Former President Clinton Brings Down House at DNC
Watching Bill Clinton last night made me think of better days. Days of prosperity and hope. Those were heady times indeed those ’90’s and America was thriving. The Republicans were nasty but not as nasty as they are today, and there was some spirit of bi-partisanship, unlike what we see in 2012.
The Democrats unleashed their silver attack fox tonight, as Bill Clinton dusted off his convention chops to debunk a host of charges leveled against President Obama by Mitt Romney—and earned a hug afterward from the president himself. Clinton first formally placed Barack Obama’s name into nomination, saying he “wants a man who’s cool on the outside, and burns for America on the inside.” He hailed Obama’s “constructive cooperation” in politics. Clinton pointed to Obama’s reaching out to the GOP and to Democrats he battled against in the last election. “Heck,” Clinton joked, “he even appointed Hillary” secretary of state. “What works in the real world is cooperation,” he added. “Democracy does not have to be a blood sport.” As for the economy, Clinton pointed out: “No one could fully repair the damage” left by the GOP in just four years. In Tampa, “the Republican argument was pretty simple: We left Obama a total mess, he hasn’t finished cleaning it up yet, so fire him and put us back in,” Clinton explained.
But Obama did manage to “put a floor under the crash, and began the long hard road to recovery,” he added. Clinton said the GOP economic solution—ending the deficit by taking more money out of the budget with tax cuts for the wealthy—”fails the arithmetic test.” The former president ticked off a list and debunked “charges” leveled against Obama by the Romney campaign—including claims of Medicaid cuts, healthcare harm, and weakening welfare work requirements. A Romney spokesman has said “we’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers,” guffawed Clinton. “Finally I can say: ‘That is true.'” The “most important question is, what kind of country do you want to live in? If you want a you’re-on-your-own, winner-take-all society, you should support the Republican ticket,” Clinton said. “If you want a country of shared prosperity and shared responsibility—a we’re-all-in-this-together society—vote for Barack Obama. I know we’re coming back.”
What do you think? Did you long for those better days while watching President Clinton speak at the DNC?
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Also too you betcha, I’ll bet he could still get more tail than a fraternity brother, even at his age. Yep, totally went with my shallow self right there. Big Dog did the barking then managed to grab hold and bite a chunk o ass off the GoOpers.
Jess once again you make me laugh. So well put!!!!
Then my good deed for the day is done. I will now go prepare for the barn burner that is O-Joe tonight, see what witty, pithiness I can come up with tomorrow 🙂
President Clinton’s speech took me back to November 4th, 2008. At 11PM, Keith Olbermann called the election for President Obama and I just cried. I felt that pride again, pride I hadn’t felt since the Clinton administration. I will not allow Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan and the rest of the far right to destroy the country my ancestors fought to create. On November 6th, 2012, I plan to be glued to the screen, waiting for the reelection of President Obama, because any other outcome is too horrible to imagine. VOTE!
That’s precisely how I felt and how I feel anonymous. I just don’t understand these disappointed democrats who refuse to vote because Obama didn’t/couldn’t give them everything they wanted. They will even tell you not voting is a way to stand up and protest like a proud American. Well if Mittens Romney and his gang take control of the government you might have to ask permission from a Christian to be a proud American.
I always did like Clinton even when I never really followed American politics. Why it took an ex-president to debunk all the Republican anti-demo claims is beyond me. It does seem the GOP platform is, “Me for me and all for me or get out of my way.” It’ll be interesting to hear Obama’s speech tonight to see if he can ‘rally the troops.’
Obama is a powerful speaker Rick, and I suspect he’ll get everyone “fired up,” then again he’s preaching to the choir so that won’t take much.