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Hillary Clinton 2012 Watch (No. 2 in a Series) -- Bill Helps McCain on the Housing Crisis
October 01, 2008 7:33 AM
A new TV ad from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., approvingly uses a recent soundbite from former President Bill Clinton.
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie," says the announced. "The Post says: McCain 'pushed for stronger regulation'...'while Mr. Obama was notably silent.' But, Democrats blocked the reforms. Loans soared. Then, the bubble burst. And, taxpayers are on the hook for billions. Bill Clinton knows who is responsible."
Cut to the former president: "I think the responsibility that the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was President to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
The announcer again: "You're right, Mr. President. It didn't have to happen."
This comes as Bill Clinton on the stump continues to praise McCain as a "great man," a term he pointedly refuses to use about the man who felled his wife in the primaries.
Question: earlier this year there was a lot of fuss about whether McCain voted for then-Gov. George W. Bush for president in 2000.
Who do you think Bill Clinton will vote for in 2008? How about his wife? Her brothers?
And if Obama loses, how much will liberal activists hold the Clintons responsible for these "tells"?
jpt
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I don't know whether the Clinton's will be blamed or not. Hillary, I believe, has worked relatively hard for Obama. She has, in some cases I think, made complimentary comments about Sarah Palin that she did not need to make. But, they weren't devastating. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, has been a total disappointment. His continuing praise for McCain/Palin is disgusting. If there were any reason I would not support Hillary in her next bid for the White House...it would be because of Bill Clinton's behavior during this election.
Posted by: Alexandra | Oct 6, 2008 3:01:16 PM
Bill is all about Bill. It has nothing to do with unfair treatment of Hillary. John McCain made disgusting comments about Clinton's defenseless teenaged daughter. You get over *that* to the point of drooling all over McCain's wonderful-ness at every opportunity, but you take lifelong offense at ambiguous maybe-insults from one hard-hitting politco to another?! No way. Bill is ###### because he thinks Obama has not paid adequate homage to him and the 90s economic boom. He is ###### because he got called out on his tone deaf attempt to characterize Obama as a Black novelty candidate after his SC win. He is all full of his own righteous anger over the only thing that *ever* makes him angry. People not kissing his ### enough and talking about his super-greatness. I can't believe I campaigned for this jerk off. Hillary is fine, by the way. She's campaigning for the party and doing what she's gotta. I wish she'd kick Bill to the curb so I could vote for her one day...
Posted by: jennybean | Oct 5, 2008 1:08:40 PM
It kills me that some of you actually can read an article like this and determine that Bill Clinton is turning you off from the Clinton's (Hillary) altogether just because he's campaigning for Obama. That is the silliest thing I have ever seen. Why can't people just see it like it is and just say, ummmmm.....Bill's campaigning for Obama and being enthusiastic about it? Who wouldn't have been upset by the way Hillary was treated in the primary? And this was her husband. Cut the man some slack here. I think he's coming around because of that idiot McCain picked. If anyone was going to get the democrats going it was going to be her. I wouldn't vote for the McCain/Palin ticket if Hillary paid me. That's one scary ticket. Don't get me wrong, Obama scares me a little, but McCain/Palin scares me A LOT. I'm voting for Joe Biden. And so is Bill. Good Day.
Posted by: Ellie | Oct 4, 2008 9:13:27 PM
THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN FOOL US INTO THINKING THAT YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE BILL CLINTON TO CAMPAIGN HARDER FOR OBAMA, YOU BETTER RE-ADJUST YOURSELF
Posted by: Kevin | Oct 4, 2008 2:17:06 PM
The best one I heard is from my 23 year old gay nephew who claimed that he is voting Obama (also voted Obama in the primary) because blacks have been oppressed for too many years. If Obama is elected it will be that age group which will be drafted due to the wars Obama creates......
Posted by: silly whites | Oct 2, 2008 12:37:27 PM
I am trying to find out the reason why "White Race Group" in America has become so generous toward Blacks.....Obama's wife is calling you White people "WHITEE????? or something similar to that, yet you are giving big support to that woman's husband.
Posted by: Ted | Oct 2, 2008 12:22:28 PM
Can't wait for the debate tonight.....expect a surprise!!
I agree with the coment that there is something hidden by this Obama guy and given the times I would never vote for someone that had pass ports from other countries and used one to visit Pakastan. Obama scares me with his ties to corruption and his secrets. I would have voted Hillary but now I will vote McCain
Posted by: country first | Oct 2, 2008 11:35:18 AM
I simply don't like Obama guy. Whoever is running for the office should come out clean as who they are and what they are. There shouldn't be a website called "fight the smears", which indirectly admitting Mr.Obama isn't clean and hiding so many facts. Setting up that webiste itself is misleading approach..because of that website, people become more and more cautious about Obama. Last month, an attorney from PA said Obama used to hold multiple citizenships. Then only Obama's guys posted on "fight the smears" site that Obama has abandoned his Kenya citizenship. Why didn't they say this before? I heard that Obama went to Pakistan in 1981 with an Indonesian passport. What was he doing there? studying Islam and meeting with al-quida? His associations with Pastor Wright, who hates America and whites. I become more and more cautious with Obama and I sometimes think he could be a al-quida's sleeper cell in American to destroy Americans. Call me childish but I have that kind of feelings. I don't think he's real, somehting hiding behind him.
Posted by: want the best for the country | Oct 2, 2008 11:17:56 AM
I voted for Hilary in the primary because I like her and she's experienced. If I have to choose between McCain and Obama, I will vote for the one who has more experienced..but not to the one who talks big with little experience. ONLY fools will vote for ther person.
Posted by: Hillary supporter for McCain | Oct 2, 2008 11:08:02 AM
Mariann Pepitone ....I like your comments, you've just said what I have in my mind.
Posted by: gosarah | Oct 2, 2008 10:59:16 AM
Hey..nan...like your comments. thanks.
Posted by: say the truth | Oct 2, 2008 10:54:02 AM
There are so many fools out there that I have become a supporter of the idea that each voter be tested for comprehension prior to voting. McCain and Obama are very differnent candidates with greatly different plans and a great difference in ability to accomplish their plans. Nancy and sooooo many of the Obama supporters are voting on skin color alone with no comprehension of what the Obama Presidency would accomplish and what it would cost them. Under McCain those earning under $250K per year would continue to receive the tax cuts in place plus while under Obama's claims they would receive a very slightly larger tax cut, however Obama fails to inform you and you clearly fail to understand that with Obama comes a great loss in jobs or hours(reduction of full time to part time jobs) because the business owners will not eat the increases in taxes that Obama is planning for those earning over $250K.....they will cut jobs and cut hours meaning you the worker will pay less tax because you will earn less than your present 40 hour week. Obama will send this country into another great depression, so if that is what you want then vote Obama. I am and will remain a Hillary supporter but I will never vote for Obama despite her push for Obama. If Obama is elected then we will see Hillary run against him in the 2012 primary and she will have great support even from blacks like myself because of the state of the ecconomy under his presidency.
Posted by: reality | Oct 2, 2008 10:09:43 AM
Bill Clinton is only being Statemanly. He has learn't from his experience at being overly partisan during the Primaries.
My support is for Obama but I wouldn't want Bill Clinton to be too partisan in his support for any of the Candidates.
He needs to be presidential and he needs to bear in mind that as a Former President of the United States of America, he was and he remains a Father to all irrespective of party affiliation.
But as an advice, he should tone down on the praises he heaps on Senator McCain. It may be misconstrued as support for Senator McCain and a rejection of Senator Obama.
He lives in a glass house and he should not be seen to be throwing stones at his party's Presidential Candidate because HRC will still use the same Platform to contest in 2012 and by then, it may be pay back time for him.
Posted by: Dare Nigeria | Oct 2, 2008 5:00:58 AM
i am sorry i an so late seeing nancy' comments,
nancy if you come back on please,please,
tell us.
what do you want hillary and bill to do for obama.
how can hillary cost obama the election.
why don't you have as much faith in obama as you have support for him.
this is really obama' election to win.
just as it is obama' job to win over hillary supporters.
obama has to prove the case as to why they should vote for him.
not just on hillary saying i support him and you better support him to.
nancy what do you want bill and hill to say and do.
first you all say bill and hill are the biggest fakes, and then you want them to get up there and turn flips for obama.
once again this election is for obama to win.
bill and hill cannot do it for him
Posted by: j | Oct 2, 2008 12:10:42 AM
When are you people going to get over the Clintons? You guys are obsessed!
Posted by: Psychodrew | Oct 2, 2008 12:02:49 AM
What I want and what will happen are 2 different things. I Want McCain/Palin in 2008 so Hillary can run in 2012. But Obama will win, as all the polls indicated, and because the media refuse to investigate all his shady dealings and past and won't even report on the Philip Berg federal lawsuit which was NOT thrown out of court and contends that as a person with MULTIPLE citizenships Obama isn't even eligible to be POTUS. But hey - who cares? It's only the constitution. Obama scares me. I feel much safer with mccain/palin.
GO HILLARY
Posted by: nan | Oct 1, 2008 10:50:27 PM
Bill and Hill should never have agreed to stump for BO. They will be blamed if he loses, and not credited if he wins! Also they must realize that the Nomination was stolen from Hillary - by the DNC, by Harry Reid, Natzi Pulooser, all the Elitists and Activists of the party! Be careful what you wish for - you may just be getting your own Dem George Bush! And if BO loses, no-one will remember him 6 months from now!!!
Go Hillary - Hillary 2012!
Posted by: Beckie | Oct 1, 2008 7:51:37 PM
All i can say its funny how all the Obama supports keep on saying the Clinton's are selfish etc etc and put themselves first....what a load of rubbish....Hillary has been out campaigning for Obama more so then any other presidential canadiate before her...she has done more then her part of helping electing Obama....President Clinton on the other hand, well he was the only Dem President in the White House over the last 30 years and served 2 terms....he did wonders for the States and the World....he is a very smart man, and he probably does not think Obama is up for the job....there is nothing wrong with thinking that, considering 1/2 the population thinks the same....If Obama's loses it will be his own fault to begin with....Not the Clinton's....
Posted by: Daniel | Oct 1, 2008 6:57:39 PM
Hillary 2012
Posted by: Andrew | Oct 1, 2008 6:13:35 PM
Unless the site administrator helps fix the last comment from me, it appears even an erudite person sometimes types poorly and can make mistakes with haste. (i.e. my previous comment should have the name 2erudite4u not the misspelled 2eruidte4u.)
Posted by: 2erudite4u | Oct 1, 2008 5:30:58 PM
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