Bill Clinton Tells Party to Toughen Up
By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Billary, DemocratsWe already knew Bill Clinton enjoys a good scrum. Now he’s telling other Dems to put the pads on or stop playing the game. At a campaign rally in West Virginia, Bill Clinton said:
“If a politician doesn’t wanna get beat up, he shouldn’t run for office. 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….
“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.”
The former president is obviously responding to the growing worries that the Democratic party is hurting itself by having a mildly contentious primary campaign. Personally, I like President Clinton’s take. As much as I’m a fan of civility in politics, I don’t think the Obama/Clinton contest has really been all that nasty. There have been some elbows thrown but that’s about it. If the candidates can’t take a little pushing and shoving, how are they going to handle the pressures of the Oval Office?
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: the Democrats are benefiting from this protracted primary. Their issues and their supporters are getting the lion’s share of media time while John McCain has to travel the globe and present important policy speeches in order to get fifteen seconds on the nightly news. Those who think Hillary Clinton should drop out “for the good of the party” need to buck up and let this thing play out.
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March 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I love Bill Clinton. He’ll make a great First Man.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:19 am
If you love NAFTA and unemployment, you’ll love the Clintons. (I think, a better title to this article would be: “Clintons continue Scorched Earth Policies”. )
March 27th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Don’t know how much this whole intramural fighting will benefit the DNC, but it is captivating to watch.
Obama’s skeletons (Wright, Rezko and more to come?)
Rev. Wright = an equal opportunity hater (Whites, Italians, Jews…). He has choice words for all of them. What a uniter!
H. Clinton too has church skeletons when she ran against Lazio in 2000. In addition, she just lied about been under “snipers’ fire” during her visit in Bosnia while her husband was Prez, on three separate occasions.
Yep. This a very exciting campaign with little opportunity for boredom.
March 29th, 2008 at 10:42 am
You mean Bill “I watched the Rwanda and Bosnian genocidess” Clinton?
Spare us.
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/traps/2008/03/27/hillary-clinton-experience-in-watching-genocide-ignored-or-just-lying-in-wait/