On 6 June, 1963, a 16-year-old Arkansas boy named Bill Clinton met then-president John F. Kennedy. Read more…
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Over the years, we’ve heard politicians say some whoppers: really dumb things that make us think, “ooh, did he just say that?” Well, yes he did. And here they are, bookended by Tricky Dick himself:
This is ridiculous. The man obviously fears that Obama the candidate in 2008 will become President in 2008 and again in 2012.
Memo to Bubba: you partially cost your wife in 2008 and your behavior now will cost her in 2012 or 2016. Electors are not that stupid.
The Clintons are pretty manipulative:
The Michigan Democratic ballot is a sham that was rigged by Hillary Rodham Clinton, her husband and her supporters to give the nation the impression that she’s the leading candidate in Michigan, an angry former Sen. Don Riegle said Monday.
Riegle appeared at a rally in Detroit today to encourage would-be supporters of Barack Obama and John Edwards to vote uncommitted in Tuesday’s primary. Riegle said he supports one of the two, but wouldn’t say which.
“What happened in Michigan is not very different from what used to happen in the old Soviet Union,” Riegle said. “The Clinton machine manipulated the ballot. They don’t care how they win, only that they do. It’s wrong and people need to know that.”
Riegle said the Democratic candidates had an understanding, after Michigan defied the party and tried to become the first state to hold a primary, that none of them would compete in Michigan. Obama and Edwards honored the agreement, but Clinton did not and put her name on the ballot, he said.
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Indeed, Hillary and Bill Clinton’s bag of tricks is filled with many more of these:
The negative phone calls are known by experts as push poll calls because they push negative information.
“Some foreign policy experts say that John Edwards’ plan to pull out all combat troops in Iraq within the next 10 months is irresponsible,” says the questioner. “Does this statement influence your feeling about John Edwards a lot, somewhat, not too much, or not at all?”
On Obama, the caller says, “Barack Obama has taken millions of dollars from big banking and energy interests that have legislation before the Senate. Does this influence your feeling about Barack Obama a lot, somewhat, not too much, or not at all?”
Listen to part of the call here.
The caller said the calls were coming from an “independent research firm.” The caller ID showed no return number, only 000-000-0000.
The call made no reference to Sen. Hillary Clinton, whose campaign spokesman “categorically denied” it had any connection to the Clinton campaign.
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That is a funny idea, until you consider that the rumor is gaining traction.
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