Posted on 10/24/2004 7:26:29 PM PDT by NotchJohnson
The Kerry campaign is calling on a heavy hitter from its bench: Former President Bill Clinton plans to hit the trail for the Democratic presidential hopeful Monday in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
"I'm going out tomorrow," Clinton told ABC News' Diane Sawyer today in an exclusive interview airing today on "World News Tonight," Monday on "Good Morning America," and Thursday on "Primetime."
Both campaigns are relying on star power in the final days. The Bush campaign has California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stumping for the president in Ohio this week.
Clinton, who recently had heart bypass surgery, said he did not want to miss the chance to weigh in before Election Day on Nov. 2.
"I want to do this," he said. "Sen. Kerry asked me to do it. And I want to do it … because it's close, and because I think it's important, and because the differences between the two candidates and the courses they will pursue in the next four years are so profound."
Health Risk? Clinton does not believe he is putting his health at risk by campaigning.
"I talked to my doctors about it and they made some very helpful suggestions," he said. "They said, you know, I should get wherever I'm going early in case I'm tired, so I can kind of regenerate."
Both Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, agree the former president's appearances should be limited.
"She didn't want me to do too much, and I don't either," Clinton said. "I think there would be a point of diminishing returns. I think, you know, there's only so much anyone else can do in a campaign that he or she is not the candidate in."
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Drop Dead Traitor and take Mrs. Bill Clinton with you.
Didn't he already do that?
When you see a post that looks kind of strange, like johannes89a has been posting for the last few weeks, go to the main FR page and paste his name in the search window. When you search it, it probably won't come up with anything, but on the resulting page, click the "Search User" link. It will bring up all the posts of that user, forever. Looking at people's post histories will tell you pretty quickly if they're trolls. Trolls who try to be sneaky, like this dude, can't really hide when you look at their entire post history.
Try it, it's fun!
Is this their October Surprise? Will they let us know please?
We are getting annoyed.
Or maybe it was the promise to appoint mrs. clintoon Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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C'mon, Bubba - hit the stump - face first....
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