Bill Clinton calls out ‘disappointing’ Romney ad

[Tx4obama]

(CNN) – Bill Clinton said an attack ad from Mitt Romney misconstrues recent changes pushed by President Barack Obama to the welfare reform law Clinton signed as president.

“Governor Romney released an ad today alleging that the Obama administration had weakened the work requirements of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. That is not true,” Clinton said in a statement Tuesday, adding that the Obama administration had taken steps to ensure work requirements for welfare recipients were maintained.

The Obama administration directive, issued July 12, allows individual states to experiment with changes to their welfare-to-work programs, which are federally funded. The intent, according to the directive, is to "challenge states to engage in a new round of innovation that seeks to find more effective mechanisms for helping families succeed in employment."

The welfare-to-work program affected by the directive – the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) – was created by the welfare reform law signed by Clinton in 1996. That measure was considered a win for conservatives, who long pushed for a provision that required work training for Americans receiving government assistance.

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Full article with more Clinton quotes here: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/08/clinton-calls-out-disappointing-romney-ad/

[Drunken Irishman]

1. You'd think Romney would like this - you know, state's rights and all!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Just saw last night

that it was two Repub governors whom recently asked for waivers. Wonder if this was setup for Romney to attack President Obama? FWIW even Politifact is hammering Romney-Hood about this, giving his claims a seldom-heard of (for a Repub) "Pants-on-Fire" ruling. I would love to see somebody really grill these GOP governors about what they were asking for and what they thought they were going to be getting. Romney is a big fat liar!

[Cosmocat]

3. Doesn't matter

Romney LONG ago, I mean, LONG ago, just gave up any pretense of even trying to be honest or factual.

They simply make crape up out of thin air, because they have been doing it for some long now it is acceptable for them to do it by the "liberal" media.

[AtomicKitten]

4. Well at least he's not providing a nice quote for Romney's TV ads this time.

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