Posted on 11/20/2007 11:41:40 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Bush: Clinton Understands White House Pressure Exclusive Interview Details President's Thoughts on 2008 Race, Last Year in Office By RICK KLEIN and ED O'KEEFE
Nov. 20, 2007—
In an exclusive interview with Charlie Gibson airing on Tuesday's World News, President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush said that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's experience as first lady has prepared her to handle the "pressure" of a presidential race and the White House.
"No question, there is no question that Senator Clinton understands pressure better than any of the candidates, you know, in the race," the president told ABC News' Charles Gibson Tuesday afternoon at the presidential retreat at Camp David.
Watch the full interview tonight on 'World News with Charlie Gibson' at 6:30p.m. E.S.T.
The President emphasized, "I do believe our candidate will beat her, if she happens to be the nominee," although he refused to speculate on the Republican presidential field, calling it a "wide-open" race.
Bush, whose father was defeated for reelection by then-Governor Bill Clinton in 1992, called the former first lady a "very formidable candidate", repeatedly saying she and the former president "understand the klieg lights".
Mrs. Bush said experience as first lady would be "very helpful" in the White House.
"You certainly know what it's like," Mrs. Bush stressed, "you know the pressure, there is, you know the difficulties."
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crap.................
That blue dress gave her the understanding of “pressure” alright.
LLS
Hmmmmm? What is the Sly Fox up to now?
end the Oligarchy...
No barf alert?
Da fix is in!
Ah, the kiss of death. How can any self-respecting BDS-afflicted RAT support Hitlery now?
NYT headline tomorrow: Seator Clinton gets Bush endorsement!
Rove, you magnificent bastard.
We have had a Bush or a Clinton in the White House since 1980. One of them has been president since 1988.
Enough already...
Well, I guess that answers the Clinton critics who say she does not have the experience for the job!
What a load of crap. I sometimes wonder who took over Bush’s brain these past few years.
............................................Shut UP, George. Seriously.
I hate to say this, but the President could have learned something from the Clinton’s.
The Clinton administration took ‘leading by polls’ to its obvious extreme. We all complained about it throughout the 1990’s, but there is one thing you can say about it.
The Administration was reflecting the desire of the majority on many issues, especially the ‘third rail’ types, like Welfare Reform (yes, I know Clinton veto’d it twice before finally being forced into a corner. We did get what we conservatives wanted on that one, however).
If the President had just used polling data a teensy bit, he wouldn’t have walked off the cliff on border security and amnesty, for example.
He would have fought in Iraq ‘to win’ between 2004 and 2006’s election cycle, as he is today, and the results of last falls election would have been much different.
No President is ever ‘perfect’. But some are in fact dumber as it relates to maintaining their own base than others. We saw this with Carter’s one horrific term, we saw with with President Bush until after the most recent election cycle...but even now he still wants amnesty....
I am perplexed as well; at first I was thinking, “Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot?”. But then I thought that if you were a liberal with Bush Derangement Syndrome, then this has got to make you even more paranoid.
I’m sure we will get more “sweet talk” from W on Hillary in the months to come.
The recent comment W made should make for a great conversation for GW41 and Clinton when they tee off this weekend or next....
Ah those where the days!
bush-clinton-Bush-clinton- Jeb Bush
That must be the plan
Me too. The man has lost his marbles.
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