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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:37 PM
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Bill Clinton has been talking on CSpan for the past hour...
Several times touting his record in his administration. Is this their strategy between now and Tuesday?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:39 PM
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1. Oh! Has he announced his candidacy? I thought he was ineligible.
:hide: Some strategy.
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:40 PM
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3. open mouth / closed mind.
or in this case typing fingers / closed mind.
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:40 PM
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2. I sometimes think the Clintons believed Hillary was entitled to the Dem nomination.
They seem peevish, almost, that it isn't being served up on a silver platter.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:48 PM
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9. Seems that way to me too sometimes.
Seems that way here sometimes too. :hide:
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:00 PM
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12. They absolutely do believe that Hillary is entitled and that it is her
turn. Heck everybody knows that it's Hillary's turn. What part of that don't Barack and John understand. :sarcasm:
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:40 PM
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4. It won't work.
Few are buying Hillary's attempt at taking credit for Bill's success.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:44 PM
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5. Has he mentioned DOMA, Don't Ask-Don't Tell, School of Americas yet?
Bill's record includes screwing the LGBT community and enabling torture and genocide in Latin America. What a guy!
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:45 PM
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6. I'm so done with that.
There are some out there who would vote for Hillary knowing he'd be back in the White House so of course they'll use this strategy if they think it'll work. I like to listen to Bill speak, but it won't make me vote for his wife.
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RoadRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:01 PM
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13. Agreed... but
Haven't they figured out yet that so many more are voting AGAINST her every time they're reminded he'll be back in the white house again?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:08 PM
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15. Precisely.
His past does not mean she will duplicate it; the fact that seems to be a possible ulterior motive should have people asking questions.
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LucyParsons Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:45 PM
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7. that's from yesterday
but, I was wondering why he's still on there, too - I want to see more Edwards!!!
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journalist3072 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:46 PM
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8. I'm sick of disingenuous idiots here on DU
I'm watching him, and he's been talking about his wife's record and where she wants to take this country.
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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:11 PM
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17. Are you going to try to take my lunch money too???
:scared:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:18 PM
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:21 PM
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20. Obama Is FriendlyTo AIPAC Too
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/03/obamas_aipac_speech_text_as_pr.html


Let's judge everybody by the same standards, o k...
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journalist3072 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:25 PM
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23. I call B.S. on your post. No factual basis whatsoever.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:33 PM
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25. and you supported Joe Biden in the primaries
Biden is at least as supportive of Israel as Clinton is.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:36 PM
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27. There Isn't Much Light Between Any Candidate, R and D on Israel Except Paul And Kucinich
That's just an empirical observation...
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:53 PM
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29. Biden voted against Kyl-Lieberman, heavily pushed by the Israel Lobby
and he didn't hug Ariel Sharon and called him a great man.

Back in 2002 Hillary traveled to Israel with Joe Lieberman. Unlike Lieberman, Hillary refused to meet with representatives of Israel's peace movement and with Palestinians pushing for a peace settlement. Unlike Lieberman, Hillary only chose to meet with the most extreme rightwing elements in Israel.

Hillary got my Pander Bear Award on a thread posted at the time in DU's Israel/Palestine forum.
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bellasgrams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:52 PM
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10. P U did I get on a rightwing board?
Dems. are smart enough not to put down the best President since Kennedy and the best first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt.
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SayitAintSo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:57 PM
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11. His closing just a minute ago was STELLAR!
He responded to a question to tell us something we don't know about Hillary. He spoke about how those that knew were devoted to her because of her trustworthyness and sense of responsibility very elequent and on a very personal and human level. He was GREAT...for her.... still the BIG DOG.
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journalist3072 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:10 PM
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16. Wasn't it beautiful? And I loved the story he told of how, when he & Hillary celebrated their
wedding anniversary back in October, one of their friends who is 61, called them, and said that his anniversary present to them, was that he wanted to go campaign for Sen. Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire.

And President Clinton told the friend "Are you sure? You're 61 and it's cold there." And the friend went on to say yes, he was sure. He was sick of all the lies about Sen. Clinton, and he wanted the chance to tell the real story of Sen. Clinton, and he wanted the chance to tell Iowa and New Hampshire how he didn't know a single person who's ever met Sen. Clinton, who didn't trust her with their lives.

It was a really beautiful statement.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:06 PM
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14. The 1950s were economically prosperous too. Let's talk about Truman and Eisenhower too...
Bill is being very shameful. Replace Monica with the CSPAN audience and there ya go. Or is it the other way 'round this time?
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bellasgrams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:23 PM
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21. I was around in the 50's and the outstanding memory is all
the people standing in the unemployment lines. The office was full everyday with lines stretching down the street. Don't even try to tell me about the great Ike. Or try to compare him with a great President like Clinton. And as far as Monica, most Presidents have had someone on the side including Ike. They just didn't have the dirty tactics then as they do now.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:32 PM
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24. Respecftfully
You should buy a history book... There were three recessions during the Eisenhower administration and HST's administation ended in 1953...
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:13 PM
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18. glad i'm missing it
:-)
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:24 PM
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22. He's not running
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Clanfear Donating Member (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:34 PM
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26. I think this has been Hillary's biggest mistake.
She has been running on the coattails of Bill. Hillary is no Bill Clinton. It is a doomed strategy.
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TeamJordan23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 03:42 PM
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28. You hit it right on the head. nm
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 04:47 PM
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30. This "Lurleen Wallace Strategy" will backfire with the general electorate
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