Comments on: Chatty Crowd Forces Clinton to Cut Speech Short

[typodi]

Here''s an FYI. From Politico.com

The Clintons have made a $100-million fortune since leaving the White House, but a Politico analysis found that hasn%u2019t kept Bill Clinton from taking full advantage of the publicly funded perks offered to ex-presidents.

In fact, his presidential retirement benefits cost taxpayers almost as much as those of the other two living ex-presidents combined.

The price tag for Clinton%u2019s federal retirement allowance from 2001 through the end of this year will run $8 million, compared to $5.5 million for George H. W. Bush%u2019s and $4 million for Jimmy Carter%u2019s during the same period.

Since 2001, Clinton has received more of almost every benefit available to former presidents - from his pension to his staff%u2019s salaries and benefits to supplies. His $420,000 phone bill and $3.2 million office rent tab both nearly surpassed the totals rung up for those purposes by Bush, Carter and the late former presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan combined. As a group, they spent $484,000 on telephone service and $3.8 million on rent in the same span.

The figures come from congressional reports studying the presidential retirement program and from summaries of annual budget requests by the U.S. General Services Administration, which administers the program, created to allow former presidents to enjoy dignified retirements without having to take jobs that demean or commercialize the presidency.

[b-easy63]

Although we all,with reasonable intelligence, knows what she''''s up to. She''''s keeping alive Barack poor choice of words and want everyone to forget her pattern of lying.. Oh, I mean misspoken words.

She''''s been on this rampage stating that America doesn''''t need a president who looks down on them. America doesn''''t need a president who regulary lies to them with no conscious or not enough remorse to explain or simply tell the truth.

Posted by msgwen4 at 06:16 PM : Apr 15, 2008


When a person lies to you and expects to get away with it--they are looking down on you. Either they think you are stupid or that you are so corrupt, you are as bad as they are, so you don''t care. Which one are most Hillary supporters.

[b-easy63]

Your view are mildly interesting as well.
I think we agree on one thing. We are NOT fans of war and I never believed the wmd thing either.
I am not a fan of the Bush Administration.
It boils down to one thing, you like your Candidate and I perfer mine.
My preference is not Republican.
I simply do not trust Barack as you do not trust Hillary.

Posted by mnmaid at 03:36 PM : Apr 15, 2008


you may not be a fan of war--but as a supporter of Hillary, you have no problem excusing her decision to vote for the war and her lame lie about thinking her vote to authorize the war was really a vote to give Bush more time with inspectors. Guess you would be another apologist or outraged supporter, if she got elected and then voted CAFTA into being. LOL Guess what--sometimes what you see--and find out is really exactly what you are going to get--minus the spin.

[b-easy63]

Also, if Hillary made the comment 100% of Obama supporters would be popping champaign corks knowing that she was finally finshed.

Instead, the are having to face that reality that even if he is the nominee (God forbid) he will never be President.

Posted by SusieOH at 12:10 AM : Apr 15, 2008


If Hillary and her supporters keep it up--people won''t care if Obama is not elected--just as long as Hillary and Bill are prevented from getting back into the WH. "anyone BUT Hitlery. LOL

[indieinva]

I''m glad to know that I''m not the only one with "Clinton Fatigue." I do hope the good people of PA will cure us of this syndrome.

[ernieson]

I assumed Hillary was post menopausal, but I wonder if that is the case. She cries, has memory lapses, goes off, comes down. She appears unstable and not the person I would want in command of the worlds strongest military. Her remark today calling a vote for Obama to be a vote for Bush was way out there. Desperate people do desperate things. She should try to keep some dignity and get off the dirty smear train.

[ernieson]

I assumed Hillary was post menopausal, but I wonder if that is the case. She cries, has memory lapses, goes off, comes down. She appears unstable and not the person I would want in command of the worlds strongest military. Her remark today calling a vote for Obama to be a vote for Bush was way out there. Desperate people do desperate things. She should try to keep some dignity and get off the dirty smear train.

[jerryz7936]

Too bad. She''s losing creditability. I wanted to see a women in the White House. There are many women in government that are more creatable and have more experience than Hillary. Too much of her lying and poor management of her campaign. Well maybe in 2016

[davthewav1]

"Clinton continues to label Barack Obama "out of touch" for saying that when people get economically crapped on by politicians and corporations, they get angry. From the confines of her mansions in Georgetown and Chappaqua, surveying her $110 million fortune and her long career as a corporate lawyer and Wal- Mart board member, Clinton expresses a "let them eat cake" attitude, apparently believing regular folks are totally happy when politicians like her champion policies like NAFTA that crush them. Even if what Obama said was offensive to some, this just isn''t the sort of story that the national media can use to effectively damage a candidate. Ultra-elitists just are not going to be able to convince people that someone else is actually even more elitist. And the polls today demonstrate this."

[baratunde-2009]

@gretagreen who asked, "what should I do as an Obama supporter to be a good representative?"

i wrote some things that may help you and others.

on obama''s experience
http://is.gd/6kW

on obama and transparency/empowerment
http://is.gd/6kY

i haven''t written up responses to rev wright or bitter/cling-gate yet but swing through www.jackandjillpolitics.com where i write as "jack turner" along with 4 others. we''re on this stuff daily