Clinton Explains Why He Admires Obama. No, Really ...
More notable than the appearances of John McCain and Barack Obama this morning at the Clinton Global Initiative was the host's personal endorsement of the Democratic nominee—despite their fractious and friction-plagued relationship.
Bill Clinton first acknowledged that he should treat both nominees with nonpartisan hospitality and deference, which he certainly tried to do. He offered a courteous shout-out to Cindy McCain for her charitable work in Rwanda, where Clinton's own foundation is very active. Yet after listening to McCain, praising and thanking him graciously for his remarks, Clinton could not resist the chance to add a few extra words of praise for Obama when introducing the Illinois senator (who showed up on a giant screen via satellite). When Obama came to visit him in Harlem on Sept. 11, Clinton said, the nominee declined to wade into adoring crowds on 125th Street, because "he thought it was wrong to campaign on 9/11." Second, Clinton said, "80 percent of our conversation had nothing to do with politics."
He recalled Obama's first question: "What is the matter with the way America is organized to exercise our soft power?"—by which he meant the capacity to deal with disease, poverty and conflict via nonmilitary and aid-oriented means. To Clinton, this was a sign of Obama's extraordinary intelligence and preparedness for the presidency, which he compared favorably with his own readiness as a candidate in 1992.
The former president also mentioned that Obama had consulted with him "and Hillary" (as well as "the primary members of my economic team") on how to respond to the current financial crisis. According to Clinton, Obama said, "Please don't waste time talking about what is politically salable. ... Let's figure out the right thing to do—and then we will figure out how to sell it." This reflected well not only on Obama "as a person but as a potential president," he said.
Both Obama and McCain laid out their now familiar positions on the Treasury Department's proposed $700 billion financial bailout legislation, with agreement on several aspects (and with Obama insisting on protection for "innocent homeowners" as part of any deal). Obama reiterated that he would go to Washington to offer his assistance in passing a bailout bill—"outrageous" as he considers that necessity to be—and then proceed to Oxford, Miss., for his scheduled debate with McCain. The Republican did not say whether he would go to Oxford or not.
Both candidates pleased the C.G.I. crowd by promising to deal with climate change and poverty—indeed, McCain sounded like his old, Democrat-friendly self rather than the aggressive right-winger of recent weeks. Both specifically promised to eradicate malaria. And it was refreshing to hear McCain once more emphasize that the burning of fossil fuels causes global warming, with his skeptical running mate Sarah Palin sitting demurely in front of him.
Does this mean you expect Bill and Hill
to vote for Obama?????
If he's so ready to be pres.why won't
he do town hall meetings with McCain like he
promised?
Probably because of the abysmal flop he
had at the Saddleback church.
Clinton endorsing Obama was good news. Now both presidential candidate is ready for the first debate. There are so many issues which is for urgent attention for both of them.Public is interested to here n those topics. For the proposed treasury bail out on economical crisis Obama is clear in his intention but McCain is still has not come out with clear picture. Moreover whether McCain is going to attend the debate is still not clear so far.
God bless America. Voters must use their vote in this historical election.
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So John McCain claims he should postpone participating in the nationally televised appointment known as the Presidential Debate because the state of the economy is more pressing, but he can take time out to attend a conference that is relatively less pressing?"
Whatever, Mc Cain.
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY'S MANIFESTO
1. You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by lack of Federal funding.
2. You have to believe that the school system that can't teach a fourth grader how to read is some how the best qualified to teach those same children all about sex.
3. You have to believe that guns, in the hands of law abiding Americans, are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese communists.
4. You have to believe there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth's climate, and more affected by Americans driving SUVs.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being homosexual is natural.
7. You have to be against capital punishment but support abortion on demand.
8. You have to believe that business creates oppression and governments create prosperity.
9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists from Seattle do.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
11. You have to believe that the U.S. Military, not evil and tyrannical regimes, start wars.
12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitut ion, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain pa rts of the Constitution.
13. You have to beli eve that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, General Robert E. Lee, or Thomas Edison.
15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.
16. You have to believe Hillary Clinton is all about "progress" and not power. She just wants to help us out of the archaic system of governing that we have been subjected to since our founding.
17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried, is because the right people haven't been in charge. (I've got news for you. It has never worked because the RIGHT people have been in charge.)
18. You have to believe Republicans telling the truth belong in jail, but a cheat, liar and sex offender belongs in the White House and you would vote him back in there in a New York Minute (if you could).
19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.
20. You have to believe that illegal Democrat Party funding by the Chinese is somehow in the best interest of the United States.
21. You have to believe that the vociferous minorities who protest against prayer and saluting the flag in school have far more rights than the majority who believe in God and country, and want these values instilled in our young children.
22. You have to believe in MOB RULE and not RULING THE MOB (The Republican way).
23. You must not listen to Rush Limbaugh.
24 Trade Unions and Trial Lawyers are our strength and power.
25 The Main Stream Media and Hollywood are our propagandists.
26- FEMINISTS and GAYS are the men of our party.
27- The Terri Schiavo case proves we and a two-timing husband have more power than GOD and 2 loving parents.
28 WE HAVE TO CUT & RUN FROM IRAQ BECAUSE IF
THE U.S. HELPS THEM WIN - WE LOSE.
29 WE AND THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA MUST NEVER LET THE TRUTH
ABOUT TWA FLIGHT 800 (www.cashill.com) ANDTHE ARKANSAS PRISON TO CANADA BLOOD SCANDAL ( www.factor8movie.com) TO GET OUT TO RUIN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION.
30 You must remember the immortal word's of our Uncle Joe Stalin - "IT'S NOT WHO VOTES THAT COUNTS - BUT WHO COUNTS THE VOTES."
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31 LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE ARE THE PARTY FOR THE LOSERS IN
LIFE AND WE(The Elitists -ie-
Kerry or Soros) CAN ONLY KEEP OUR POWER BY KEEPING THEM
THERE.
31 You have to swear to the : THE DEVIL'S CODE
HIS HEART DOES NOT EXIST
HE SPEAKET H WITH A FORKED TONGUE
HIS STRENGTH UPHOLDS THE WICKED
HIS SWORD SLAYS THE DEFENSELESS
HIS WRATH UNDOES THE INNOCENT
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BUT NOT TO THE: THE KNIGHT'S CODE
HIS HEART KNOWS VIRTUE
HIS TONGUE SPEAKS ONLY TRUTH
HIS STRENGTH UPHOLDS THE WEAK
HIS SWORD DEFENDS THE HELPLESS
HIS WRATH UNDOES THE WICKED
THIS WAS THE OATH OF A FIGHTER PILOT. Keep forwarding and add more
PS-THE COWBOY AND FIGHTER PILOT IS AMERICA’S VERSION OF OLD EUROPE’S CHIVALRY AND KNIGHTHOOD.
PSS - BOBBY KENNEDY WAS KILLED BY SIRHAN SIRHAN A PALESTINIAN AND POPE JOHN PAUL WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE KILLED BY ALI MEHMET AGCA A TURKISH MUSLIM. THIS STARTED IN 1968. HOW SOON WE FORGET.
PSSS -PASS THIS ON TO 1000 FRIENDS OR 1000 TIMES TO ONE DEMOCRAT
PSSSS - I JUST FOUND OUT MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A REPUBLICAN - WHATA GREAT DAY
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MR BIL
PS THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE ELITISTS VERSUS THE COMMON FOLKS
Mr BIL:
Put down your crayons and go back to art therapy. Those clay ash trays aren't going to make themselves! And make sure that the nurse loosens your gown so you can change the all caps key back to its normal setting.
Mr Bil,
LOL...MLK was a Republican. Mr. Bil, Afri-Americans use to vote Republican but we realized that they were no good to our people. We vote Democratic now and we have a leader (Obama) from both sides of the spectrum now. And all the point you laid out is Bull.
The Republicans made America into a class warfare society since Reagan. The 'trickle down effect' has not worked and will never work. The middle class puts more money in the society than the rich. The middle class and the poor are the ones who take public transportation and shop at the neighborhood stores.
JOHN MCCAIN, is the same senator from Arizona that didn't want to recognize MLK birthday as a public holiday. The only damn holiday in the US for a man that stood for solidarity.So please, leave MLK out of this. He(MLK) would have left the Republican party a long time ago.
Didn't McCain ALSO suspend his campaign on 9/11/08?