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Bill Clinton: Mitt Romney's business record 'sterling'
Politico ^ | 5/31/12 | Bryan Tau

Posted on 06/01/2012 8:17:25 AM PDT by KansasGirl

President Bill Clinton veered sharply off message Thursday, telling CNN that Mitt Romney's business record at Bain Capital was "sterling."

"I don't think that we ought to get into the position where we say 'This is bad work. This is good work,'" Clinton said. "The man who has been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold."

Clinton also went on to say that Romney's time at Bain Capital represented a "good business career."

The Obama campaign is in the third week of an all-out assault on Romney's time as a corporate buyout specialist — accusing the GOP nominee of bankrupting companies and laying off workers all while pocketing a profit for  himself and investors.

But the negative tenor of their attacks on an influential segment of Wall Street have made some Democrats uncomfortable. Clinton is the highest profile Obama surrogate so far to show discomfort with the attacks on Bain, with the former president even praising the company and Romney's record. Newark mayor Cory Booker and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick also both declined to press the attack against Bain.

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1 posted on 06/01/2012 8:17:28 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: KansasGirl

Did O just get tossed under the bus by Bill? LOL!


2 posted on 06/01/2012 8:19:21 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (If case you are wondering, I'm STILL supporting Newt.)
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To: KansasGirl

Wonder what Bubba is up to.


3 posted on 06/01/2012 8:21:39 AM PDT by duckman (Go Newt...)
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To: KansasGirl

Corey Booker maybe was just being honest. Billy Boy,otoh, is engaging in some heavy payback. That is a smackdown and possibly a new Romney ad.


4 posted on 06/01/2012 8:23:34 AM PDT by Williams (No Obama)
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To: KansasGirl

Several Dims have noted Obama is not a Bill Clinton democrat. Of course not, he’s from the Bill Ayers school of socialism, which holds any corporate activity in disdain. The divide between democrats and Obama socialists is starting to emerge.


5 posted on 06/01/2012 8:23:44 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to keep up.)
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To: duckman
Wonder what Bubba is up to.

Revenge.
6 posted on 06/01/2012 8:24:02 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: VanDeKoik
zero and the mooch are gone .. done ... fried ... cooked ... over ... yesterday's news.

And it would have happened no matter WHICH candidate we had ...

I'll never understand the drop offs of Newt, Rick, and all the others (mind fart .. can't remember names right now) that would have been more effective at least in presenting a message and formulating a program

But here we are ... stuck with mittens.

7 posted on 06/01/2012 8:24:41 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: VanDeKoik

Is the unthinkable possible? I mean, the unthinkable that Bill Clinton, a good Democrat, does NOT want to see Obama re-elected?

Think about that. If Romney beats Obama, then Romney would be running for re-election in 2016. Who might the Democrat nominee be that year? Possibly Hillary???

Think about this also. Often, elections for president go back and forth between the two parties. Hillary could run in 2016 to succeed Obama, if Obama wins a 2nd term. But, given the tendency to switch parties by enough voters, a Democrat could have a tough time winning election in 2016 after eight years of Obama.

Whereas, Hillary or another Democrat might have a better chance running in 2016 against what will be considered to be four years of disaster under Republicans and Romney.


8 posted on 06/01/2012 8:25:47 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: VanDeKoik

Is the unthinkable possible? I mean, the unthinkable that Bill Clinton, a good Democrat, does NOT want to see Obama re-elected?

Think about that. If Romney beats Obama, then Romney would be running for re-election in 2016. Who might the Democrat nominee be that year? Possibly Hillary???

Think about this also. Often, elections for president go back and forth between the two parties. Hillary could run in 2016 to succeed Obama, if Obama wins a 2nd term. But, given the tendency to switch parties by enough voters, a Democrat could have a tough time winning election in 2016 after eight years of Obama.

Whereas, Hillary or another Democrat might have a better chance running in 2016 against what will be considered to be four years of disaster under Republicans and Romney.


9 posted on 06/01/2012 8:26:04 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: duckman

I think we know what he is up to; publicly supporting Obama’s re-election to keep Hillary in the game for 2016 but underlying all this is the old adage “payback is a bitch”!


10 posted on 06/01/2012 8:26:04 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: KansasGirl

While Obama’s record is dog excrement.


11 posted on 06/01/2012 8:26:32 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Rennes Templar; Williams

This was practically an endorsement of Romney, imo.


12 posted on 06/01/2012 8:26:56 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: KansasGirl
The “Hillary for Veep” boomlet is over, I reckon...
13 posted on 06/01/2012 8:28:07 AM PDT by THX 1138 ("Harry, I have a gift.")
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To: LRoggy
Chicago Mob vs the Dixie Mafia.

Will at least get interesting if not messy.

14 posted on 06/01/2012 8:28:29 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter ( A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over...)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Hillary could run in 2016

Wow the thought of a 69 year old Shrillary running for POTUS is pretty scary, LOL.

15 posted on 06/01/2012 8:29:59 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: KansasGirl

Sit down with Clinton and a bottle of Jack, and I’ll be he’d be bashing Obama in to the ground by round 3


16 posted on 06/01/2012 8:31:12 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: KansasGirl
Clearly, Bill Clinton has a "thing" against Obama.

Here's what I heard the whole quote was on CNN:

“This (Bain Capitol) is good work… There’s no question that a man who has been a governor and has a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold for the Presidency,” - Bill Clinton to CNN, June 1, 2012

LOL...Good luck on rolling that one back Broken-AXEL-and-Tie-ROD.

ROMNEY ENDORSEMENTS GROW - Picks up Nancy Reagan, Huckabee, Condoliza Rice and George Shults

AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY

17 posted on 06/01/2012 8:31:19 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: nascarnation

Pure nightmare fuel, that.


18 posted on 06/01/2012 8:31:50 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: duckman

He wants Hillary in...and is willing to go to whatever lengths necessary to help it happen. That’s what I think.


19 posted on 06/01/2012 8:32:34 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: gov_bean_ counter

OpFor on OpFor fire. Fine thing that.


20 posted on 06/01/2012 8:33:56 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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