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Hillary campaign sending Bill out on the campaign trail
The Washington Times ^
| October 4, 2015
| Kelly Riddell
Posted on 10/04/2015 6:37:23 PM PDT by jazusamo
Hopes ex-president can energize blacks, Hispanics
They’d kept him off the trail for months, but Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign is finally deploying former President Bill Clinton, accepting the political risks he brings as worthy tradeoff if he can shore up support for his wife among longtime Democrats and build enthusiasm among Hispanic and black voters.
The man who just months ago said he’d be little more than a backstage adviser is now out doing interviews defending Mrs. Clinton and dabbling in critiques of the GOP presidential field.
And his October schedule is shaping up to be his most high-profile on the campaign trail so far. He headlined a West Virginia Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner Friday, and is traveling out to Michigan to fundraise on October 7. He’s already notched fundraising appearances in Kansas City and Atlanta.
“[Hillary‘s] campaign has not been the easy road people thought it was going to be,” said Robert Shrum, the Democratic consultant who worked on the failed campaigns of John Kerry and Al Gore. “And Bill can be a very effective surrogate. You’d be crazy not to use him.”
Using him, however, involves risks, as Mrs. Clinton found out during her failed 2008 bid, when the former president was front and center, walking parade routes with her in Iowa and New Hampshire, introducing her stump speeches and playing attack dog with the media and the other candidates in the race, most notably then-Sen. Barack Obama.
The plan backfired as Mrs. Clinton was sometimes upstaged at her own events by her charismatic husband.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; billclinton; hillary; liars
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The pathetic liar Hillary is sending her husband (in name only) Bill, the impeached liar out to save her campaign. LOL!
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:37:24 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
energizing blacks...with free cigarettes and Panther Whizz Ale?
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:40:24 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:48:09 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Tells me she is very desperate , Bill hasn’t helped anybody in the past
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:48:37 PM PDT
by
Foolsgold
(Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
To: jazusamo
Hillary is ‘H’ bent on forcing herself upon a people that overall don’t want her.
How dare they?
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:49:41 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
To: jazusamo
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:50:17 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: rockinqsranch
Amen, Hillary can’t understand rejection and she’s living it.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:52:31 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: Foolsgold
Bill’s not going to BE of much help this time either.. but its either that or face the music at “home”
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:54:03 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: jazusamo
Just like 2008. Whenever her campaign got mired down, here would come BJ to help.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:55:59 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: jazusamo
Watch the long game for the Clintons. Bill remains the most popular politician in America, and the GOPe remains as inept and pathetic as ever.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:56:07 PM PDT
by
Menthops
(If you are reading this..... the GOPe hates you!)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:56:36 PM PDT
by
JPG
(What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:57:08 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: RightGeek
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:58:55 PM PDT
by
onyx
( PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon THIS MONTH!)
To: onyx
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posted on
10/04/2015 7:02:15 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: RightGeek
LOL.
Thank you.
I just posted it and pinged you.
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posted on
10/04/2015 7:03:54 PM PDT
by
onyx
( PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon THIS MONTH!)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
10/04/2015 7:04:49 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Proverbs 21:20 - The wise have stores of food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has))
To: jazusamo
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posted on
10/04/2015 7:05:52 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: JPG
You spelled HEY wrong. :(
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posted on
10/04/2015 7:06:17 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: MeshugeMikey
If blacks every figure out WHY Bill Clinton was called 'the first black President', they'll know they've been royally insulted. Here's a hint to the black community: it's NOT because Bill Clinton had a high IQ, or that he was a wonk, or that he attended Oxford...
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posted on
10/04/2015 7:07:59 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Dems want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
To: GOPJ
bill likes him some beetches and hos!
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posted on
10/04/2015 7:15:20 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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