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Bill Clinton derides Obama candidacy as ‘smoke and mirrors’
The Examiner [Washington, DC] ^ | Feb 12, 2008 | Susan Ferrechio

Posted on 02/12/2008 10:12:22 AM PST by kingattax

With Virginia considered Hillary Clinton’s best chance in the Potomac Primary, Bill Clinton packed his schedule with three stops Monday in the Old Dominion, where he tried to convince voters that his wife’s experience trumps Barack Obama’s “smoke and mirrors” candidacy.

Clinton’s first stop of the day was at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, where he barely referred to Obama by name but alluded to him often as the lesser choice for the Democratic nomination, a candidate who has style but lacks Hillary Clinton’s substance.

“You have to decide what this election is about,” Clinton told a room of 600 students, his voice hoarse from making four campaign speeches a day earlier in the District and Maryland. “You have to decide what makes the best president. You want someone with the right vision, the right plans and ability to get the job done. If that’s the test, I don’t think the question is close.”

Outside of those traits, “all the rest is smoke and mirrors,” Clinton said in reference to his wife’s more charismatic rival.

Clinton has previously tried to paint Obama as a political lightweight. When asked by TV host Charlie Rose whether Obama was “more symbol than substance,” he responded: “I get tickled watching him. He’s got great skills.”

Asked in New Hampshire about Obama’s opposition to the war in Iraq, Clinton said: “Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”

Although race might play a significant role in the primaries, Bill Clinton stayed away from the topic in Fredericksburg. He previously angered African-Americans by comparing Obama’s campaign in South Carolina to those of Jesse Jackson, who ran as a black candidate and was never a serious contender.

On Monday, Clinton emphasized Hillary Clinton’s experience in the Senate and her days as first lady, asserting that she helped win peace in Ireland and achieve rights for women in Senegal


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; billary; billclinton; clintonmachine; democratparty; elections; fredericksburg; hillary; hillaryclinton; obama; thatsracist; va2008
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To: Eva
"Kids just want to have fun and Obama’s message is really, Don’t worry, be happy."


81 posted on 02/12/2008 12:04:45 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: Red in Blue PA; All
There’s experience and there’s experience.....to my mind, picking up other women’s underwear and stained clothing fro the office floor does NOT qualify as presidential experience....
82 posted on 02/12/2008 12:06:40 PM PST by Southbound ((Formerly a hairy-legged, deprived banjo picker.))
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To: ilgipper

no new tazings may resonate more with OBH’s following than no new taxes. I may have stumbled into the truth :).


83 posted on 02/12/2008 12:18:30 PM PST by kinghorse
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To: All

Doesn’t the human male dominant regions on earth still place the last name first? China does it. I am pretty sure the ME and Africa does it.

His initials are really OBH and his name overseas would be Obama Barrack Hussein.


84 posted on 02/12/2008 12:22:28 PM PST by kinghorse (Surname first in male-centric societies. Obama Barrack Hussein it is. OBH for short)
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To: Gritty
Great pic! If Billary and Co. pull this out (I think in the end they will), they will give a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Winning ugly."
85 posted on 02/12/2008 12:22:31 PM PST by ishmac
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To: kingattax
Outside of those traits, “all the rest is smoke and mirrors,” Clinton said in reference to his wife’s more charismatic rival.

Pot smoke no doubt.

And little mirrors used to cut cocaine.

Shame on you Bill.

86 posted on 02/12/2008 12:24:29 PM PST by NeoCaveman (other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the theater)
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To: MrB

“and your wife is an unlikeable hateful bitch.”

LOL! That’s why she’s losing! Most of the dims can’t stand her, that’s why Obambi a/k/a Che is ahead. The both of them scare me to death!


87 posted on 02/12/2008 12:26:06 PM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (Wandering in the wasteland of GOP RINO's.)
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To: kingattax
....asserting that (Hillary) helped win peace in Ireland ..

Ah yes... Hillary helped soooo much to win the peace in Ireland.

It wasn't intense talks between John Hume of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin (SF)....

It wasn't the voters of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland who endorsed the Belfast Agreement....

It wasn't the Provisional IRA ending its armed campaign ...

It wasn't Britain officially ending its military support of the police in Northern Ireland and withdrawing troops....

It was Hillary!!! Glad they could clear that one up for the world!

88 posted on 02/12/2008 12:38:16 PM PST by Dr._Joseph_Warren
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To: ilgipper

Don’t taze me, bro!


89 posted on 02/12/2008 1:04:31 PM PST by Skip Ripley
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To: jveritas

I live in N.Y. State. Can anyone on this forum tell me ANYTHING she has accomplished as the Junior Senator of New York State. Anything?


90 posted on 02/12/2008 3:43:32 PM PST by maxwellp
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To: maxwellp

ZERO, absolute ZERO.


91 posted on 02/12/2008 5:12:45 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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