Rev. Wright seemed to think Bill Clinton was a good guy.

[qijackie]

"Under Bill Clinton, we got a messed up welfare to work bill, but under Clinton blacks had an intelligent friend in the Oval Office. "

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-wright%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cgod-damn-america%E2%80%9D-sermon/

Its buried in section 2, but its there.

[ccharles000]

1. Bill is an intelligent and caring man.

[MercutioATC]

2. He's honestly giving credit where credit is due.

The welfare to work bill WAS messed up, but Bill had good intentions and WAS an "intelligent friend".

[Skittles]

3. he was and is n/t

[CatsDogsBabies]

4. So ....

And he was president in the 90s and now it is 2008 and time for a BRAND NEW president.

[Renaissance Man]

5. The Translation

Translation: "We gave Bill a good deal of credit for his Presidency, though his welfare to work bill didn't necessarily consider what would happen to working class people with NAFTA enacted. He wasn't all that. It's just that George Bush makes him look like a genius."

[qijackie]

7. Guess you know best. I was just quoting Rev. Wright.

[MADem]

9. I didn't think a guy with at least one PhD who speaks five languages needs "translation"

from an anonymous poster on a political discussion forum, either. He seemed to express himself declaritively and concisely in that quote.

:rofl:

[krawhitham]

6. Bill married down

[Cha]

8. "Was" being the operative

word.