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Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 04:25 AM Mar 2016

Bill Clinton has got to be more careful with his words

I am a Bernie supporter...but in the end, I am a Democrat. I know what he meant when he said this. People say things that end up sounding differently. The Repubs and evidently, many news reports, have seized upon his "mis-speak", and are running with it. I'm pretty sure Bill will be the star of one of their ads against us soon.

Multiple Repub based YouTube videos are already out there. I won't paste the links here.

No matter who you support in this election, our candidates have got to be very careful in the wording. Think about that when you read the headlines...they don't necessarily tell the whole story.


"Seattle (CNN) — Bill Clinton, while campaigning for his wife in Spokane, Washington, on Monday, seemingly knocked President Barack Obama's legacy in a riff that his aides said was unintended.

"If you believe we can rise together, if you believe we've finally come to the point where we can put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us and the seven years before that where we were practicing trickle-down economics, then you should vote for her," the former president said about his wife.

Republicans immediately seized on the comment, with the Republican National Committee arguing that the comment "is about as off message as you can get" in an email to reporters.

A Bill Clinton aide later clarified that the former President was "referring to the GOP's obstructionism and not President Obama's legacy."

More: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/21/politics/bill-clinton-hillary-obama-legacy/index.html

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flor-de-jasmim

(2,124 posts)
1. I am still waiting to hear how they believe R obstructionism
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 04:31 AM
Mar 2016

Will end without Hillary moving far to the right.

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
6. I'm still waiting for those transcripts...
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:22 AM
Mar 2016

So I guess the answers will come when the dog-star rages, when Christmas and Easter are celebrated together, or some similar date.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
3. If you want a preview of a Hillary presidency, you just experienced one
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 04:43 AM
Mar 2016

She can't shut him up, can't control him. He thinks this election is a referendum on him.

If you think he'll be able to keep his nose out of her presidentin', dream on. Two for the price of one, my ass.

 

highprincipleswork

(3,111 posts)
5. He's an egotist and a misleader. I was over Bill well before Hillary. Here R some more choice words.
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 05:08 AM
Mar 2016


You know because we all need to get together and really cut out that terrible program Medicare so that the rich can breath easier about our tax dollars.

How do folks really put up with this crap from the Clintons?
 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
9. Funny, when the Clintons aren't careful with their words they get criticized.
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 06:43 AM
Mar 2016

Just like they get criticized when they are careful with their words.

Typical RW double standard, based on lies.

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