What exactly does Bill Clinton like about Rove and Bush's "vision"

[ProSense]

The Clintons recognize the skill Rove has brought to politics and admire his craft, if not his ideology. Just days after the November 2004 election, Bill Clinton pulled Rove aside at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas. "Hey, you did a marvelous job, it was just marvelous what you did," Clinton told Rove, according to the book "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008," by John F. Harris and Mark Halperin. "I want to get you down to the library. I want to talk politics with you. You just did an incredible job, and I'd like to really get together with you and I think we could have a great conversation."

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On stage, even after a divisive political season, the current and former presidents set aside their partisan differences, a reminder that the institution of the presidency will always trump the person who holds the office.

Clinton said he often joked during the recent campaign, wondering whether he was the only person left in America who liked both President Bush and Kerry, men who had competing visions for the country.

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[DemGa]

1. That must've blown Turdblossmom's mind...nt

[whistle]

2. Simple, keep your friends close and your enimies closer

:yoiks:

[blm]

6. And spend your 3 week book tour defending Bush on terrorism and Iraq war while

never mentioning a word about Kerry's years of work tracking terror networks or HIS Iraq strategy.

That was Hillary2008 working for us Dem voters in 2004.

[lisainmilo]

7. I used to think that too but

not anymore. I liked Bill Clinton as a president. He just got too buddy buddy with the Bushs' for my comfort level. A picture tells a thousand words!



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Edit to add: looks too friendly to me. :x(:

x( x(

[Clarkansas]

3. Bill admires Karl's ability to do anything to win, no matter how unethical,

and sleep well at night.

[radfringe]

4. skill is a tool

you can admire the talent, but disapprove of how it's used

a hammer is a useful tool, you can build things with it. you can also use it to bash someone's head in.

Rove is skillful with his talents, but he just uses them to bash

[ProSense]

9. Rove is an unethical bastard who belongs in jail! n/t

[radfringe]

11. I'll go along with that

[msongs]

5. and here I thought it was OBAMA who says we should reach out to our opponents. guess I was wrong nt

[ErnestoG]

8. Good post. And more reasons to keep a Clinton AWAY from executive office these days

[blm]

10. Clinmtons VALIDATE Bush and Rove's tactics - you never saw them FIGHT the methods the last 8yrs did

Nope - they kept their 'machine' grounded while Dems were attacked and smeared every day.

Glad to see that non-use of the 'machine' against Rove and Bush caused cracks to form. Shoulda used it for good, Clintonites. Instead of being the selfish cretins you all are.