Posted on 04/24/2005 4:05:54 PM PDT by beyond the sea
By befriending Bill Clinton so enthusiastically, ex-President George H.W. Bush is inadvertently helping Hillary Clinton to reclaim the White House in 2008, a longtime Bush family confidante said Sunday.
"They're trying to move Hillary to the center for 2008, and this helps de-demonize her and her husband," the unnamed Bush insider tells the New York Daily News.
An unidentified Clinton aide agreed that the ex-presidents' warm relationship is giving Hillary's presidential bid a big boost, proclaiming, "It gives [Mr.] Clinton back some legitimacy."
Sen. Clinton certainly left no doubt that she approves of her husband's new pal, telling the News, "They really have been having a great time together."
Until recently, most Republicans had been confident that the former first lady couldn't win a general election, secure in the knowledge that the Monica Lewinsky scandal had left both Clintons irreparably tarnished
President George W. Bush used the scandal to great effect during his own 2000 campaign, regularly promising audiences that he would "restore the honor and dignity of the White House."
But now both Bushes seem determined to rehabilitate the impeached Democrat.
"Maybe I'm the father he never had," an emotional Bush 41 recently speculated, referring to the fact that Clinton's father died in a car crash before his birth.
And the familial references don't end there.
Describing Clinton's recent heart surgery, Bush 43 joked last month, "When he woke up he was surrounded by his loved ones: Hillary, Chelsea and my dad."
And if that's not enough to make Clinton critics queasy, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush now reportedly refers to the 42nd president as "Bro."
Fits in with my latest theory.
After Hillary, a run for Jeb?
Not unreasonable to suspect that the Clintons have the goods on the Bushes. ....and have for quite some time.
Which is?
I hear you.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...
Too bad dear Jeb didn't think of Terri Schiavo as a "sister" as he now refers to Clinton as "Bro".
you freepers need to look into the mirror. You acting like democrats if you know what i mean. If GOP win, democrats want to leave. If DNC win, you guys also want to leave. lol.
Stay back and fight.
Oh yeah, like it never ever occurred to him or any of his associates that this might be the effect.
Do you do angel dust?
Well, that would explain why Bush seeks to associate himself with conservatives.
You must? Because that is a ridiculas statement.
Well, that was johnnyhomicide's 2nd post after joining up, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. For all we know it could be a Dem. *LOL*
Don't bogart that joint, btw.
I agree! The Bush's are not dumb. They do not do things without a calculated reason. Neither does Rove. We may not know what is going on but I'll bet it's NOT that the Bush's just like Billy Bob better now.
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