where you can report abuse posts. I am sick to my stomach reading these posts, with all the racial slurs. A lot of other blogs have places where you can report abuse. It is so sad that there are still people who think like this. Hillary and Bill are the past – do we really want two family dynasties running the company for close to 30 years? Now is our chance to put a transformational president into the White House. You have to remember – Bill rode the wave of the technology/Internet boom and got to claim the rewards. I voted for him twice, and now I wish I could have taken it back. If Bill and Hillary are the nominees in the fall, I will sit home or HOPEFULLY vote Bloomberg. I will have no choice because I am just sick of the same old politics. My choice for 2008 is Obama.

I liked Obama very much when I first saw him as a newly elected senator. I thought that if he would work hard and distinguish himself he could be really something. However, the work hard and distinguish himself part he decided to skip. Apparently, all the praise he got went straight into his head. It is very obvious that his candidacy is being used to divide the Democrats. He can’t do wrong with the corporate media now, but if he would win the nomination they would sink him like rock. Very clever, I only hope that democrats are not stupid enough to buy it. Unfortunately, Obama’s candidacy at this time is nothing more than a fairy tail.
Of course I support Clintons. I want to see a Democrat in the White House and I think that Hillary is fully capable of getting there and doing a great job while she is there. As far as I am concerned, she is offering a real change and not a pie in a sky.

Too bad Mr. Obama, deal with it. Mr. Clinton is a huge asset, lucky for his wife. Had Mr Gore used him in the last election, we would not be in the present mess we now find ourselves in.
One quick question,if African Americans say something unfavorable about Hillary Clinton, are they considered racist?

Bill Clinton risks bringing disrepute on his image as a former president. He is belittling himself. One wonders why is is coming so unglued at times. Does he see Hillary’s campaign as, in effect, his own campaign for a “third term”?

People are sick and tired of the Obama/Sharpton political correctness police.

Oh, by the way…..
Exactly when did Hillary become qualified to be President??????
I think this is the biggest LIE in the whole campaign. Being a first lady isn’t a prerequisite for being the president. That’s the most absurd thing Ive ever heard in my life.
Let’s nominate Laura Bush for president!
What’s the difference.

I am a 43-year old caucasian woman. I am voting for Barack Obama. My epidermis and my ovaries recused themselves from my decision.
I voted for Bill Clinton twice and now I am doubly embarrassed.

Bill Clinton has damaged his legacy with the way he’s been behaving lately. Anyone who says he hasn’t distorted Obama’s words about his Iraq war position or Ronald Reagan is either willfully ignorant or flat out lying. Obama said the GOP was the party of ideas for the last 10-15 years (which is true, by the way, and I say that as a loyal Democrat who voted for Bill Clinton twice and Gore and Kerry). Obama did not say Reagan’s ideas were BETTER ideas, which is what both Hillary and Bill claimed Obama said.
As a result of all of this, I won’t vote for Hillary in the fall if she’s the nominee. And Bill is the most unclassy ex president I’ve ever seen. Say what you will about GHW Bush (and I’ve said plenty bad about him) at least he didn’t put his nose into his son’s campaign; he let his son run on his own merits (or lack thereof). Bill Clinton, with every meltdown and lie, is showing America that he doesn’t believe his wife can win on her own merits.

No matter how many times you post this or how many aliases you invent, it doesn’t come across any more intelligent:
“Michelle Obama has campaigned for Obama in Nevada the only problem was she was speaking EBONICS. And Nevada Booed her. I guess its ok for crybaby Obama to have his wife campaign for him but not ok for the clintons”
Dr. Right Left, Rats Man or whatever you call yourself, for the record, Ebonics is not ALL Caps and Clinton is a proper noun. May I direct you to the Ron Paul site, sir?

What is Obama standing on? He has no record.

Obama is in trouble to start this nonsense. He has to walk a tight rope here too. Hillary tries hard to AVOID making bill her ‘ace in the hole’ which is what this is really about of course. Obama cant BLAST Bill , because he NEEDS the Clinton legacy to hit the republicans over the head with during the general election.
Once we figure out who the candidate is going to be, then we can get back to admiring how much better things were during the clinton years than this 8 years of crap from the Bush administration.

After former president Clinton’s unprecidented behavior – no other former president has come out so vociferously against other political opponents like Bill agains Barack – it makes me wonder what we can expect from president Hillary Clinton. Will she be so timid as to send out her attack dogs, like Bill and other members of the DNC and DLCC establishment? Why does Hillary’s campaign continue to employ “Swift Boat” tactics – just like the same type pointed against John Kerry during 2004? (Most recent examples were the contineud focus on race, “blackness” of Barack Obama, and the self-indulgent wrapping of the manlte of Lyndon Johnson around her shoulders in refernece to the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King.
If Mrs. Clinton has NO CONTROL over actions of others, including her husband and ex-president, in the campaign, what can we expect from her if she should be elected President? At no point has Mrs. Clinton stepped forth and said, “Anyone who is involved in ssmear tactics and devisive behavior, will be FIRED.” Hmm, sounds much like George W Bush and Plamegate scandal.
With all of this “experience” being bantered about, the conduct of Hillary the CEO of the Campaign looks more like the inmates running the insane asylum.

Bill and Hillary are two of the most dishonest and shallow people who have been in politics, not counting the Bush family back to Prescott. I guess people forget how “clueless” Hillary was when asked by Congress on “Travelgate”, “Filegate”, “Chinagate” and Vince Foster. Yet, she would have you believe now that that “cluelessness” was in fact “experience” which qualifies her to be President. What is it? Did she make decisions and participate, or was she just clueless? I for one don’t buy it. She changed her middle name to not draw attention to her heritage. She was left of left in the 60′s leaning marxist. She is wealth due to fraud the least of which was her instant $100,000 cattle future profit while in Arkansaw. Each person here who has professed loyalty to the Clintons shocks me.

Don’t worry, Patricia, she is not going to ask him.

Ah, Barack the typical politician -
Meanwhile, it all just shows his inexperience. Does he think that challenging Bill will endear him to the Latinos and women who are voting for Hillary by double digit margins?
Barack is going to lose, no question about it.
I still think though that a Hillary/Barack ticket will be the strongest however.

obama’s lameness as a candidate reminds me of bush. whata wimp. is this his crying moment. in fact the poor loser scene in NV reminds me of bush. hillary gets more votes but he’s the winner? if you have any sense you will ignore obama until he got something substantive to say .

Vote for McCain if you want to seat in Iraq for 100 years.

I do not believe EVEN ONE Hillary supporter is making racist jokes here. I think Republicans are posting in all the time here, trying to create division in the Democratic party.
I also believe that Republicans also made that ROBOCALL about Barack.
I support Hillary all the way, but think Barack is a fine candidate and person.
Don’t let the Repubs get you down. They do this underhanded stuff routinely.

During one of the coldest winters in history > VOTE OBAMA if your stupid
Rezko and Mahru couldn’t find money to get the heat back on.
But their company, Rezmar Corp., did come up with $1,000 to give to the political campaign fund of Barack Obama, the newly elected state senator whose district included the unheated building.

Wow Joe, well written and I accept your invitation to include myself in “almost everyone”.

Clintons are not trustworthy.

Akonitum
Clintons do not need to be trustworthy. They are politicians like Obama, Bush, Mccain etc. Politics is a dirty game……..no one can afford to be lovie dovey. You say this, get attacked and move on..there is not time to be a cry baby. This is what you see in seasoned politicians like the Clintons and George Bush.Obama is yet to learn the rules of the game.

Let’s see. When Bill left office in disgrace the Democrats lost control of the Senate, House and majority of State Houses. He had the happy accident of being in office during the Internet Boom and took credit for an economy he hand no hand in creating. He was NEVER elected by a majority of American voters and may owe his entire career to Ross Perot. Someone tell me why the media falls all over themselves calling him a political genius.
If Mrs. Bill Clinton wants to meet Obama in an election, how about coming out from behind Bill and running a one on one election? That’s the problem. She can’t. Come on out and play Mrs. Bill Clinton. Let’s see if you have any game with Bill back home tending the fireplace.

What will Bill be doing if Hillary is elected president?
Will he be going out and getting red-faced and shaking his hand as he yells at the media or members of Congress?
Now that I’ve seen this inappropriate way of reacting to a political opponent, it really reduces my respect for him and undermines my support for her.
I voted for him twice and was a Hillary Clinton supporter until fairly recently and now I do not want to see him back in the White House.

In a recent debate Obama said that he did not want his staff to hand him over any paper (note ) just 2 seconds before. He also said that he was not a chief operating officer and it was not necessary for the President to run schedules properly. Do you want this man to lead the nation or Hillary whose response was simply that she was ready to lead from day 1.

As an Obama supporter, I feel vindicated. One of the most unseemly and under-reported characteristics of this race so far is having the titular head of the Democratic Party actively campaigning in a Democratic Primary for one candidate over another. It’s a recipe for splitting the party in two. It’s a scorched earth policy that leaves me gasping at its arrogance.
I supported Bill during his impeachment, much to the chagrin of many of my conservative friends who always said I wore “blinders” when dealing with the Clinton matter. I suppose, in retrospect, I did. No longer! I see quite well what a disgrace Bill is, and the lengths to which he will go to regain the white house. “2 for the price of 1″ as Hillary would say. So, do we have a co-presidency in the works? Will Bill be Hillary’s vice president? Perhaps she will deploy Bill to Iraq to be the new Proconsul. Who knows. Considering the dynastic trend we’ve been seeing: Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton, maybe we should just scrap the constitution and establish a hereditary monarchy: The House of Clinton and the House of Bush.
I’m thrilled that Obama is finally bringing this matter to the full attention of the American Public. It will knock him off message for 48 hours, but so be it. If he can kick the bully out of the schoolyard, than the American people can witness a debate between Hillary and Obama, and not the spectacle of a popular former President of the United States attacking a respected, well liked, charismatic member of his own party.

President Clinton, like any American citizen, like Oprah, like Mrs. Obama, has the right to speak and campaign for anyone he wants. If Obama cannot take this little bit of heat, what would he be like if he had to face the Republican slime machine in the fall? Bill and Hillary have taken on those smear-merchants for over 15 years and have withstood every malicious attack. Mr. Obama, come back to us in eight years and show us what you have accomplished in the Senate in that time period.

Obama should be directing his whining at Hillary not her surrogates. In the general election, would he be responding to the attack dog tactics of the opposition’s VP candidate? Americans don’t want a crybaby for their president. He should put himself above the bickering. With the breath he wasted on his hissy fit he could have gave us some specifics on his proposals. Oh wait, he doesn’t have any specifics. No wonder he has to use these distractions.
So what next, another love letter to Ronald Reagan? Perhaps it is time for Obama to switch parties. I hear the Republicans are looking for a candidate. He would be more comfortable over there.

Cee Tee wrote:
“In a recent debate Obama said that he did not want his staff to hand him over any paper (note ) just 2 seconds before. He also said that he was not a chief operating officer and it was not necessary for the President to run schedules properly. Do you want this man to lead the nation or Hillary whose response was simply that she was ready to lead from day 1.”
But it isn’t necessary for a President to run schedules properly. That’s why a President has a “Chief of Staff”, and a coterie of secretaries. The proper role of a President is to set an agenda, and communicate that agenda to the American people. The people he places to lead his administration then set out to accomplish that agenda. The last President who was also a technocrat was Jimmy Carter, and his attempts to micromanage all aspects of his Administration led to the lackluster results of his Presidency.
But if competence is your thing, then look no further than Obama’s own campaign. He has raised alot of money, and that money has been wisely spent. He has managed to run a clean and efficient campaign, that not only includes his inner circle, but also his surrogates. How often has Hillary’s campaign had to fire or reign in unruly staff and surrogates due to improper attacks on her opponent? Then ask yourself, how many people has Obama had to fire or reign in for acting improperly?
As Jesus would say, “You judge a tree by it’s fruit”. Obama’s campaign has been run flawlessly. Therefore, this issue of management is moot. You are simply regurgitating discredited talking points.

Why didn’t Obama tell the Nevada unions who supported him that he loves Reagan the biggest union buster in history. Oh obama did not even thank the people of Nevada for the support they gave him. Obama just left the state.

Is he (Obama) still pumped up?
Yes, it is only fair that he stayed on to say thanks to the unions even though they screwed him up. I hope he is not going to trust every endorsement he gets.

Why does Obama acknowledge former President? He should just ignore Clinton’s comments and stick to the debates with the actual candidates running for president.

Obama is an amazing statesman. He speaks the truth calmly and clearly without deriding his opponents. Meanwhile, the Clintons with all their years of so called experience can not manage to keep themselves from a constant drama of lies and scandal. Its as if the Clinton’s and their supporters are aiming for reincarnation of G W Bush regime.

My husband and our families(12 adults in all) are registered Democrats.
We voted for Bill Clinton, Gore and Kerry.
This year? If Obama is not the nominee, we’ve made a pact to stay home or vote GOP if MCcain is nominated.

Joe, who signed “Pretty Much Everyone” got it right. Many of us who loved Bill Clinton or supported him even when we didn’t love what he was doing are shocked and disgusted by how mean and petty and relentless Bill is in pursuit of power after having already served TWO TERMS IN OFFICE.
As a white woman in her 40s with a daughter, there is no way I will vote for Hillary Clinton. She is no role model for me. I don’t trust her. She has given up too much integrity to get where she is. The Clintons are tainted goods. All the worst aspects of divisive mudslinging politics are back again, but this time used against a fellow Democrat.
The Republican media would love to have Clinton as the nominee. No doubt about that!
But Barack Obama deserves a fair hearing. Read his books and check out his web site. Listen to his speeches. I have. He is an inspirational person, with dignity, integrity and a true sense of purpose.
The American people will lose if we cannot rise above pettiness and choose for the right reasons the best people who are willing to serve on our behalf.
America is at a significant crossroads at the moment. Divisiveness and mudslinging are not good for the Democratic Party, they’re not good for America. If Bill and his down-trodden wife Hillary are willing to do this to Obama, imagine what it would be like if they got back into the White House.
Wake up and smell the coffee folks, the future of our country is in the balance.

I’m a supporter of Mr. Obama but I just realized that what I’m mostly tired of is the division and the pain that Mr. Bush has caused. I understand why people are passionate about Mrs. Clinton and I won’t question their judgment. I just have to say that no politician has ever inspired me to act, up until Mr. Obama. I know he’s not perfect, no one is. However, I will no longer be a force for division. I love this country and I want whatever the voters decide is truly best. To Hillary supporters: I wish you and your candidate all the best.

Is Barack Obama’s war position inconsistent?
Senator Barack Obama, then an Illinois state senator, delivered these remarks October 2, 2002 at the Federal Plaza in Chicago:
“I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances. The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, the sacrifice of multitudes, that we could begin to perfect this union and drive the scourge of slavery from our soil.
I Don’t Oppose All Wars
I don’t oppose all wars. My grandfather signed up for a war the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton’s army. He fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil. I don’t oppose all wars. After September 11, after witnessing the carnage and destruction, the dust and the tears, I supported this administration’s pledge to hunt down and root out those who would slaughter innocents in the name of intolerance, and I would willingly take up arms myself to prevent such tragedy from happening again.
Opposed to Dumb, Rash Wars
I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne. What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income, to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression. That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.
On Saddam Hussein
Now let me be clear: I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power…. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors…and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.
I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences.
I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.
I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars. So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president.
You Want a Fight, President Bush?
You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s finish the fight with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings. You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure that…we vigorously enforce a nonproliferation treaty, and that former enemies and current allies like Russia safeguard and ultimately eliminate their stores of nuclear material, and that nations like Pakistan and India never use the terrible weapons already in their possession, and that the arms merchants in our own country stop feeding the countless wars that rage across the globe. You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells.
You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil through an energy policy that doesn’t simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil.
Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair.”
Barack Obama delivered his powerful speech at the Federal Plaza in Chicago October 2, 2002 against the US beginning war in Iraq while later that same month Hillary Clinton voted for the authorization to begin US military action in Iraq. Once US troops were actually in Iraq and fighting a war, of course, it would be irresponsible for Obama to be against funding the troops. The key is that Barack Obama had the judgment to see the dumbness of the war in October 2002 and clearly said so. Hillary Clinton did not and voted to start it.
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s tactic of trying to paint Obama’s war position as “a fairy tale” or as “inconsistent” is merely “Clinton politics” and clearly demonstrates why America badly needs the enormous breath of fresh air Barack Obama provides. At one time Senator Kerry from Nebraska referred to the Clinton’s as “clever liars” several years before President Bill Clinton told America: “I did not have sex with that woman!” or as Jay Leno quipped, “He didn’t have sex with her, she had it with him!”
Goodbye Bill and Hillary Clinton. Hello Barack Obama.

I recommend Bill Clinton stays out of Hillary’s campaign. He is hurting her polictical career. She will does better with her daughter’s help. She really does not need Bill’s help. In the NH primary that Hillary won because she prensented her feeling about women voters. Bill needs to stay out off her campaign. Bill needs to find another Monica to have fun…

Look up US FEDERAL RESERVE….
It’s as federal as FEDERAL EXPRESS, and there are no reserves. Our money is printed out of thin air, and shows up as the the PRIMARY CAUSE of INFLATION and DEBT.

Barack Obama should make clear that he will not be lectured to by a man disbarred in Alabama and from the Supreme Court in a plea deal to avoid perjury charges.
Bill “I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman…” Clinton has a long record of diminishing the presidency. It is not stooping to low to remind people of that.

Posted by: meteor22 | Jan 20, 2008 7:01:02 PM
But you aren’t sick of the Clinton attack machine and the dragging down of your party for her gain. What ever happend to her being digusted with the politics of personal destruction or being turned off by slash and burn style politics? I guess that only applies if it is directed at them!
Do you not realize the other guys campaigns are about THE PEOPLE? Yet, Hillary’s campaign is about HILLARY? You are a joke my friend. And I will take great pleasure in helping to defeat your party come November. I ask all logical and reasonable minded Dems. to join me. You don’t have to vote Repub. if the idea turns you off. You can vote Indep. Whatever you do, just don’t vote Hillary if she is the nominee. Don’t sanction their actions. Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes…..these people are disgusting pigs. Now I see why so many people are losing respect for the so-called best political mind of modern day time, he’s out acting like a thug.
You guys had your chance but back-ward thinking, nostalgia, ignorance, devotion to the Clinton’s as opposed to your own beliefs, dependency, lack of principles, lack of common decency, etc. is what will be your down fall.

Those of us who have the foresight to see into the summer realize that Obama stands no chance whatsoever in surviving the onslaught waged by the GOP. Rezko trial will result in charges of accepting bribes among other things by prosecutor, with probable disqualification of his candidacy altogether. Trinity United Church of Christ’s Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.’s (Obama’s mentor) award to Louis Farrakhan, founder of Nation of Islam, and known hater of Jews and Gentiles, is not a church where the leader of the free world should be affiliated. Their racist Black Values System, and non-negotiable contract with Africa reflects heavily on Obama’s character as he has not cut ties with this church for “some reason”. The Democratic base will not support nor overlook this radical association of Obama’s, even though the media has, and neither will Republican or Independent crossovers. His membership of twenty years in this church is a huge “in-your-face” insult to Americans for it’s sheer hypocrisy alone. Analysis shows too much baggage to overcome. Finally, on the subject of Bill Clinton challenging Obama’s record:
IT SHOULD BOTHER EVERY AMERICAN THAT OBAMA IS GETTING A FREE PASS FROM THE PRESS AND IS BEING CODDLED BY THEM. ANYONE WITH A LICK OF SENSE SHOULD BE ASKING AND WONDERING WHY THIS LACK OF SCRUTINY IS ACKNOWLEDGED EVEN BY HIS FANS. COINCIDENCE? DON’T BE SO NAIVE.
BILL CLINTON IS FORCED TO PERFORM THE DUTY THAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA REFUSES OR IS NOT ALLOWED TO DO. THIS IS THE ONLY SCRUTINY OBAMA HAS HAD TO FACE AND HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO ACT OR RESPOND, EXCEPT WHINE AND SAY IT ISN’T FAIR. HE CAN’T BE QUESTIONED WITHOUT HOLLERING RACE. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYBODY WANT A PRESIDENT WHO PLAYS THE RACE CARD WHEN ASKED A QUESTION? HE’S NO DIFFERENT THAN MANY OF YOUR CO-WORKERS WHO GET AWAY WITH WHATEVER BECAUSE NO ONE WILL CHALLENGE THEM DUE TO RACE. WHO NEEDS TO WALK AROUND ON EGGSHELLS? WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE ON A DAILY BASIS – OBAMA’S FEAR OF BEING OUTED IS HIS PROBLEM – NOT OURS. EXPECT MORE OUT OF HIM – MAKE HIM ANSWER TOUGH QUESTIONS. BILL CLINTON HAS EVERY RIGHT TO DO THE JOB THAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS TO AFRAID TO DO. IF ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT HE IS EXPECTING ANSWERS. HE CONTINUES TO DO AMERICA AND ALL OF US A FAVOR.

Bill and Hill- Co-Presidents of USA? Give me a break! We need a new President. America will and can transcend race and gender in electing a new president. My chioice is Obama’08

We know Hillary and Bill…But who knows OB? He is an unknown quatity, he is NOT ready for PRIME time. One cannot pay the bills with home and optimism, we need substance not empty rhetoric, OB is an empty windbag, nothing but hot air!If you feel the office of the President of the U.S. can be filled by anyone who offers empty promises then vote for Obama, myself and family have seen the light and it ain’t OB.

Posted by: clearvision,
And you think Hillary stands a chance of surviving the Repub. attacks? Please. She can’t even run an effective campaign!!!! Can’t run on her own campaign WITHOUT BILL AND HIS MANY LIES and TOTAL RANTS. Bill has been involved in her campaign for how long now? No the REPUBS. will eat her alive. What will she do then? Will she cry and go for the sympathy vote?
It won’t work b/c those of us that don’t like her name, still won’t like her. So, while you all will be mad, we will be laughing and planning to vote with the REPUBS come Nov.
Oh an by the way, the Rezko affair, Hillary was involved in that too. I wish you Hillary supporters would educate yourselves. And to think many of you are allowed to vote!

I have one question…what has Hillary done ON HER OWN that makes her so much more experienced to be President than the other candidates? (Do not include being First Lady or her husband)

As for Bill Clinton being a cheat…yeah, he was but so was FDR, JFK and MLK, yet we respect the memory of these truly good men who were also flawed human beings.

Obama, is caught either lying or not remembering what he says. In the debate he said ” he never supported a single payer plan. WELL! He did before a union meeting in 2003. His record is not being distorted he has a bad memory or ?

I keep reading that Obama is a crybaby but if memory serves me right, Hillary is the one that (almost)shed tears in front of the camera. I can’t help but wonder if she will cry in front of foreign leaders when they say something “hurtful” to her.
I have spent alot of time watching the election coverage and I feel that Hillary gets an unfair amount of air time and it is not negative in tone. I personally think that the media, in general, favors her as the national candidate not Obama. If anyone is taking a hit in the media it’s John Edwards (just look at the time he gets in any debate) yet it’s Bill that is complaining about the media coverage.
I am a middle-class (by definition) factory worker and many of my peers feel that if Hillary is the candidate they will stay home on election day (remember NAFTA, we do) Score one for the Republicans.
It should not really surprise anyone that Bill is taking such an active role in Hillary’s campaign. All the talk about the Clinton administration is now what Bill and Hillary did and her campaign is now what they will do when elected. They are being treated as one person. What we need to realize is the Clintons have a marriage that is nothing more than a business arrangement. They have been planning their policial strategy for years, that’s why she did not leave him after all the sex scandals, why she moved to New York to run for the Senate, and that’s why he is her attack dog in this campaign. They are running as a team for President.
The media and analyst twist the candidate’s words so much that too much is made of what they actually said, but nicey-nice doesn’t make for good TV or newspaper. I wish the DNC could just tell the media to cool it. That would do more to unite the Democrats than anything else.