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Subscribe to RSSFormer President Bill Clinton is joining forces again with President Barak Obama and holding a series of New York fundraisers. Politico's Roger Simon discusses.
NEW YORK - After earning headlines for becoming the latest Democrat to speak positively of Mitt Romney's history in the private sector, Bill Clinton made clear exactly whose side he's on when he hit the Big Apple on Monday for three joint fundraising appearances with President Barack Obama.
Electing the Republican nominee would be "calamitous for our country and the world" Clinton said at a reception in private home where tickets went for $40,000. And at the New Amsterdam Theatre near Times Square, he said: "I don't think it's important to re-elect the president, I think it's essential to re-elect the president."
The trip came less than a week after Clinton drew headlines for becoming the most prominent Democrat to undercut the president's attacks against Romney for his time at Bain Capital. In an interview on CNN last Thursday, the former president said Romney "had a sterling business career" and described his time as an executive at a private equity firm as "good work."
And while Clinton did not walk back any of his earlier remarks, he found plenty of other ways to build a case against the former Massachusetts governor.
"They tell you how terrible this health care bill is," Clinton said of Republicans. "It's hard for them, since Gov. Romney's finest act as governor was to sign a bill with an individual mandate in it, which he has now renounced."
Clinton introduced the president at all three appearances here. Obama asked for his donors support in what he acknowledged will be a tight race, all the while maintaining that he stands for the same issues he did during his 2008 run.
"The only reason that this is going to be a close election is because people are still hurting," the president said at the theatre.
But it is a slip of the tongue at the last event that may garner the most attention from the day trip. "We are not going back to a set of politics that say you're on you're own. And that's essentially the theory of the other side. You know, George Romney," Obama said, referring to the Republican nominee's father before quickly correcting himself.
Both Romney and Obama have been working furiously to raise cash in an election that will have plenty of money influencing it aside from what the candidates rake in. Speaking before the crowd that paid at least $250 to hear a concert and two presidents, Obama addressed the role outside groups will play in this year's election.
"Sometimes when thing are tough, you just say, well you know what, I'll just keep trying something until something works. And that's compounded by $500 million in Super PAC negative ads that are going to be run over the course of the next five months," he said. "And they'll try to feed on those fears and those anxieties and that frustrations. That's basically the argument the other side is making. They're not offering anything new, they're just saying 'Things are tough right now and it's Obama's fault.' That pretty much sums it up. There's no vision for the future there."
Still, any drop in enthusiasm from his base was hard to decipher.
"I still believe in you," Obama said to the theatre crowd that interrupted him multiple times with standing ovations. "I hope you still believe in me...when people ask you what this campaign is about, tell them it's still about hope, it's still about change."
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it's still about hope and change... 4 years later... no one is buying that horsesh@t, only the most uneducated and ill-informed still believe in this failure
JasonInNYC, no one has failed the American People more miserably than Republicans, and Republicans continue on their path of failure nor have Republicans done even one small thing to get the Economy moving again, absolutely NOTHING!
And hey, when are Republicans going to start talking about some of the wonderful things THEIR guys are planning to do if they can get in, like repeal minimum wage laws so Republicans can reduce Working Americans' wages, no health care for anyone EXCEPT the Rich, all the tax cuts for the rich, and put in place policies that will lead to polluting our air, contaminating our water, and putting our food supply at risk for toxic poison?
When are Republicans going to start bragging on those plans to further corrupt the United States, and stop constantly repeating your talking points?
Obama/Biden 2012
When and how are we going to keep making policies that we don't know how to pay for? All raising the minimum wage did was make it harder for young kids - teenagers ti get a oart time summer job.The divisiveness created by both parties has become the focal point. Not who is going into Congress and can they accomplish something. If the 2 parties can not get along and cut the budget the recession will look like a holiday compared to what could happen.
Oh, Please! Clinton also believes that Obama is calamitous.
Willard El Presidente Romney, a Jewish man, and a Catholic were having drinks at a bar following a business meeting when Willard was still at Bain Capital......after having fired 30,000 employees
The Jewish man, bragging about his virility, said, "I have four sons. One more and I'll have a basketball team!"
The Catholic man pooh-poohed this accomplishment, stating, "That's nothing boy. I have 10 sons. One more and I'll have a football team."
To which Willard replied, "You fellas ain't got a clue. I have 17 wives. One more and I'll have a golf course!"
That Willard is one great Mexican......ooops I meant American
talking about fairness how come Romney gets a10 percent return on his money and the rest of us get a 1 percent return on our investments and yet he refuses to pay his fair share of taxes to support America.
Oh boy, here we go again with the hope and change garbage. Personally, I've had enough of this buffoon's nonsense. Also, anyone that would listen to Bill Clinton's advice on who to vote for doesn't have a brain. The guy is a serial liar and a criminal just like the guy he is campaigning for.
A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE MANY LIES OF Willard Mitt Romney
"100,000 new jobs." Romney has repeatedly claimed that during his tenure at Bain Capital, "net-net, we created over 100,000 jobs." His campaign defends the figure by tallying the current employment totals of some companies Bain aided. That's a stretch in and of itself, but it's also not a net figure. It lacks the balancing context of how many jobs were destroyed by Bain. As the Los Angeles Times reported in December, while Bain helped some companies grow, "Romney and his team also maximized returns by firing workers, seeking government subsidies, and flipping companies quickly for large profits. Sometimes Bain investors gained even when companies slid into bankruptcy."
Indeed, the Wall Street Journal looked closely at Bain's record under Romney and found that 22 percent "either filed for bankruptcy or closed their doors by the end of the eighth year after Bain first invested, sometimes with substantial job losses." Which is not really terribly surprising: Bain's raison d'etre is not job creation but wealth creation for its investors. As Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler noted in an article Monday calling Romney's "100,000 jobs" figure "untenable," Romney and Bain "never could have raised money from investors if the prospectus seeking $1-million investments from the super wealthy had said it would focus on creating jobs."
As a corollary, when Romney's record has been criticized, he has dismissed criticisms as an attempt to "put free enterprise on trial." It's not an attack on free enterprise. It's an attack on Romney's strained attempt to spin his successful record of wealth-creation into one of job-creation. It's also a recognition that while a net good, the free market has its destructive side—and it's a fair question to ask, whether voters consider experience in that sort of vulture capitalism as a good qualification for the presidency. Do they want government to be run more like that kind of business?
[See a collection of political cartoons on Mitt Romney.]
Obama's jobs record. By Romney's own logic (touting jobs created but ignoring jobs lost), his attacks on President Obama's economic record are nonsensical. He told Time that Obama "has not created any new jobs," and he told Fox News last week that Obama has "lost" 2 million jobs as president. This is indeed a net figure, but also a misleading one. When Obama took office, the economy was shedding jobs at a rate of nearly 1 million jobs per month, losing roughly 3 million during the first four months of 2009. But presidential policies don't take effect as soon as the incoming chief takes his oath. Once Obama's policies started to take effect, the trend turned. The country had added 3.2 million private sector jobs over the course of 22 straight months of private sector growth. By Romney's definition, the president has created more than 3 million jobs—not enough, but also not none.
[Read the U.S. News debate: Will Mitt Romney Be the GOP Presidential Nominee?]
In fact the biggest drag on job growth is the 600,000 public sector jobs that have disappeared under the auspices of budget austerity. As my colleague Danielle Kurtzleben reported in September, "government jobs are being shed by the tens of thousands almost every month, hindering an already weak recovery."
"Entitlement society." Romney has argued that Obama "is replacing our merit-based, opportunity society with an entitlement society," where "everyone is handed the same rewards, regardless of education, effort, and willingness to take risk." As New York's Jonathan Chait has observed, "This accusation is approximately as accurate as claiming that the Republican Party wants to pass laws forbidding poor people from making more money." The idea that President Obama (or any Democrat) advocates for equality of outcomes simply lacks a basis in fact.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the budget and deficit.]
It's an important fabrication, because it marks a turning point in Romney's attacks on Obama. Previously the president was characterized as ineffectual, but not a socialist. Forced to battle to win the GOP primaries, Romney has adopted the Tea Party's extremist rhetoric. It won't play with swing voters, even delivered in his polished drone.
Defense cuts. In an October speech on national security, Romney promised to "reverse President Obama's massive defense cuts." One problem: Pentagon spending has gone up under Obama, from $594 billion in 2008 to $666 billion. The 2011 request was for $739 billion. As Rick Perry would say, "Oops."
[Read the U.S. News debate: Are Cuts to the Defense Budget Necessary?]
No apologies. Romney has said that Obama "went around the world and apologized for America." This is part of the conservative, dog-whistle meme that Obama is un-American (and possibly even a foreigner!). While the notion of an international apology tour is a staple of the conservative case against Obama, it is also fictitious. The Washington Post's fact-checker concluded that "the claim that Obama repeatedly has apologized for the United States is not borne out by the facts, especially if his full quotes are viewed in context." Don't hold your breath waiting for an apology from Romney on this one.
Medicare cuts. Romney said that Obama is "the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare." So as we said then, and repeated several times since, the health care law reduces the amount of future spending growth in Medicare. But it doesn't cut Medicare.
The rest of Romney’s statement implies that Obama is doing something no other president has done -- making cuts (which he isn’t).
Military Strength. Romney said The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947." However, a wide range of experts told us it’s wrong to assume that a decline in the number of ships or aircraft automatically means a weaker military. Quite the contrary: The United States is the world’s unquestioned military leader today, not just because of the number of ships and aircraft in its arsenal but also because each is stocked with top-of-the-line technology and highly trained personnel.
Thanks to the development of everything from nuclear weapons to drones, comparing today’s military to that of 60 to 100 years ago presents an egregious comparison of apples and oranges. Today’s military and political leaders face real challenges in determining the right mix of assets to deal with current and future threats, but Romney’s glib suggestion that today’s military posture is in any way similar to that of its predecessors in 1917 or 1947 is preposterous.
Free Economy. Romney said "We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy." there is little indication that the government’s role has risen dramatically enough over the past few years to threaten the kind of free market that the U.S. has operated under in recent decades. And international comparisons show that the U.S. ranks low in both total tax burden and high in economic freedom -- at least as measured by a prominent conservative think tank.
Health care act. Romney said “Eliminating "Obamacare" ... "saves $95 billion a year."
Romney said repealing the health care law would save $95 billion a year. But that only accounts for outlays in one year, 2016. Because of the revenue sources that the law established, repealing it actually adds significantly to the deficit over the long haul, according to the CBO. Romney’s is statement False.
Mitt Romney ad says labor board tried to block Boeing from building factory in South Carolina.
The NLRB’s complaint started a legal process that could ultimately have resulted in a factory closure, but the NLRB as a whole didn’t tell Boeing anything. What’s more, the legal basis for the action centered on whether Boeing was punishing the union for staging strikes, not that Boeing had opened a factory in a right-to-work state. the statement is False.
Says Barack Obama said, "If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose."
Obama was quoting John McCain. Romney took the words way out of context. Obama said in the speech. "Sen. McCain's campaign actually said, and I quote, ‘If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.’"
Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.
Some of the relevant jobs in Obama’s work history include:
— A stint in 1983-84 as a research assistant at Business International Corp. in New York City, where he helped write a newsletter.
— Working from 1985 to 1988 as a community organizer for the Developing Communities Project in Chicago;
— Working from 1993 to 2004 as an associate, and then a partner, at the Chicago law firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, where his work included employment-discrimination and voting-rights cases.
Obama’s State of the Union Speech. Romney said "He gave a speech the other day at his State of the Union address. He didn't even mention the deficit or the debt” At least six different times in his 2012 State of the Union address, Obama mentioned the debt or deficit by name.
"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."
And there's no question that some key people in the Romney campaign are well-connected lobbyists:
• Kaufman, a senior adviser to Romney, is chairman of Dutko Worldwide, which has lobbied for American Pacific Corp., American Trans Air, Amgen, AT&T; – and that's just some of the As.
• Ben Ginsberg, the campaign's national counsel, is a partner in the firm Patton Boggs, a large lobbying firm that has represented Kaiser Aluminum, Lucent Technologies, the Venetian Casino Resort and many others. His bio on the firm's Web site boasts that "Mr. Ginsberg represents a variety of clients on Capitol Hill on a wide range of issues including appropriations, trade, broadcasting and health care."
• Cardenas is chairman of the Romney Hispanic Steering Committee, a finance co-chairman for the campaign and a frequent spokesman for Romney. He is a partner in Tew Cardenas, a lobbying firm with offices in Washington, Miami and Tallahassee. Records show he has lobbied for Progress Energy, Bell South, the Florida Association of Realtors and the Recreational Fishing Alliance, among others. His Web site boasts that "He has been named as one of Washington, D.C.'s top lobbyists by The Hill newspaper."
• Comstock, an adviser and frequent spokeswoman for the Romney campaign, is a founding partner of Comstock Corallo, which has lobbied for the Hearst Corp. and the National Association of Broadcasters.
"Mitt." It's a small one, but might be my favorite. During a debate in November, when moderator Wolf Blitzer introduced himself by saying that "Wolf" is really his first name, Romney greeted the audience by saying, "I'm Mitt Romney, and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name." In fact, Willard is his first name. It's a lie notable for being so mundane: Why would someone fudge their name? It's almost as if he can't control himself.
How many times are you going to post this around the web? Still not listening to the drivell.
I'm sure that there are many republicans who are willing to follow Romney down the rabbit hole with Greece.
The other side isn't offering anything new? How about war with Iran and North Korea to get more borrowed money to their arms-dealing friends?
So Obama isn't keeping us in a war we can't win? He didn't support air strikes in Pakistan? He has sanctioned Iran, This administration is no different Than the one before. $40,000 a plate and he thinks he's relating to the middle class.
TO: Been There-406834 who wrote:
Well President Obama grew up pretty much "at or below" middle class during at least some portion of his life, which is a lot closer to the "middle class" than Mitt "$57,000 a day and never held a 9 to 5 job" Romney.
Obama/Biden 2012
Okay as a single mom, I don't believe his crap. Check Wikpedia - I a little older than Obama and I didn't go to Hawaii or Jakarta, He tries to relate to hard working one income households of women with dead beat dad's and claim his mom was a single mom from Kansas. Give me a break - I know what that takes to raise kids on your own - 2 jobs! He is full of it.
See, if I'm the Democrats....I make one argument, in regards to economics: supply-side economics doesn't work. Facts include:
1. The growth rate in the 1950's and 1960's was higher than the '70's, and the growth rate in the '70's was higher than any since that time. In the '50's and '60's, high end tax rates averaged 94%, and in the '70's, they averaged 70%. Since then, they have been less than 40%, and the growth rate has been paltry.
2. There is NO evidence that reducing tax rates for billionaires (both income AND capital gains) does anything other than......reduce tax rates for billionaires. Tax rates have been at historic lows for 10 years, yet job growth during both of the last two Presidential Administrations has been anemic. Meanwhile, the gap between the rich and poor has grown significantly during that time period. In short, the only thing that "trickles down" isn't money, it's just warm, yellow and smells like ammonia.
3. Free trade agreements- which were also the fault of DLC folks like Clinton, in addition to a Republican Congress- have done NOTHING for America, other than make economic conditions worse.
In short, supply-side economics is a fantasy of the rich, which they undoubtedly never thought anyone would ever be stupid enough to believe. The fact that we have been buying it hook, line and sinker for 30 years is the best gift we could have ever given them, especially those who have inherited every dime they've ever had in the bank. It's time for us to stop believing nonsense.
THAT SAID- here's why the Democrats won't make this argument: because they have been every bit as corrupted by the wealthy in this country as the Republicans have. This is why we need a Constitutional Amendment to remove the money from politics, unless you all like the idea of the US going COMPLETELY bankrupt. These leeches will just go somewhere else when that happens- they have no morals, and no concern for what happens to any of the rest of us. It's time to face that reality, people- it's time for a new political party, one that actually represents the REAL people who live here.
Solid post..
All measurable statistics would show that we have a system designed to concentrate wealth at the very top: on the personal, and corporate level.
There are no measurable statistics that show that wealth does anything BUT, stay at the very top..
There are plenty of examples of people who started at the bottom and managed to get to this top level however - Herman Cain and so many people at Facebook, Google, and Microsoft come to mind. That is why we are great - anyone can make it to that top echelon with hard work and ingenuity. And our poor are even near rich by global standards. We define poor as a family of four making $23,300 a year while the global definition is that same family of four making just $2920. Our bottom is equal to the global upper middle class.
Why would anybody believe Bill Clinton? He lied under oath and lost his Law License. He cheated on his wife. He is slime!
Clinton used the system like all the others - to his benefit.
He did "private" tutoring for young interns - that should count for something. And he was only the second president to ever be impeached which is historical.
TO: ralph5591 who wrote:
Probably beause President Bill Clinton is an economic genius, he created one of the most prosperous decades in history, and he is well-loved and admired all over the world.
Not to mention the fact that under President Clinton, we never had to worry about being attacked by terrorists OR lied into war.
Obama/Biden 2012
Relax folks ...... just don't vote for Romney
Because???? Hope and change working for you marginalized? Are you in the top 1%? That's all any of this is - smoke and mirrors. I'm voting top to bottom for anyone who isn't in office now.
Sorry, you liberals leave us no choice since you can't run a credible candidate. Bad enough before when you ran an unknown. So much worse when you now run a proven failure!
Been There,
Yeah...actually. The economy is certainly sputtering along but considering that Obama has received zero help from Republicans....a mess that Republicans had a huge part in developing...I don't think he has done as bad as you make out.
He can't pass anything that would potentially help the economy...how could he? Do you really think that Mitch Mcconell and Boehner really want the economy to thrive while Obama is in office?
It was doing no better than when he had total control and didn't need the Republicans. His shovel ready stimulus failed by his own words and he virtually ignored the failing economy in order to push through his fiasco of a health plan.
And let us never forget his promise here:
http://mikesright.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/barack-im-not-gonna-make-any-excuses-obama-gets-owned-in-new-video/
Vipp,
Get the facts straight. Dems owned congress from January 2007 till January 2011. They own this mess since they pass the laws and the budgets.
And Obama was in that Senate - even while it is true he did nothing there for two years. Maybe he can be exonerated since he didn't vote or offer a bill - just an empty suit in a position way over his head.
Haroldwolf,
Can you tell me which party brought up and supported the ideas and bills that passed during the years of 2000 through 2006?
You might want to include those years being that economic disasters don't simply happen overnight. They are usually years in the making. So that would include things like unfunded wars (trillions of dollars), deregulation (Hugely supported by Republicans...although some Dems followed), and cutting taxes while increasing expenditures......things like that.
This is 2012 and Obama had both houses of Congress and still gave us no change and hopelessness. And remember Obama said he'd get us out of both wars by his second year - which came and went, How is he funding this war?
Been there,
Well, he has wanted to end the TEMPORARY tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. That would be a start but guess who won't let that happen?
He could have made more changes in the Health bill, like tort reforms but he had somebody's hand in his pocket. There are hidden taxes in the health bill for thinks like braces - I know how much it costs for braces even with insurance. Obama is more of the same, don't get me wrong I voted for him but my lifestyle has not gotten any better and niether has anything around me. Green jobs was another makeshift throw money at it idea and most of it went broke.
Been there,
Agreed...I don't think Obama has been perfect by any means. However, when I look at the Republican agenda it makes me sick. It really has become a matter of picking the lesser of two evils. When I look at Obama's agenda I agree with most of it....I think green energy is the future....I think we need to move to a universal healthcare system....we need to start actually paying for the programs we want through higher taxes if necessary.....but it's the execution that bothers me. Democrats always execute so poorly .....
Our health system is a mess but I think it could have done better without all the pork and hidden taxes. Education needs some change in structure. But we have no priorities, and lots of hot air, no way to pay for programs. And Obama just doesn't seem to be a leader, and I hope Boehner can afford his tanning when that tax shows up.
LMAO
Ah Bill Clinton. I guess he has time on his hands these days since his dyke wife is never home and he doesn't have easy access to young interns.
I'll take Clinton and his intern issues over a cult follower in Romney.
So would most amoral liberals. What's your point?
And I will take the Mormon church over that hate monger religion that Obama attended for 20 years with its Reverend Wright.
Watermoon,
I actually think all religion is silly so I take back my point because I think Obama being a "Christian" is no different than Romney being a "Mormon". They're both cults when you get to the bottom of it. Just wanted to see what you'd say....nice comeback.
Watermoon is gay.
Sorry Thermen, You might wish it but I won't marry you.
Too funny! A few days ago he said in an interview that Romney was qualified to be President. I can imagine the President and the DNC leaders were running around with their hair on fire :-)
I am betting he got a talking to by these rulers of the democratic party.
http://www.publiusforum.com/2012/05/16/transparency-secret-soros-left-wing-1-summit-meeting-held-behind-closed-doors/
Watermoon is gay.
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/study-proves-homophobes-are-nothing-more-than-closet-homosexuals-what-do-you-think/question-140910/
Bill doesn't get many things right, but he has Mitt figured out. Romney is Bush on steroids and the results will be as bad or worse.
One would have hoped that with maturity, President Clinton would realize that inflammatory rhetoric is really unproductive, and only feeds the emotional extremes in this country.
I, for one, would prefer to see our politicians acting like adults rather than petulant teenagers.
Leturreason,
I too....however, the Republicans have found this formula to work. It has been effective and unfortunately the Dems have found that they have to fight fire with fire to survive. Sad...so sad.
I think that both parties are acting like children. No actually I could reason with my children but these politics are crazy. I don't know where either candidate actually stands and I am sick of listening to all the rhetoric. I want a pamphlet - so I don't have to listen to the micro analyzing on 12 different news channels. Just the facts man!
haha.....I'm with you "Been there".
Atta Boy Bill! You go dude!!! The Master Campaigner is back in full form!
We gotta to re-elect President Obama so that the United States can have the finest coolest Lead in the world. And all the women posting know you agree with me!
Nope - not cool at all, just want him to work.
TO: John-2006106 who wrote:
Oh please! President Bill Clinton was the best president we've had in decades, and Republicans are still trying to burn him at the stake for attempting to defend a woman's chastity!
You've got Republicans who can't tell right from wrong and use "amnesia" to defend the indefensible policies of the last Republican Administration, and you've got Republicans down in Florida again defending the indefensible by supporting a murderer who killed a child living in a gated community who did nothing more than leave the house after dark to buy some skittles and an iced tea and was gunned down by a "thug" under color of authority.
Republican priorties are so backwards they can only be described as "warped".
It was more than one woman, that his wife let go on without saying anything. They are a power hungry couple and if you think that the Clinton's aren't in the 1% you should think again.
Well of course it will be calamitous. Romney will balance the budget the only way it can be balanced fairly quickly, and that's by cutting Social Security and Medicare, probably to the point of elimination. If you think Romney won't do this you haven't been paying attention. The man doesn't give a sh*t. Literally. That's why he can destroy companies and put thousands of people out of work for a profit, or stick his dog on the roof of his car for a 12 hour road trip.
In any case, what will happen is that millions and millions of people will be left without care, food, shelter, whatever.
These people, and their relatives, in sheer frustration will probably get angry and violent. Rather than stand meekly in bread lines like they did in the 30's they'll probably buy weapons and then use to weapons to get even with Romney and any rich people they can find. Should be interesting.
In case you think this is stupid, I refer you to the French Revolution and what they did to Marie Antoinette and her husband, not to mention Czar Nicholas and his family.
It will probably happen anyway. No tax reform, keep throwing dollars at it by borrowing $$$ from China. Get more programs for people to get on and give them 3 years unemployment. All on the backs of the Low to Middle income class.
Have to balance the check book someday.
From the GUY who couldn't keep his pants zippered in the White House and had hard time telling the truth. Yes we should believe his evauluation of someone, just another Stupid Democrate trying to save the Biggest Looser We Have Had for a PRESIDENT.
Geeish...I always find it funny to hear a Republican say that Obama is the "worst President ever" or in your case "the biggest loser we have had for a President". Talk about short memories. You do remember the last President, don't you? The one that launched a war of choice...didn't pay for it...implemented drug programs....didn't pay for it....and cut taxes/revenue all while doing so! He also helped to further deregulate our financial market....was in office during the worst attack on our home soil....stood in front of a mission accomplished sign while 4 thousand Americans preceded to lose their lives....and the second worst economic situation happened on his watch.
You freaking people.....
Calamitous?? What of his record in office? We are living his reign as pres. right now, He authored the FREE trade agreements that made Wally World rich, along with exporting the jobs we all need in America to get this country rolling again. As I see it there has never been a more Calamitous President than Slick Willy. Now's he's backing the next!!!! God Help us
I don't have much confidence in the comments of a person who lied to the American people about his salacious acts in the White House. I plan on voting to give Mitt a chance. Obama has had a turn, and he hasn't done very well with it. The nation is headed in a pretty scary direction under his leadership, morally, ethically, and economically.
STEVE: Exactly what do you find "more scary" under Obama as compared to where we were at on Bush's last day in office? Are you saying the economy is as bad of worse under Obama? Are you saying that our national security is worse now than under Bush? Do you regret the fact that we are no longer fighting in Iraq and that Afghanistan is being wound down? Do you feel we are less respected around the world under Obama as compared to Bush, who was rightly viewed as a clown by most of our allies Exactly what is worse now, is what I'd like to know?
Yeah like going to war and killing our soldiers over lies of WMD! That's so commendable! Your a moron!
Steve, how can you state Obama has had his turn. The teapublicans have done nothing but get in the way of progress at America's expense. If you can substantiate a single one of your concerns please enlighten us all.
After Bill Clinton RETIRED he used to get paid to say what he thought. Now it appears that he says what he gets paid to. Obama is essential to this country ... that is the a bigger lie than, " I did not have sexual relations with that woman". I think Clinton is quickly losing the credibility that he was going after and getting with that last bit of endorsement jibberish.
Sure ZAKK, that's why Clinton if far and away our most popular ex president and is beloved not only here but around the world. Just take a look at all the incredibly work his charities are doing.
Let's compare him to Dubya, shall we? Bush has barely shown his face in public since leaving office, one of the few classy things he's ever done. But that aside, your own party does not even want him around. I seriously doubt he will be your keynote speaker at the RNC this summer. Your party leaders know only too well that his name is toxic and spells doom for any politician running for office in the GOP.
How would a republican know anything about credibility! Just look at old Mitt lies everyday it's on film. Credibility please! I believe the smart true Americans are tired of throwing up in their mouths after hearing all the lies Romney spews not to mention the congress who obstruct everything!
Intrepid1 ... this isn't about Dubya! It's about Clinton, Obama & Romney!
Super Bon ... Credibility and Obama is an Oxymoron ... This country is going broke FAST. The worst part about it that people like you don't seem to understand why - OBAMA - or the ramifications of it. I believe that truly smart Americans don't believe that Obama has been good for this country.