Cheers For Bill Clinton In Indiana, But Frustration In S.F.
Bill Clinton, "rural hitman," is continuing his swing through areas rarely seen by former presidents with four stops in southern Indiana today.
The Associated Press reports that "about 1,000 people filled a Columbus fire station for Clinton's appearance, while several hundred others gathered outside in a brisk wind."
Clinton pushed his wife's economic plan.
"Hillary believes we should bring back manufacturing in America. We don't have to give up on manufacturing,'' he said. "Middle class American taxpayers should not subsidize the loss of the manufacturing base."
But while Mr. Clinton is receiving "loud cheers" in Indiana, his behavior in San Francisco suggests frustration on the part on the former president, according to a San Francisco Chronicle dispatch.
The paper reports that Clinton had a "meltdown" when asked about Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama at a meeting with California superdelegates at the state convention last weekend:
"We couldn't help but think he was also talking to himself," the delegate said.
The Associated Press reports that "about 1,000 people filled a Columbus fire station for Clinton's appearance, while several hundred others gathered outside in a brisk wind."
Clinton pushed his wife's economic plan.
"Hillary believes we should bring back manufacturing in America. We don't have to give up on manufacturing,'' he said. "Middle class American taxpayers should not subsidize the loss of the manufacturing base."
But while Mr. Clinton is receiving "loud cheers" in Indiana, his behavior in San Francisco suggests frustration on the part on the former president, according to a San Francisco Chronicle dispatch.
The paper reports that Clinton had a "meltdown" when asked about Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama at a meeting with California superdelegates at the state convention last weekend:
"Five times to my face (Richardson) said that he would never do that," a red-faced, finger-pointing Clinton erupted.A calmer Clinton eventually pushed a message of party unity, the newspaper reports, though one anonymous source said it was odd when he later told everyone to "chill out."
The former president then went on a tirade that ran from the media's unfair treatment of Hillary to questions about the fairness of the votes in state caucuses that voted for Obama. It ended with him asking delegates to imagine what the reaction would be if Obama was trailing by just 1 percent and people were telling him to drop out.
"We couldn't help but think he was also talking to himself," the delegate said.
NO WAY Obama is our next nominee let alone our next president. Good lord the last time we put an inexperianced idiot in the white house, well you know what happened, 9/11, Iraq war, 4000+ dead, 30000 wounded, 500,000,000 billion and counting, 47 million uninsured, civil rights violated, companies took billions of our money in Iraq.
WE cannot afford another novice "on-the-job-training"president. We need Sen Clinton with her smarts, toughness(this campaign has truly showed me how tough she is) her ability to grasp the reality of our problems and explain(in detail) what she will do about it.
I am a 48yr old white male,high school graduate,former airline worker(union man)and a veteran. I have been a card-carying democratic voter for thirty years and have voted democratic on every ballot,every issue. IF the DNC does not count the votes in Fla and Mich I will quit the party and vote for McCain in the fall. It''s Hillary or McCain. We cannot trust our country to a man who lied about his church,his racist pastor, his wife whom has never been proud of America,or his slimy, shady dealings with Rezco.
Hillary, WE KNOW! We know pretty much what the republican playbook will be. He will be landslided by McCain by the millions. Hillary on the other hand will easily beat him. Thats the REAL math. Not Obamath!
Even Lou Dobbs runs a story about how obviously unfair a treatment that Hillary gets from the media.
If it were true that Richardson did assure him 5 times then he has the right to be upset. That is just plain terrible, may be that is why Carville calls Richardson a Judas.
It must be hard for him to see the double standard that nobody could criticize Obama without being called either a racist or ''old politic'', while Obama has blank checks to bash Clinton''s legacy. Despite the many scandals, the Clinton''s years were peaceful with plenty of jobs.