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Bill Clinton Tells North Carolina the Difference Between Hillary and Obama
May 04, 2008 7:17 PM
ABC News' Sarah Amos reports: Bill Clinton is getting tough on Sen. Barack Obama today, explaining the differences between his wife and her opponent as he visits with voters from the front porches of homes in Lenoir, Newton and other North Carolina communties.
As Clinton discussed home mortgages to a crowd of about 1,000 in Lenoir, he forcefully pointed out that Obama was against this, and many other policies Hillary supported.
"She said yes to this, her opponent said no. She said yes to solving the health care problem by leaving nobody behind. Her opponent said no. She said yes to short-term gas tax relief, and long-term energy relief, and he said the short-term was a pander. It is not a pander if you can't feed your family and buy medecine for sick people in your family. She's right," Clinton told a clapping crowd.
Clinton also continued to do what he has become best at -- court the "country" vote.
"All the people that aren't for Hillary, who think that, you know, we're a little too connected to folks like you, they have made merciless, unmerciful fun of me about this," he said. "'Bill Clinton's out there in the country, exiled to the country.' I grew up in the country. I know where I am and I wanna be right here."
Clinton went on to challenge the crowd to keep up his current track record with rural communties.
"I checked when the Pennsylvania vote came in and Hillary got over 60 percent of the vote in every single county where I did a front porch rally, so don't y'all let me down," he said.
While the settings are serene and the crowds relaxed at these outdoor events, the 80-plus degree weather today led to an occasional fainting.
While this is nothing new for a Bill Clinton rally, the former president injected a bit of levity into the day when one man fainted in Lenoir.
"Somebody faints at nearly every one of these things now. At my age, I didn't think I could make anybody faint anymore," he joked.
May 4, 2008 in Bush, George W., Kucinich, Dennis | Permalink | User Comments (99)
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The price of oil should be determined by demand, if not, we should investigate the Oil company.
The gas tax relief is authentic and is good money for working class.
Working class at the time of pinch now would rather spend on food rather than senseless driving. So working class would not drive more because of the relief.
The rich couldn't care less about the tax. For them, it is very petty money. It is irrelevant to their driving.
How can Hillary's proposed tax relief drive up the oil price?
OBAMA's accusation is phony fabricated by academic elites supporting him to exploit the folks. He can think of no solution for Americans so all he can do is to attack solutions.
He slacks, ducks, and is only good at lecturing behind a podium. He is not a person who can answer questions and problems. He is used to monologues running his own show of lies.
Posted by: John_Lai | May 4, 2008 8:44:48 PM
Just what new can Obama bring with his backers of losers they have been in office for the last fourty years they are not the change I'm looking for Kennedy he was around when I was in first grade and that was a long time ago the same with every single backer he has who's new you tell me Dodd,kerry,Lehay,Bradley who The clinton followers are newer than the baggage thats following Obama
Posted by: Bishop | May 4, 2008 8:49:48 PM
John Lai- I am the "blue collar working class" and I don't believe Hillary's BS one bit. I am blue collar because I had a family and DID NOT finish my degree in Macro Economics, but I learned enough to know BS when I see it.
Simple minds will accept simple soultions,
THAT DOESN'T HELP THE MASSES.
So frustrating , reading simple minded folk think they understand the idiocy HRC is suggestioning, along with the fact that IT WOULD NOT PASS- even if it did, it would not pass until summer of 2009.
Where in the hell are all the BRAINS?
Posted by: Bud | May 4, 2008 8:50:34 PM
To Jobamatx,
I see nothing wrong with crying and laughing. Hillary is genuine in expressing his true feelings and do not hide under a mask acting.
Obama is skittish and whine making excuses for his own failure to be in touch with the real world. He made up the excuses of not getting support from the real working folks by telling people they clings on guns and church relieving their bitterness.
The only thing that makes me bitter is OBAMA the big liar. He is pathetic, hypothetical, and simply too wordy. He is just words which flips flops all the time to please. He is not real.
Posted by: John_Lai | May 4, 2008 8:52:22 PM
Today I made my decision standing in the hot sun in Morganton NC listening to Bill Clinton. I am going to vote for Hillary...I so hope she wins.I took lots of pictures today but they were all fuzzy or just not good pictures. I got a sunburn and I have blisters on my toes from the walk to see Bill.I wanted to meet him and shake his hand and ask him a few questions butI didnt get to do it. I am still glad that I went, it sealed the deal for me.
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa Lloyd | May 4, 2008 8:54:46 PM
OBAMA went to the most expensive prep school in Hawaii. He spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, and this is not bad. The closest he gets to a slum is Columbia University. He then goes to Harvard Law School.
This guy has the perfect liberal elitist scorn for middle America.
Posted by: John_Lai | May 4, 2008 8:58:14 PM
When Bill was in office the gas prices whent down in months like the first 100 days the same way they went up When Bush JR took office it is all about drilling and what are dear congress will let them get away if a President draws a line then the oil company's will have to bow.
Posted by: Bishop | May 4, 2008 9:00:55 PM
Oh no, are you saying that by voting for Hillary we are really voting for Bill. Oh lordy.
Posted by: lily | May 4, 2008 9:04:53 PM
The Clintons are real persons with feelings, guts, and lust as well.
Imagine, a president in his office, exhausted with a girl genuinely admire him. This is a temptation very difficult for a man.
Yes he did it and he felt sorry. Who wouldn't in that kind of situation. It is just human. That is what I like Bill.
He is not a phony behind a podium preaching those made up lies and whining.
He is real with passion and hard work. He left the country a surplus, no wars. He kept his country away from real wars. He is great in office.
He can't resists temptation so are we. He should be forgiven. He is still the greatest president in the recent history of America.
Bill is an all American; not a saint.
Posted by: John_Lai | May 4, 2008 9:08:40 PM
Any "blue" collar worker like myself who didn't understand the CONTEXT of Obama using the word bitter, well in my blue collar opinion, it makes you unrounded and uncapable of UNDERSTANDING.
Your logic in clinging to "bitter" should be the same logic you cling to voting for a woman who claims "sniper fire." Sniper fire fallacy kinda reminds me of Weapons of mass destruction fallacy- LOOK WHERE THAT GOT US.
I'll tel you this- it cetainly got George Bush what he wanted, and only morons will let it get HRC what she wants, the presidency.
Shameful. My grandpa, who was a Marine in Vietnam is rooting me on in the background- he knows idiotic stances when he sees them, and he taught me well :)
Posted by: Bud | May 4, 2008 9:11:34 PM
Well what my son whent to war with Daddy Bush was to protect Saudi and Bill Clinton made sure they remembered that GB jr. has done little for the people and I know what the Clintons did in the eight years they were there and I see no reason why we can not have good jobs low gas prices a balanced budget again.Thats what I call real hope.
Posted by: Bishop | May 4, 2008 9:12:31 PM
Bishop this is not the 90's. The 90's are gone and will never come back even if you have Hillary. We cannot go back in time. We can only move toward the future. And the Clintons are the past.
Posted by: lily | May 4, 2008 9:16:38 PM
It seems that 75% of the mosques in the US are hotbeds of anti-Western extremism. No doubt the same applies to mosques in the UK and Europe too. The form of extremism is such that it would be extremely foolish to allow them to exist. Seems to me that they ought to be redesigned in the horizontal format as an artistic collection of disconnected brick and concrete.
Obama is a seceret muslim. He attended a muslim school, is friends with Louis Farrakhan and used Nation of Islam members as bodyguards.
Posted by: Observer | May 4, 2008 9:19:26 PM
America can go foward and once again have low gas prices good jobs and a balanced budget I believe that Hillary can bring these things about and I guess your not old enough to know history repeats its self.
Posted by: Bishop | May 4, 2008 9:19:39 PM
Observer-
Your microscope must be set on microscopic viewing..... I would hardly condier you comment that of a true "observer." Selective observation possibly- but not true OBSERVING.
You do your name no justice.
Posted by: Bud | May 4, 2008 9:21:49 PM
Bishop why do you presume to think that I am young just because I am not voting for Hillary. Hillary can't do it for us. She is so power hungry she and Bill will do and say anything to get back in the white house. I am so tired of the Bush, Clintons. That's all my college kids have known.
Posted by: lily | May 4, 2008 9:25:19 PM
To all those complaining about the lack of Obama articles: Perhaps Obama is not campaigning today or nothing he said was noteworthy. The other day I saw tons of Obama coverage and very little Clinton coverage. I think it really just depends on when the "on the trail" reporters decide to post an article on the blogs and has no relation to either candidate. News media peeps are all about ratings and tend to post anything controversial enough to get us to comment. Unique visits = increase in advertising prices ABC charges their advertisers.
Posted by: DCVoter | May 4, 2008 9:27:27 PM
Would someone in Hillary's campaign send over some better trolls?
Surely Hills can do better than this.
Posted by: The Commander Guy | May 4, 2008 9:28:52 PM
I don't presume your young and I don't really care that you are not voting for Hillary to each his own.
Posted by: Bishop | May 4, 2008 9:28:56 PM
Zero Emissions and cars that don't run on gasoline at all. Until the oil companies and auto makers sued to have the law overturned and California legislature caved in, it was working. HRC is owned as much by the Saudi's as Bush is. There will be no significant advancement of non-gasoline oriented energy for cars under her administration.
Posted by: Louis | May 4, 2008 9:32:06 PM
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