Now Bill explained what he said, now Obama is going to take it out of context. Obama politics as usual.

What is Obama afraid of in Bill Clinton's speech? Did he say Obama doesn't love America? Why Obama is afraid?

Funny, I didnt read a slam of Obama into the original statement by Clinton at all. My take was that he thought it would be great if we could focus on the issues. I dont think that is going to happen until after the nomination is decided. That is what Obama is afraid of maybe?

This is yet another attempt by the Obama camp to twist the words that come from those related to the Clinton campaign way out of proportion in order to make Obama look like a victim.

If Obama's staffers had listened diligently to other recent interviews with Bill Clinton, the context and meaning would have been clear to them. This is at least the 2nd time in the past week he's said this publically, and the first time he clearly prefaced it by saying both Hillary and Obama are good candidates. He was saying as much here too - two people who love this country but are subject to being pulled off the issues into petty distractions...

Like this. This rant by the Obama camp is a petty distraction.

I'm not as generous as Bill, Obama is clearly adept at deflecting focus from the issues. And with good reason. He has very little substance and no real coherent plan for the future.

And I'd also question whether or not Obama loves this country. Hard to believe with his past and present nefarious associations.

The Obama campaign just doesn't grasp the Bill, and John Edwards last night on Leno - both are trying to help Obama douse the flames. But they keep seeing ghosts and waging imaginary battles with them.

Bill needs to shut up and go away; Is Hilliary her own "girl", or do national leaders have to ask for Bill in the White House when she picks up the phone at 2 AM??? Well... do they??? Thought so.

obama, we are so tired of your incessant attempts to twist the words of others while demanding that we put all of your crap in context. you have become so predictable as to be boring.

you may or may not be the democratic nominee. you will not be president.

you made the arrogant statement that to know you is to love you (paraphrasing, forgot your precise cocky words). actually, the more we get to know you, the more we can't stand the sight of you.

As the campaign rolls out we see that Mr. Obama is just as political, and his team seems even more vicious, than some of his opponents. I read on the Chicago Tribune that when he ran at the very first for the legislature, his team went into the local office of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and challenged the petitions of his 4 Democratic opponents, one by one, until all of them dropped out. This included a long-time activist, state Senator Alice Palmer who had really made a difference for local people and worked hard for the Democratic party. I wonder what Alice Palmer has to say about "change we can believe in."?

Obama complained of racism early in the campaign - guess who eventually turned out listeinng to racist rants for 20 years

Now Obama complains that people are questioning his patriotism whenever someone says something completely unconnected to the topic. Maybe he's worried that his anti-national tendencies will also be outed.

Hillary 08!

Well, it's the Clinton 'undertones' pattern that we've come to recognize in her whole campaign, isn't it? Bill's remark comes one or two days after Hillary called Obama 'un-American' with regard to his so-called opposition against a Michigan (one of the now countless Clinton lies, btw).

This pattern of undertones made her lose some important endorsements and super delegates already, and in the end she'll pay for it by a minority of super D's backing her up, after which she will have lost EVERYTHING there was to lose in this race. There's no respect whatsoever for these remarks in the DNC headquarters, so at this stage they are simply examples of the miserable campaign she is running.

She has lost for she deserved to lose.

We're seeing the last gasps of a failed candidacy. The Clinton campaign is in its death throes, and we're seeing just how classless these folks can be when they don't get their way.

It's time for these self absorbed power mongers to put aside their own selfish interests so the country can focus on the general election and the two candidates. Enough chiding from an increasingly irrelevant candidate that has been defeated.

cba,
Good point about is Hillary her own girl or does she need Bill to constantly prop her up. I think as a president she would be a real lightweight, and if there’s a silver lining it would be Bill in the White House to make the really important decisions for her.

I loathe Clinton (both of em), but I didn't read much into that, outside of the irony that the Clintons started this crap first.

All I can think of is that Clinton meant Obama and Clinton - where the Obama guy thought he meant McCain and Clinton.

But if anyone knows about how to engage in the Politics of Destruction, it's Bill and Hillary. They wrote the damn manual. So not surprised someone reads things the wrong way once or twice.

Perhaps the way that the media and bloggers have taken Rev. Wright's comments out of context and twisting them. If Bill clinton is the political guru everyone says he is, he knew exactly what he was saying.

Give me a break- Obama's campaign is a master of spin. Although lately he is spinning so much that he must be getting dizzy because he has to keep clarifying all of his spins.

Hillary 2008

Joan - it is obvious that you did not read or listen to all of the comments made by by Bill Clinton.

He specifically named the two people as Hillary and McCain.

Spouses campaign for spouses. So you think Michelle should not be campaigning for Obama? That probably would have been better for the party and the country since she is the one who started the racial division with her "Black America will wake up" statement. What about her sexist remark about Senator Clinton? Mustve backfired on her since Clinton gained female voters after that. From the data of voters prior to SC, there was no disparity between the races. The only group that appears to be voting based on race is the black voting bloc and Obama is not even black but Michelle wants him to be or she would not have said that. LOL

What interests me is the past tense.

Billie calls Hill and Johnny "two people who LOVED this country".

He's clearly is making a contrast with Barry as someone "who LOVES this country". As we heard Barry say in The Speech.

And I think that everyone who knows Hill can be sure that her love for America is in the past tense indeed, now that the American people by their votes have blocked her road to the White House. Hill will never forgive America for doing so. Don't blame her. It was HER election year, after all. Don't blame her, it's her character gap.

And yet, Billie's remark is a scandal. There's no need to reveal Johnny's and Hill's lost patriotism when nobody was asking Billie what he thought about anything. Billie should have stayed out all his. Billie is the dirty boy.

Oh wait... back then he was identifying as the AA candidate. What is he identifying as now? A true uniter IMHO works for all races and genders towards common goals we all share. Hmm where did I hear that before? Oh yeah... Clinton said, "Unity for the sake of unity is not my goal. I want to unify the country around meeting big goals."

Here we go again!..I'm no fan of Bill Clintons but these Obama people need to "man-up" and quit being so sensitive. The only way you could take offense at anything Clinton said was to really go looking for something. I just read Clintons quote again to see if I was wrong but there is nothing wrong with what he said. I'll probably vote for Obama but he needs to get a staff with some thicker skin and as I said, take what someone says at face value and quit looking for some hidden meaning or innuendo Ridiculous!

I'm not sure maybe the Obama camp is WRIGHT. NO, don't think so!