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Bill to NC Voters: People Like You Helped Hillary Win PA

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April 23, 2008 5:33 PM

ABC News' Sarah Amos Reports: The cloudy skies and impending rain could not dampen President Clinton's good spirits as he campaigned for his wife in Hillsborough, North Carolina this afternoon.

"I am sorry I am a little late, as you might imagine I got in a little late from Pennsylvania last night.  But I just wanna say a couple of words about that.  Hillary was outspent on television, three to one by almost 8 million dollars.  And she won anyways, by 10 points.  She carried, 61 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties because of people like you and places like this," said Clinton as he greeted the crowd that had gathered on a local baseball diamond.   

"And today her opponent's campaign strategist said, 'well we don't really need these working class people to win, half the time they vote for Republicans anyways.  And I will tell you something, America needs you to win and therefore Hillary wants your support and I hope you will help her in this primary in North Carolina," continued the former president.

Clinton may have been referring to comments made by Obama strategist, David Alexrod.   “The white working class has gone to the Republican nominee for many elections, going back even to the Clinton years. This is not new that Democratic candidates don’t rely solely on those votes," Axelrod told NPR.

Clinton also spoke about the now canceled North Carolina debate between the two candidates.

"I saw the debate in Pennsylvania.  And uh, afterwards, 41 percent of the voters watched it and by 52 to 22 they said Hillary won," said Clinton, as a possible reason why Obama was refusing to commit to the debate.

With five outdoor rallies today across the state, the Bill Clinton's schedule is reminiscent of his time spent campaigning in Texas. The baseball field at the first event was conveniently close to an early polling station - allowing Hillary supporters to both see the former president and vote for Hillary in one swoop.

"I think we're at an early voting site, right? So I'm supposed to remind you to vote early. Unless you haven't made up your mind, in which case, let me talk to you some more," Clinton joked with the crowd.

In a new twist though, Clinton took time to answer questions people had sent in to hillaryclinton.com.  The issues ranged from gas prices to healthcare and Clinton went through his entire list giving in depth answers to all.

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Way to go, Bill! I admire the way you stand beside Hillary and campaign for her!!

Posted by: becky | Apr 23, 2008 5:42:48 PM

Bill speaks the truth, as usual in this campaign. Obama's denigration of President Clinton and what he accomplished has not helped him with middle class Americans. Between that and the arrogant, dismissive attitude he has displayed lately, there should be no wonder why working class people don't like him. He can continue to spin his snobbish PA remarks anyway he likes, but we "uneducated" (apparently anyone who doesn't hold a master's or PhD) voters are smart enough to recognize a slam for what it is. I don't care what these silly poll questions show, Obama's campaign is the one running the dirty tricks and constantly playing victim. I'm totally sick of him and his followers who would overlook anything he does in order not to knock him off of the pedestal they have put him on.

Posted by: dwc | Apr 23, 2008 5:46:29 PM

Clinton is now 100k voters AHEAD in the popular vote.

She is going to win the nomination now. Obama's HYPE show is finally OVER !!!!!!

Yee haw.

She is also doing better than Obama against Mc Cain !!!!

Posted by: tomdavie | Apr 23, 2008 5:58:08 PM

"And today her opponent's campaign strategist said, 'well we don't really need these working class people to win, half the time they vote for Republicans anyways."....finally he got something right. "Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain rolled to a largely uncontested victory in Pennsylvania's Republican primary. McCain (Ariz.), who has had his party's nomination locked up for more than a month, faced no serious opposition, although former foes Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul were still on the ballot."

Posted by: Heidi Preston | Apr 23, 2008 6:16:14 PM

Hey ABC, MSNBC reported "The outdoor rally came to a hurried end when sunny skies made way for a sudden downpour." Did you intentionally leave this part out so nobody could say it rained on Bill's parade in Hillsborough? The man is in plain and simple words a LIAR, he will go down in history as even a bigger LIAR then people ever imagined. His and his wifes legacy will be - say anything...do anything..for the power, the money and the win. He's a pathetic example of a man.

Posted by: bailey | Apr 23, 2008 6:18:43 PM

Hillary has won the battle but lost the war. It's over.

Posted by: rco | Apr 23, 2008 6:19:05 PM

Bill's right. Plain and simple.


Posted by: S | Apr 23, 2008 6:24:45 PM

I know Obama's supporters will deny this, but the truth is that he has not won one large swing state that Democrats need to win in November. He does not do well unless it is a "red" state or caucus where he can hold a public vote with intimidation.

Posted by: Chris | Apr 23, 2008 6:34:09 PM

Oooh, conspiracy theories, Sgt. Gallien!

Well, sometimes the sun is just the sun.

Obama 2008 -- Yes, WE CAN!!!

Posted by: Jackt51 -- Vietnam Vet and Proud Liberal | Apr 23, 2008 6:53:41 PM

President Clinton was in office when I graduated from college, and economic times were good, so I had no problem getting a job. I am sure students just graduating college are having a hard time finding a job now with President Bush in office, but I can't imagine how HARD it would be for them finding a job with a President Barack Hussein Obama in office. You know though it would serve them right for supporting him in some large numbers instead of Hillary Clinton--but maybe Barack can send them some of his world-famous "change" in the form of the minimum wage job these fools will be forced to take when they can't find a job in their field of study! Karma will get ya every time!

Posted by: T.D. | Apr 23, 2008 6:55:00 PM

Obama supporters continue to reinforce why the rest of us may never vote for him...they can't present an opinion without talking trashy, nasty, or viscious. If this is the best he brings out in his supporters, I want no part of it. And for those who think Obama doesn't lie, wake up. If he gets elected, 4 years later people will be accusing him of the same kinds of things as they do about the Clintons. Just because he says something, you all believe him. He isn't a saint, and he LIES too, the press just hasn't crucified him YET like they do the Clintons and others whom they have cast aside in favor of the new kid on the block.

Posted by: dwc | Apr 23, 2008 7:00:44 PM

About three years ago a well known televangelist, Perry Stone Jr., told his congregation that God spoke to him and said Sen. Clinton will be the next President. This information can been obtained from one his published works on CD entitled “Strange Patterns of Recent American Presidents.” On this CD, track 7, Mr. Perry likens Sen. Clinton to the Jezebel of the Bible and former President Clinton to Ahab, her husband. If this man is a true prophet of the Lord, there is nothing that ABC News or the other networks can do to stop Sen. Clinton from becoming President.

Posted by: brianerickson65 | Apr 23, 2008 7:13:48 PM

damn it - Bill Clinton is NOT "President Clinton" !!!!! He is either Governor Clinton or the FORMER President Clinton.

There's only ONE "President of the United States" at any one time.

This is Journalism 101, guys...

Posted by: bob reilly | Apr 23, 2008 7:21:46 PM

Barack, Michelle, Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Micheal Moore, Bill Maher, the New Black Panthers Party, Move On, Larry Leggis, the Black Nationalist Movement, the Weather Underground and on and on.

Obama is the Trojan horse for hard-left hate in America. Nothing more. He will be defeated by intelligent and decent Americans everywhere.

Posted by: jack | Apr 23, 2008 7:25:09 PM

Is there a hateful, anti-American, anti-Semitic, racist organization out there that Obama doesn't have ties with?

Posted by: Beth | Apr 23, 2008 7:26:18 PM

Everyone get the "people like you" title? another race-spewer. Could have just said "B. Clinton Addresses Crowd in NC"

Posted by: tony | Apr 23, 2008 7:30:10 PM

The comments here, and comments by writers, shows that Hillary's 10% advantage in Pennsylvania is due to their prejudice against people of color - though I am not a person of color, I saw it Pittsburgh for 8 years and longer in Ohio as I was growing up. Almost all of the writers claim that Obama can't do this or that - those are subterfuges reasons. Many older white and Hispanic Americans are too prejudiced against people of color to vote for Obama and hide their feelings by false claims against Obama. I would vote for an honest person of any color, than vote for Hillary who lies whenever she thinks it will help her become the Democratic candidate.

Posted by: 12 | Apr 23, 2008 7:43:20 PM

News flash to BO supporters

This is politics - not a chess match or a bridge tournament

Rules are made to be broken and are broken all the time -

And -- it actually does not matter because the DEMS need MI and FL to win in November so a fair compromise will arise and has started in the more disputed MI

The party will be punished but not the voters

The delegates will be cut in half but the vote will stand as is - as certified

If adopted by the DNC - cut by 50% the ddelegate or party count - but keep the vvote whole - for MI it will be so done ffor FL

At that point it will be by the rules tthat HRC has the most votes

And when we go back to 2000 and Al Gore - if its official chads/delegates vs the popular vote - I think I will bet on the popular vote

Remember we all say HRC win the vote count in TX and lose the delegate count - now which DEMS think that is fair and smart?

The fight is on - and I will vote DEM for HRC or BO - but BO supporters the endgame is here - and BO is NOT ready

In 24 hours
He blamed his lack of connection in PA --this time -- on old people and I guess they can not tell William Jefferson from Hillary Rodham
He cried they do it too - they complain too
And he backed out of a fifth one on one ddebate cause he lost #4

That is not how you do what you need to do - win IN and kill off HRC

Posted by: Ted in Chicago | Apr 23, 2008 7:50:55 PM

DAN A

For sure there are people who did not vote for BO because of color and prejudice

But I think that evened out with BO gaining a 90+ (was it 95%?) percent of the affinity vote from Black people in PA

So based on color - right or wrong - I think we can assume BO got more votes based on race voting vs how many he lost

Not saying right or wrong - just saying tthat is the reality - and I vote HRC but not on color and if I were Black and saw their policies are near identical I just might vote for BO as a fellow Black

But two semi wrongs do not make a right

Posted by: Ted in Chicago | Apr 23, 2008 7:54:15 PM

WHO SAID OBAMA WAS A PRINCIPLED BEACON OF HOPE?

Certainly the facts show anything but. He's a first class mud-slinger and is great at character assignation. He runs from anyone who would call his past to task and simply asserts that his past associations with shady characters was just a little 'mistake'.

Posted by: S | Apr 23, 2008 7:54:41 PM

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