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Dems denounce Bill Clinton, but need to recapture his working-class appeal
NY Post ^ | November 20, 2017 | Jonathan S. Tobin

Posted on 11/20/2017 11:13:31 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom

The timing for the conference in Little Rock, Ark., couldn’t have been worse. But apparently the participants didn’t notice.

Commemorating the 25 years since the 1992 presidential election may have seemed like a great idea when the geniuses at the Clinton Foundation began planning a big party for their boss. But the celebration held last weekend coincided with the epidemic of famous men accused of sexual harassment or assault, which reminded us of Bill Clinton’s equally horrible behavior.

But even before the #metoo movement began rewriting the history of the Clinton administration, Democrats were already done with them. Though the party is primarily focused these days on the “resistance,” Hillary’s willingness to blame everyone but herself for her loss as well as her whining about the result’s legitimacy is a gift to President Trump and an embarrassment to Democrats.

Yet just when it seems that the Clintons have been transformed from the ultimate power couple on an inevitable path back to the White House into political pariahs, Democrats would be wrong to ignore how the 1992 and 1996 elections were won.

The Clintons may be toast but what the Democrats need now to prevail against Trump is exactly the kind of centrist appeal that propelled those wins and enabled the 42nd president’s ability to govern effectively without being in thrall to his party’s left wing.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; clintonsunderthebus; demssexscandals; x42
Dems decided they no longer need the working or the middle class and I see no reason to discourage them from that thinking.
1 posted on 11/20/2017 11:13:31 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

They do eat their young, (and old), don’t they.

rwood


2 posted on 11/20/2017 11:22:49 PM PST by Redwood71 (uality, they want better)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
What a loathsome pair the Clintons are :-(

An early picture of Hillary..

3 posted on 11/20/2017 11:23:40 PM PST by Bobalu (The NFL, Watching their demise is more fun than watching their games.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

The Uniparty offered a massive human sacrifice in broad daylight, to increase their power and to get the public’s consent for several wars.


4 posted on 11/20/2017 11:24:55 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/hj3e8cKZWiY)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Ross Perot gave us the Clintons.


5 posted on 11/21/2017 12:15:30 AM PST by Graybeard58 (The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.)
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To: Graybeard58
Ross Perot gave us the Clintons.

Read my lips: George H. W. Bush helped a lot, too.

6 posted on 11/21/2017 12:21:06 AM PST by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

They’re going to create another Ross Perot? That’s how Clinton won.


7 posted on 11/21/2017 12:23:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

The lefties for years portrayed the “working class” as darker people working in fast-food dives while wealthy whites lorded over them. This past election forced them to admit much of the working class IS white - and the same as the “middle class” (instead of the welfare class they address as the “working class”).

Years ago in college I had to take a sociology class; the teacher insisted on drawing a sharp line between the “working class” and the “middle class”. They are one and the same!


8 posted on 11/21/2017 3:02:04 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Trump would have some real problems on his hands if the Democrats nominated Jim Webb in 2020. Fortunately for us, he’s the wrong color, gender and sexuality and is way too moderate for their new radicalized party.


9 posted on 11/21/2017 3:18:52 AM PST by MountainWalker
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To: MountainWalker

No good-looking wordsmiths like Obama out there. Was BJ good looking? The MSM seemed to think so. Definitely a word-smith.
Kerry, Gore? Just plain unlikable. Can you imagine waking up next to Hillary?


10 posted on 11/21/2017 4:01:28 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Well the democrap party decided that white people and middle class workers did not matter. Even publicly stated their approach many times and their policies matched it.


11 posted on 11/21/2017 6:42:35 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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