2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLast week Hillary goes off on Greenpeace activist. Today Bill goes off on BLM activists.
No pressure.
Newkularblue
(130 posts)But this is too sensitive, too important, and too fucked up for humor to apply.
Wtf was he thinking??
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)an "awful legacy"
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)The Clintons think they're better than us.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)Don't they know they should not try to engage them? Don't try to answer their questions or set the record straight. They have no rights on the campaign trail..don't they know that?
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)Depends what side you're on, I guess.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)But not in a good way.
Joob
(1,065 posts)DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)help her in '08 either.
potone
(1,701 posts)From what I heard, I thought he did an effective job in defending her. I also was reminded of just how good a politician he is, regardless of whether or not one agrees with him on any given issue. He is a far better politician than his wife, who admits that he is a "natural" one, unlike her.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)him 2x, but sometimes he says the wrong things. i hope it's not his age.
i want hillary to be prez. bernie pissed me off when he said she's not qualified.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)community did nothing at all until Dutch showed the way. They hold activists in great contempt and always have:
April 2, 1992
ACT UP member Bob Rafsky confronts candidate Bill Clinton at a New York City fundraiser. Rafsky (quoting from Vito Russo): "We're not dying of AIDS as much as we are dying of 11 years of government neglect."
Clinton replies: "I feel your pain."
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Bad Thoughts
(2,529 posts)Vinca
(50,300 posts)Bill's was lost back in 2008 when he called Obama the "fairy tale candidate." Sometimes it's best to smile and ignore.