Having spent the last few weeks polarizing the Democratic nomination race, Bill Clinton takes the time to grab the mantle of victimhood and blame "right wing Republicans" for the polarization. He performed in Spartansburg, South Carolina, as reported by Katharine Q. Seelye at The New York Times Politics Blog:
Bill Clinton just staged a passionate defense of his wife here, after a voter asked how Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton could unite this country when it is so split, politically and racially, and when she is such a polarizing figure.The question unleashed an attack against the Republicans and an unusual assertion that Mr. Clinton had somehow escaped those attacks (has he forgotten so quickly?); he said he understood the right-wing bullies because he grew up with them. And he said that when they "didn't have me to kick around anymore," they went after his wife.
Read the rest at the link above, which we found thanks to reader Hugh S, who notes the irony of the phrase, "didn't have me to kick around anymore."
Clinton needn't include, "because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." No one will believe that until his funeral, when he will probably announce it at a hastily-arranged press conference. Him pointing fingers at anyone else as "polarizing" is the perfect example of "the audacity of hope."
It's as if a chain-saw murderer reacted to accusations of violence by crying, "What, ME? The others were the ones bleeding all over the place!"
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Comments (8)
Is he afarid she,ll turn hi... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Spurwing Plover | January 26, 2008 12:59 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Is he afarid she,ll turn him into a toad?
1. Posted by Spurwing Plover | January 26, 2008 12:59 AM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 00:59
2. Posted by Jim Addison | January 26, 2008 4:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Birdman, I don't know what you did to attract the undying enmity of our Beloved Editor - although I strongly suspect an inappropriate relationship with Mr. Ducky may have been involved - but you are welcome to plop on my posts any time!
2. Posted by Jim Addison | January 26, 2008 4:37 AM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 04:37
3. Posted by DSkinner | January 26, 2008 7:08 AM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Jim,
I too wonder why Spurwing gets "disenvoweled" at this site. Doesn't seem right.
3. Posted by DSkinner | January 26, 2008 7:08 AM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 07:08
4. Posted by Oyster | January 26, 2008 9:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's that Vast Right Wing Conspiracy I tells ya!
4. Posted by Oyster | January 26, 2008 9:26 AM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 09:26
5. Posted by Uncle Pinky | January 26, 2008 10:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Bill Clinton", "passionate" and "his wife" are words I never thought to see in the same sentence.
5. Posted by Uncle Pinky | January 26, 2008 10:45 AM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 10:45
6. Posted by Maggie | January 26, 2008 1:15 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Mr.Spurwing is on the beloved Editor's short list.
He's not been subject to losing his vowels lately,
as he's stayed reasonable with his posts.
Which makes his participation welcome.
6. Posted by Maggie | January 26, 2008 1:15 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 13:15
7. Posted by Spence | January 26, 2008 1:54 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I can't believe Hillary finally made it all about Bill. She could not win on her own so now we have to have Bill 24/7. Can you imagine Michelle Obama (I think that is her name?)getting this much press? The media would be screaming that Barak is not a viable canidate on his own.
7. Posted by Spence | January 26, 2008 1:54 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 13:54
8. Posted by LaMedusa | January 26, 2008 3:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"And he said that when they "didn't have me to kick around anymore," they went after his wife."
Now that's living in denial. Or, perhaps being overly honest about the joined-at-the-hip agenda. Those evil Weebubwican bullies.
/sarc
8. Posted by LaMedusa | January 26, 2008 3:22 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2008 15:22