Bill Clinton Says He’s Happy the Election Process Is a Long One
EmailABC News’ Sarah Amos reports: The sight of Bill Clinton — stumping to a crowd of eager Democrats on a snowy night seems much more appropriate for Iowa in Decemeber than Mississippi in March — but by now most voters have come to expect the unusual when it comes to presidential politics.
So as snow rolled into Tupelo, Miss., so did the former president — eager to tell the Democrats of Mississippi why Hillary was the best choice for President.
Clinton spoke at a fish fry being sponsored by the camapign. The former president showed up long after the crispy fish had been devoured, but told the crowd he was holding out hope for some.
"I hope you got some fish, this is supposed to be a fish fry. More important I hope I get some before I have to leave," Clinton said.
Clinton spoke for around an hour, sharing Hillary’s plans for everything from solving the health crisis in America to making America more energy efficient.
Clinton began his speech by acknowledging the campaign’s excitment over their victories in Ohio and Texas.
"This has been an amazing week for my whole family. We had a great night Tuesday in Texas and Ohio and Rhode Island," Clinton began. "I told some of the folks I met backstage that it looked like a re-make of that movie ‘Troy,’ we had 100,000 people volunteering on both sides. I thought there was going to be blood in the streets. It was great."
Clinton also acknowledged the extrodinary circumstances that have carried this nomination process farther than anyone expected. The crowd of more than 1,000 in Tupelo probably understands that better than most. Many voters commented that more attention has been given to their primary this year than they can ever remember from years past.
"This is the darndest campaign I ever saw in my life. It just goes on and on, but I like that," Clinton told the crowd.
"A lot of people think it ought to be shut down. I don’t. With the last election in June, June the 7th, everybody acts like that’s the end of the world. That’s good for the Democrats," Cinton continued. "Let these elections go on. Let the people have their say. Let the debates go on. This is a good deal. It will make sure that we can win in November and we CAN win in November!"
With the birthplace of Elvis serving as Tupelo’s main claim to fame, President Clinton couldn’t resist at least one Elvis mention.
"I’m especially glad to be here because when I ran for president in ’92 my code name with the Secret Service was Elvis and it’s a good thing it’s still early so I won’t try to prove it," Clinton jokingly told the crowd.
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Unless HE is gonna be President, His opinion don’t mean JACK!!!
Posted by: cba | March 8, 2008, 12:29 am 12:29 am
Bill is great! I miss him being president. For those of you who think it was SO bad, ask yourself this: were you better off – financially – eight years ago that you are now? Everyone I know says: YES!!!!
Posted by: Michelle | March 8, 2008, 1:16 am 1:16 am
Bill was the greatest contemporary President in our history. Even the Republicans admit he is the most politically astute politician they know. But what impresses me most is that he fulfilled most of his campaign promises, kept Osama Bin Laden on the run and too busy to cause more havoc for us (after the first WTC bombing and the USS Cole), paid for peace around the world, brought peace to Northern Ireland, brokered peace talks in the Middle East, raised our status within the UN, worked to help reduce poverty worldwide, dealt with our debt and deficit so well we had a surplus, accomplished the only balanced federal budget in 4 of the last 35 years, and brought the greatest economic prosperity to the country and the world in modern history. Yes I miss those times and do not believe we will have them again without Senator Hillary Clinton become our next President.
Posted by: DCVoter | March 8, 2008, 1:33 am 1:33 am
Good for president Clinton.
Posted by: tomdavie | March 8, 2008, 1:33 am 1:33 am
great story. Bill was the best Pres. in my lifetime. We were able to put our two children through college and paid for it without loans or any debt. (My husband is a blue collar worker and I didn’t work). That says alot!!! He is very smart about the world. I can’t wait for him to be back in the White House with HILLARY!!! We need to get the economy working for US!!!
Posted by: plain jane | March 8, 2008, 2:29 am 2:29 am
Bill is happy any time he can be in the spotlight. But it’s a good thing he is busy – you know what they say about idle hands.
Posted by: smartprimate | March 8, 2008, 4:01 am 4:01 am
I think Bill should give me a break by releasing tax return and shady family deal account across the world.
Posted by: sharp | March 8, 2008, 4:52 am 4:52 am
I thought Obama people are supposed to be above hate, but they seem to be so angry and aggressive and full of hateful words and thoughts. Obama is a blank slate for his supporter to project their lost dreams.
Posted by: Trustmiracles | March 8, 2008, 6:16 am 6:16 am
Allain Jules, thanks for giving me a reason to vote for Sen. Hillary in May. You Obama supporters are what caused Obama to lose this past week with your behavior and tone of voice! Think before you speak and then grow up, will you!
Posted by: Timothy Johnson | March 8, 2008, 6:47 am 6:47 am
You all must be kidding!
Best president!?? hahaha! This guy received a BJ from an intern in the Oval Office! While on the phone discussung Bosnia..How quickly we forget. Also all the missed opportunities to kill the enemies of our country…He was a selfish president looking out for his legacy…which …read the beginnning of this again.
Posted by: will 18Z5WP | March 8, 2008, 7:26 am 7:26 am
And who do you think is best Prez?
Both Bushes who skewered our economy back to back?
Reagan who placed us all, unborn included, on debt while few got filthy rich?
Don’t think so.
I think Bill deserved the blow, cholo.
Hey that was the only faulty award he got. It was inspiring, at least for him, that 50 something can still get it up,despite stress, AND no viagra needed.
It was consexual between adults, and Hillary forgave them both, what is with you people. Get it over with.
Better yet, get your own inspiration.
Posted by: excel | March 8, 2008, 7:50 am 7:50 am
Bill said that the race would be over for Hillary if she would lose Ohio and/or Texas.
It seems pretty sure now that Hillary DID lose Texas in the overall primary + caucuses results. Not only will Obama win a majority of pledged delegates; he’ll even win the majority of the total popular vote.
This should be BIG NEWS already in the MSM, but the MSM want to drag this thing on and on – babbling about Bill Clinton – because reporting this race is such a lucrative business for them. The MSM has left the path for truth and only walks the path for Big Money these days.
Posted by: Hart Crane | March 8, 2008, 8:30 am 8:30 am
No one likes to return to the past, its now about moving forward. Moving the country toward the future with “CHANGE”. The past has gone and we cant rewind it back!
Posted by: Peace | March 8, 2008, 8:58 am 8:58 am
I can not wait to get the Clintons out of the news.He is the worst president and Plain Jane if he is the best in your life time you can’t be very old…He can not be trusted nor she.They are for themselves and always have been the more they get from everyone the better.
Posted by: h | March 8, 2008, 9:15 am 9:15 am
All of us here in Ohio agree, bill clinton was THE best president …not husband…for this nation in our generation…
my father is a d day vet and retired judge…and says bill clinton reminded him of fdr simply the best thing for the common man since FDR
my father grew up in DEEP WVA during the depression fought WWII beginning on a French BEach and knew both John Glenn and Jack Kenned personally
and never lost a political race in 35 years…
so…i think he knows a true leader when he ‘sees’ one…
by the way..i’m a civil rights lawyer and Bill Clinton’s DOJ was simply far and away the BEST since Robert Kennedy was the AG
hands down and there’s a demonstrated record to prove it, even right here in southern Ohio
finally…appalachian Ohio was visited by the clintons over 11 times in one month …in every poor and working poor town in the south of Ohio
Obama never ONCE visited us and we were open to him…
That was his death knell…too much media “hype” and his rich liberal supporters, who have forgotten what the real RFK truly came and saw here in this part of the country…and with that Obama lost a historic opportunity…
he knows it too but maybe next time
maybe AFTER the Clintons give us back
true hope and a solid economy …
Posted by: appalachia blue | March 8, 2008, 9:29 am 9:29 am
Dr. Austan “NAFTA” Goolsbee, Dr. Susan “No One’s Ready for the Call” Rice, and Dr. Sam “Monster” Power are three important advisers to Obama.
Posted by: Herb | March 8, 2008, 9:35 am 9:35 am
How can people believe that Bill and Hillary are glad about how this race is going. They thought Hillary was a shoe in and this would be done by Super Tuesday. Comments like this are why the Clintons continue to fail the sincerity test. Come on.
Posted by: Carolyn | March 8, 2008, 9:35 am 9:35 am
Billy, hurt the armed forces,knocked reality out from under the economic balance and demened the office. If that was not enought he copped a plea on his last day in office and remains a fellon.
This is one of the three worst records ever. You guys need to do some study, and of course you wont.
James K
Posted by: James C. Karmer | March 8, 2008, 9:36 am 9:36 am
It was his time when Republican took Congress. And more the scandal in the White House. Look you can fool pepole some time but you can fool themall ti time.
Posted by: I.A.T Smith | March 8, 2008, 10:12 am 10:12 am
Blue get a life.They are for themselves and themselves only If you think for one minute thye give a —- about you and me you need to re tink the whole election.They are the two most corrupt people in the system wait until you see the papers and where his money is coming from ask your Dad what he thinks of them selling out to foreign countrys and crooks….God bless him for fighting for us.
Posted by: h | March 8, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am
So in other words, College tuition costs were as out of control in the 1990s as they are now. It doesn’t matter who was in the White House.
Clinton campained in 1992 on a promise of a middle class tax cut. He reneged and the media gave him a pass.
It is sad when the American people put blame on an administration for seemingly every problem in their/our collective lives.
While Presidents and their administrations should shoulder some of the blame, it’s the legislative and the judicial branches of our government who are mostly to blame but our allowed to skate scott free.
Some of these people have been in office since I was a child and are still writing laws which are severely flawed. Guys like Arlen Spector, Joe Biden, Edward Kennedy, John McCain just to name a few.
On both sides of the isle in both the House and Senate, these people are the most corruptive in the land and there are no term limits. An utter and preposterous joke.
Posted by: Condor | March 8, 2008, 11:42 am 11:42 am
Bill often uses the briarpatch technique to create leverage where there wasn’t any.
He knows the DNC cringes politically and financially about the idea of a continuing and destructive campaign.
The prospect of a long one is an attempt to create a bargaining chip for purposes of compromise we have not yet seen…
The definition of a con artist is someone who can perfectly imitate the actions of an honest person.
Posted by: Gorgon '08 | March 8, 2008, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm
cba:
Who do you think is going to be
the president if the Clintons succeed in
Stealing the Nomination from Obama and
win the General election? Hillary?
Bill can’t run for a third term under
our law so they will circumvent the law
if Hillary is elected!
Bill Clinton will be in charge!
Posted by: reaganfan | March 8, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
WHY DO YOU PEOPLE ACT LIKE HILLARY AND BILL ARE THE SAME PERSON???? I HATE TO INFORM BUT THEY MOST CERTAINLY ARE NOT!!!!!! THEY ARE EACH THEIR OWN PERSON!!!!!! I WAS A CHILD WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, BUT DID RESEARCH WHEN THIS ELECTION CAME UP ON HILLARY AND ALSO FOUND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT BILL DID IN THE PROCESS!!!!!!! HE WAS A GOOD PRESIDENT, BUT A HORRIBLE EXCUSE FOR A HUSBAND TO HILLARY!!!!! IT IS NOT HER FAULT THAT HE ISN’T THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, BUT YOU PEOPLE ACT LIKE IT IS AND THAT THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME PERSON THAT JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT BODIES!!!! LAST I CHECKED FOLKS THEY AREN’T JOINED AT THE HIP(BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE SIAMESE TWINS WHICH WOULD BE INCEST)NOR ARE THEY BOTH ONE IN THE SAME!!!!!! YOU NEED TO JUDGE HILLARY ON HER OWN MERITS RATHER THAN JUDGING HER ON ALL HER HUSBAND DID WRONG!!!!!!! BY THE WAY HE CHEATED ON HILLARY NOT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SO WHY IS IT THAT SHE FORGAVE HIM(WHICH IF YOU READ HER BIO ON WIKIPEDIA THERE IS A PART OF A QUOTE FROM HER BOOK AS TO WHY SHE DID SO!!! TO SUM IT UP SIMPLY SHE FORGAVE HIM BECAUSE SHE LOVES HIM(APPARENTLY SOMETHING NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY UNDERSTANDS))AND NO ONE ELSE CAN???? LAST TIME I CHECKED IT IS ILLEGAL TO BE MARRIED TO MORE THAN ONE PERSON AT A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY(AS IN IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BE MARRIED TO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY)SO WHY IS IT THAT EVERYONE ACTS LIKE HE WAS THEIR HUSBAND????
ANYWAY, OF THE TWO OF THEM SHE I WOULD SAY IS THE BETTER PERSON AND REALLY SHOULD BE TRUSTED TO RUN THIS COUNTRY!!!! AT LEAST WE WON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY SEX SCANDALS WITH HER(BECAUSE IF SHE WAS A CHEATER I AM SURE SHE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT BY NOW CONSIDERING IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE SHE WAS CHEATED ON LAST AND ALL)!!!!!! THAT AND AT LEAST SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT THE AVERAGE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY(CAN’T SAY THE SAME THOUGH ABOUT OBAMA AT ALL)!!!!!! MY POINT IS DO RESEARCH ON THE PERSON BEFORE JUDGING AND COMMENTING ON THE PERSON IN A FORUM WOULD YOU????? IT REALLY ISN’T THAT HARD TO DO!!!
Sorry, for yelling, but it just don’t think you people get any of what i am saying because it wouldn’t stand out I know if I didn’t yell.
Posted by: Hillary DID help NY: Courtney WNY State | March 8, 2008, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm
Hillary DID help NY: Courtney WNY State,
You are the one that does not get it. If she steals the nomination, she will not win. If even she gets it outright, she still will not win. Do you think Repubs will not come out in full force to defeat her? She won’t only have Repubs. voting against her, she will also have Indeps and Indep. minded Democrats also voting against her.
Face it, the Clintons have disgraced this party for Dems and disgraced the country for all others. Only blind loyalist and delusional minded people think she will come in an turn all this sh-t around an create a bustling economy, it won’t happen. Pull your head out of the 90′s why don’t you!
Posted by: Erica | March 8, 2008, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
Hillary DID help NY: Courtney WNY State,
Take a few deep breaths, letting your stomach extend as you slowly breathe, in filling your lungs from the bottom up. Then exhale slowly through the mouth or nose. Close your eyes while doing this and visualize letting go of the tension in your body. Repeat several times.
Posted by: Don | March 8, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
Courtney is a perfect example of why the two parties need to be renamed, liberal and conservative.
If you are a republican then how can you support Hillary’s socialized agenda?
You’re a democrat masquerading. Take the costume off sweetie you’re a political cross-dresser.
Posted by: Condor | March 8, 2008, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm
Hillary DID help NY: Courtney WNY State:
Gotta agree with adults above. But one other thing, you do realize that the Clintons are running for a third term don’t you?
Posted by: The Commander Guy | March 8, 2008, 4:00 pm 4:00 pm
Who will stop Bill from saying insanities???
For Hillary this is not a long election process but a losing one. Hilarly is loser, a lousy loser.
Posted by: Mark Webb | March 8, 2008, 4:16 pm 4:16 pm
Hiallary DID help NY: Courtney WNY State:
You GOT IT!!! That is the whole stump! That is what Hillary Clinton stands for!
She got used and abused by her husband in front of the whole nation and the world so now she is out to prove that she is the better person, or should I say – she is out to prove that she will be the better president. Don’t let me forget to mention – at the cost of the rest of the nation and the world.
Posted by: Texas Voter | March 9, 2008, 3:21 am 3:21 am
Sen Clinton has way too many secrets for me to ever trust a word she says. (See Election year 1968 and the Nixon years) As I’ve posted elsewhere…the Hill-Bill campaign will be laughing all the way to the White House on how they once again dupped the poor American people and Bill got a 3rd term coming in the back door. Wake Up America!
Posted by: kennedyrj10 | March 9, 2008, 11:36 am 11:36 am
I agree, it is good for both of them. They are able to sharpen their skills, correct flaws in argument and advertise.
Let the people get to know them, what is the rush? We Clinton supporters know her and completely support her. We know everything. We know that Hillary will work hard to get a lot of what she promises for the people, we know it’s true. We know Bill is that way too. There’s nothing wrong with having experience. Experience in doing work for THE PEOPLE, that’s what Hillary has been about.
Posted by: irma | March 10, 2008, 1:22 am 1:22 am
Appalachia blue, love your post…
Posted by: irma | March 10, 2008, 1:27 am 1:27 am
Lest all you Clinton-lovers forget it was the Clintons’ personal failings that caused Democrats to lose Congress and gave us eight years of GWB. And you want to forgive and forget? Not me! I won’t get fooled by the Clintons again. The Democratic message is a good one…the Clintons as carrier of that message isn’t. Also, what I can’t understand from Clinton supporters is how they can bash Obama just like Republicans. So, it is only unfair when this bashing is against the Clintons? No wonder voters are disgusted with the political process!
Posted by: John | March 10, 2008, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm
You’re right JOHN, I don’t want to forgive and forget that THE REPUBLICANS were the fake Puritans that wasted tax dollars trying to get Bill Clinton out of office because he helped the people against the Republican interest. I’ll never forgive the Republicans for their fake family morals and their money wasting distractions just so they can get into office to help their wealthy buddies.
Posted by: irma | March 12, 2008, 12:56 am 12:56 am