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Two Years After White House Exit, Clintons Shaping Democratic Party
Washington Post ^
| 06/21/03
| Jim VandeHei
Posted on 06/20/2003 8:59:34 PM PDT by Pokey78
Thirty months after leaving the White House draped in controversy, the Clintons are again dominating Democratic politics in Washington and beyond.
Former president Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) are grabbing headlines almost daily, raising millions of dollars for Democratic campaigns and doling out political advice to all who will listen, which includes most of the leading candidates to challenge President Bush in 2004. The Clintons are easily the hottest draws for political events and fundraising appeals, much more so than the party's nine presidential candidates and two congressional leaders, according to several party officials.
At the same time, top officials from the Clinton administration are taking, or tightening, control over several of the party's most influential political groups. Some of the most notable former Clinton aides and advisers -- John Podesta, Bruce Reed, Mike Lux, Harold Ickes and others -- are playing prominent roles in key think tanks and new fundraising ventures. They provide the former first family with continued sources of power to tap now and in the future -- perhaps in 2008, when many expect Hillary Clinton to run for president.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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posted on
06/20/2003 8:59:35 PM PDT
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
no surprises here!
why would missus clinton keep a low profile for all this time and then just as the presidential race starts up this fall, she comes out with a book?
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posted on
06/20/2003 9:02:02 PM PDT
by
liberalnot
(what democrats fear the most is democracy . /s)
To: liberalnot
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posted on
06/20/2003 9:19:35 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: liberalnot
The Clinton years have come to rest,
Choking off the leftist best,
Wrapped around a coming loss,
The Democratic albatross.
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posted on
06/20/2003 9:35:32 PM PDT
by
gcruse
To: nwrep
Two losers if I ever saw any. They deserve each other. Neither one has a lick of shame or decency between them. Thank God for Presidetn Bush and his lovely, classy First Lady Laura Bush and the former President George Herbert Walker Bush and his lovely, classy former First Lady Barbara Bush.
To: Pokey78
Is there any hope at all that these two will ever go away.?
To: Irish Eyes
Not in our lifetimes...
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posted on
06/20/2003 10:06:18 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Pokey78
Yeah, the Clintoons continue to suck up all the oxygen from the Dem party, which suits me just fine. They are very cunning, and I agree with Limbaugh that the Clintons don't want a Dem winning in 2004 (which also suits me just fine).
She is setting herself up for 2008. I just hope that Limbaugh still has the tapes from his former TV show regarding the details of Hitlary's socialized health care plan. Her plan would have included arresting both patients and doctors who did not comply if I remember correctly. When she becomes a presidential candidate, Limbaugh needs to publicize these archives.
To: Pokey78
"BILL CLINTON: 'IMMORAL, SMOOTH, CROOKED'; HILLARY: 'OPPORTUNIST' SAY DEM FOCUS GROUP MEMBERS... "
From the Drudge home page... If this is what Dems are saying about them... What scum, the two of them are made for each other.
To: Pokey78
Henceforth, we should just call the Democrats, the Clintocrat Party.
To: Pokey78
They are the regime that never ends, yes they go on and on my friends. Some people stupidly elected them not knowing what they were, and they'll go forever now just because, They are the regime that never ends, yes they go on and on my friends..............repeat forever.
(with apologies to the late Shari Lewis, my heroine)
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posted on
06/20/2003 11:27:19 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(The left have blood on their hands.)
To: Pokey78
A future White House tour:
"Ms. Smart, who was president from 1993-2000? Why is there no picture of him, and why has his name been blotted out on this wall? I see 'George Herbert Walker Bush' and 'George Walker Bush' but there's a blank spot between them."
"Billy, the man who served from 1993-2000 was a treacherous president who sold out his country, but had enough suaveness to dupe the American people into thinking he cared about them and was saving the Constitution. Thanks to FreeRepublic, the truth was not allowed to die, and he eventually was arrested for every single one of his crimes. It was decided that life without the possibility of parole in a maximum security prison in solitary confinement would be the best possible way for him to live out the rest of his life.
It was also decided that since he was such an egomaniac, his "legacy" -- which he cherished so much and worked so hard for -- would be obscured forever in this house. Don't worry, Billy, there was no actual legacy -- he was delusional.
This sent him into a fit, and two this day he repeats the word "Legacy" over and over again while smacking himself in the forehead. He's on display -- we'll go there next week.
Some people don't like the fact that we've blotted out his name here in the White House. But this is a sacred institution, and we could no longer stand to have it defiled by his memory."
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posted on
06/20/2003 11:58:56 PM PDT
by
scott7278
("If I'm not back by dawn -- call the president.")
To: All
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posted on
06/21/2003 1:06:19 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(A nuke for every Kook ( NK, Iraq, Iran, Pak, India... )- what a Clinton "legacy...")
To: nwrep
that's odd...he's the first "black president" and he's not black. (/s)
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posted on
06/21/2003 8:48:29 AM PDT
by
liberalnot
(what democrats fear the most is democracy . /s)
To: Irish Eyes
Is there any hope at all that these two will ever go away.? Yep. After the 2004 elections the democrats will realize the clintons have ruined the democratic party with their leftism, and they will have to start all over with a new party name and everything...The end is near - never fear!!!
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posted on
08/24/2003 9:05:54 AM PDT
by
chainsaw
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