Bill Clinton said Wednesday his family doesn't like to quit. (AP Photo)
(CNN) - Bill Clinton took aim at critics of his wife Hillary Clinton Wednesday, adding that “if a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office.”
"If a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office,” the former president said in Parkersburg, West Virginia. “If a football player doesn't want to get tackled or want the risk of an occasional clip he shouldn't put the pads on."
“Clipping” is an illegal football maneuver where an offensive player blocks a defensive player from behind, or below the waist.
Clinton added that the recent rough tone of the campaign didn’t trouble him. "I don't give a riff about all this name-calling that's going on. They've been going on ever since Iowa. I've heard them say all these things about her,” he said. “Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl."
He added that the advisers on both campaigns who’d been forced to resign because of controversial comments should have stayed put.
"I don't think any of these people oughta be asked to resign. All these guys that say bad things about any other campaign, they say, 'Should they resign?' My answer is no; they're repeating party line. They oughta stay right where they are,” he said. “Let's just saddle up and have an argument. What's the matter with that? That's what America's about, right?"
"All this moaning and groaning - none of these politicians are gonna have anything like the tough time half the people in this audience have already had for the last seven years. This is about you. Don't you let anybody take this election away from you."
West Virginia votes May 13. Clinton complained today that the “glitterati” wanted to end the campaign before the state’s voters had a chance to weigh in because his wife had momentum. "In spite of the best efforts of a lot of the elites in the media and other places it looks like we are gonna have an opportunity for everybody to vote in this primary, and I think your vote should be counted, don't you?
“I know Hillary's gaining on them when they say, 'Oh, let's shut this down now; we don't want to be divided. Let's just disenfranchise several of the million people who could vote.
Wouldn't you like to vote and have your votes counted? Wouldn't you like to have a voice in this election? Don't you think that your vote should count as much as the people who voted in Iowa first? Yeah, well so does Hillary."
Related: Watch Bill Clinton discuss why Hillary won't quit
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"In spite of the best efforts of a lot of the elites in the media and other places it looks like we are gonna have an opportunity for everybody to vote in this primary, and I think your vote should be counted, don't you?
so does that mean if Hillary was ahead he wouldn't want to end the race because all votes need to be counted. Well come on back Joe Biden, John Edwards, and the rest of you guys – Bill Clinton said let you decide.
He's right. Give people a chance to vote. At the end, however, on June 4, someone will be ahead; let that someone be the nominee.
I love him. McCain wishes he could talk that straight.
Keep up the good work Bill. Go Hillary Go Hillary...
Go Bill !!!
This is why I love the Clinton's !!!
I have been saying this all along
let the best/toughest man or woman win!!!
Hillary '08
The only people hurting the Democratic party are those who are trying to stop the process from continuing. No candidate has enough pledged delegates to win, so the process continues according to party rules. Every democrat should have a vote and those votes should be counted (including Florida and Michigan). People who are telling a candidate to drop out are circumventing the process and laying blame when there is no fault. Let's give democracy a chance. Stop trying to crown Obama when he has not won.
Well said Bill, couldn't agree with you more. Sometimes I wonder if Hillary has more (you know what) than Obama. She is a warrior and fighter NOT A QUITTER. Go Hillary!!
Hillary 2008!!
Amen brother!!! WE need a President with a backbone and who can't take the heat! That's Hillary. Everyone is treating Obama like a baby. What happens if he becomes President?
If this process is stopped prematurely by party insiders, then I will not vote for the Democratic "nominee" in November. The DNC has already messed-up with the way it has disenfranchised Florida and Michigan, and the party had better not make another mistake by stifling the primary and convention process. Let the voters vote and let the superdelegates choose the candidate that can win in November.
I wonder how long it will take for Obamablogger to start saying more nasty things about Bill, his wife, and even his only daughter. The Clintons have been through this before. Just Remember"
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT
WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Bill you have my support and admiration.
Let's see the Obama campaign and supporters play the race card again.
Bill is right, all people should be heard all votes should count and if you want a fight over then lets fight over. This is America and people have the right to be heard and there voices should be heard.
You hit right on the nail. Thank you Mr. President
Why don't we just settle this with one more debate. And let Jerry Springer host it!
Bill, do us all a favor. Shut Up!!!
Bill never played football did he, he dodged the draft didn't he.
Thank you Bill Clinton for making the point that Clinton is "clipping" Obama sometimes. An "illegal" move. Thank you for pointing out how Hillary has decided not to listen to all those people who say, "we don't want democrats to be divided."
Good arguments all around.
Very good speech and right on the money! I wonder if Obama will allow voters of Florida and Michigan to have a say in this election? Here's what Obama said recently:
Obama: “There is no place for politics in this debate – no room for those who feel they can gain a partisan advantage by keeping people away from the polls.’ “There are some issues in this country that are inherently difficult and political. Making sure that every American can cast a ballot shouldn't be one of them. There is no place for politics in this debate–no room for those who feel that they can gain a partisan advantage by keeping people away from the polls.” [Obama Floor Speech on Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007, S 453, 1/31/07]
How can the Clintons go on and on about how they want everybody's vote to count, but then argue that the delegates we vote for dont need to vote the way of thier constituencies? This is hypocracy.
President Clinton is right. What happened to the Democrats message that all votes must count? Didn't we all anguish through that in 2000? It is ridiculous to even suggest that voters in the last states shouldn't have their say. President Clinton took so much heat in the past for saying that all this hoopla is the media. It is the media. Ratings go up when there is some new "gotcha" on a candidate. Let this play out and may the better woman win.
Wild Bill Clinton... How the West was Won..... Go William...
The Blazing Clintons... Blaze the Trail, once again...
Let's see, Bill Clinton tells West Virginia their votes should count: "I think your vote should be counted, don't you?" but scroll to the news stories to see the opposite where Harold Ickes and Hillary saying multiple times that pledged delegates are fee to vote for whoever they want, regardless of primary results and scroll on to the stories about Pelosi being chastised by Clinton campaign. The double speak and all out war the Clintons are waging is really getting old. Weeks agon others pointed out the Clinton hypocracy over Florida and Michigan in its positions from 2007 when they thought they did not matter because Hillary was a shoe-in to their positions now as the race has narrowed. Why doesn't this disgust more people. Why can't people see through this outrageous campaign of Hillary's to go against the public and its primaries? Aren't these the same people who were crying foul over the 2000 election?
Good for you, President Clinton. Your comments are the most sensible words we have heard about this topic. I'm sick of the "glitterati", as you so aptly described them trying to stop a process that needs to continue to evolve. Let all the voters have a say, including those in Florida and Michigan. Stop the stories, polls and speculation about the bickering. Go Hillary!!!
Y am i not surprised that Pres. Clinton is saying this stuff about having an argument and keep the fighting going when after last week he was saying he was saying that he wish we had a race of 2 candidates who loved the country (Subliminal swipe at Obama) instead of all this "other stuff." As a Clinton supporter I must say NEWS FLASH PRES. CLINTON!: YOU ARE ALL THE OTHER STUFF!! Your comments today are deplorable. Why should America listen to you, and destroy any chance we have at winning the general whether its Hillary or Barack? And to keep the surrogates who make absurd statements on the campaign, are you serious? Are you saying that the RACIST remarks of Ms. Ferraro are part of your "campaign line?" I am disgusted as your supporter. I still hold you and your wife in the highest regard, but i am ashamed to stand by such statements against members of the black community. You are a respected man on both sides of race and yet you say such things. PLEASE STOP DETERIORATING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY with your absurd comments. You used to be the President that brought people together to get things done and now look where you've gone since then. I still support but i am deeply shamed. I apologize to all OBAMA supporters who are subjected to this. Both candidates are strong candidates and would be 100 times better than BUSH. But to sink this low and rally your supporters to fight with dirty tactics(my interpretation not Clinton's)is a disgrace to the true americans who love this country. I think i have to look at what i am affiliated with and decide if i should support Obama. This is a day of disappointment for me, the man i once loved as president has done the unthinkable all just to win.
The Clintons are bound and determined to TOTALLY destroy the Democratic party!! This might be o.k. if he were talking about the opposing party but Bill Clinton is talking about a fellow democrat!! I can not believe how low they are willing to go to get this nomination. Will no one stop them before it is too late?
Disgusting!. Just shut off and go home!!!
Ha Ha... Ummmm Bill? You do realize that it was your wife's campaign that started requesting the resignation or termination of advisers... some one give this guy a card to read off of. What a character. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!" Lies, Lies, Lies
What Bill Clinton is saying is precisely what's wrong in American politics. Infinite arguments are the reason why nothing ever gets done in Washington. We can't agree on anything; except to continue to argue and disagree. As the problems in this country mount and reach higher levels of seriousness and intensity, we're still ARGUING. He should know that the arguing has to stop before we can come to agreement on how to best solve our problems. What we don't need is a President who's political philosophy is "Let's saddle up and ARGUE" for another 8 years. By then, there will not be an America left to argue about.
Hillary is a "girl" now? I thought that went out of vogue 30+ years ago with the modern-day advent of feminism.
Mr. Clinton
We had enough, Please go away.
GOD HE"S GOOD LOVE U BILL
HILLARY 08!!!!!!
"Don't let anybody take this election away from you." "I think your vote should be counted, don't you?" These words from a campaign that also thinks that the voters don't know enough to decide the results and superdelegates should, therefore, overturn the popular vote?
HARD TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH 2 LIERS IN AMBUSH.
ENOUGH ALREADY....I'M TIRED OF THIS EX-PRESIDENT!!! YOU AND YOUR WIFE ARE DESTROYING THIS PARTY!!! YOU BOTH ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANYTHING!!! I'M ON THE VERGE OF GOING REPUBLICAN!!
It's official- he's gone crazy.
He can't stand the thought of only having 8 years in the White House and not 16 years.
At least he didn't wag his finger this time, did he?
Thins is the problem. The Clinton's are NOT fighting for the country, they are fighting for the Clinton's. THIS IS WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT? That's the problem. We don't have to fight but the Clinton's WANT to fight. This is very sad that people are supporting this!
I remember when the economy was great and we weren't at war. Oh yeah, Clinton was president then.
Thanks Bill. Keep saying it like it is. Thank you for being a true democrat.
Let's give the voters and superdelegates a voice. Why are democrats so opposed to democracy in this primary season?
They know that Obama cannot win in November and want to stop the process before the superdelegates have to realize it.
It's perhaps very telling that Bill Clinton uses a football metaphor for politics saying it is okay to break the rules and make an illegal block (e.g., clipping). Clipping is a penalty for a reason.....another example of the Clintons feeling that they are above the rules.
Even Peyton Manning wouldn't want to be on a football field with someone that was going to "occasionally" clip him from behind.
shut up bill. nobody likes you.
This guy is a sleaze and a total con artist who will tell you black is white and wet is dry and then mount a flawed legal argument to try prove it. Don't believe a word he says. The best thing he can do on his wife's behalf is to lay low and keep his mouth shut.
Listen up people, Pay attention.
Be very carefull how you speak to or about that Clinton woman. You could wind up on the wrong side of the Clinton machine and end up like Vince Foster in Fort Marcie Park. They retain quacks like J. Carville to make their problems dissapear.
THANK YOU BILL.
im so sick of obama ppl insulting hillary then the next second go "we dont want the same old politics". in fact it just happened when hillary was asked a direct q about obamas pastor and answered it. then they claim shes desperate, will sink to terribly low levels just to win and did it because of the bosnia comments thing. its hypocritical and sounds like the "same old politics" to me.
guys, the scandals and the insults are gonna come in the general election and we need a candidate tough enough to take the hits from the republicans and hit back harder. hillary can, she has for years and years and come out stronger. really doesnt seem as though obama can do the same.
HILL '08
Go Hillary! you'r the best
. . . BILL, I will have the Rev. Wright pray for you again.
Obama 08.
it s' right. no one has enough delegate and when the race is going on, some people just want it stop. Why? Does it make sense. It likes I play a tennis game and when I am ben leading, someone jumps in and tells me that out. Come one. when Obama has enough delegate he game will be over. Now, Just go on Hillary.
Go away cheater.....
Obama 08, Obama 08...
The biggest disappointment of this entire Democratic primary for me – a lifelong Democrat, is the dispicable action of Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Clinton campaign. Before the Nevada primary, I would have defended Bill Clinton with every ounce of my being – I thought his impeachment was a witch hunt. But I have lost all respect for him and that is sad. But what is worse is that I am only one of many who feels this way – as far as I'm concerned Bill and Hillary, along with a few select others like Lanny Davis and James Carville, should be expelled from the Democratic Party. Bill, your legacy is forever sullied.
What a joke!
Just spoke with an Obama supporter in Texas. Apparently, HRC's campaign has been robo-calling pledged delegates to try to convince them that they can switch to her at their leisure.
Has anyone else or someone they know had this experience?
Seems underhanded in that she is now basically saying that individual voters no longer count. Yet her husband is yapping about votes counting. They should really get their plan together.
Sure hope the DNC leaders know this as well as the media outlets.
BTW – how does HRC have all of the contact information for pledged delegates? Is this public information?
He's a liar and Iof course he wants dirty politics because this is all he knows and it works for those who attracted to those type of lowly tactics.
Counting all votes and not just the votes for Hillary Clinton is something most democrats want. Be far.
I'm sick of the despicable lies and half trues.
That's Clintonian politics for you.
Keep talking, It only helps Obama.
The rancor and name calling does nothing to solve our problems, I don't want the toughest person to win. I want the best person to win. Is it any wonder why some our nations best avoid public service.
I don't get it. First he says that anyone running for office should be able to deal with the reality of getting "beat up". Then he suggests that we should all feel bad about saying "bad things" about Hillary, because she's "a girl". Way to twist it around, Bill.
As for disenfranchising voters – I think it's very interesting that neither Obama nor Clinton have spoken out in favor of a NATIONAL PRIMARY. If every state held their primary on the same day, we wouldn't have to worry about whose vote would count more and whose wouldn't count at all. There'd be no question of whether delegates would be seated because of breaking party rules. And most importantly, we wouldn't have to deal with the sort of interminable circus of finger-pointing and pointless indignance that this race has become.
She wants your vote to count...but she also wants pledged delegates, that are pledged as a result of the voters, to change sides? Please, Hillary just wants to win, and she'll do whatever it takes to do so.
Obama 08', GO AWAY CLINTONS.
I agree that the various advisers for both campaigns that have resigned shouldn't have had to do so. Things have gotten ridiculously out of hand in that department. There used to be a time when something that was a little over the line was said was remedied with an apology–not termination.
However, Bill's comments suggest that Hillary is somehow a victim in all of this. Best I can tell, she is giving as good as she is getting. Her campaign does have some momentum. However, I don't believe it is enough to give her the lead in the pledged delegate count. I believe she knows that. That is why she is reminding everyone, as often as she can, that pledged delegates aren't tied to the candidate they were awarded to in the primaries. That is the only way she will win the pledged delegate race. It also means the vote of the people is essentially meaningless, which is contrary to her position on the revotes in Michigan and Florida.
You tell 'em Bill !
Hilary is gonna win this thing – wait and see.
Bill now I beleive when your wife said that she didn't know that you were lobbying for dubai for the port deal. It looks like you don't know what she was telling and she doesnt know what you are telling. Is it a political trick?
"I don't think any of these people oughta be asked to resign"
What a total lack of values and morals. But hey, we knew that about Mr. Clinton already, didn't we?
At least Bill is willing to admit, He is willing to break the rules "occasional clipping", to gain any advantage he can. Maybe some people see this as strength? I see it as a credibility issue. How does one lead the county or the world be saying the ends justify the means?
The Truth Hurts.....actually yes. Edwards should have stayed in the race. If all of the states are supposed to have a say in who their POUS is, then it's not fair to the remaining states for any candidate to drop out prematurely. People are still voting for Hillary, people are also still voting for Edwards.
No candidate is doing our Country a favor by dropping out. If you enter to win, then stay in for the long haul. Don't just drop out b/c it's not looking favorable for you. That screams sore loser.
Hillary has lost this nomination. So the best thing for the Clintons is to "saddle up" and bow out gracefully with some dignity while they still can. If she keeps going forward even though she has lost, it may be true that Hillary is working on a 2012 strategy.
He's a liar and Iof course he wants dirty politics because this is all he knows. It works for those who are attracted to those type of lowly tactics.
Counting all votes and not just the votes for Hillary Clinton is something most democrats want. Be fair.
I'm sick of the despicable lies and half trues.
That's Clintonian politics for you.
Keep talking, Bill. It only helps Obama.
I didn't know any one asked those guy's to get out. John Edwards should have stayed in, Then Obama would have gotten out already. Come-on John get back in here and help Hillary knock this Bum out of politics. Let him go back on vacation for the rest of his life.
Tell them, Bill! Go Hillary!
Shut up, and go away cheaters and liars....
Every vote count? Didn't his wife say votes didn't matter this week when she said the pledged delegates, which were based on votes, didn't have to hold true to that vote at the convention? These lies, I mean, "misspoken words" are why I will never vote for a Clinton again. Their definition of "toughness" is not the same as America's! They equate cheating with toughness. Enough is Enough!
Our choices seem nothing more than two corrupt and power hungry liars. Choose the lesser evil? There are still states left to vote, and there are superdelegates that plan to vote against the wishes of the people. "Everyone is equal just some are more equal than others." This whole thing is reminding me of the pigs from Orwell's "Animal Farm."
Thank God, I'm an Independent free to decide my own future.
Good!
I have a straight question:
When you put on the table the BIG STATES argument, does that clearly mean that what people say in small states matters less or doesn't matter at all ???
Please explain me !!, I am a bit confused by all this stuff
Obama has a triple threat on his hands. Does it take all of these folks to prove that you're president worthy? To top it off you're still losing the race. I tip my hat to the Senator of Illinois.
Obama 08
If you sling mud, you have mud on your hands
So who is running again? Bill or Hillary? It is sometimes hard to remember. This will all be over soon as the Superdelegates are poised to back Obama. This will not go past North Carolina. She fought hard, but cannot win. For those who would jump party on either side, why wait? You can exit stage left now.
Good!
I have a straight question:
When you put on the table the BIG STATES argument, does that clearly mean that what people say in small states matters less or doesn't matter at all ???
Please explain me !!, I am a bit confused by all this stuff.
whammo!! Right on. Let's have the debate, and if it gets nasty, big deal? What's that compared to a recession?? What's that compared to war? What's that compared to a stock market crash? What's that compared to a family losing a loved one in Iraq?? Think about it people, Nancy Pelosi and Obama want to take away the RIGHT TO DEBATE in favor of a coronation. They want you to line up and raise you hand in salute! Have you noticed how those attack zombies from the Obama campaign sound like programmed robots? INDOCTRINACTION is key for Obama. They learned it from the master.
Bill Clinton for president. LOL, better yet Hillary Clinton for president.
Way to go Bill – you tell them.
Bill Clinton is just an idiot. I used to respect this guy, but now no way. He wants all this negativity to keep going? Especially when most of it is coming from his wife's corner?
Obviously, with this statement, the Clinton's don't give a 'riff' about the democratic party or America. Instead they only care about themselves. They only want to stay in this for their own reasons and they're selling this as, "Don't let them take this away from you."
Are you kidding me?
. . . Bill, you need to put a saddle on your wife and ride her home.
Obama 08.
Good!!
I have a straight question:
When you put on the table the BIG STATES argument, does that clearly mean that what people say in small states matters less or doesn't matter at all ???
Please explain me !!, I am a bit confused by all this stuff.
The candidate losing ALWAYS shouts about "voters rights".
The only thing new here is that, traditionally, if a candidate can't win, they pull a Romney and withdraw, give their support to someone else, and do it all for the good of the party.
Mark my words, even when it IS truly mathematically impossible, all votes are in, and all options are exhausted, the Clintons will STILL be disputing the outcome, screaming about rights.
Anyone want to take that bet?
Of course Billary says anything goes. When you are a Machevellian politician using every dirty trick and breaking every rule. You would love to throw out the rule books. Prediction. Just before the PA primary vote, Hillary will launch another dirty trick attack like she used to fool the voters in Ohio. Yesterday she first said we should heal the party. Then just hours later she brought up Rev. Wright to distract from her Bosnia sniper lie.
Bill for UN General Secretary!! Go Bill.
NOBAMA-MCAIN'T
He is right in what he says. And I know a lot of people hate him... mostly the ones who are jealous of his charismatic personality. The fact is that he was a President with a very charismatic personality, fewer catastrophic policies, and lesser stupidities than Bush.
No one man makes or breaks the country. Instead, the key to a successful President is good communication skills with a head on his/her shoulders. Again, the ones who will disagree with this Bill having good communications skills are the ones who are jealous.. that's all.
Amen to that Bill. The day that we silence people because we don't agree with them is the day this country dies. These people should not have been forced out by thier respective campaigns. If you can't take the heat stay out of the fire. This is a nomination process not a coronation. Let the voters decide who they want as their Democrat
nominee. No more backroom politics. Don't you hear us mighty
Delegates.
I guess Bill knows what he's talking about. He did say he wasn't having sex with "that woman".
Yea! Bill! Go after them. You tell them what democracy is all about! Wasn't it your camp that sued in Nevada to try to overturn what you'd already agreed to (when you thought it would advantage you) regarding letting the voters vote in Las Vegas. Wasn't it your camp that agreed that Florida and Michagan out to be punished for breaking the rules and then changed your mind (when you thought it would advantage you)
Hillary's gaining on who? Not anybody I know....
I love him.
Good!
I have a straight question:
When you put on the table the BIG STATES argument, does that clearly mean that what people say in small states matters less or doesn't matter at all ???
Please explain me !! I am a bit confused by all this stuff
Very well put Mr. President. Hillary '08 & '12
Is "having a voice in this election" and "having your vote count" in agreement with Hillary's suggestion that PLEDGED delegates should vote their own way, regardless of the voting outcome??
I'm trying to hear through this nonsense, but there are far too many contradictions. I hope everyone realizes that the Clintons are hiding behind "every vote counts" rhetoric, just as Obama uses "Hope and Change" rhetoric. Wake up, people. . .
You go Bill! All these Obama supporters cannot possibly be thinking of what will come if he's elected. Talk about affirmative action! They think they're going to get their comeuppance when one of their kind gets in. I shutter to think about it.
Just because politics has turned into a monday night wrestling cage match, doesn't mean it has to be that way. American Politics at one time was more sophisticated and civil. The degredation into what it is today is one of the reasons we're stuck with career politicians who happen to be the best at bullying and mudslinging. With that attitude, we should be at war with the world....oh wait we are. Hillary in 2008 for more of the same!!
Hillary is LUCKY that Obama wants a clean campaign. The Clintons have been nasty ever since South Carolina. If Obama had wanted to "beat up" the Clinton campaign, they could've stopped her a LONG time ago because there's so much smut on the Clintons, including Hillary. What I don't understand is how anyone can stomach the Clintons at all. But of course, Slick Willy will twist everything to make it look like poor little Hillary is being attacked.
This is the type of activity that has gotten the Clintons, and particularly Hillary, most of her negative marks. The voters in the states that violated the rules have no one but their party leaders to blame. If Florida and Michigan had played by the rules, they would have had a LOT to say about the election, instead of nothing. It's the same with the Clintons. If they can't win by playing by the rules, they try to change the rules.
I'd be happy to seat their delegations as long as 50% were pledged to Hillary and 50% were pledged to Barack. Hillary is willing to seat the delegates only if doing so benefits her. If it doesn't benefit her, she has no interest, just ask her. She would rather disenfranchise the voters than take a neutral position that seats the delegates equally.
Of course anyone would want his/her vote to be counted but the tone of the "argument" has gone negative and that is what voters don't want seeing of the two candidates of the same party doing. The Clintons can spin to make it look like it is business as usual but it is only usual for them to play dirty. There is something fliflop about on the one hand, saying votes must be counted then on the other, saying that pledged delegates can change their votes! So what did people wast time voting for? The pledged and super delegates just vote and ignore voters's wish!
Critisizing Hillary is "say bad thing about a girl?" Hillary, a girl? Gender card again? Oh yes, he knew they had use smoke and mirrors to make women think they are just like Hillary, having to fight to get ahead. But she will forget about them once she used them for her own purpose. Look at how she treated her supporters where she didn't win (SC), she didn't come on the night to thank them but if she won (FL), she came to thank them even the votes were not supposed to be counted (and she didn't protest when she agreed to it when she was the "inevitable") . Women didn't know that the way to get ahead like her is cling to his coattail? Or the thing she did to prove she is tough has been to defend Bill of what was indefensible? Listening to her recalling the trip to Tuzla, it was so real that I am very afraid if she should be the one to answer the phone at 3am.
LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LAIRS LAIRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It god if America go to monarchy,Clinton or Bush.
Mr Clinton you and your wife using very bloody and dirty gamsjust to continoue your monarchy.
Go away cheater, go away cheater. Americans 're tired of the same family, the same old Washington politicians, who lies and say anything to win election....shame.
Obama 08...Obama 08....
Do you think Hillary will divorce Bill after she loses?
THIS is why I'm a Clinton supporter.
Smoke and Mirrors, Bill. What he is really saying is superdelegates should overturn the pleged delegate outcome to favor HRC. OBAMA 08'
So, Bill, would that mean that Chelsea should just shrug off the questions about you and Monica? After all, though she is not campaigning for herself, she is putting herself out there, and as you said “If a football player doesn't want to get tackled or want the risk of an occasional clip he shouldn't put the pads on."
I agree Clinton's comments are spot on. If you can't handle the battle I say go home and Hillary certainly let's the world know she is tough and doesn't go on vacation during an election.
Well I would say dont lie or embelish the truth about sniper fire unless you want to be called on it either. Before the mudslinging I would have voted for Hillary had she won the nomination but she has lost that and going backwards in my opinion. I will continue to support Obama until the bitter end.
Obama 08
How can we end the election when NOBODY has the required number of delegates and there are still primaries to be held?!
That is just a ridiculous argument and, frankly, I think it is deceitful in the fact that it is attempting to disenfrnchise voters.
Its not like Obama is way out ahead or even proved he can win a big state. I know for myself, I want a candidate that is strong with the traditional base of the Democratic Party because it is an energized base that will outnumber the Republicans, along with independents sick of the war and failed ecomonic policies of Republiucans that will carry the Democratic nominee to victory in November.
IMO, that candidate is clearly Hillary.
Always pointing that finger when he speaks. Condescending man.
This is outright damage to the Democratic party. The Clintons do not care if they damage the party or not. Though it is obvious that Hillary will not have enough delegates to persuade superdelegates to support her. Why all of this cat fight?
"Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl"?
Is he trying to imply it -isn't-?
So much for her election being a grand leap forward for feminism.
“if a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office.”
The same rule should apply to those who campaign for a candidate, you and your daughter included, Mr. President. Your daughter's artful dodge of the question regarding one of your numerous indiscretions is another why I can't stand your family. You talk out of both sides of your mouth.
“Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl."
See, now you've gone and contradicted yourself again, Bill. Which is it? Do politicians need to be tough, or should they take it easy on a girl?
Alright! Way to go Bill! Hillary IS vetted, just look at her experience under fire!!! Psssht, please.
Go away cheater, go away liar.
Obama 08...
Guarantee Bill wouldn't be voicing this opinion if the roles were reversed. He would be out there saying that Obama should drop out. This is typical Clinton politics. They'll do anything to win even if they have no shot. Watch, this a prelude to more mud slinging on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
Bill should just go away. His sexual misconduct was the sole reason that the country has had to endure 8 years of Bush. Now, he wants a chance at a third term. No thanks.
There is no "Back Down" for Bill or Hillary. And Thank God for that! Keep fighting the forces of bigotry Bill. You and Hillary are the true American heroes!
Former President Clinton is exactly right. Those people shouldn't have been asked to resign because we have seen worst things said on TV and by the opposing sides from all the nominees.
But with Obama and Clinton still in the race...I wonder if this might divide the party and end with Clinton or Obama running with or without the parties approval by dividing the ticket. We will see in August how things go down in Denver.
I hope that I am not understanding Bill Clinton incorrectly, but it seems that he does not care what type of damage this ongoing debacle will cause to the Party. Also is he trying to instill fear/anger in the voter as if they are are not cared about or their votes are not important?
Also what momentum is he alluding to? I guess the way you look at things determine was you see.
Bills comment "If a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office,” should include supporters of these politicans then? Because then it's open season on Chelsa for being snippy when asked the Monica question ,and Chelsas reply was 'none of your business' hmmmmm EXCUSE ME,Chelsas Mom & Dad were in OUR WHITE HOUSE when the incident happened ,AMERICANS payed their rent,bills and fed them ,so IT IS OUR BUSINESS.Sure hope Chelsa can take the tough beatings in the sport of political mud throwing....
Well said President Clinton. I couldn't agree with you more. Obama have already succeeded disenfranchising voters for Michigan and Florida. We can't allow him to do this to our fellow Americans who have yet to cast their vote this primary.
I still don't know who to vote for, one thing for sure, I'd vote for a dog for President over Obama.
Wow! Here I thought it was about doing what is best for the country. I did not realize this was JUST about winning.
Mr. Clinton sounds like he is running for President himself. Why can't Hillary speak for herself. Mr. Clinton need to stay the hell out of his wife campaign. I guess she can't handle the heat and stress of her own negative tactics and her husband steps in. GO OBAMA!!!
I am definitely with you on this one, Bill! You've been a great President and I totally respect you and your words. You've done a great job as our President and given us a healthy economy with surpluses. I remember those were good times! I am now voting for Hillary because I know with her eight years as a Senator and her years as the First Lady, she will be ready on day one and be one of the greatest presidents as well.
Clinton is the masterful politician that always shines through in speech. The issue this time is that politics seem to be taking on a different hue. The youth in this country are turning politics around for a different game plan Mr. President. The youth in this country are tired of playing politics as usual with the same results. It might not have occurred to you yet, but the people of this great nation are tired of old mud and slush politics because it has not been of benefit to us. Politicians get richer and we still struggle. The people in WV can tell you loud and clear about that struggle. The lies, promises, glut of values and unethical people in public office may be seeing their last days as old line politicians.
Yeah, but the problem is that both candidates are exactly the same on all the issues......so this whole campaign comes down to a bunch of nonsense that is dividing the party. Honestly, when you have the Clinton campaign come out and say stuff like "the caucuses disproportionately favor upper-income voters who, don't really need a president but feel like they need a change."......... how do you expect to unite the party for November???? Minnesota votes for Obama, so apparently we are a bunch of over-educated boutique latte-sipping Democrats.....so we don’t really count? We're too smart to know who to vote for? I'm pretty sure every time a Minnesota national guardsman comes home from Iraq in a box, his family isn't thinking "we don't need a president"
I Heart Bill!!!
They see her gaining ground and they want to hold her back. Its OK, because she is a women. NO ITS NOT!
Obama – America doesn't want you! Go AWAY!!!
Bill is right. Never quit. We won't let you go till you fight to the end. You will win. Go Hillary.
How PATHETIC is this dude???????????
Thats right Bill!!!! I don't want to hear anymore about who is ahead in this race unless we are going to give Hillary the votes she earned in Florida and Michigan. She has won the most popular vote and the most delegates. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can shove it if they don't like it.
What is divisive?
“Let’s just saddle up and have an argument. What’s the matter with that? That’s what America’s about, right?” — the words of Bill Clinton.
The Clinton campaign is full of madness: Lie, sabotage, and then defend your methods.
THIS IS DIVISIVE!!!! But all you Clinton supporters call Obama divisive because the MEDIA was running clips of Rev. Wright. Obama never said one divisive thing, but because he defends himself against the Clinton rhetoric he's divisive.
You people need to get your heads examined if you think this is what America is all about.
I wonder how Mr. Clinton's comments would change if Hillary was ahead by nearly 200 delegates? Just the usual crying foul when they are getting attacked while at the same time committing all penalties that could be committed.
Hillary supporter Mr. Carville the other day was using a basketball game analogy for his support of seating Michigan and Florida. In that analogy, he was crying that the Obama campaign is trying to end the game when there are 3 minutes left... I guess someone forgot to tell him Florida and Michigan got fouled out after not playing by the rules of the game.
The race is over & Obama has crossed the finish line ahead. Let the Clintons run till the end but do so knowing they have finished second.
He said, she said... its all part of the Old politics. I hear you Bill, but then again, it would appear to me that your talking out of the corner of your mouth. You claim your gaining ground but yet you (the Clintons) have your backers kicking Nancy around for stating her position which falls inline with the democratic idea of an election. If the situation was reversed you would be taking a different positon all together, it would be nice if you (the Clintons) too the high road for a change and stuck to one position instead of all this hoopla flip flop stuff your pulling.
Granted both candidates have said a lot of stuff I am sure each wish they could unsay, it's all part of the game, but lets play by one rule book that remains consistant and not a rule book that you seem to believe you can change when ever the need suits your situation.
Just remember your wifes words, delegates can vote for who ever they want in November, do you really want to take the that chance, it could go against you instead of for you.
GREAT COMMENTS PRESIDENT W. CLINTON........
We are not in a hurry to end the primaries....... Every vote should count, even Florida and Michigan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama osey..yiee...
please take another vacation. You need to be well-rested before you take on McCain's narrow talk express bus..
Go OBAMA '08
Everything Bill said is true,but HIllary's campaign crossed a line when they essentially endorsed McCain over Barack. HIllary would not be where she is if it wasn't for name recognition. The Democratic party is imploding because the Clintons are not having their way. I'll vote for Hillary if I have to, because her policies are better than McCain, but I still think she is a horrible person. I used to care, now I don't. Thanks a lot Clintons.
The DNC is taking away people's right to vote for who THEY want to vote for.
Hillary can't win. The math is NOT there. Bill & Hillary Clinton are tearing the Democratic party apart. They should fold and go home.
Bye.
Yeah Yeah Yeah! If you can't take the heat, get Obama outta the kitchen! Hillary 08
You're the First Man, Bill! Hillary in N.C.! MY VOTE SHOULD COUNT TOO!!!
True, I guess. But as a commenter on another blog I read put it: “Most football players don’t count on being on the receiving end of personal fouls committed by other members of their own team.”
So now poor Hillary is just a girl.
Yet she has the experience to be Commander-in-Chief and answer the 3 AM call (though she may misspeak because she could be "sleep deprived".
Illegal "clipping" has left people maimed for life.
Just as the poor judgment to authorize this war has helped to take 4,000 lives.
That's not what America is about to me, how about you?
Phil
NH
I agree that all people should have a chance to vote that's what we will do. However it is just postponing the inevitable that Obama will win the delegate count and end up even more than he leads now.
I absolutely agree, Bill. Everyone should have a voice in this primary and nobody has the right to say who should quit in the middle of race. I remember Kings' game where they were blanked out for two periods, losing 7 to 0. Third period Kings came back won 8 to 7. If someone said quit the game after two periods, Kings would never have the chance to comeback and win. Obama, you wouldn't be where you are if you said what you knew about Rev. Wright. It is also true, superdelegates can do whatever they want to do unless you change the rule again. Why have the superdelegates if they nothing but the dumb follower. Unless we change the rule by choosing our nominee based on popular votes, Obama has nothing to say. Count the Michigan and Florida and lets see after Pennsylvania who has the most popular votes. Should Clinton, then ask you to stop running so that she can be the nominee. I am sure you would be crying foul.
Way to go, Bill. I agree with everything that you said.
Quit blaming the DNC and Obama for Michigan and Florida. Those voters only have their elected officials to blame. In Florida, the Republican governor and legislature are the people who should be taking the heat as they moved up the primary date.
Hillary had no problem with the excluding Michigan and Florida when she was the presumptive nominee. Now that she has fallen behind she all of a sudden cares about disenfranchising voters.
its over Bill lay on your sword!
Technically Bill, this morning when she said that the delegates could vote however they wanted to reguardless of the outcome of previous primaries, she advocated the disenfranchisement of every state that has held their primary already. So which is it? Do you want to count the votes or would you rather just let the delegates in power decide like you said this morning?
Jeeze the Clintons are a confusing bunch of gangsters.
Enough with FL and MI....The states decided their fates long ago and everyone agreed with those decisions.
Now one question....
If Clinton was in Obama's position....that being in the lead. He would have been put out of this election months ago. Why is it that since she is behind, the democratic party has to be held hostage.
This crap is just ridiculous....I have always voted democrat but honestly after this crap. I don't know what party I am....I do know that I want no part of this mess.
Simply ridiculous....
This isn't about clipping or an argument. On the playing field there are also rules. You are taught to play the game honestly and learn to win and lose with dignity and to show good sportsmanship. Florida and Michigan did not play by the rules and thus experienced disqualification. North Carolina would have loved an earlier primary date too, but chose to play by the rules. Our delegates will be rightfully seat at the convention. You don't get to change the rules after the game has started. Accept your defeat with some measure of dignity.
What Bill Clinton said is very very right – after all he is one of thegreat American Presidents – if you are going to be a "cry baby" you should have kept away from a hard and long political battle. Its all about democracy – let the contest for the nominee continue and let the rest of the country have its say – specially when two of the larger state have been deprived of their democratic right in voting for their nominee.
Sheesh, I sure hope Senator Clinton does not stop! If she does not get the nomination I will not vote for McCain. I simply won't vote.The way you Men cover this campaign is unreal! It is clear you must be Obama supporters and that Cafferty man, seems to have problem with women in general.. This is 2008. If you covered the Obama "lies" like you do Clintons it would be little more fair. Obama has lied about teaching at the University and making legislation and STILL contiunes to defend Rev. Wright and gives him money to support his crazy views. Read Obama's books. He clearly lied when he said he never heard Wright's views before. He wrote about them in his books. I know that most are afraid of saying anything negative for the "race " card to be played. Why is it that African Americans can voice their opinion and white America cannot. If whites dare to disagree you have people like Roland and Cafferty etc. calling us racists. Please guys stop being so partial to Obama. Why not talk about Michele Obama's remarks about America ( which coincides with Wright's view) instead of asking a daughter how her mother felt about her father having an affair. I mean wow, this was in the 90's. How would Chelsea know what her mother thought. I was 17 years old when President Clinton was elected and Chelsea was younger.I only wish there was a news channel that really was "FAIR and BALANCED." P.S. Wolf has stepped it up some. He is not as partial on most things to Obama as he was month or so ago. Thanks Guys for putting my two cents in.
YES... let the people vote... in every state...the media needs to get out of the way of the people.
Thanks for taking this head on.
Bill Clinton is a liar and an idiot. If not for the internet boon of the 90's her would be one of the worst, most disgraceful presidents ever. Just sit down, shut up , and play with your cigars you moron.
Excellent – the Clinton philosophy is elucidated: Politics is a contact sport.
I guess there is no room for values, morals, ideas, leadership, vision, consensus, collaboration, etc.
Frankly, I will not vote for a contentious candidate.
all the Clintons care about is the Clintons. If Hillary was ahead Bill's tone and speak would be completely different. Since she is behind it is anything goes, unless Obama's camp says something then Hillary comes out saying that she can't believe that someone that preaches hope could ever say anything negative. The Clintons are ALL hypocrites including their "dotting" daughter. The response to the question yesterday was ridiculous! she is campaigning for her mother therefore she is fair game for ANY questions that could be asked of the candidate. Like HER father said basically if she can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen or if you can't answer the tough questions don't go out on the campaign trail. BY the way how is asking if Hillary's reputation was damaged not "any of your business" her response is completely out of context.
The biggest problem of all is that the Clintons think that there is a double standard for them, have Americans really forgotten what the Clintons are like?????????
Mr. Clinton, why are you so angry? Like Mr. Bill Richardson said, the Clintons think they have a sense of entitlement to the Whitehouse. You look like a fool. GO OBAMA!
"If a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office,” the former president said in Parkersburg, West Virginia. “If a football player doesn't want to get tackled or want the risk of an occasional clip he shouldn't put the pads on."
So does that mean Hillary stops playing the "poor me, the media is being rough on me because I am a girl" card? Or that every time the Obama camp says something not completely glowing of her then her supporters need to shut it as well?
I am just saying what is good for the goose should be good for the gander and if you say something about taking hits then it should apply to both politicians.
. . .Bill, even the best race horse knows when its over.
Obama 08.
Send that redneck home. His day is done.
Goodness!!!! Can't he understand that it's his wife that's supposed to be running. That has been my biggest issue. He's too much in the scene. Hillary wants to include all the "experience" she claims from his administration and then refer to everything as "the clintons". It's Hillary that's running. Not him. I can't see her for him therefore I can't vote for her. He overshadows her.
Why are people expecting Hillary to bow out when neither of the candidates will have the numbers to win the nomination? Just because Obama is currently ahead, it doesn't mean he earns anything over Clinton. Just a reminder, he has not reached the magic number. Let the remaining states cast their votes.
Both clintons bring out the worst in America.
Imagine what they can accomplish (negatively) getting back in the white house ...
The good, the truth, the right candidate will prevail as the DEM nominee and it won't be a woman, thank goodness.
The American people don't need another liar holding office, the highest office in the nation.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has created so much new karma for herself during this campaign, how much more can her female body withstand?
Go Bill!
Obama had things go too smooth for him during most of the campaign and as soon as he hit a rough patch...he nearly took a fall face first.
If he can't handle it....he shouldn't even be running.
Would Bill be saying this if his wife was ahead in total delegates and popular vote? I doubt it. I also remember his wife's campaign whining about comments made by the Obama camp screaming for people to resign and Hillary herself wagging her finger at Obama in front of the cameras.
It's not fun being second and finishing second in a primary and it's something the Clinton's aren't accustomed to. I think they better get used to the idea of being 2nd means you lose.
Also, Obama is an upstart and he knows his place, so he has not gone after Hillary as aggressively as he could, because he respects the party. So don't say he doesn't have the stones, because you're just insulting his intelligence and his respect for the party that has made him who he is. The Clintons obviously have no respect for anything.
when you are behind you will do anything to get back on top is the wrong think for the country. we should come together hillary has lost enough is enough take vp role and unite dems. lets get bushism out of white house
Under the Bill rules of war. Little Chelsea better buck up and take it when a college kid asks her about Daddy and his sleazy affairs.
So illegal activity is ok Bill?
What a putz. We have a president with 'backbone' and who we'd like to have a beer with, look where that got us! Calling names and making false accusations does nothing to bring people in to the process and better our party!
Nobody wants to disenfranchise voters but Hillary, now she says pledged delegates aren't really 'pledged'. So why have millions voted if the pledged delegates didn't have to pay attention to the vote?
This is getting down right SILLY!
I take this to mean we have thrown the kitchen sink and it didn’t do the trick, so standby for the bathtub and everything else in the trailer.
AGREE! I wish you could run again! I know a lot of people around the world still loves and respect you. Until candidates have 2025 delegates the process must go on.
Lets have a argument that you are loosing and you are stopping your own party leader in the nomination , that you cannot catch because you don't have Michigan and Florida in play no more, and lets blame obama for that. but if the superdelagates overturn the same will of the 39 other states that choose Obama ... your not going to tell me that that is not disenfranchising the voters
i guess HRC is really is seeing celestial clouds and angels lol..
Thats how I sound when Im losing and the clock is running out
Democracy First writes: "...so the process continues according to party rules"
Really. Since when has the Clinton campaign followed party rules??? They agreed to DNC rule that FL & MI would not count...oops, changed their mind. They sent a staff person to stand over the shoulder of our convention secretary and wrote down the name of every pledged delegate from my county convention in Iowa on March 15th...for what? Am I going to get a Christmas card from Clinton when I'm an Edwards delegate? Hold on....before you have a snappy little reply...they wrote down all the Obama delegates as well. They lie constantly (Bosnian sniper fire anyone) and will do ANYTHING to win and in the process all Democrats lose. How sad that anyone could support the likes of her.
I agree, the fight should go on... even if Clintons advisor's admit she only as a 5-10% chance of getting the nomination... keep going is what I say... and keep getting deeper into the gutter... this is about you Hillary.... don't give up girl (even though you're a woman and I wish people would realize that and stop using such a belittling term.)
For those of you who think Obama isn't tough enough... Well, here he is at the end of March... standing toe-to-toe with the toughest tag-team in modern day politics and though it's not over, he's ahead on points according to the judges. He looks pretty tough to me.
My money is that he'll be standing ahead at the end. However, I also believe (sadly) that the tag-team will have so damaged him that we'll end up getting four more years of McBush.
“Saddle up”?
I’m not even going to take the bait on that one Billy.
But I will say – I disagree. That is not what America is about Mr. Clinton. Maybe that’s what it used to be about in your day. But the sun has set on that cowboy – a new day is dawning for America.
A day when politicians spend more brain power on solving problems and bringing people together, rather than acting like children and trying to best each another with punchlines, soundbites and cliches.
I would expect better from a Rhodes Scholar
Go Bill!
Just say no to the "Glitterati". Let the process run its course.
No vote should be suppressed!
"say bad things about a girl"? Is that how Bill wants his wife viewed? I guess that it's OK then, conversely, for a girl to say bad things ...cuz she sure says a lot of them.
"Wouldn't you like to vote and have your votes counted?" ...well, yes! Apparently Bill is not quite in tune with the rest of Hillary's campaign who are now saying that it's OK for them to try to get the pledged delegates (who are supposed to represent how we voted) to change sides and vote how they wish.
By the way, regarding delegates who switch at the convention, according to the DNC rules, if a candidate suspects that any of their pledged delegates will switch sides during the convention then they are allowed to bar that delegate from voting for any candidate. ...but I'm sure that Hillary will find a way to change that rule too.
I'm not sure what Pres. Clinton is talking about. As I understand it, the remaining primaries would be counted. The folks in the remaining primary states would cast their votes. The question is, after the 10 or so remaining primaries, the suggestion was to have a pre-convention convention so that a final decision could be made. The so-called super-delegates who decide at that time who they are voting for. After this process, a candidate would be idenfitied as the nominee. This way, all would be decided pre-November. This would give the moninee a couple of months to battle one-on-one against McCain ...
Or we could put some respect back into politics so voters won't be turned off and may just want to participate. Whats wrong with sticking to the issues for once? Might actually learn what a candidate stands for.
Yes!!!!! This is the kind of BACKBONE the democrats need in the White House – not someone who can't even stand up to his racist, anti american preacher!
Barack can't win the general election and everyone know's it. The sad thing is that Nancy Pelosi and friends would rather throw the election than stand up and do wha'ts right.
If we knew about Baracks poor judgement a few months ago, he would have never won so many states! Us Democrats aren't crazy, we would have never voted for him if we knew that kind of people he surrounds himself with!
Go Hillary – DONT LET THEM STEAL THIS NOMINATION FROM US!!!
You think we are going to accept this, two of the biggest states not having their votes counted? This party does not belong to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, Howard Dean is a disaster for this party, they have done this and they will live with whatever happens because of it. But mark my words, if they want a fight, we are ready to have one.
Fine let's take off the gloves and open up everything! I'm all for a good fight, granted I prefer it be about the issues, but since Billy-boy brought it up, the media should stop treating Hillary with kid-gloves and really lay into her...I mean they certainly have for Barack!
So let's reexamine why you were impeached, let's look at all the scandals you and your wife have been involved in (Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Cattle Futures trading, your Ukranine deal, Clinton v. Paul, Clinton v. Jones, etc)! Let's be open and start this "clipping" fest!
Why won't you release your tax returns? How about your library donations? Why can't your wife list the millions in pork barrel projects she's received? For that matter Chelsea should be able to answer questions from supporters of her mom, no matter how tasteless. Let's question why Hillary has to lie about her experience to feel good about it. Let's talk to your pastor (do you have one?) and analyze words from his sermons. Let's figure out why supporters of the Clintons must feel the need to lie about Obama.
If you want a fight and want to bloody the candidates even further let's go! May the best man/woman win...I'm certainly confident that HE will!
I give Hillary credit for being ambitious. I actually liked her until her true nature began to show. I can see her having no problem letting Bill pull the strings in the White House and taking the credit for it. Its been the trend of her career thus far.
Would you like still vote Hillary if Bill had divorced her and not supported her candidacy?
I wouldn't....
I think that what Bill means is that a Hillary supporter who goes “off message” should not need to resign, but an Obama supporter who goes “off message” should. That is why James Carville calling Richardson a “Judas” on the record is totally fine, but Samantha Power calling Hillary a “monster” off the record is not.
Yes Bill I agree with you, but even in football there are rules, and if you break them you get penalized.
Amen, amen, amen. I was incredulous this morning when I heard that Hillary Clinton is being criticized now for discrediting Obama and thereby injuring the party. First of all, the truth is the truth and this stuff about his church should have come out a lonnnnnng time ago. Secondly, why isn't somebody complaining about the things his campaign says about HER???
Please let Florida and Michigan vote. We cannot hand it back over to the irresponsible Republicans!
There is no legal right to vote in the primaries people. It is a party election and is subject to the rules of the party.
If the party says your delegates don't seat if you hold your primary early then they don't seat. Those are the party rules.
Why is this so difficult for people to understand?
I withdraw that question, since this is the same bunch that didn't know what the electoral college college was eight years ago.
DNC is a joke. They messed it up and they don't have guts to redo the elections in Florida, and Michigan.
Who cares if Obama doesn't want to do it. His credibility is over. He is done ... He should start a new job as a pastor in his church...
Oh yes, I forgot...I DO NOT want to be told by Bill Clinton (of all people) to "saddle up" anything...didn't he get in trouble for that? Ick.
I love Bill Cllinton... He is the best... I think he is right ...Why should Hillary get out and make it easy for Obama... I think Obama had a lot of nerve even running... He has only been in the Senate since 2006... He hasn't paid his dues yet.... He had plenty of time to run, he is only 46. He has become a spoiler in this Presidential Race... He has divided the Democratic Party and made many people so angry that if Hillary doesn't get in... Many Democrats will vote for McCain
Go Hillary....
Bill, . . .Hillary is not behaving like a thoroughbred, but instead, she's as
stubborn as a mule!
Obama 08.
Obama's campaign would love to discuss the issues. The problem is when Hillary tried to debate the issues, she lost miserably. Now she has to revert to underhanded tactics to try to win the nomination. Luckily though, that hasn't worked either. She's lost, and can't win.
You go Bill!!!
All Obama and his followers can do is cry!!!
Hillary 08!!!
Yet another sad statement by a campaign that will do anything to win even if that means further demeaning the political process and helping the Republican Party win the presidency; a great show of narcissistic behavior.
this has to be the most uneducated thread of respones i've ever read on a comment section. Just because the Clintons and their supporters live in the Gutter doesnt mean the rest of the democrats need to. Grow up, and learn to be disagreable as an adult
So Bill Clinton says its okay to throw the occasional clip? Is kneecapping an opponent okay as well as long as its only "occasional"??
Where do we draw the line? Its NOT okay to ask your daughter questions or to ask Hillary why she "misspeaks" about NAFTA, Bosnia, "experience", her name or Iraq.
You can't have it both ways. Either we can sling mud and take shots at our opponents and its fair game, or you need to be nice. Before you sanction illegal activities such as clipping, remember you can not play innocent when someone clips you back.
If you want to speak about disenfranchised voters, speak to those your wife wants pledged delegates to betray.
So, if Hillary gets the nomination, will she really be able to get ANYTHING done? Dems have razor thin majority in both Houses and a non-filibuster proof majority in the Senate and an overwhelming majority of those states that the Clinton's said were not important (i.e., the caucus states and states Obama won) are holding elections for Senators. There is a 100% chance that she will not be a rising tide that'll lift all ships with all that yelling, politicing and baggage. So, she'll win the nomination, beat gramps, but ensure that the Repubs will merely filibuster everything and then she'll yell some more and McConnell will filibuster some more. And nothing will get done. So, yeah, it's worth it! Remember it's easier to trap a bee with sugar than with salt.
Who created the race card to begin with? You all act like black people mad the "race card" up because we had nothing else to do. GET REAL!
HILLARY CAN'T AND WONT' WIN. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND, LET ME PUT IT CLEARER.
SHE'S LOSING AND CAN NOT CATCH UP! CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU?
OBAMA 08
How many of you after living with your parents for 20 years did or agreed with everything they said? Did you not become your own person? You hypocrites.
Bill Clinton is ABSOLUTELY correct. The REAL reason that voters are turning out to vote in primaries all over this country is that they NOW feel that their votes are RELEVENT, instead of just two states making an early decission and expecting the rest of the 48+ to RUBBER STAMP the decission. This is a REAL RACE and it will not be over, despite the begging and pleading of the supporters of OBAMA and CNN pundants, UNTIL ALL THE VOTERS (Including FL & MI) have been heard and counted.
Mr. Obama will NOT BE a legitimate candidate if the results of FL and MI are not included. IF the popular vote were counted but no delegates were awarded , there would be a TRUE account of the WILL of the People, and Hillary Clinton would be ahead!!!
I am really sick of his whining about it not being a fair contest, he CHOSE to remove his own namefrom MI, AND he ran TV ADS (VERY MUCH AGAINST THE RULES) in Florida. I think that he needs to be sanctioned at the convention for breaking those rules. He knew better. WHAT a PUTZ!
It is really GREAT that the race continues, AMERICANS need to be involved and a 50 state result – keep it going until all of the states have voted – is EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED!
Wow! How he likes turn his words to distract from the real situation! Didn't he recently say the opposite? You guys are being unfair to Hillary!! Blah blah blah. Why does Bill have to stand up for Hillary anyways? Can't she do it herself? Or is he afraid she will get caught up in a LIE!
When people attack like this, blaming others.......it is an act of desperation. And the Clintons are watching this race slip away....This is her last chance at being the president. After this, she'll be too old.
Bill needs to get back into the White House to go play hanky panky with the interns!
How shocking, Bill Clinton casting his wife as the victim AGAIN.
Go Bill Clinton! Can't wait to have you guys back in the White House! This country miss your leadership skills! Hillary 2008. Otherwise, it'll be another 8 years of Republican rule again. We can't take that.
Go Hillary! 2008 and 2012.
Obama didn't play the race card. In fact he never infused race into his campaign until it was forced on him.
He went a whole year of campaigning without bring race into it.
Or better yet, let keep changing the rules until Lie- ary wins!
Good strategy......
Democracy First, way to go. Totally agree with you. I believe the Obama camp wants Hillary to bow out because deep down they are losing. I sincerely hope Senator Clinton becomes the nominee. She is the best candidate and Florida is behind her 100%. I have always been proud of the Clintons; they listen to the people and can get things done. Senator Obama, on the other hand, doesn't have the experience, especially abroad.
Senator Obama, it is time for you to concede so we no longer have to listen to your gutter campaign tactics. You are so divisive it is insane. The only thing you are accomplishing by your garbage tactics is destroying your chance to be the nominee along with how America views you. Yes, you sure are changing things for the worse; the people's vote will not go to you. Of course, some people out there will not see the true person you are and vote for you anyway. Lord have mercy on their souls. You are not the second coming, nor would I EVER equate you to JFK. You are an Obamination.
It's true.....Hillary has more b_lls than Obama could ever hope to have!
And it doesn't surprise me that the DNC is trying to run interference in an attempt to come up with a deal in order to prevent "splitting of the democratic party". Yea, right. That's code for setting it up so that Obama gets the nomination.....never mind the fact that he WILL lose the GE.
At last a man with a backbone. USA needs a strong leader, a fighter, a doer. come on people.
you go hilary shoe them what you are made of youre tough and resilent two characteristerics that needed in a commander in chief if you are not thenomine both my husband and i will jump ship and vote for mcain obama although a great guy is not seasoned enough right is no time for on the job trainees. the learning curve is too high.
Does Bubba know that clips cause serious injury and are prone to being penalized? It is considered dirty play and I guess that is fine will all you Clinton supporters that have drunk the Kool-aid. If you had your way, this country would be much worse off.
There are two outcomes to this race:
Obama gets the nomination and preserves the Democratic party or the democratic party will be destroyed.
I will be pleased with either outcome. Democrats have a great shot at redeeming what little power and opportunity they have. If they cheat and lie and defraud the voters of this nation then they deserve to go away permanently and allow for a rise of a new second party.
Good job Bill, keep destroying your party and country for all your disingenious selfish intent. You disgust me as does Hillary. Ironically, I would not have said that 3 months ago.
And if the girl can't take the political heat, then what is she expected to do? Oh, wait ...
hillary said that mr wright would not be her pastor but in fact he was something to her husband .he was one of many ask to come to the white house by Bill
If the situation were reverwsed, trust me Bill would be screaming at the top of his lungs to shut the campaign down. He would be screaming that Obama is hurting the party and so on and so on. I seem to remember that it was Hillary who first whinned about being beat up on by the press now her cheating husband has the nerves to get up and speak on the subject! Give me a break! I am so sick of Billary and their daughter making up rules that doesn't apply to anyone but them. How can Chelsea expect to campaign for her lying mother and her IMPEACHED father not get asked sensitive quetions? How can she campaign and only take questions from college students? Clinton's it is all or nothing!
Hillary is having bad things said about her because of her own actions.
And do you really think he would be saying this if Hillary wasn't in 2nd place? Give me a break.
What hilarious here is the contention that super delegates can "foresee" who will win in November. In actual fact, they cannot. If you look at the history of elections and party conferences, it becomes abundantly clear that NO ONE can project who the general population will support in a general election. In the past, candidates that did very well in the primaries got their butts kicked in the general election...and vice versa. If super delegates decide to go against the popular choice, it's their right, but there is no way they are making a rational decision based on knowledge.
Yep, let the voters vote through June and then we can all stand behind Obama and take the white house.
this has turned into a train wreck. the longer this goes on, the worse it gets. Each candidate is becoming more unelectable by the second. McCain and the right are loving this. I hope the superdelegates end this soon.
Obama 0r Hillary 08 !!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill is correct. The Democratic National Committee has already commited the greater sin by disenfranchising Michigan and Florida. If they expect to beat McCain, they need to give them back their votes. If Barak was stupid enough to take his name off the Michigan ballot, that's his problem. The only rules should be every vote counts. DNC's stupid disenfranchisement of 2 states was just pig headed.
I think Bill is setting ground work for going nasty, he feels everyone should go nasty. We want change. Instead Bill should be encouraging democrats to vote for the eventual winner be it Hillary or Obama.
America was founded on one man one vote. People used to be proud to cast that vote, people used to be proud of America. The system was set up to count every vote availabe until 2000. I want my (our) country back. everyone has a vote that gets counted in every state.
I love how Clinton supporters accuse the Obama campaign of playing the race card...when they are always the first to bring it up.
It's alright Clintonites...better luck next time...in 2012. Because your time is up. Just let it go and find a new hobby, because that is exactly how Hillary's campaign was ran...as a hobby.
Obama '08
Lets saddle-up. Its time to bring back-up the Commodity money Hillary made, its time to bring back White Water, it time time to bring back the impeachment of Bill, and of course lets not forget Monica Samille Lewinsky. Yes lets have a little dust-up; where are those tax returns and the list of Library donors, Hillary?
Correction: her to his, though during the time I wondered who was actually running the show while Slick Willy was chasign skirts through the White House.
Good Job Bill
never say die
Obama can't face FL,& MI votersHe is covered Obama shield is media we will break that
The media tries to smear the Clintons, but they keep givin' 'em hell!!
The media should take note that with all the anti-Clinton news, Clinton should be out, however most of the democratic party wants her as their president!! Obama should thank the media for all its support, as she would've beaten him along time ago without media's help.
Bravo, Mr. Clinton!
GO BILL!!
Well, now the potential VP is sounding off, trying to help us forget his spouse's ridiculous daydream about her frightening trip to Bosnia.
Man, this is one crazy campaign!!!
You know, I've been an Obama supporter since John Edwards dropped out of the race, but I think B. Clinton is right. Politics can be a nasty business and it's going to get nastier in the general election. Supporters on both sides need to quit their whining about every little slight. B's right again about those advisors who have resigned - both should have stayed put. Do you think the party of Karl Rove is going to care if the Dems make a fuss about a little name-calling?
At the same time, H. Clinton needs to quit whining about the Michigan and Florida non-primaries. Look. They're all adults who make the election decisions in those two states. They knew the consequences, and so did the candidates, for moving up their primaries. The two states made their choices . . . now live with it.
Well done, Mr. President. Let's stop tip-toeing around each other and get to the issues, how to improve our country and our relationships around the world.
It is hard to wait but the process is an important one. I want the voters to have their say.
Bill Clinton there you go again putting you foot in your mouth. Now you are saying the media should not pick on Hillary because she is a girl. They pick on her because she keeps saying different things all the time. Bill you have taught her well and must have transplanted your huge ego into Hillary. To think I voted for you in 92 & 96.
I don't get Bill's sport's analogy. Does he want a tough match, or does her want people to go easy on "a girl"?
Yeah.....Bill believes the Michigan and Florida voters should count....but only "AS IS".
Oh...BTW....Wonder if Bill feels BLATANT LYING is fair game in this football match? He seems to. "Girl" or no girl, a lie is a lie.
Hillary "Misspoke". She says had 80 some engagements that year as first lady and just miss-remembered which of them was UNDER SNIPER FIRE with her running for her life, head down, across a battle torn country's tarmac for vehicle cover! Come on Hill...look back thru your diary and see if you can find ANYTIME that that EVER occured.
Come on.
That is why Hillary will be the nominee of her party if they want to win in November.
Dear CHICANO ART from ARIZONA, just as long as it takes a Clinton blogger/supporter to mention someone that has nothing to do with the article. Can we grow up, please? Stick to the issues.
Amen Bubba. You are the MAN. Keep up the good work Bill. I will vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee. Hillary 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The party started united behind Hillary in the beginning but Obama divided it and somehow his people claim Hillary is dividing it.
Obama's people say Hillary cant mathematically win because the delegates are too short. Well they are short for Obama too.
It is a tight race and let it be that. It is happened before but in the end we will have a nominee and it is done.
HILLARY & BILL are in it, to win it!!!!
Let's discuss the issue & fight! Enough of the racism & lies! Fight to the end & show the people who has the most experience, the ability to lead the nation & the wisdom to solve the mess that we are in right now!
ALL of you are idiots. Get a grip AND a clue. Hillary is done because:
1. Her idiot cheating husband.
2. Her mismanagement of HER campaign.
3. Her misguided thinking that she is entitled to be President.
4. Only she can see the snipers.
5. No one but you clowns on here like her.
Bill is right. We want a tough president with the stamina for the continual grind. We want a resilient president who can think fast on (pronoun) feet when there is a crisis. We want an imaginative president because the old ideas aren't working. We want a president who will consider everyone. Personally I consider this long primary a good idea, as many new aspects about voting and media and presidents come out and are considered. Some of the aspects need to be put off for another day while we consider clearly who could be that president who is tough enough to stand up to the crazy dictators of the world and glib enough to get Congress off the dime. I vote for the chunk of raw meat method if we can't get the two of them to put on an old-fashioned joust, with the battle to the death with swords after each has managed to kill the other's horse. Just so it's all over soon.
Bill...Please....Ya wanna have an argument? Ok, Here's one, Why can't your wife tell the truth?
Former Obama Supporter March 26th, 2008 5:26 pm ET said"
"Let's see the Obama campaign and supporters play the race card again."
Obama supporters playing the race card? Please. Obama has consistantly tried to avoid race. Race was brought into this campaign by Bill's comments in South Carolina. At every turn Obama has tried to stop race from being an issue. After the whole Wright "controversy," Hillary supporters are accusing Barack of hating white people (ignoring the fact that he is, in fact, half white). The only one's playing the race card now are Hillary and McCain supporters.
you go boy
i love you
you are so cute,,handsome and intelligent ,,,
you were a good president and you are a good human being ,,and humen are not perfect ,,only god is ..you made a mistake and you were forgiven by american people and hillary ,.and you are doing ur part of commitment by compaigning for hillary ,THANK YOU ,,,
love you
go hilary 2008////
CNN, you truly must be scared of the Clintons if you refuse to run FACTS about a Presidential Impeachment, but will run all of the racist vitriol on here about Obama and his pastor.
And while we're at it – the voters in Michigan and Florida weren't the ones who chose the early primary dates – but are being penalized for them. Rules or no rules – the Democratic party owes them the opportunity to have their votes count as well!
And, we surely need the next Clinton in the White House to clean up the awful mess GWB and his pals have made of things. Go Hillary!
Whatever Bill. Momentum my you know what. The only reason you want this to keep going is because Hillary is behind, period. If she had won 11 contests in a row, had the lead in delegates, popular vote and states won, you would have played the role of party elder and leaned on Obama to sit down and wait his turn, since there was no way he could win. Well, guess who else isn't a quitter - our current president, and look how well his resolve to fight until the last dog is dead - or should I say 4,000 soldiers and who know how many Iraqis are dead - has done this country.
I was proud to vote for Clinton in 1996, but a lot changes in 12 years.
Louise
Washington, D.C.
So sad all of your Clinton flag wavers. You are so blind to the truth. You view reality through the same lens that Hillary viewed her Bosnia trip through.
Funny how the Clinton's want the voters to decide and let their votes count, only to press superdelegates to overturn the voice of that very people? People, THINK. Something isn't making sense...LET US THE PEOPLE DECIDE. Not superdelegates, they SHOULDN'T overturn the voice of the majority. Isn't that democracy??
To Former Obama Supporter, Hillary Clinton just delt a new card this morning with her rehashing the wright mess.Why did she wait two weeks to give a answer when she was asked about her 'views' on wright?Why just a few weeks back ,Bill was implying that Obama would be her VP nomination'the so called 'Dream Team"?Why now that Obama IS fighting back with reasoning and logical questions are the Clintons ready to basicly 'kill' Obamas career? Simple that's what the Clintons do best when the truth hits them right between their corrupted eyes ,they get nasty,and very irate and mean tempered ......and start distracting voters from their major LIES,such as NAFTA and BOSNIA .....
I disagree with such dirty Clinton politics. But let's say he is right. In this case his daughter (who is 28 and a very well paid consultant) should also be able to answer questions about their family life.
This goes to Hillary's character: you blame Obama for sitting in a church when his pastor said this or that. But Hillary has stayed in a relationship for so many years, while her husband was having numerous affairs. If she should not manage her own family while in the White House, how is she going to manage a whole country?
Dear Bill, your good leadership still remains in our hearts. As we look back we know that the Clintons were able to improve our economy, Today, we need them to restore America. We count on you, you can count on us.
Things must go to the Convention and it must include the delegates from both FLA and Michigan that so far have been disenfranchised both by the DNC and the Obama Campaign.
Hillary is the best option and every delegate is free to support the most viable and capable candidate. Thus, Hillary should be the party's nominee.
HILLARY – PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
u go Bill and Hillary–Jamaica loves u all-CLINTON 08-but good luck to Obama as well–May the best person succeed-LOVE 08
OMG, this is the most corrupt group of folks I have ever seen. It is flat out scary. The thought of this negative, dishonest, scandalous band of hoodlums running our nation AGAIN is terrifying. Wow! There supporters probably believe professional wrestling is real too! Ha!
You tell them Bill... can't wait for Ms. Powers to come back and call Hillary an old bag, a monster, and a lying loser. You know ...tell the truth.
"I don't give a riff about all this name-calling that's going on.
Ohh Bill just shut up. How can you in one breath say “if a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office.” and then say they are picking on your wife because she is a girl. Play the gender card a little more. If you gave one iota of your wifes feelings you would not have cheated on her so much over the years.
"Don't you let anybody take this election away from you." Did you not hear your wife the past few days say it is OK to have pledged delegates change their vote from the will of the people. Do you two idiots even communicate? You will say and do anything to get back in power. Gues what? America does not want you liars anywhere near the Oval office.
Who in the Obama campaign said that it should be over?
How appropriate that Bill used the word CLIPPING, wich is a PENALTY and is considered DIRTY in football. Hillary leads the league in yellow flags!!
We dont want a dirty player Bill!
Bill Clinton was convicted of Perjury! He has no credibility in this country! Why do people want him back in the White House?
I've never heard an Obama supporter say anything nasty about Chelsea. She's an admirable young woman who has handled herself with grace and intelligence since she's been in the public eye. one thing about those clintons, they raised a good daughter.
BILL clinton doesnt even know whom to support between his wife and mccain,maybe hillary should be mccain running mate ,how do bill say mccain or hillary will make good president,he should have said his wife instead of telling us about mccain republican.ok who is aracist now?sorry clintons it is too late to wake up ,obama is all away ahead with 171 votes,even if they win all states remaining they cant catch up which is impossible coz obama has four states to win for sure.
bill is desperate to go back to white house,rules are rules even if you were the pres ,DNC rules has to be followed.
sorry bill its too late ,you seem too desperate to go back to white house i wish i had powers to rigg you in.
Seriously: everyone needs to vote? Bill Clinton wants to go back to the White House no matter what. Even if Hilary wins all- I mean ALL- 10 last states, she will not have be in front, so what's the point: she cannot win, live with that, Hilary is not your friend who is going to take of all your problems, she is a person running for office, don't be crazy about her.
As an Obama supporter, i agree let all votes count, BUT once we find out that Hillary still hasnt won, you CLINTON supporters should support Obama, just as i would if she wins! So much anger within our party. Nuts!!! Oh by the way, you people who call Obama a racist under your breath, well what does that say about you!!!
It must feel good to be a Republican right now, they are loving this!
WAKE THE FRICK UP PEOPLE! The slander, the accusations all of it is nonsense cuz in the end we must move forward as a Nation or we can continue to be divided and if you think Clinton can bring Republicans to our table, THEN GREAT! Keep it real folks!
Real impressive coming from a man who, with big puppy dog eyes, lied to the nation about Monica. And Hillary going on and on about her dodging sniper fire back in Nam (Oh, I mean Bosnia)! Come on... hey, wait a minute, getting down and dirty is fun. Bill's right.
Come on and get real. This thing is over. Yes this has been a competitive race. There have been some slams on both sides, but it is not even close. She is behind and even her super delegate lead will be eclipsed soon. Funny how the measuring stick keeps getting moved. There is no more room on the field to move the goal post to. Yes the daily polls say she is ahead, but the daily public opinion polls change like the wind. In fact, those same polls say she is not trustworthy. Let just be real, a 171 or so delegate lead is insurmountable. Even if she win all the remaining states (which will not happen) she still cannot catch him. Finally, there will not be a whole scale exodus of super delegates. Nancy Pelosi knows, what the Clinton campaign refuses to admit, the hand writing is on the wall. This will not go past NC. After NC, the delegate lead nor the popular vote will have changed. Expect Senator Clintons concession speech shortly there after. As far as supporters on both sides threatening to jump ship, turn the light off when you leave. You obviously have not been paying attention to the record turn outs and the record turn out for voter registrations. Just as Southwest Airline says, you are now free to move about the country.
Oh my God, THANK YOU BILL CLINTON.
FINALLY, someone is calling out Pelosi about her obvious lack of understanding of how the rules work in the Democratic Party.
FINALLY, someone is calling out the "glitterati" that are ordaning Obama as president, as well as his rabid supporters.
FINALLY, someone mentions the fact that neither Geraldine Ferraro or Samantha Power should've resigned. Lighten up, folks. Comments like that between two white men wouldn't be given a second glance, whether they were running for president or not.
“Let's just saddle up and have an argument. What's the matter with that? That's what America's about, right?"
Good Ole "McCarthy" Clinton rings true, say and do anything to win.
Lie, Cheat, Spin, Kill...its the Clinton Way for America!
"You tell 'em Bill. I'm with Hillary all the way. At least she has her own brain… Ted and John will not only try, but will have to help newby Obama out. Obama will be too focused on Africa and affirmative action."
We see the racist sentiments of Hillary supporters.
Bill Rocks! I would rather have a mover and shocker then a "almost proud American” as second person to the President any day! Can you see Michele, Wright and a few black panthers sitting around the Oval office advising the President? Yeah right!
Bill is right. Kindergartener's like Barak don't have any business in a rough and tumble arena like Politics. No holding hands, hoping and wishing! This is an adult game not for a guy who still has diapers on!
Yes, all votes should count, but who is responsible for moving up the FL and MI primaries? When were these primaries scheduled? I wonder why now it matters that their votes don't count. Shouldn't this uproar been held back when they were told they were disenfranchised? Anyone from FL or MI? Were there any public service announcements that your vote wouldn't count? Was this a secret kept from you? It just seems so strange to me that after the fact, this is an issue. This should have been dealt with immediately. Sadly, the rules were broken... And, if there is only one thing that should be held true in politics, preordained rules should remain in effect, otherwise (hahaha) the citizens will not be able to trust the government.
Desperate, desperate.... Mr Clinton told your wife to step down before the trial you and her will be in april 25 2008. The biggest fraud... you ever done or did. Can you take this as a tackled? hope yes . if it's good for the others must be good for both of you...
Well said Mr. President! Hillary 08 is my choice for President of the United States. A candidate that will get the job done...
What's this with calling Hillary a "gir" lately?
I believe it should be woman.
I agree we should let this thing playout, however it appears the CLINTONS are desparate still
.
OBAMA '08
you clinton supporters are funny. first as for florida and michigan they, not the dnc broke the rules set before the primaries. they knew the consequences of their actions and still moved their primaries up.
second, hillary and bill are liars. it has been proven for years. she will be a terrible president, she doesn't have the experience she is claiming to have.
Way to go Bill!
Now you can start beating up on the media! Have you ever heard of the expression, "DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU"?
THE MEDIA HAVE BEEN GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY, TO KEEP NEGATIVE REMARKS ABOUT HILLARY, TO A MINIMUM! But you tell them off Bill they deserve it.
Everybody is talking about "Rule".
What is the rule, then?
"Super delegate can not make a decision on the way of the game" is a rule.
2024 is a rule;
The "Super delegate" itself is a rule.
Why Super delegates must get the same result as pledged delegates do?
It is not a part of the rule. Even it is said by Nancy Pelosi.
Anybody must make clear his or her position if he or she does not really keep neutral.
Nancy Pelosi, with her position, she should take her responsibility once she makes her decision. She can not say I am netural but at the same time does any hint. I understand that is kind of unwillingness to take her responsibility of the result of the lose of the Party.
She must admit she support Obama and take the responsibility of possible losing in the end, or , She should Shut up!!!!
The Clintons...they had their time, I want change.
It's nigh impossible for the Clintons to win the popular vote, the delegate count. It should be over, but the Clintons, true to form, are staying in it no matter what it costs the Democratic party (the Clinton's historically have been in it for themselves, not for the Democratic party). Obama's helping out of local elections (Foster, e.g.) is a welcome change.
In regards to Bill Clinton's "Let's have an argument" speech, should the political discourse stay in the gutter? Do we as voters want to hear candidates call each other names? Or do we want to hear about candidate's positions?
You get the leaders you deserve, and reading some of these comments, some of you people don't deserve democracy.
Bill Clinton knows all about clipping!
Bill moaning and groaning about all the "moaning and groaning."
Enough already! He also forgot to add "or she" when he said "if a politician don't want to get beat up, he shouldn't run for office." Or does that mean he considers Hillary his clone?
Let it run its course, let everyone who wants to vote, vote. Let's add up the votes, she will still be short and then I can't wait for the day when that two faced liar has to stand there and admit defeat. Obama all the way.
Yes, I agree let people have chance to vote and (Florida and Michigan) should be counted. If not don't let (Florida and Michigan) vote on general election too.
Bill is not god! He made mistakes. But nobody can deny his achievement as a president!
If you are a woman whose husband ever betrayed you, you can't guarantee what you will do if those things never happen on you. So please do not blame Hillary. I believe she ever suffered the pain we can't imagine!
Now, They are together, they are fighting for their dream, what's wrong with those people who blame she should divorce? What's wrong those people who blame Bill? Don't guys forget the good time we ever experienced during his presidential time?
Please, Wake up! Please be nice! Please!
God Bless America! God Bless Hillary and her family!
Hillay is all the things people above me say she is but they left out the most important thing. A big liar. This counrty doesn't need anymore liars running it. Look at the last 8 years and the war we were lied to about.
I couldn't agree more. Way to go Bill!!! Any person in a leadership role such as president needs to learn to take the negative along with the positive. I just don't see that Obama understands that.\
Hillary '08
If Hillary was ahead his message would be totally different. That's the Clinton way.
THIS SOUNDS JUST LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE CLINTONS, THAT'S WHAT THEY FAIL TO GET PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THIS MESS!! THEY AND MOST OF THEIR SUPPORTERS SEEM TO HAVE THIS ATTITUDE ALWAYS WANTING TO FIGHT AND ARGUE AND BE PLAIN OLD NASTY. MOST OF AMERICA IS SICK AND TIRED OF THEM ALL.EITHER TRY TO GET ALONG, RUN A DECENT CAMPAIGN, WIN FAIRLY OR GET SOMEWHERE AND SIT DOWN AND BE STILL. WE ARE SICK OF YALL!!
AND YOU ALL QUESTION OBAMA'S FAITH. HAVE YOU SEEN OR HEARD THE WHOLE SERMON? HILLARY COULD STAND TO SIT UNDER REV. WRIGHT FOR AWHILE, MAYBE SHE WOULD LEAVE A BETTER CHRISTIAN.
You are not going back in the W.H. We had enough lies during yours and now the Bush's administration. Your supporters may choose to turn a blind eye on this but the majority of voters are not.
Hey, while Billary's at it they may as well try too flip the democratically elected delegates. Yea, that's democracy all right! These Clintonists are soooo transparent. We all know why they're really pushing this "democracy" ,"people's right to vote" line.
Thank you, Bill!!! I'm glad that someone has the courage to go stand up and tell the truth! Very refreshing!!!!
If the DNC shuts this thing down rather than allowing it to play out - and that includes seating the MI and FL delegates - I fully intend to change parties and/or vote GOP this fall (first time ever in my life)!
There is this trend followed by the media and Obama supporters that if anything is said against Obama is a racist comment. But, Obama followers including reporters can say anything on Hillary, humiliate her, bring the blue dress, and expect Hillary not to retaliate. If Obama can't sustain the attack from a girl, what will happen to him if Rove machine fires nasty shots on general election?
Bill ,Go Home and shut up. You had your turn..Slick Willie and you blew it!....paying all that money to "Hookers "like Paula,Genny and what that other one's name...????Monica. You have no credibilty, you got "impeached" fired...had it been anyone else, they be in the Federal Prison now. You and Hillary are One.
Go Bill!
This is why I love the Clintons!
They're set to self-destruct!!
I guess this isn't surprising, given that it's coming from one of the many who have popularized and benefited from mud-slinging in this generation.
I'd prefer my campaigns civil and rational, thanks.
Guess we can't do that, though.
Go Bill !!!!!!!!!! you tell them...If Obamo can't handle it now, wait till the Republicans get a hold of him...
Dear Former Obama Supporter. You were never a supporter. Hillary and Bill are mad because what they thought was going to be easy now turned to be a rude awakening for them.
Go BIll!! He is right. Hillary has been through this for years and she knows her stuff. We need her in the White House and I guess it is about time to get down to real Politics. Every single vote should be counted!! We after all are in America and we have rights. I honestly feel "some" people, (Pelosi may be one of them, think about it!), are having a real hard time imagining woman running this country! What a shame. Actually, Hillary could be green and I would still vote for her AND ONLY HER!!! She thinks for herself and she is determined, strong and has the knowledge to get America back where it should be. It is Hillary all the way or my vote for this party is lost.
Maybe he should cry.......oh wait that was Hillary.
OBAMA
Thank you Bill. I haven't met an Obama supporter who hasn't mocked my educated decision to support Hillary Clinton in the most ridiculing and vile manners.
I am 25 years old, with an engineering degree, working for the department of defense, and I support Hillary Clinton.
I would be saying that too if I was the one doing all the nonsensical attacking as well.
Former Obama Supporter, why is it any better for Bill to complain about people saying things about Hillary because she's "a girl"? Last I checked, she was a 60 year old woman, plenty capable of dishing it out to whomever and whenever.
I don't think people understand that counting MI and FL does not help Hillary Clinton get closer to 2025 delegates. If the DNC adds in those states then the new magic number goes UP to 2208 to win the nomination. So basically the finish line just gets pushed out further! The people in those states knew that their vote would not count. The candidates ALL agreed not to campaign in those states. Finally, as for pledged delegates voting any way they want, that same theory applies to delegates in OH,TX,CA and so on...
President Clinton is so right. Hillary is a fighter and if you don't want to get hit, then maybe you shouldn't be in the fight.
All this talk about her dropping out is silly. She is ahead in many of the polls, she's leading in Penn and other upcoming states, and for some reason she's being asked to quit because Obama and his young followers think it's okay to quit just because it may get a little tough.
I tell my little girl all the time, to never give up, no matter what people say, if you want to win, then stay in the game and keep fighting.
We democrates are a lot tougher than the media thinks. Once the primary is over, we will unite and go against McCain with everything we have. But until then...Fight on Hillary!
Bill didn't worry very much about beating up on "girls" when he cheated on her. He didn't get very concerned about "beating" up on her pride.......if she's as "tough" as he says she is, then, let her fight her own battles......he can't make up now for what he did earlier by speaking up for her........she shouldn't want any part the WH....that same place where a lot of his demise occurred, unless, that is, she gave him permission......
Heaven help the country if we end up with more of the Bush/Clinton dynasties and style of politicking.
By now, both Hillary and Obama have had bad times.
What did Obama do when he had a bad time: handled the problem head-to-head in a cool, intelligent manner, without demeaning anybody.
What did Hillary do when she had a bad time: had constant panic attacks, got dirty as of no end, threw the kitchen sink at her opponent, attempted to threw away democracy (haven't succeeded on yet though, but she is on her way)!
Now, you tell me who is more electable, who is tougher, who as the president would be better able to handle our crisis?
"Let's see the Obama campaign and supporters play the race card again."
Just like Bill just played the gender card? HRC supports are blind.
The Clinton's are just plain unethical, even for politicians.
His "clipping" remark shows they just want to and try to play dirty.
How's this for name calling:
Hillary is a disgrace for exaggerating running under sniper fire on her visit to Bosnia. That's disgraceful and insulting to every troop that had to face real sniper fire.
She was caught with the evidence and everyone should be outraged!
I love you Bill, but this stupid name-calling shouldn't be what this primary is all about, and that's what it's become, and I see the majority of it on the side of Hillary's campaign. It should be about issues. We as the electorate should not tolerate "a little clipping" as "part of the game". It's unacceptable in football, and it should be unacceptable in politics.
Let's all step back from the emotional distractions and focus on the issues the candidates face and make our best judgement call.
I am from China and a new US citizen and I am used to hear how Americans ridicule the Chinese political system for fixing the vote for the power seats. You know what, the so called peace-keeping Democrats are doing the same thing – If Hillary should quit for the party unity, then what's wrong with Chinese fixing the party leader for the Communist party unity??
Let the true democracy play out! Obama, if you want to be the nominee, fight as hell by the rules and earn it!
Bill Clinton is messing up what would have been a great legacy as President of the United States. He is increasingly demonstrating behavior that is not becoming of a statesman. I am very disappointed.
To all of the above,
According to Hillary, there is no need to continue, just seat the delegates and they are free to vote for whomever they want. According to "Billary" there are no such things as "pledged delegates". Why go through all the expense and time of continuing the primaries, just seat the delegates and let them vote. I wonder who is disenfrachising the voters, with her comment about pledeged delegates being free to vote for whom they want.
“Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl."
Did he really say that? Wow. So now HE'S playing the gender card.
Everybody's vote must count, including Florida and Michigan. Like it or not Obama if you want a legitimate candidacy support the people from Florida and Michigan and agree to a vote. If not and if you become a candidate Obama your candidacy will be illegitimate. just like Bush stole the election in 2000 Obama would steal the candidacy in 2008 by supressing voters.
Obama did not win a single major state !! Obama can not win a general election!!! McCain would beat him by a landslide !
Bravo Bill we support you and Hillary!!!
Interesting how Bill is saying that voters should not be disenfranchised. Yet Hillary is saying that pledged delegates can vote however they please in the convention. Sounds like a little bit of double talk to me.
I really wish that some of you who are talking about Obama and "the race card" or Obama and "affirmative action" would do a little research about Hillary and Calvin O Butts. Find out how much of your money she got for him after his 2005 UN speech. If only you knew what your girl has really been up to....
I think Bill Clinton now gets to say exactly what is on his mind and is loving every minute of it.
Bill, the true person of change...........then and now.
Bill says his wif has momentum. Did she or did she not lose the last two contest. Did she or did she not lose the last 14 out of 17 contest. Is it me or they embellishing the truth again.
Let's sling as much dirt as possible at one another, while separating the party, and then say you whole heartedley support that candidate for president if you lose.
Yeah Bill that makes sense, kind of like Obama's not fit for prez, but he would make a hell of a VP (rolling eyes).
Sure Bill no regards for the party, this is the selfishness the Clintons have become known for. Well Bill even if you manage to steal the nomination with super delegates, Hillary will be humiliated come November. How are you going to win any of the big states you talk about when a solid portion of the democratic party (African Americans) is voting 90% against your lieing wife?
Think about it, there will be enough of them in November to neutralize your blue collar and white women votes in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Florida, plus she will win no Southern state. If you had any credibility you will pack up and go home now, it just won't happen for Hillary not in 2008, not in 2012, NEVER. No more Clintons for the foreseable future and you can play any card you wish ti will be in vain.
This election has just proved to me an ex-pat Brit what a bunch of ignorant racist pigs Americans are. Black and White.
DIRTY BILL, THIS IS THE END OF YOUR POLITICAL DYNASTY! SO SCARY. YOU NEED THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN TO HAVE ANOTHER MONICA.
Has been wannabe president for another 8 years so you can commit adultry in the oval office AGAIN. You disgraced us once we dont need 4 more minutes of you. How desperate can two people get to cheat, steal and lie their way to high office. How disgusting will you get!
Just imagine the president of the united states of AMERICA....sleeps with your daughter, sister, aunty or mom while he is married and in office.
Now imagine your daugther, sister, aunty or mom been called a lier by the same president after he had been exposed by either of them, that he slept with them....that they are only witch hunting him....that they have issues in their lives and he is just a scapegoat...and he is far mush better than them to even sleep with them.
Now go tell your daugther, sister, aunty or mom that this man is fit to go back and live in the white house....i trully feel sorry for the women cleaners/janitors in the white house....or your safety go get another job all ladies in teh white house.
Simple fact is you only sleep outside with another woman if you have no interest in your wife.
ohhh God here he comes again!!!
Wait – wasn't it Hillary's campaign that asked for someone to be fired for calling her a monster. Where were her football pads then?
I agree, and one thing we know Hillary is not a quitter. McCain is the one we have to beat in November. Let all the states vote before we give it to McCain. Hillary is our best debater and we are going to need the best. Pretty speeches won't cut it in November. How important are the republican votes now? They won't even bother unless there is something else on the ballot and even then the turn out is low. There are about 800 superdelegates to be heard from and they need to know who can win in November not just the primary. They need all the states to be heard from and they need to take Florida and Michigan into account, even though they don't have state delegates, they have millions of votes to be weighed, even though Obama wants them to remain uncounted
Former Obama Supporter will you and everyone else please let me know what this race card is and where I can get one? I'm African American and I must've been absent the day they were issued. There is NO freaking card and frankly I find the term offensive and dismissive. Secondly, I agree with "Slick Willy" let the battles continue. I just hope the Democratic party can survive all the ugliness.
Current Obama Supporter!
So then is it right to say that someone should expect their opponent to cheat in order to win? That is after all what clipping is in the game of football. It sounds like he is admitting to playing dirty to me. Bring it on, Obama has never back down from this "fight." He has always taken the high road, for both himself, and his party. Lets see the Clinton put the party back 20 years by continuing to insist that they should stay in the race. I like it, I hope Hillary is ostracized over what she is doing to the democratic party.
Did you notice that her NEVER said at the end of the primaries whomever is behind then should back down and let the winner( who the people decided with their votes) take the prize. NO you didnt hear him say that because they are determined to get the nomination anyway they can. Even if they have to get it through the superdelgates or as Hillary said just yesterday.................that the pleged delegates don/t have to vote the will of the people. Geeze.........
You people are idiots, the fight is over but Bill just don't want to admit it. My nephew lives in FL, as he states at NO TIME was Clinton in the state trying to have the state reps to not go against the DNC rules
Since she thought this would be hers she sat on her hands, she SAID NOTHING and DID NOTHING so don't cry now.
"It's all right to say bad things about a girl"?????????? So now Hillary Clinton was not only dodging sniper bullets, she has discovered the Fountain of Youth. C'mon Bill, you know that old boot is capable of holding her own against anyone, yourself included.
I don't disagree with going to the end with the voting, but he has to recognize that having won more states, more votes and having more delegates is actually a sign of being ahead!! Stubborness, I can admire – pigheadedness is another thing.
As for saddling up and having a fight, I think that has been happening all along, unless I have missed something.
We should always keep things in perspective. What are important here? The country (people), the Party, and then the individual who wants to be president.
By damaging the Party in order to have their 5% of chance to be in the White House, the Clintons are doing anything right now. Please read Dowd's article "Hillary or Nobody."
What the Party leaders will do to stop the party succide is the real, and final test for the Democratic party. Otherwise, the Party will die.
HAHAHAHA! Are you kidding? You all think Bill, the man who said "that depends on what your definiition of is is" when being questioned about Lewinsky....Jebus, this is someone you guys support and admire? C'mon now, I don't think Obama is a pillar of honesty, but compared to the Clintons, it's a no-brainer. Supporting Billary is not good for the Democratic party or the country.
“Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl."
WHAT? As a "girl" I'm incredibly offended by this comment. First of all, Hillary Clinton is a woman, not a girl. Second, Clinton should expect to be treated like any other candidate in a tough race – she's going to get asked hard questions, people are going to question her and things are going to get negative. That's the way it works – as Bill Clinton said: “if a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, he shouldn't run for office.” Well, if a politician doesn't wanna get beat up, SHE shouldn't run for office, either.
Bill Clinton is amazing!!!
People... We can not forget how much good he did for our Nation... he was an amazing President and his wife has in fact taken a beating and all the while, her head has been up, she has never backed down and honestly, that is what we need in office...
I want her strength representing myself and my family to the rest of the World...
She is ready and she can help us repair what is damaged!!!
I don't understand all the fuss here. It is nearly impossible for Hillary to overcome the delegate lead and the total popular vote by the time June comes around. Obama will lead in both, however slim or large that margin may be. So why is it such a big deal for the superdelegates to step in and make Obama the DNC candidate?
Would it satisfy more people if this inevitable intervention occurs at the convention? After we smash and smear each other past the point of electability?
It is so frustrating to see proclaimed Democrats bickering over candidates who are so similar on the issues. "if BARACK/HILLARY win the nomination, I'm voting for McCain!" WHAT?!
Come on people! Do we want more of the same? PLEASE THINK!
“If a football player doesn't want to get tackled or want the risk of an occasional clip he shouldn't put the pads on."
If a football player clips another player, the one who did the clipping still gets penalized. How are people speaking against Hillary saying that Latinos won't support an African American, or that Obama is not qualified to be Commander in Chief, any different from a referee penalizing a football player who clips another player?
Also, if the Clintons were really worried about not "disenfranchising" voters, they wouldn't be urging superdelegates to swing the election, or promoting the idea that pledged delegates can switch signs at the election.
To Former Obama Supporter: You just played the RACE CARD YOURSELF>>>>>DUH!
Bill Clinton is right "if you don't wanna get beat up you shouldn't run for office" It's seems like Obama got beat beat up pretty bad last week in the news regarding his former pastor's sermons, however he took those punches gracefully and forcefully and is still going strong! OBAMA 08.
Now Hillary is caught LYING HER BUTT OFF ABOUT BOSNIA and she has the unmittigated gaul to try and downplay it saying she "Misspoke"
She lied and got caught and now she has her daughter Chelsea lying for her. What a politician and mother she is!
The people are clearly speaking WE WANT OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT NOT HILLARY or BILL whichever one is runining for president
OBAMA 08
Bill is a LOSER, he and her wife should bow out and restore any remaining dignity that exist in them with the american people. They should not use their selfish motive to destroy the democratic party. Hillary's experience would be best use as a Senator and not a president where She can afford not to release her tax documents. Alternatively, I will suggest she consider joining the marines where her expertise of evading snipers will be fully useful.
YOU GO BILL
WAY TO STICK BY YOUR SPOUSE
LIKE SHE HAS FOR YOU
TELL DEATH DO US PART
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CLINTONS
WE ARE NOW GETTING TO KNOW OBAMA
LET THIS GO UNTIL THE END
HILLARY 08
I THINK EDWARDS SHOULD ENDORSE HER
AND BE THE VP
THIS WOULD UNITE THE PARTY
NO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can see the clintonistas are out in force here. Sadly so many Americans buy into this zombie delusion of Bill as their personal crystal amulet. However, Baractopus is no walk in the park either, they will both burn the constitution.
CNN if you like post this, if you like don't.
Hilary singed the documents agreeing to the fact Florida and Michian won't count.
Just imagine what she would do with treaties the United States is signatory to?
Or what would she say if China or Russia disowns all treaties they are signatory to?
And most importantly, what would she do with her campaign promises if she can't keep to a contract she signed?
The problem with waiting for what is at this point an inevitable conclusion (Obama significantly ahead in pledged and popular votes whether or not MI and FL count) until the convention is that it leaves all of two months or so for the nominee(Obama) to unite the party against McCain. Currently the party is fractured, but add 5 months to that and it's even worse.
By all means wait this out, but if Obama loses in Nov. because of this you have only yourselves to blame. In fact, I'm wondering if this might be Clinton's ultimate strategy. Hamstring Obama through comments lauding McCain and by splitting Democratic support so that even if he is nominated he loses, allowing her to run again in 2012. When she does that, she can claim with a straight face that her electability is greater and many will believe her, forgetting that her needless lengthening of the primaries and hamstringing of Obama was what brought him down.
HORRAY FOR HILLARY, BILL AND CHELSEA. GO FOR THE GOLD. YOU DESERVE THE BEST. PLEASE GET LOST OBAMA. YOU ARE NOT A TRUE DEMOCRATIC.
I love/hate it when he talks.... he will def bring her scores down... eveytime he talks it reminds us how we DON'T want him back in the whitehouse..... and he needs to tell his wife that she is the one complaining..
We're not fooled by the "Former Obama Supporter" and "True Blue Democrat"
If you have to put that in instead of your name... it's gotta be a lie
Signed,
"Former Hillary Supporter"
The democratic party should let all options to play out up to or even at the convention. This is "real" democracy. You can't stop the clock whenever you want ... when you are winning. Let both candidates play out to the end. Even if this is not a typical primary, don't be afraid to let it happen. There is always the 1st time in eveything. Let the primary continues ... let Florida and Michigan vote!
Bill Clinton damaged the Democratic Party and Al Gore's chance of winning when he had his affair with Monica and LIED about it. Now he is damaging the Democratic party once again with his ingenious play on words. From him bring out the Race card in S.Carolina(Jesse Jackson) to bringing up the Gender card (Picking on a Girl) in this story. Hillary is not a women scorn, it is Bill Clinton who is scorn and unleashing all his political know-how to damage the party and get his wife elected. At any cost. At any cost.
well said from a very intelligent man...and go white people,support hillary.
what about restarting the voting process now that Hillary has the momentum? They wanna get everyone's vote even that of Obama pledged delegates.!!! Go Billary GO!
Revotes in every state until Hillary can win, no to DNC rules!
Bill, just shut up...we are tired of your mouth running. Your time as the President is over...get over it.
Thank you, Mr. President. If you can't take the heat, get out of the way. Mr. Obama has surrounded himself with a bunch of losers; Kerry, Richardson, etc. He will surely lose big time come November if were to be the nominee. I am very grateful for being an American and have people like the Clintons to have as my fellow party members. I am tired of losing and I want to win. Fortunately we have a winner and that is Senator Clinton. Thank you.
I think Bill is runing for president. He wants to stay in the white house for life like African presidents!!!!
Hey, we're all enjoying the entertainment factor. The curtains are just now being pulled back so we can take a look at the credentials and measure the character of the candidates. We'll be watching to see who is clipping and who is not as we choose a brilliant and forthright individual worthy to be our leader. In American, good sportsmanship and playing by the rules counts, not gaming the process.
nuff said. GO HILLARY.
YOUR A SMART MAN BILL!
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU!
IN THE END THE PEOPLE WILL REALIZE THAT HILLARY IS THE BETTER CANDIDATE!!!!!!!!
OH WAIT, I JUST SEEN THE POLLS! I THINK THEY ALREADY DID!!!!!!
I TRUST SENATOR CLINTON!!!!!!!
That's awesome. Wish he had had this fire when he was president.
Even Bill is derogatory about his wife's gender by referring to her as a girl!!! She's 60 years old Bill-she's a woman and should respectfully be referred to as a woman.
Yeah, let's all get down into the mud with Bill!
I think Hillary fans forget that "Bill" is not running for office..........or his he? (At least he likes to stay in the saddle.) Hillary is trying her best to run on his coat tails and this is his only way back into the WH.
Good for you Bill Clinton.
I am so sick of the media half-wits stating that Hillary should not go forward.
I am a supporter of Hillary and have been from day one. I do not want her to back out of this race. She is the only one in my eyes who will be able to fix our country.
To all you media hypocrites, why don't you back off? We the people want Hillary Clinton as our next President and we will not back down.
Nancy Pelosi, you too should stay out of this. You have no right dictating to the people who support Senator Clinton.
Bill Clinton = Smart and the best politician ever. I guess thats why he got the best apporval rating even after he left the White House.
The only thing Clinton should be explaining is what he did and why he did it, and stop embarssing poor Chelsea any longer.
Where was this speech when Silly Hill started crying on camera a few months ago, hmm? Bill is definitely right that we need to see these primaries to the end but he should not be acting like Barack's the only one getting hot and bothered in this race.
Really? Seriously, just go at it? Everything is fair game? Everything?
Cry me a river CLINTON's...
Yep. And if Hillary was ahead he'd definitely be saying we still need the rest of these primaries.
Oh, wait, no, they also said they want super delegates to overturn them anyway.
Is anyone else just confused?
OH YEA BILL AND WHY IS IT THAT YOU LIED ON OATH...YOU LIE TO GET WHATEVER YOU WANT...YOUR WORD MEANS NOTHING JUST LIKE THIS ARTICLE.
You go Clinton's. They can do all the polls you want, but if voters before the Ohio primary would have know about Obama, he would not be in the position he is in. He would be out. I want to know why the elected officials are behind a racist for President.
Actually the best thing for the Clintons to do is to "saddle up" and bow out gracefully with some dignity while they still can. Hillary can't win.
Good for you Bill. If Obama and his supporters cannot take the heat tell them to get out of the kitchen. They have all been pretty nasty for some time, yet everyone is handling them with kid gloves. Time for the gloves to come off.
YOU BET HE'S RIGHT! I AM ONE OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT OBAMA STOPPED MY VOTE FROM COUNTING!!!!!!!!!
SENATOR CLINTON HAS HER STIMULUS PACKAGE OUT, AND IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH FORECLOSURES IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!!
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT INSTEAD OF ALL THIS NAME CALLING!!!!!!
I TRUST HILLARY 100%
Delegate count from Ohio until now (not counting supers and changes in Iowa) Clinton 206 Obama 207. No one should be saying that Cllinton should quit now but if after the last 10 contests she is still way behind? Im all for everyone getting to vote for on or the other but at some point you have to be able to read the writing on the wall.
Go Bill Clinton!
This is the guy I remember who knows how to run a campaign and a country. This is the guy Obama and McCain don't want anyone to remember. He's a fighter and so is Hillary. That's what this country needs right now. This is the Democratic party we need right now. China, India ,Germany ,Russia and Brazil have booming economys while we are all facing a recession. Hell ,we are in a recession! Let's see this through to the convention.
I am sure if Obama would have been behind on delegates he would have been saying the same thing that Hillary and Bill are saying about super delegates and all votes should count. It is politics and all politicians are the same.
I agree with President Clinton...
100%!!!
You go Bill!!!!!
This is the kind of talk we need!!! The Clinton's have been through it all and are still standing! Hillary has the strength and ability to rebound, I have absolutely no doubt about that! she clearly is the better candidate to take on McCain in November!!! The Republicans are going to hit the Democratic nominee with so much....Obama is the one who's skeletons we don't yet know of completely! What is he going to do against the Republicans? Go on another vacation when the going gets tough? Hillary can hold her own & fight back in a way that will prove to this country that a woman can lead!!! She is strong enough and the Clinton's have my entire family's support!!!! We love you guys!!!! Keep on fighting!!!!
NO ONE IS TREATING OBAMA LIKE A BABY...GET A GLUE.....HE HAS HIS BATTLES BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE THE LONG HISTORY OF LYING AND DECEIT THAT THE CLINTONS HAVE.
Bill is a better speaker than Obama. I got fired up just reading this article.
Didn't Hillary lose the last 2 primaries?
Isn't Hillary being forced to explain why she blatantly lied to the people of America re: her alleged foreign policy experience?
Doesn't Obama have an insurmountable lead in pledged delegates?
Hasn't Hillary's lead among Superdelegates slimmed considerably in recent weeks?
Aren't many in the media and within the leadership of the Democratic party suggesting that it is time for Hillary to step down and allow the party to unite around Obama?
If that is "momentum" I think I must have misunderstood the meaning of the term.
Hey Bill, since when is Hillary a girl??? She sure can't take any clips without whining that she is being picked on!. What is it – the' Right Wing Consiparcy" coming after her now? She just reaps what she sows!
No matter what happens in the primary, let's make sure Democrats take over the white house
One good lie deserves another, huh Billy-Boy?
I support the Clinton's....But he DID get impeached and had a bunch of scandals! This is FACT not fiction....
This forum is a congregation of Hillary lovers. I guessyou guys were with her as she was dodging sniper bullets and doing tactical landing in Bosnia!!!
Yes Go Hillary Go...Go far away and take Bill with you, so we don't have to deal with either of your compulsive lying again.
Then this politics thing should also apply to Chelsea Clinton. She has jumped out there in politics with her Mom and at first she refused to answer questions.
Then later she is insulted about the Monica Lewinsky question. If this 28 year old adult Chelsea, who is their daughter but no longer a "child", wants to jump into the political fray then she will have to answer these criticisms too.
Poor Hillary, hiding behind the pantleg of hubby and former pres (wants to be co-pres) Bill. “Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl."? HELLO? Bill? Contradicting your point about "we came to play"...if she's in this race, folks are going to say things, just like if Ms. Chelsea is campaiging for Mommy and Daddy, then she should be prepared to maturely answer any question fielded by her AND she should talk to the press...what is she 28? Again, same rules for everyone, honey.
The Clintons are pathetic and all of this grandstanding serves to further help them in their stonewalling where Billary's tax returns are concerned...Peter Paul ring a bell, Bill?
Nice try bill. After all the bs that hillary has piled on everyone with her great experience in foreign policy. Wow that sure was some deal with the bullets flying all around her so she had to duck huh? Actually that was just the bs she was spreading flying back at her. Liars don't get elected by good democrats.
Translates too: We play dirty, if you don't like it don't play. Screw the rules, anything to win.
That is called old-politics, thats why I'm voting for change.
He should shut-up while he still has a shred of dignity.
Well, said Bill. What's wrong with a little competition..
The media have been cutting down Hillary and Bill since day one of this campaign. Just report the news and facts and stop acting like every sentence out of their mouth is some kind of fodder for a feeding frenzy of criticism all the time. And hoorah for Chelsea for telling her questioner that how she feels about Lewinsky is none of his business.
For All you Clinton lovers, just hang in there and when she fall down just pick her up send her home to Bill.
Obama will stick to what matter to the American people, Jobs, Gas, The Economy, The National Debt, Healthcare, Education, The Cost of College.
Oops not Sniper Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl."
This comment of his seems misplaced to me. He's talking about how politicians should be prepared for the mudslinging, but this comment makes it seem like they should feel shame for picking on a 'girl.'
Like he has respect for women... er, girls...
This is rich! Is it worse to talk bad about a girl or sleep around behind her back?
I'm glad the the Clinton campaign is getting its money's worth out of their flaks. Could this outpouring of atta-boys for Bill be any more transparent?
And as for the shock to his conscience about it now being OK to talk smack about "a girl," his own statement about strapping on the pads answers the question. And while I'm on the subject, Chelsea shouldn't be out of bounds either. She's got her own set of pads on now, too.
He is straight up THE MAN .
Let them vote!!! Even though there's a slim margin that Hillary will catch up, let them vote...same thing Mike Huckabee said even though he didn't have a chance on earth to catch up. OK, let them vote for Hillary Huckabee!!!!
Howard Dean as an elected official should find a way for a new vote for Florida and Michigan if the democratic party expects us democrats to vote democratic in the General elections.
I love the comment that Bill made saying they were just trying to say things about a girl. Hillary trying to be the fighter and the victim at the same time. Can't have it both ways though it apparently works with some people. All the people calling for a fight on this blog will find out that they are dinosaurs.
Just when you think Bill Clinton cannot stoop any lower, he does! Your wife has lost, man! What are you arguing about? Go home! Have some tea! Have some of your wife! That would likely erase some of those years of bitterness! Have you no shame? No self-respect? No regard for the Democratic party? You're only in this to hurt the nominee and help the Republicans! Shame on you! Shame on Hillary! Shame on Carville and the other cheerleaders who keep propping Hillary's candidacy up from the grave! Let it die with dignity, man!
I am sure if the states that had caucusus had prmaries Hillary would have won them and been way ahead in the deligate count.
Even if the DNC does not count Florida and Michigan when the race is over the super deligates will have to take into account all the states Hillary won and that she win did Florida and Michigan buy a wide margin even if it was unofficial. Obama was on the ticket in Florida and in Michigan his supporters voted uncommited
Wow. It amazes me how stupid you Clinton supporters can be sometimes. I find it hilarious that people are really saying that everyone's vote matters. If Hillary was in the lead at this point and it seemed mathematically impossible for Barack to win, would you still be saying that everyon's vote matters? I highly doubt it. Also, I can't believe there are some on this blog that actually think Bill Clinton qualifies as a straight talker and Hillary as someone who can take getting "beat up". Are you serious? And more importantly, is Bill serious? The Clintons have yet to give it to the American people straight (ie Bill and the Lewinksky scandal and more importantly, Hillary lying about Bosnia). And after getting caught in her lie, Hillary proved that she CANNOT take the heat- she ended up bringing up the Rev. Wright issue, which only a week ago she stated she would not comment on it because it was a private issue. Whatever works right? The Clintons will do anything to get back in the White House. They think their entitled to it.
I'm an Obama supporter and proud of it, but on this I gotta say I agree with Bill. I remember hearing a joke that Politics is like a two-handed card game where spitballs are trump. So listen to big Bill. If you can't stand the heat, get outta the kitchen. Oh yea, Bill, be sure to remind Hillary of that the next time she moans or groans about some low flying curve ball thrown her way.
So let me get this straight: Hillary cares about your vote, but the pledged delegates that result from those votes are up for grabs. Right. Hillary cares about your voice and your not being disenfranchised, provided that your vote is for her.
And then to whomever mentioned Obama playing the race card, how is "Apparently it's okay to say bad things about a girl" NOT playing the gender card? So she's allowed to say things about Obama, but we have to treat her with kid gloves because of her sex? Give me a break.
The myopia needs to end. People need to start connecting the dots and actually holding a critical eye to the candidates instead of accepting whatever they spout off as scripture, even if it completely contradicts their other actions. It's no wonder we got stuck with 7 years of Bush.
Way to tell it like it is Bill!!! Hillary is THE CLEAR CHOICE, there is nothing else to say about it.... and I'm tired of hearing about it.. Every time the Obama campaign feels a taste of defeat, they try to yank out the ol' "woe is me" race crap, and quite frankly, it's old, boring, tired, transparent, and tasteless. This is 2008, let's have a race about who is ready, qualified, and a true leader. Hey Obama, you can talk a line, sure... CAN YOU LISTEN????? ENOUGH ABOUT RACE.
Wow, not sure if he's changed, or I've grown up, but Bill just isn't the same. America is about arguing, a good fight, scorched earth poitics? – maybe this is what its all about – Cal it weak, call it soft, call it whatever you need to, but many of us are so ready to have a respectful political climate. I want my government to grow up and have intelligent debates about the best policies, not waste my taxpayer money on silly political arguments and fights.
Bill is totally right. If you can't stand the heat in this pretty tame Democrat primary season, how will you hold up to Karl Rove (who's now working for McCain) in the general election - not to mention the Islamic terrorists, Putin and the Chinese if you get to be President. I'd much rather have someone who can roll with the punches and give as good as she gets. Go Hillary.
Bill loves the negative campaigning...I can't think of a better reason to vote for Obama than the tired old politics of the Clinton family...after Hillary most recent lie about Bosnia, expect her to lose a lot of approval in national polls...
The current leader of the democratic party is already HRC, she is the one who stands for what democracy is about and isn't afraid to stand up for the voters. It's shameful that the democratic "party leaders" are not as clear and committed to the democratic process.
Good for you Bill, you are the best , hillary has brains and is courageous in front of all these nasty men. She is a fighter and her persistance will pay off. Obama should be so lucky
Why are Clinton supporters such angry people??
All they do is spew venom and hate.
It's so stupid and ugly.
Bill Clinton is right its time Jack and the rest of the leftist regime side at CNN pay attention. The far left side of the Democratic Party is tying to put another McGovern / Carter type looser into office. The end results will be that the US will be held hostage again for 444 days while all Obama will do is talk about it.
Look where the world is today by emboldening the terrorist and not taking care of there threats back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. If Obama is the democratic nominee then I am switching over to the Republican Party like so many people did years ago....
I am neither a Obama or Hillary or McCain supporter. What I am is an American that is tired of the crap.
It is funny how Bill uses the illegal terms in football to describe the election. I also wonder if she was the one leading if she would be as hard hitting on all the votes counting. Considering she has already told over have the country their votes don't count.
I am from a state that has already voted and voted for her. But after she lost our state she through us out with the bath water. I felt very used by this. I drove 45 minutes to vote; and later heard "those states don't really count". Thank you Mr and Mrs Clinton for that.
Finger Pointers scare me.Isn't that what Bill said to Hillary when she found out about Monica?
Nice work for a former President. Too bad Hillary can't speak as genuine or as well as her husband. Oh, and you can bet that Bill wouldn't be talking like that if Hillary was ahead. I say let the thing drag on til Puerto Rico, that way we as democrats can support our candidate whole heartedly. BTW I think that Hillary needs to re-qualify her "life-time" of experience in light of her sniper dreams. And Barack needs to play Rev. Wrights sermons in full on his website if he intends to be transparent.
Obama 08'
Ps. I dare you to watch one sermon in its entirety before you jusdge Rev. Wright.