Bill Brings It
Email7:25 pm MT: All the right words from President Clinton tonight. He may or may not be over his wife’s defeat, but he showed again that he can bring it when it counts.
Essentially, Bill Clinton finished Hillary Clinton’s speech tonight: This was endorsement, plus validation (the part Hillary didn’t offer up on Tuesday).
And he answered the question he didn’t when ABC’s Kate Snow asked him it during his recent Africa trip:
"Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world. Barack Obama is ready to take the oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United States," he said.
That’s your soundbite. As is typical, he went way over his alotted 10 minutes. But somehow I think the Obama campaign didn’t mind too much.
An unscripted moment: "Yes he can, but first we have to elect him."
And a clue to how Bill is coming to terms with this — notice how he sees Obama as a successor to his legacy:
"Together, we prevailed in a campaign in which the Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander-in-chief," the former president said. "Sound familiar? It didn’t work in 1992, because we were on the right side of history. And it won’t work in 2008, because Barack Obama is on the right side of history."
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Bill and Hillary Clinton, despite what they may be feeling, are class acts.
I wonder if any of the Obama Supporters will have the decency to apologize for calling the Clintons racist and all of those other hateful names? Just wondering…
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 9:48 pm 9:48 pm
Man Bill sure gave us a huge snap shot of what will be required from an Obama administration, it sure make me wonder if Obama can really deliver all of this.
Posted by: novote | August 27, 2008, 9:53 pm 9:53 pm
After working and defending black’s all there lives, the Clinton’s learned what the white working class, who have been forced by the Federal government to live,learn,work,and who have had there children attacked by black’s already knew. If your white you can’t trust the black race.
Posted by: Tomjoad1776 | August 27, 2008, 10:01 pm 10:01 pm
I have always said that Bill still remains my hero on this blog and I thank God he did not disappoint me tonight.I apologise to all Hillary supporters for all our behaviour.Have a good night everyone. NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN
Posted by: vuzous | August 27, 2008, 10:02 pm 10:02 pm
OUR UNCLE BILL CAME HOME .
during the primary family will fights , but when its all said and done,home is where the heart is.
Posted by: rex | August 27, 2008, 10:07 pm 10:07 pm
I eat crow I didn’t think Billy had it in him…..
Posted by: indp voter | August 27, 2008, 10:08 pm 10:08 pm
Tomjoad1776—ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT YOU IS IGNORANT AND A RACIST!!!!
Posted by: READY999 | August 27, 2008, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm
Bill saying Obama “hit it out of the park” with his VP pick tells you everything you need to know. A verbal wink that his speech was all BS. Except the part of defining Obama as a huge liberal.
Posted by: geevill | August 27, 2008, 10:13 pm 10:13 pm
Rush is rigt this time. The Clintons picked Obama’s pocket and he has no clue.
Posted by: geevill | August 27, 2008, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm
No, the liberal wing of the party never wanted an apology. It knew nothing was done against african americans. It needed to bring Bill and Hilary down to zero to install O’Bama.
The sad story here is that it worked to perfection. Now, I know what O’Bama meant after the NH primary when he said he knew how to fight “chicago style”.
Worse, for all of the white kids who made history by taking up O’Bama’s cause, how long after the election will it be before they have to prove they’re not racists?
If Bill and Hillary had to prove it after 40 years of reaching across the lines of color, race, and creed, its only a matter of time for them.
As an African American, I have a my own dream. Its a take off of MLK’s dream. I hope when “little white boys and little white girls join hands with little black boys and black girls” they’ll promise that no matter what or WHO comes along they won’t let go!!!
Posted by: al | August 27, 2008, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm
Uncle Bill never left – AAs left him, without a second thought, willing to believe the worst of a President and a First Lady that has done so much for civil rights.
I cannot believe how my fellow AAs treated this man and his wife. If you wanted to vote for Obama, that was fine, but you didn’t have to tear these people down to do it. Bill and Hillary said in the beginning that they expected to lose AA votes because they too understood the want of AAs to have one of their own become president.
What they didn’t expect was the manner in which they lost the AA vote. Being called racist because Hillary said without LBJ, the civil rights bill would not have been enacted or Bill for saying that Jesse Jackson won SC. Both are facts, and you would have had to been racist yourself to find anything racial in those statements.
In the end, after all of the name calling and insults, Bill and Hillary were still there for each of you.
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm
Rush is rigt this time. The Clintons picked Obama’s pocket and he has no clue.
Posted by: geevill | Aug 27, 2008 10:15:01 PM
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drugs limbaugh is your ear piece..Bahaha
thats quiet some pickpocket , hillary pass on the the roll call and both give terrific speeches and will be on the stump for weeks to come.
too bad talkshow host dont get drug tested .it would explain what comes out of his mouth.
Posted by: wobble wobble | August 27, 2008, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
I have watched all week looking for a glimer of hope and the only thing I see thus far is the Democratic Platform is “You Have To Elect Obama He is Black” sad I thought my party was for the people I guess my father was wrong
Posted by: George | August 27, 2008, 10:28 pm 10:28 pm
I have left the Democratic Party. It is rotten to its very core.
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 10:32 pm 10:32 pm
of course iam being sarcastic, iam saying imagine if barcac keep saying like what mccain keep doing using the
P.O.W card , everytime he screws up and in a jam out come the P.O.W card .
what a pathetic thing to keep doing he has reduce it down to a credit card.
oh john how many
Posted by: George | August 27, 2008, 10:32 pm 10:32 pm
excuse me guys , iam just playing iam really a republican trying to stir up trouble , i know if we dont do this we dont win. buy hey i like doing that.plus iam weraing a runners call PUMA. it all fits. dont mind me
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm
When I saw the Clintons and what a class act they really are, I realize TWICE as much now how BADLY the DUMBOCRATs have screwed up this time…
They gave up their chance to have one of the GREATEST president in HILLARY CLINTON …
NO, I WILL NOT VOTE OBAMA … I WOULD RATHER SUFFER 4 MORE YEARS, IF INDEED I HAVE TO SUFFER, THEN HAND OVER THE PRESIDENCY TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT EARNED THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
YES, HARD WORK AND EXPERIENCE MATTER …
GO BACK TO ILLINOIS, BARACH ,… AND WORK YOUR WAY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE …
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE BARACK IS ROB ONE GREAT WOMAN HER CHANCE TO BE A GREAT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
GO BACK TO ILLINOS …
Posted by: GO BACK TO ILLINOIS | August 27, 2008, 10:38 pm 10:38 pm
Fake LeeLee07 – Be brave and post under your own name.
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 10:40 pm 10:40 pm
PUMA AND THE 28% Hillary Supporters,
We can vent here all night long but unless we go out there and do eveything we can to help MCCAIN WIN IN NOVEMBER, WE VENT IN VAIN ..
SO LET’S SADDLE UP … LET US DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY KNOW HOW TO HELP MCCAIN WIN IN NOVEMBER …
UNLESS MCCAIN WIN IN NOVEMBER, WE LOSE ..
SAVE AMERICA, VOTE MCCAIN … MCCAIN WE KNOW …
Posted by: MCCAINWeKnow | August 27, 2008, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
BILL AND Hillary Clinton said what they say in support of Barack obama because they are obliged to do so … They have to appear to support him …
But dont you be fooled … you vote MCCAIN … in 4 years, we can VOTE HILLARY AGAIN …
OUT AND AWAY WITH OBAMA
Posted by: OutAndAwayWithObama | August 27, 2008, 10:44 pm 10:44 pm
geevil:
We don’t need your repugnant butt interpreting President Clinton’s meaning. He gave a great speech, no winks and nods, and we’ll be proceeding to a Democratic victory on November 4th.
So, please, just STFU!
Obama 08
Posted by: jackt51 | August 27, 2008, 10:47 pm 10:47 pm
Hillary was great. Bill was unbelievable. The bar is set so high, Biden looks like he’s gonna drown. His speech is a dud. He may as well pull some lines from HRC campaign speech about celestial choirs, etc.
The Clintons get to go back to their lives after the convention. Come November, all the delegates duped into cheering for Obama/Biden are gonna wake up and say “what was I thinking?”
Posted by: FishMonger | August 27, 2008, 10:48 pm 10:48 pm
Well, LeeLee07, you really ARE a republican!
With all the no-shows for next week’s gathering of the repugnants, the PUMA term really applies to THEM!!!
Obama 08
Posted by: jackt51 | August 27, 2008, 10:50 pm 10:50 pm
VOTE MCCAIN …. TURN ON YOUR TV AND LOOK AT THOSE IDIOTS IN DENVER …
CHEERING LIKE THEY ARE IN HEAVEN … THEY ARE CLUELESS …
THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY HAVE LOST THEIR CHANCE FOR A GREAT PRESIDENT IN HILLARY CLINTON …
VOTE MCCAIN 2008 … THEN VOTE HILLARY IN 2012.
Posted by: VOTE HILLARY 2012 | August 27, 2008, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm
Nice try, FISHMONGER, but you didn’t earn your RNC troll money tonight. What a speech by Biden!!!
Another night of nothing but home runs!!!
Obama 08
Posted by: jackt51 | August 27, 2008, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm
The Clintons are class acts. I totally agree that the Obama Camp and all those surrogates who painted Bill Clinton a racists need to make that right. He isn’t one and has never been one.
Posted by: rafraf | August 27, 2008, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm
TURN ON AND WATCH BIDEN .. GOOD BORING MAN …
GOOD LORD … THE DUMMIES AT DENVER STILL ARE CLUELESS ALRIGHT …
LET THEM HAVE THEIR 4 DAYS WORTH …
THEN LET US GET RID OF THEM IN NOVEMBER …
Posted by: VOTE MCCAIN | August 27, 2008, 10:54 pm 10:54 pm
Biden just threw out the Obama stump about cutting taxes for 95% of Americans. Not only is this comical – considering the enormous spending he’s promised…but reminds me of the story created by an economics professor to illustrate the US tax system.
It seemed that 10 men decided to have a business lunch once a week. They always met in the same restaurant and the bill was always, $100.00, for all 10 men. If each man was responsible for his share of the bill that would be, $10.00, each. The men decided to divide the bill based upon their ability to pay. Using an agreed upon formula the following payment arraignment was worked out based upon income.
Men 1-4 who made the least amount of money paid nothing.
Man 5 paid $ 1.00
Man 6 paid $ 3.00
Man 7 paid $ 7.00
Man 8 paid $12.00
Man 9 paid $18.00
Man 10 paid $59.00
After several weeks the owner of the restaurant told the men that because they were such good customers he was reducing the bill by $20.00. Their delimina was how to divide up the, $20.00. If each person got the same amount then the first 4 men would be getting money back but they never paid anything for the dinners. After much discussion and no resolve the owner offered the following suggestion which they all agreed to.
Original Payment New Payment $ Amount Saved % Saved
Men 1-4 paid $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $0.00 0%
Man 5 paid $ 1.00 $ 0.00 $1.00 100%
Man 6 paid $ 3.00 $ 2.00 $1.00 33%
Man 7 paid $ 7.00 $ 5.00 $2.00 28%
Man 8 paid $12.00 $ 9.00 $3.00 25%
Man 9 paid $18.00 $14.00 $4.00 22%
Man 10 paid $59.00 $50.00 $9.00 15%
Once out side the men began to argue about the settlement. Man 5 said he only got, $1.00, while Man 10 received, $9.00. Men 1-4 were upset because the received nothing. They said that the cut only benefited the rich and the poor got nothing. They were upset so they beat up Man 10 and left him. The next week they met for lunch as usual except man 10 did not show up. When the new bill arrived the men discovered that between them they did not have enough money to pay even half of the bill.
Over 70% of tax revenues are paid by the top 5% of the population.
Posted by: FishMonger | August 27, 2008, 10:54 pm 10:54 pm
Still name-calling?
Since you seem to think that Obama has this thing all locked up why are you still so bitter and angry at those who will not support your puppet boy?
Shouldn’t you be “over it” by now? :D
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 10:55 pm 10:55 pm
WATCH BARACK NOW ON TV … CLINTON HAD A MORE ROUSING WELCOME THAN OBAMA …
CHEERS FOR CLINTONS ARE LOUDER …
OBAMA CANNOT COMPARE WITH CLINTONS … OBAMAs are not KENNEDYs … Obama is not Martin Luther King .. King was a champion of a cause that cost him his life…
OBAMA wants to be President WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE HARD WORK …
SEND OBAMA BACK OUT TO ILLINOIS PEOPLE
Posted by: Shame onObama | August 27, 2008, 10:59 pm 10:59 pm
OMG – They are actually playing “We are Family.”
NO, WE ARE NOT! ROFLMAO!!!
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 11:02 pm 11:02 pm
IT IS NOT OVER YET …. NOVEMBER IS STILL MORE THAN 2 MONTHS AWAY …
PUMA, HILLARY SUPPORTERS … LET US WIN THE ELECTION FOR MCCAIN IN NOVEMBER
LET US WIN WHEN IT COUNTS … IF MCCAIN WINS, THEN WE WIN … IF MCCAIN LOSE , WE LOSE …
LET’S ROLL UP THE SLEEVE AND GET TO WORK ….
MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT
Posted by: MCCAIN4President | August 27, 2008, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm
Electing John McCain will fulfill Dr. King’s dream
Do not judge by color of the skin – Majority democrats elected Obama as their candidate
But judge them by the content of their character – Majority AMERICANS will elect John McCain as their president.
No Way, No How, NOBAMA!!
McCain 08
Hillary 12
Posted by: fob | August 27, 2008, 11:04 pm 11:04 pm
Well, LeeLee07, don’t know who you were talking to, but… for me, I can tell you that:
I’m passionate about my candidate, and equally passionate about the need to end the horrendous eight years we’ve experienced under Bush/Cheney and will continue to experience if the American people don’t use their heads and elect Barack Obama as our next President.
I’m passionate about all the things you probably haven’t been listening to over the past three days; things we won’t get — and worse, things that will be set further back under a McSame presidency.
So, if I and others react to your (and other repugnants and trolls) senseless attacks against Barack Obama using dishonorable repugnant talking points; or your equally senseless support of John McSame, it is our passion and our love for our Country that guides us.
No Way, No How, NO McSAME!!!
Obama 08
Posted by: jackt51 | August 27, 2008, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm
i LIKE MISERY so i want 4 more years of the same
lets make this happen puma
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm
jackt51 -
When will the name calling end with you guys? You mimic whatever the campaign tells you to say. And you’ve been bamboozled…hoodwinked…
Posted by: FishMonger | August 27, 2008, 11:09 pm 11:09 pm
Ok, Fake LeeLee07 – Chill for a while.
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 11:16 pm 11:16 pm
Well, jackt51 – I understand your passion for your candidate. I am equally enthused about mine.
I am an Dem turned Independent, not a Republican or a troll and I love my country, just like you do.
I just don’t like your candidate of choice and I do tend to write about it. That should be ok with you because I can see you are no slouch on the keyboard yourself. :D
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 11:22 pm 11:22 pm
Too much propaganda from all sides. Who am I to believe? On the one side, they say that Obama is all good, all knowing; on the other, he’s simply a hollow tree. Why such a huge gap of fact and opinion? I have seen the man; I have heard his speeches; I have followed his policies; I have seen Michelle. He’s the most hypocritical candidate in US history. Who am I to believe but my own eyes.
Posted by: young voter | August 27, 2008, 11:24 pm 11:24 pm
Well, Fishmonger, there’s a difference between simple namecalling and pointing out hypocracy.
And LeeLee07, which candidate? Clinton or McSame? You are entited to your passion, but don’t try to pass it off as something it isn’t.
Since the Republican party-line now involves nothing BUT namecalling, I don’t need to apologize or backtrack on anything I have said.
Obama 08
Posted by: jackt51 | August 27, 2008, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm
Lets face it folks after listening to Hillary and Bill and having to sit through Biden, anyone will admit that there is something very wrong with that VP pick.
We gave up the goose that could of brought home the golden egg, and if Obama does not pull this off he has no one else to blame but his self and who ever advised him.
Posted by: novote | August 27, 2008, 11:32 pm 11:32 pm
Bill was loading up on BHO tonight by attributing a huge shopping list directly to him. That shopping list will require massive taxes that the Republicans will jump all over.
BHO was, subtly, being set up.
Posted by: Marty | August 27, 2008, 11:32 pm 11:32 pm
I am a Clinton Supporter now voting for McCain. No need for me to pass anything off as “my passion.” It is what it is.
I will do everything I can to make John McCain President in 2008.
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 11:36 pm 11:36 pm
Good night all – it’s been real!
PUMA!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | August 27, 2008, 11:37 pm 11:37 pm
Obama showing up tonight confirms that he cannot stand Bill taking the spotlight from him. Obama is so full of himself…
Posted by: McCainB4Obama | August 27, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm
Obama was afraid to show up until the Clinton delegates left.
Posted by: geevill | August 28, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm