Bill Clinton Boosts McCall

Newsday ^ | 10/24/02 | Jordan Rau

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

H. Carl McCall's Democratic gubernatorial campaign got a much-needed boost yesterday as former President Bill Clinton stumped for him at a Manhattan rally and then hosted a fund-raiser on Wall Street to replenish McCall's near-empty campaign war chest.

At the rally at a church in the Dominican stronghold of Washington Heights, Clinton told the crowd that the bad fiscal policies of Republicans in Washington made it all the more important to elect McCall, the state comptroller.

"He knows how to keep the books," Clinton said. "He'll take care of your money and send it where it ought to be sent."

Reminding the crowd that he had been Arkansas' governor, Clinton said, "When the economy is in bad shape, it's more important to have a good governor." He continued with a comment that sounded like a swipe at McCall's Republican opponent, Gov. George Pataki, by saying: "If the economy is in good shape and people have got plenty of money, well then the Legislature gives it out and the governor can have a lobotomy and be popular."...

[Skip Ripley]

That last sentence describes the true Democrat party view of Chamelot..

[InvisibleChurch]

"He'll take care of your money and send it where it ought to be sent."

boy, is THAT a loaded statement

[windchime]

Thanks for the post. We need a reminder of the 'bad old days'!

I just noticed that the articles to bookmark into my 'CLINTON' file are becoming fewer and farther between. As Martha Stewart would say, "It's a good thing".

[mombonn]

Bill Clinton Boosts McCall

methinks the real title should be, " Bill Clinton Boots McCall".

He and sinator hillary! knew the race was over before it began.

Can you say "pander", sinator hillary! and IMPEACHED ex-42?

[mikrofon]

That reminds me of when the Bent One was in Western N.Y. on his "Anti-Impeachment Tour" in '99, and told an idiot throng that the government could give back some of our money, but basically the sheeple would then be too stupid to use it "wisely" ...

[John Lenin]

Would someone please put Bill Clinton on ice,, I mean put some ice on it ......

[Diddle E. Squat]

Turn the rapists words on himself:

""If the economy is in good shape and people have got plenty of money, well then Congress gives it out and the President can have a lobotomy and be popular."...

[HitmanLV]

I lived in NY for my first 34 years, just leaving in 2002. Truth is, McCall isn't a bad man and in many ways a nice, competent gentleman.

He keeps ny state's books ship shape, no question. I never got the impression he was an extremist for the leftist line of pablum.

I never voted for him, of course, but he was competent and there were always far more important races in NY - Governor and Attorney General, for sure.

It's too bad he chose poor friends like the Clintons to watch his back. Now he gets what he deserves for the critical lapse in judgment.

[JZoback]

At the rally at a church in the Dominican stronghold of Washington Heights

I fully expect the IRS to revoke the church's 503 (c)(3) status.

Yeah, right

[Spyder]

We're stuck with the Big Creep next Tuesday... gotta lock up our daughter... Fortunately he'll only be on Oahu the one day; still, bad enough.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

H. Carl McCall's Democratic gubernatorial campaign got a much-needed boost yesterday as former President Bill Clinton stumped for him at a Manhattan rally...

Does this have anything to do with cigars?

[PMCarey]

Clinton also said that Latinos should support McCall because "you've got more in common with him. He was born poor, raised by a single mother."

What the %@#*^&?!! does that mean? Tell me could any Republican say something like this and not be pillored by the Democrats, the press, and the Latinos the very next day?

[upchuck]

Hmmm... interesting that the article doesn't mention Terry McAullife's stance on campaign cash for McCall.

An excerpt from this^:

With Mr. McCall trailing Gov. George E. Pataki by at least 11 points in recent polls and his campaign starved for cash, the party chairman, Terry McAuliffe, said he had little choice but to direct the party's limited pool of money into races where Democrats have better prospects. Mr. McAuliffe's remarks were the clearest public signal that leading Democrats have lost faith in Mr. McCall's chances in the election, which is less than two weeks away.

"I've got to put the resources where we can win elections," Mr. McAuliffe said at a lunch with reporters and editors of The New York Times.

Mr. McAuliffe also said that with the elections approaching, his top priorities were defeating Gov. Jeb Bush in Florida and helping Senator Jean Carnahan, Democrat of Missouri, defend her seat.

Mr. McAuliffe did not rule out pumping more money to the McCall campaign. But he said he would do so only if Mr. McCall, the state comptroller, narrowed the gap in the polls to between six and seven points behind Governor Pataki.

Gee, I wonder how THE SCUMBAG & The Hildebeaste feel about this? It was just about a month ago that they crapped all over Andrew Cuomo and backed McCall. Perhaps there is justice afterall.

[Tall_Texan]

"He knows how to keep the books," Clinton said. ,

An obvious misquote...

"He knows how to cook the books," Clinton said.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"He knows how to keep the books," Clinton said. "He'll take care of your money and send it where it ought to be sent."

Coming from Clinton, I take that as a threat.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

idiot "throng" or idiot "thong"?

[mikrofon]

No doubt some of the idiots were wearing a thong that day in anticipation of X42's visit... ;^)