Archive for the 'Bill Clinton' Category

Working the crowd…

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

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If the crown fits…

Monday, June 9th, 2008

 As can be seen by our present state of difficulty, the United States is not set up for dynasties. Further, these little court intrigues are obscene.
Bill, don’t do us any favors. Just keep getting richer.
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Bill Clinton may walk away mad and not campaign for Obama
Capitol Hill Blue
June 9, 2008
by Harrison Parker
An angry, defiant Bill Clinton […]

Versailles, Indiana wasn’t built in a day so the Little Rock dynasty of Bubba-Rodham may yet take its place next to Romanov, Bourbon and Saxe-Coburg.

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

June 8, 2008
The Long Road to a Clinton Exit
By PETER BAKER and JIM RUTENBERG
WASHINGTON — By the time the campaign tracked down the small-city Indiana mayor, Bill Clinton was in a lather. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had lost the North Carolina primary that evening and was eager to offset it with a win in Indiana. […]

“The Clintons thrive on revenge,” says a former Clinton aide. “Payback will be a b*tch.”

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Capitol Hill Blue
June 6, 2006
Both Clintons bitter over loss
Failed Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her former President husband are bitter over her loss to Barack Obama and angry at Democratic leaders they feel abandoned her, party sources tell Capitol Hill Blue.
“She’s petulant, defiant and bitter,” says one senior Democratic strategist, who asked not […]

It never ends.

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Vanity Fair
Bubba Trouble
The Comeback Id
Old friends and longtime aides are wringing their hands over Bill Clinton’s post–White House escapades, from the dubious (and secretive) business associations to the media blowups that have bruised his wife’s campaign, to the private-jetting around with a skirt-chasing, scandal-tinged posse. Some point to Clinton’s medical traumas; others blame sheer selfishness, […]

What’s new? Boss & Missy Clinton revert to form: “Ah gi’ yah two guesses who did it.”

Monday, May 26th, 2008

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Clinton Camp Stokes RFK Flap by Blaming Obama
The Washington Post
May 26, 2008
By Zachary A. Goldfarb
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign of fanning a controversy over her describing the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy late in the 1968 Democratic primary as one reason she is continuing to run for the presidency.
“The Obama […]

This may be the most powerfully negative column about the Clintons.

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

The New York Times
May 10, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Seeds of Destruction
By BOB HERBERT
The Clintons have never understood how to exit the stage gracefully.
Their repertoire has always been deficient in grace and class. So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by “hard-working Americans, white Americans,” and that her opponent, […]

Who needs Forty Thieves?

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

From the Los Angeles Times
CAMPAIGN ‘08
Bill Clinton, China linked via his foundation
A firm that has donated to the president’s charity is accused of collaborating with the government in its crackdown on Tibetan activists. Hillary Clinton has spoken out against China’s actions.
By Stephen Braun
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 13, 2008
NEW YORK — As Chinese authorities have […]

Only the Bushes are more low rent than the Clintons.

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Why Gov. Bill Richardson didn’t endorse Clinton
The New Mexico governor says he was dismayed by pressure from the Clinton camp, and impressed by Obama’s optimism. Besides, ‘you don’t transfer loyalty to a dynasty.’
By Mark Z. Barabak
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 12, 2008
SANTA FE, N.M. — Before he endorsed Barack Obama, before he drew the wrath […]

How much must we see before realizing the lunacy of electing a dynasty?

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The Note:
Err Apparent Lessons From Bill On How to Keep a Campaign From Gaining Ground
By RICK KLEIN with MIKE ELMORE
April 11, 2008
ABC NEWS

Former president Bill Clinton…said, “one time late at night when she (Hillary) was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995.”
Where to start? If his telling […]