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Bill Clinton’s strategy of rising above Trump’s attacks on sex scandals seems to be backfiring
National Post ^ | 01/04/2015 | The Associated Press

Posted on 01/04/2016 6:08:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

KEENE, N.H. - For months, former president Bill Clinton has largely stayed out of the 2016 race, mentioned mostly in passing by Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Now, following days of attacks over his sexual history from Republican front-runner Donald Trump, Clinton is escalating his public involvement in his wife's campaign. On Monday, he headed out for his first solo campaign events with stops planned in New Hampshire, a key primary state that gave much-needed momentum to his struggling 1992 presidential bid.

But some of the less desirable moments of his past - his impeachment and decades-old sex scandals - are also re-emerging as he prepares to campaign in the Granite State.

So far, Bill Clinton has remained mum about the accusations - following the lead of his wife's campaign which believes their candidate comes across as more presidential by rising above what they see as Trump's crass political tactics.

But the attacks seem to have struck a nerve.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; clinton; clintonsexoffender; trump; trunpwasright; x42
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
we have Trump to thank and no one else, for drawing Bill Clinton out in the public. Cruz could never accomplish this. No one else could. Trump is the only one that could flush those weasel's into the glaring light of day.

When you think about it, Trump is the only one willing and able to do the heavy lifting involved with throwing out years of accumulated democrat rubbish.

61 posted on 01/04/2016 8:13:10 PM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: ilgipper
Trump is proving that one person can drive the narrative and public opinion despite the 24/7 attacks. Not everyone can do it, but he's in a position to execute it. Nearly flawlessly, I might add.

If Bill stays out of sight Trump can attack him all day long. If he comes out and starts to attack Trump, Trump can say it is really Bill running the campaign, which puts Hillary back in the kitchen while a man takes over. Exactly the wrong message she wants to send.

62 posted on 01/04/2016 8:17:12 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
My contribution to the Clinton legacy:

clin-ton (clint’ n) [after Bill Clinton, late 20th century disbarred U.S. president whose administration is remembered primarily for impeachment, corruption and scandals.
Commonly referred to as:
DIRTPOTUSDisbarred Impeached Rapist Treasonous President Of The United States]
and as ’Clinton bin Lyin’

    --n.   1. Any lewd advance towards a person of the opposite gender, usually involving touching …*The boss did a clinton on his defenseless secretary*     2. Any instance of speech or conduct involving calculated deception …*The press conference on Kosovo was a real clinton*     3. Clintonitis A virus enduring all immune-system countermeasures of rejection …*Clintonitis is like a case of a sexually transmitted disease that just won't go away. The full extent of the pernicious aliment politicus Clintonitis, long unmentionable in mixed company, has intruded in full disgusting conspicuousness upon the national consciousness. *      4. clintonoid To adhere to, defend and support blindly, regardless of evidence, to speak with guile and malice; possessing the worst attributes of the First Felon ….* The clintonoid presstitutes, Brokaw, Jennings, Rather, Rivera, continued to spike all news detrimental to the administration.*      --vt.  1. To grope a person of the opposite gender in an unwelcome, unwanted manner …*He tried to clinton the man’s wife*     2. To communicate in a manner which clouds the truth by omitting essential information, or by playing with the meaning of words, or by other such deceptive means …*He clintoned his answer so much that nobody understood it*     3. To shamelessly promote a falsehood as the truth…*"Ken Starr – out of control," clintoned the media. President Bush’s Economy was the worst in the last 50 years was largely clintoned by the mainstream press *      --vi.  1. To act in a boorish manner while self- righteously maintaining the appearance of dignity …*He continued to clinton while the polls held up*      --adj.  1.Characterized by sleaziness or deceptiveness, lacking moral guidance …*It was a classic clintonian response* or *America’s downfall was due to the clintonization of society*     2. To foster divisiveness among races, creeds, genders, generations, classes, occupations, political parties…*The clintonized warring factions were not willing to enter peace talks*
See also: Apologies (Africa, Central America, Europe, South America), Arkancide, Arkcident, ‘Bill of Rights’ abrogation, "better put some ice on that", bimbos, bin Laedan support, Black churches burning, blue dress presidoo, Boy/Eagle Scouts, bureaucratic snafus, Cabinet investigations/indictments, Chinese Wars, cigar tricks, Clinton fatigue, ClintonLIEbrary, Clintonspeak, compartmentalize, Constitutional Crisis, demonization of opponents, DiCaprio interviews, disbarment, "Doing the work for the American people" = fundraising, draft dodging, Dreamworks’ scandals, Elian seizure/drugging/deportation, e-mails (100,000-1,000,000zip disks), equivocate, enablers & apologists, "even presidents have personal lives.", Executive Orders, Federal Land Grabs, fighting impeachment he had "saved the Constitution.", foreign boondoggle trips (Africa >$55 MIL, China >$78MIL. India >$58MIL), foreign deployments, ‘getting a Lewinsky’, gun confiscation, Hollywood money/influence, Homosexuals in military, Ignoring terrorists, Illegal (Campaign Funds, FBI files, travel office), impeachment, inactions against terroists(Kholabar Towers, Somolia, US Embassies, USS COLE, World Trade Towers), inappropriate, indefensible, ‘is’ is, Las Alamos files/fires, Leavenworth, lies, Limited English Proficiency (LEPers), Lincoln bedroom rentals, lost civil liberties, lost legacy, martial law, medical records stonewalling, military nonreenlistments, military unpreparedness, missile technology transfers, "mistakes were made", mother/grandmother conflicts, NATO aggression (Clinton’s Wars), obfuscate, obstruction of justice, oral sex, Oval Office pantry, Oval Office sink, perjury, ‘plunge’ protection team, politics of personal destruction, presidoo, presidential kneepads, ‘presstitutes’, prevaricate, scumbag, secret police, social engineering (abortion, guns, tobacco), Soviet Union resurrection, spin, stonewall, Taiwan abandonment, "they’re mean to me", treason, UN Sovereignty Rebellion, "vulgarizes everything he touches", ‘Wag-the-Dog (Monica bombs, Afghanistan, Iraq (Impeachment bombings), Kosovo, Pakistan, Serbia, Sudan), Waco, Western Forest fire-fighting money diverted, White House ‘coffees’, White House pastors, White House ‘porn downloads’, WhiteWater, women (Gennifer, Christine, Dolly, Eleanor, Elizabeth Ward, Juanita, Linda, Monica, Paula, Sharon , Susan, etcetera...etcetera...etcetera...).



63 posted on 01/04/2016 8:17:41 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen (Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
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To: doug from upland

Never save never...He is still on the prowl with advancements in men’s healthcare...Maybe he gets his blue pills at Planned Parenthood before he goes to that special island....


64 posted on 01/04/2016 8:19:48 PM PST by Mpatl
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To: doug from upland

Never save never...He is still on the prowl with advancements in men’s healthcare...Maybe he gets his blue pills at Planned Parenthood before he goes to that special island....


65 posted on 01/04/2016 8:19:48 PM PST by Mpatl
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To: Mpatl

Oops and my apologies for the double posting.
Happy New Year!


66 posted on 01/04/2016 8:24:14 PM PST by Mpatl
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

After watching Bill’s lackluster performance today I get the impression that he is hoping that Hillary loses so he can get back to Jeffrey Epstein’s pedo-island without the prying eyes of the media spotlight.


67 posted on 01/04/2016 8:51:30 PM PST by purplelobster
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To: ilgipper
The timidity of the failed GOP over the past 15 years is being exposed.

Incisive post.

68 posted on 01/04/2016 9:33:11 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: dforest

“Bill is an old man now. He no longer has the appeal to people he once had.”

Don’t be giving Hillary any ideas of snuffing him for sympathy votes


69 posted on 01/04/2016 9:35:35 PM PST by Figment
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To: plain talk

Thank you. I support rump because he is the only one doing these things. I sort of wish there were a better messenger however.


70 posted on 01/04/2016 9:36:35 PM PST by Fai Mao (Just a tropical gardiner chatting with friends)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

“If I were Bill Clinton”

If I were Bill Clinton, I’d not only have a trusted food taster, I’d have seperate, trusted bodyguards from Hillary. Sympathy votes for a widdow count like any others


71 posted on 01/04/2016 9:41:37 PM PST by Figment
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If something is rising on Bill Clinton, I don’t want to hear about it.


72 posted on 01/04/2016 10:01:57 PM PST by glorgau
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To: Arm_Bears
How does one rise above the fact that one is a sexual predator?

One doesn't. That's a tough one to rise above, isn't it?

73 posted on 01/04/2016 10:05:17 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (Trump on Hillary: "she’s a liar and everybody knows that")
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To: dforest

And just wait until the poor old girl gives way to Creepy Old Uncle Joe and Lieawatha. If Bernie Sanders doesn’t give you the creeps, Uncle Joe will.


74 posted on 01/04/2016 10:12:06 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (Trump on Hillary: "she’s a liar and everybody knows that")
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To: dforest

Despite the hatred that Obama has for the Clintons he is a a marxist ideolog. He will support Hillary up to the point he thinks she is not electable. If it reaches this point the Department of Justice will by his orders, eliminate her.

Hello Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren


75 posted on 01/04/2016 10:16:54 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: Fai Mao

Feel better.


76 posted on 01/04/2016 10:17:06 PM PST by Yaelle (Since PC is not actually "correct," it should be renamed Political Pandering.)
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To: Fai Mao
I sort of wish there were a better messenger however.

well I agree with that also. But what I mean is none of the major candidates should have to do any dirty work. That should be done by surrogate groups.

77 posted on 01/04/2016 10:38:14 PM PST by plain talk (wages he means minimum wage=)
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To: wjcsux

I prefer to simply call it the BJ.


78 posted on 01/04/2016 11:14:10 PM PST by chb
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To: A CA Guy

Plus Bill has shocked people by looking like a talking cadaver at the podium.
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How long before Hillary arranges a death to garner sympathy during her campaign??? ....a little bit sarc, yet possible


79 posted on 01/04/2016 11:52:41 PM PST by octex
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To: Lakeshark; Servant of the Cross; C. Edmund Wright

And once again the media presents it as “Trump attacks BILL Clinton.”

He’s attacking the ENABLER, the Bimbo Eruption Controller, Hillary Clinton.

The media refuses to report correctly. I caught a few moments of Megyn Kelly last night and she is doing the same. Kelly’s question, and it’s so obviously prejudiced and so shallow: “How can Trump attack Bill Clinton when Trump has been divorced twice before” (Paraphrase)

Hey, Megyn, Hillary Clinton worked overtime to HIDE Bill Clinton’s predations and to DESTROY the women who came out against his perversions.

Hillary has no right to call anyone sexist when she was an accomplice to her husband’s rapes.

Trump didn’t rape anyone, and he didn’t have anyone threatening those abused women in background, covert ways. Hillary did.

Hillary’s the one running for president, Kelly.


80 posted on 01/05/2016 5:48:38 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support the troops pray for their victory!)
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