Posted on 09/20/2010 5:28:40 AM PDT by truthandlife
Former President Bill Clinton said he believes President Obama was "shocked" and "disoriented" by the intensity of Republican opposition to his efforts to move the country forward.
Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation" this morning, Clinton also said that speculation over Mr. Obama losing his touch - owing to Washington gridlock - is not the whole story. He said that Republicans who learned during his own presidency that saying "No" can be rewarded at the ballot box are reusing that playbook now, regardless of how such tactics might stall economic growth.
Yet in a telling comment, when asked if President Obama's reelection chances might be improved if the Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives in the midterms, Mr. Clinton said yes.
The former president discussed the current state in Washington, in relation to his own two terms in office; Democrats lost control in Congress after a rise in anti-government fervor in 1994, and yet President Clinton was able to score several major legislative victories with the help of Republicans.
Mr. Clinton said, even before running for president, that Mr. Obama had begun to build friendships among Republicans, and made overtures towards continuing to work in a bipartisan manner.
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Obama needs to lose the WH in 2012.
Shock and awe! It’s working!
Bill Clinton is not very good with prognostications—he is the one that predicted that the whole country would embrace Obamacare once it was rammed thru the Congress. HeHe. I take him as a “negative prognosticator”—do a 180 with every one of his predictions. He has lost his touch.
“Former President Bill Clinton said he believes President Obama was “shocked” and “disoriented” by the intensity of Republican opposition to his efforts to move the country forward.”
See the Democrats sometimes tell the truth without realizing it.
For the Patriots out there paying attention. This confirms everything we already knew about the left and the Rhino’s. They are trying to change America into a Marxist/Socialist/Communist nation. How far left is yet to be determined but left it is.
Todd
Even if 0bama benefits politically from the House takeover, it’s still worth hamstringing his policy agenda. He has to be stopped.
ROFLMAO
When it comes to slathering BS around, nobody, but nobody beats Billy Jeff.
Yes, but the American people’s meathead!
The whole idea behind looting the public purse (stimulus) and imposing centralized health care (imposing future taxes) was to buy public favor in the short term and stay in power. It didnt work, and now he wants to blame the Republicans. What a slime bag.
IF even a word of that statement has ANY semblance of truth to it, Obama has done NOTHING but disparage and insult the republicans at every turn since becoming president. He has made no overtures toward bipartisanship, so there is very little chance that he can pull off the illusion of moving center and working with the GOP like boy clinton did in 95 and 96.
...but it would help Hillary even more!
I think you are onto something about Hillary. The bigger the win for Republicans the more investigations that happen in this administration and the more than likely Obama gets impeached or resigns.
He is making it look like he and Hillary are not going to sweep in.
He's managed to make a grifter like Bill Clinton look like a statesman by comparison.
If the Republicans regain either House or Senate and don’t grow a backbone to stop the communist juggernaut, then Obama may indeed be reelected. The Republicans must return to their roots or the GOP is finished.
It would definitely help the American people and it won’t help obungler enough (if at all).
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