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POLITICO 44: Inside 42's lunch with Senate Dems
POLITICO 44: Inside 42's lunch with Senate Dems
With the issue he has positioned to be his crowning achievement as president at a crossroads, Barack Obama once again called on his former rival to help him follow through. Former President Bill Clinton told a room full of Democratic senators Tuesday that passing health care reform which he ...
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Did You Miss Bill Clinton?
Hit & Run — ... I for one always miss Bill Clinton, even though I never voted for him and mostly disliked him in office. (This happens to me with every U.S. president, and may even happen some day with George W. Flightsuit.) Anyway, Bubba went to Capitol Hill today to rally support for Obamacare, and said these things: ...

The Obama-Clinton Administration
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — “It’s not important to be perfect here, it’s important to act, to move, to start the ball rolling, to claim the evident advantages that all these plans agree with, and whatever they can get the votes for, I’m gonna support. I think it is good politics to pass this and to pass this as soon as they can. But I think the most important thing is it is the right thing for America. The worst thing to do is nothing," - president Bill Clinton, on the Hill today. ...

Clinton to Dems: “The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Bob Menendez made a reference to “teabaggers” last week and Tapper tweeted something about how you never know when a politician uses that term if he/she is aware of its sexual application. I’m pretty sure the Clenis is aware. Former President Bill Clinton told a room full of Democratic senators Tuesday that passing health care reform — which he failed to do 15 years ago — is not only a moral issue but also “an economic imperative.” Clinton argued that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply from an economic standpoint. He reminded ...

Does BJ Clinton Really Want To Talk Tea Bagging?
Riehl World View — ... Hard to see Slick here wanting to talk about Tea Bagging. Maybe he's obsessed? With the issue he has positioned to be his crowning achievement as president at a crossroads, Barack Obama once again called on his former rival to help him follow through. Former President Bill Clinton told a room full of Democratic senators Tuesday that passing health care reform — which he failed to do 15 years ago — is not only a moral issue but also “an economic imperative.” ...

WJC to the Rescue
Taylor Marsh — ... When you’re in trouble, who are you going to call? When it’s economics, it’s William Jefferson Clinton. No one around does it better, and with health care in the balance, he made the case on the most practical of terms: Clinton argued that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply from an economic standpoint. He reminded Democrats of ...

Bill Clinton: “Tea Baggers” Are Inflamed Because Democrats “Are Winning”
Say Anything — Sounds suspiciously like whistling past the graveyard to me. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described the ongoing tea party protests against the Democratic agenda as a sign their party was making progress. Whitehouse quoted Clinton arguing: “The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning.” No, Bill, the reason the public ...

My Lesbian Man-Crush
Vodkapundit — ... And that’s coming from a fairly left-leaning liberal who basically agrees that there ought to be a lot more government interference with health care. Meanwhile, here’s what that other august intellect, Bill Clinton, had to say on the matter: ...

Papers Ignore Bill Clinton Taunting 'The Teabaggers Are Inflamed' Because Dems Are Winning
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... both reported on former president Bill Clinton's pep talk with Senate Democrats on Tuesday. But both skipped over what the folks at Politico recounted: ...

The Judas Goat
QandO — ... Bill Clinton visited Senatorial Democrats yesterday and told them to “just do it” when it comes to passing the health care bill. ...

What Have We Come To When The President Slurs Those Who Disagree?
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens’s election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.” From Politico44: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described the ongoing tea party ...

Cigar Afficianado Bill Refers to Opponents Using Vulgar Sexual Innuendo
The Jawa Report — November 11, 2009 Cigar Afficianado Bill Refers to Opponents Using Vulgar Sexual Innuendo Taking some time out from skirt-chasing (and hosing), disgraced former President Bill Clinton offered this revolting comment about the health care debate: Whitehouse quoted Clinton arguing: "The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning." "Teabagging" refers to the act of squatting over a person's mouth and dipping the male genitalia into it repeatedly. But, why is Slick Willie, who normally follows the polls like a dog sniffing buttholes suddenly so hot for health ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/11/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Clinton: ‘We Are Winning’ Former President Bill Clinton told a room full of Democratic senators Tuesday that passing health care reform — which he failed to do 15 years ago — is not only a moral issue but also “an economic imperative.” Clinton argued that even “the most cold-hearted person” ought to support health care reform simply from an economic standpoint. He reminded Democrats of the political momentum their failure to pass reform in 1993 delivered the House of Representatives to the Republicans the ...

What Have We Come To When The President Slurs Those Who Disagree?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens's election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, "Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit" Democratic voters "and it will encourage the extremists." From Politico44: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described ...

"The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning" -- By: Victor Davis Hanson
The Corner on National Review Online — So said Bill Clinton (of all people). It is sort of creepy the way that both President Obama and (now) President Clinton have derided the town-hall, tea-party protestors as "tea-baggers." Apparently the crass sexual slur used against these mostly middle-class, everyday people has gone mainstream. But do Obama and Clinton really mean to dismiss legitimate worries over mega-deficits and out-of-control spending with a crude and flip sexual pun? Even Anderson Cooper apologized for his use of the term. ...

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