Posted on 10/25/2008 11:06:41 PM PDT by Chet 99
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS -- Bill Clinton, as most close observers know, is left-handed. It seems appropriate, then, that on his weekend barnstorming tour in Arkansas for Barack Obama, the fellow Democrat who defeated his wife Hillary in a bitter and grueling primary season, the former president offered support that was...well, left-handed.
Appearing in Jonesboro on Saturday, as the star attraction of an all-star cast of Arkansas Democrats who were concluding a two-day campaign tour of the state, Clinton was short on encomiums for Obama per se, and, for that matter, did little finger-wagging at the expense of Republican nominee John McCain. Clinton, in fact, indulged himself with a homily about respect for one's opponents and showered some praise on McCain for the onetime P.O.W.'s service to the nation.
What the former president did was (a) predict a victory by Obama; (b) favorably (and briefly) contrast some of Obama's positions on key issues with those of McCain's; and (c) utter a call for Arkansas to join the rest of the nation in a "parade"for change at a time of national crisis. For much of the rest of his time on the stump, Clinton allowed himself some personal recollections about his own former gubernatorial campaigns in northeast Arkansas and touted the region for its bellwether importance, not only in his own former races but in the one at hand.
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“You do the math,” he said. “If the eleven counties of northeast Arkansas go for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Barack Obama will carry Arkansas, and we will be part of the building of America’s future.
Vintage Clinton. I’m grabbin’ mah calculator.
“Clinton, in fact, indulged himself with a homily about respect for one’s opponents and showered some praise on McCain for the onetime P.O.W.’s service to the nation.”
Bill Clinton has been the comic relief of this election. I think he has less use for the Obamessiah than McCain does.
For Bill to come out like this...the top level of the DNC had to promise something. I’m guessing that as Kennedy leaves office (one way or another)...Hillary gets his committee chair and gets a fair amount of power.
Aren’t these the same counties where Slick Willie the child watched “whitey” burn down all the “black” churches.
Hillary has 20 million in leftover campaign debt. Obama and Co. can make that go away with quickly.
It is clear though that Bill is doing the minimum necessary to keep his end of the bargain. He’s basically going through the motions.
What can the O give the Bill but grief.
It is clear though that Bill is doing the minimum necessary to keep his end of the bargain. He’s basically going through the motions.
I agree. The snorefest in Elko Nevada the other day was indicative of your point.
I hear he still knows some call girls in Little Rock...
“Come on Barack, let’s us get us some country lovin’”
Yep. That's why McCain's jokes about Bill's campaign efforts for Obama, at the Al Smith dinner last week, were so darn funny, especially to the guffawing Hillary. Bill is wink-wink-nudge-nudge working hard for Obama.
They even touched on this on Sat. Night Live last night in the skit where they lampooned Biden and Murtha. The announcer said “coming up on CSPAN, a speech by former President Clinton in which he speaks for 2 hours about himself and barely remembers to mention Sen Obama’s name.” LOL.
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