Clinton Seeks to Boost Turnout for Kerry

[Florida_Geek]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-The-Clinton-Factor.html

October 22, 2004
Clinton Seeks to Boost Turnout for Kerry
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 3:23 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bill Clinton has always had a flair for political drama. Now it looks like his just-in-time recovery from heart surgery, allowing him to campaign for John Kerry in the election's closing days, may provide a jolt of excitement that any candidate would covet.

Democratic strategist Donna Brazile says she started getting phone calls and e-mail as soon as word got out about Clinton's planned appearance Monday with Kerry in Philadelphia, with messages like: ``He's back! The Comeback Kid!''

She predicts ``a great, electrifying last week of the campaign.''

That's just dreaming, Republicans say, suggesting that Kerry will suffer from the comparison when he stands alongside the more charismatic Clinton, and that memories of Monica Lewinsky may serve to fire up GOP voters.

``He can remind people of everything that John Kerry is not: loquacious, empathetic, politically adroit,'' says Republican pollster Whit Ayres.

...more at AP

All I have to say is to tell Whit Ayres that Clinton will not be in front of idiots like them but thinking Democrats.

[Worst Username Ever]

1. "Memories of Monica Lewinski."

Just shows where their priorities are. Bill's small fib compared to getting 1100 young people killed. Nice.

[Lucille]

5. People will remember when their only worry was Clinton's foibles

It's not Kerry who will suffer by comparison.

[demokatgurrl]

14. Exactly. We WISH we only had to worry about a B/J. n/t

[byronm]

2. Monica Lewinsky

Give me Monica Lewinsky over the Iraq War, failed economy, stupid social security scams, failing healthcare and idiot for a president we have now anyday.

Who cares what the GOP think.. they fabricated Monica Lewinsky anyway. Bush has done more crimes then i can count on my fingers, my friends fingers and my friend friends fingers..

Bush isn't even strong enough to stand up under OATH.

GO CLINTON GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NVMojo]

4. Bush is a Christian and allegedly believes in forgiveness for mistakes

for him and nobody else.

GO, BILL!!! THANK YOU!!! XOXOXOXOXO!!!

[callous taoboy]

11. Don't leave out education:

where NCLB has second graders scared of entering third grade and the rate in which teachers are leaving the profession has accelerated.

[Larkspur]

3. Bill Clinton doesn't excite me

and it was interesting that Gore won more votes in 2000 than Clinton did in 1992 and 1996 and had more African American votes than Clinton ever had.

[nyhuskyfan]

10. No Ross Perot.

So the playing field to compare votes isn't level.

[Voltaire99]

16. Nor me. I agree with Michael Moore.

As Moore put it in Stupid White Men, "Clinton was the best Republican president we ever had."

Sure, a charming guy, the Big Dawg. But still a watered-down Reagan who paved the way for the Patriot Act, destroyed the social safety net, let corporations run amuck, backed NAFTA, signed noxious Internet legislation opposed by every civil liberties organization in existence, and appointed a lunatic violent AG.

But what do you expect from a guy who preferred Dick Morris to Robert Reich?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. How bout all the memories of safety and prosperity?

Like the ENTIRE Clinton era.

[saracat]

7. The one who suffers by comparison Is Bush!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

8. Mr. Ayres should be deported!

[Kierkegaard]

9. "I'm just a sack of fetid excrement who couldn't find his ass with

a map, a flashlight and both hands..." says Republican pollster Whit Ayres, "I don't know why I waste so much good air. I really don't."

[Hamlette]

12. this coming from the party supporting the LEAST loquacious, empathetic and

politically adroit candidate ever.

I don't think they hear themselves.

[demokatgurrl]

13. All of a sudden Repubs are heaping praise on Clinton?? n/t

[Sinnerman]

20. I AGREE

Why are Re-Pubs too happy that Clinton is going on the Stump

[demokatgurrl]

15. They're skeered shitless that Clinton is coming back-

and I fuckin love it!!!:bounce:

[kostya]

17. Da Big Dog is Back! Great News! Give 'em hell Bill!! eom

[mbee]

18. Maybe people will be glad to remember Monica as a

because afterall no one's children will killed in an illegal war!

[fob]

19. You think they'll bust out "Don't stop thinking 'bout tomorrow" for his

entrance? I think that'd be AWESOME, kind of an official passing of the torch.