Posted on 03/29/2008 9:35:11 PM PDT by kingattax
For the second time in a week, Bill Clinton offered high praise for Republican presidential nominee John McCain — the candidate who could end up squaring off against Clinton’s wife Hillary.
At a stop in rural Pennsylvania on Thursday, Bill told the gathering that McCain is a “moderate” who “has given all you can give for this country without dying for it.”
He said McCain is on the right side in opposing the torture of enemy combatants and on the global warming issue, which “just about crosses the bridge for [Republicans].”
Clinton also told the audience that the race should not about the past, but about who is going to do more for the country in the future, ABC News reported. That person, he said, is Hillary.
One week ago Clinton expressed similar sentiments at a gathering in North Carolina, calling McCain a war hero who had demonstrated his love for his country.
Clinton noted that McCain supported campaign finance reform and “he doesn’t think global warming is a myth … so it is not going to be all that easy to beat him.”
At that same campaign stop, Clinton angered the Barack Obama campaign by saying that McCain and Hillary share a love of America — without mentioning Obama.
“I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country,” he said.
“And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics.”
By not mentioning Obama, he suggested to some observers that he believes Obama’s patriotism is lacking.
Whoa dude- posting without your VRWC decoder ring? That’s scary! Welcome to FR.
If you are correct, then McCain's choice for VP running mate is that much more critical.
I don’t think Slick really wants his wife to win.
It is far more likely that he knows that she can't win, and he wants McCain to win instead. If McCain wins, Hillary gets to run again in 2012. If Obama wins, she can't run again until 2016.
So again not happy about the choice of McCain but enjoying the fact that they will have to go extra dirty to battle McCain's maverick tendencies that appeal to alot of the mushy middle.
McCain’s “conservative” record. My collection.
FR links on McCain's record from Feb. 2000. MrChips collection.
I was thinking much the same thing. Even without the political calculation for a 2012 run I expect the Clinton’s would rather see McCain win than Obama.
Stop right there! Do not ascribe any principled thought to Slick. That dog won't hunt.
The Clintonistas will do anything to win.
None of you have gotten this Bill Clinton stunt right. Forget 2012
What’s really going on is Bill Clinton is trying to psych out Barrack and minimize his importance by talking about Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the general election. This talk diminishes Obama. Makes him seem inconsequential and irrelevant because after all, we (Democrats) know this upcoming election will be between two legitimate and adult candidates-— Hillary and McCain
Bill’s praise of John McCain is also a try to drive up the polling numbers of Hillary supporters who claim they will vote McCain if Obama gets the nomination. The higher these numbers, the more essential it is to nominate Hillary and offer the VP slot to Obama
No, why do you ask? Are you used to the toxic poison at DU? Weclome to FR - I think.
Be very careful. You are not allowed to say anything around here anymore unless it praises McPain as a conservative warrior. The McPologists are on the swarm and their stingers are out.;)
We’re watching you ......
I know.:(
That was my first thought also.
Stop, it’s just so juvenile to call McCain stupid names.
For Pity’s sake, I was joking. I don’t have a problem calling him names because he does the same to people.
He has been called names around here for a long time. Since when did he become someone other than what he always was?
“he does the same to people”?
What are you saying here?
All I meant is that it all gets kind of old: McLame, McPain, etc. Okay, some people don’t like him. But isn’t there a cause for some respect? I guess I was taught that, yes, there is.
Anyway, I admit that McCain was not my first choice, but he’s much better than any of the Democrats!
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