Posted on 12/03/2011 10:16:21 AM PST by Libloather
Together again with Obama, Clinton has last word
By Matt Spetalnick | Reuters – 20 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton, known for sometimes upstaging the current occupant of the White House, managed to get the last word again in a joint appearance with President Barack Obama on Friday.
The White House enlisted the popular ex-president to join in a tour of a renovated Washington office building to help promote a $4 billion nationwide effort aimed at improving energy efficiency in construction and boosting job creation.
The unusual pairing served as further evidence the two have moved beyond the bitterness of the 2008 Democratic primary race and forged a warmer relationship since Clinton's wife, former Obama rival Hillary Clinton, became secretary of state.
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But Clinton stepped to the podium and held forth for a few more minutes about the economic benefits of energy efficiency.
It was a reminder of how Clinton famously basked in the spotlight last December when he and Obama made an impromptu visit to the White House briefing room. The two fielded questions together and Obama then left. Clinton continued holding court for nearly a half hour more.
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I'm guessin', "Get off the stage" counts. What a total wuss.
Didn’t Bubba bail out Obama at a press conference once when Obama didn’t know how to answer questions? It was over health care, I believe.
Okay, I reread the article.
I gotta tell ya I sure long for the days of Clinton
Moanica - is that you?
I bet Obama beats him on being the laziest human being alive.
Even though he put himself, and his career, ahead of the nation, he did not put islam ahead of the nation.
He was absolutely not a moslem.
He was absolutely an American and a natural born one at that.
He was willing to change his policies when they didn't work.
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