Posted on 01/11/2011 8:09:13 PM PST by pissant
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday waded into the debate about America’s political rhetoric in the wake of last weekend’s shootings in Arizona, saying the tone of the national conversation must change.
Speaking from Haiti on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake there, Mr. Clinton suggested that passionate political speech should not be directly blamed for the kind of violence that occurred in Tucson. But he said the angry back-and-forth of modern debate is not healthy.
“No one intends to do anything that encourages this sort of behavior,” Mr. Clinton told the British Broadcasting Corporation. But he said the political commentary should not “degenerate into demonization” because it “falls on the unhinged and the hinged alike.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
LOL. Wasn’t this the same Bill Clinton that tried to blame the OKC bombing on Rush Limbaugh?
'Rats need to STFU and obey the laws and Constitution and just get along instead of selfishly wanting to change the laws of economics and physics.
Hey Bill: Shut up.
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday waded into the debate about America’s political rhetoric in the wake of last weekend’s shootings in Arizona, saying the tone of the national conversation must change.
Bill,we all need a cigar!
Why doesn’t that guy just shut up. The world would be a better place if he did. Who is going spout out next. Jimmy Carter?
yep....instead of Waco.
Doesn’t he have interns to rape?
It sounds like Slick has run out of quarters?
***But he said the political commentary should not “degenerate into demonization” because it “falls on the unhinged and the hinged alike.”***
I happen to agree with him on this... And as soon as they stop demonizing us, the better.
Bill is right....he and all the other demoncrats need to sit down and shut up....
But alas that won’t happen.
America did elect Obama so I don’t have much hope.
When I read the exerpt, and thought he was talking about himself j*****g off in a sink, it made sense.
The same guy who famously said, “We help our friends and f**k our enemies.”
and
“You might want to put some ice on that.”
It sure does. We need to get rid of all this Marxist b/s that the left is pushing down our throats! Listen to the people. We don't want what you're selling!!!
In 2003, Hillary Clinton screeched “I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you’re not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.”
Cold text doesn’t do justice to the quote. Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxmpTMGhU0
STFU, Willie....and, “put some ice on it”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxmpTMGhU0
Does this include Hillary?
Yeah, now the tone should change. Now that Bill and Barack have destroyed everything we just need to shut up and take it. Spare me the KY, please.
STFU BJ.
We are not a black dress for you to stain.
BTW, where did all that Haiti relief money go? It sure didn’t go to help the PEOPLE of Haiti. How about wading in on that subject.
I Second the STFU you Impeached Liar.
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