clinton likes bush?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Action Jackson]

I just heard the last few second of Clinton's speech today. So this is taken out of context.

But Clinton just said "IN the days before the election I started to wonder if I am the only one in this country who likes both Clinton and Bush."

I am really pissed off Clinton said that. Really pissed off. Bush is too evil and the Dems should not be saying anything nice about him at all. If anyone heard the complete speech feel free to correct me. This quote came at the very end.

[TwentyFive]

1. Bush has not one redeeming feature - except maybe he has term limits.

[Karenca]

26. "WISDOM AND STRENGTH

ARE NOT OPPOSING VALUES"....Pres Clinton.

Clinton supported Kerry.
He was being a "politician" just now.

[LeighAnn]

2. It was enough to Gag a Maggot

I suppose he has to say things like that. I never would.

[Politicub]

7. He doesn't have to say anything like that

It doesn't gain him one more ounce of respect from anyone.

He would have been better not to address Bush at all.

[LeighAnn]

11. You're right. He should have used the opportunity to denounce *

That's what I would have done. I would have even had a pie on hand.

[Politicub]

19. Or given a non-answer

A skill that politicians are extremely adept at.

[lancdem]

3. Liking Bush doesn't mean you think he's a good president

Do you really expect Clinton to be critical of him at the opening of Clinton's library? I don't understand why people on this site don't get it. Library openings ARE NOT PARTISAN EVENTS.

[Catherine Vincent]

17. I agree. Just like when the Clinton's returned to the White House

a few months ago for the unveiling of Clinton's official portrait, Chimpy said a very good speech. I was impressed. He's still a smirky ass, though.

[bunkerbuster1]

18. Seconded. The classiest moment of Chimpy's administration

was when Bill and Hillary were there for the official portrait. Bush's speech was nothing short of shocking. It was like I'd wandered into an alternative universe where political opponents treated each other decently.

[flowomo]

4. Howard Dean also said a few kind words about Bush recently...

Sort of: "I know George Bush. I served with him for six years . He's not a homophobe. He's not a racist. He's not a sexist. In some ways, what he did was worse … because he knew better."

[WI_DEM]

5. they do have a mutual admiration society

Clinton does admire Bush's political skills.

[BJ]

6. More of Bill's famous "political triangulation"?

[pnutchuck]

8. Hillary 2008!

Maybe he's trying to butter up the elephants so they'll go easier on Hillary than they did on him. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"

[knowbody0]

9. silly you

clinton completely slaughtered the fuck
"you can't possibly occupy all your enemies"
he's a diplomat. he smiles while rips off the head
these are tough times. the media is not on our side.

[BeyondGeography]

10. That's how he won elections

He always had something for everyone, and, when it came to getting votes, it worked. You can grind your teeth about it (I know I do), but there's a method to Big Dog's madness.

The question is whether that method works anymore, in the face of an implacably hostile and destructive Republican party. I'm not of the opinion that it does work, but I admit the possibility that Clinton knows more about this game than I do.

[pk_du]

12. No,No ,No.........consider the source

Bill said he likes "bush"...thats all. :O)

[merh]

14. LOL, I get it he was just being honest

and that other guy thought he was talking about him! :silly:

[lancdem]

15. LOL

You're bad.

[ZenLefty]

13. Presidential Respect

Almost all ex-Presidents almost always respect and honor current and other ex-Presidents. I think that even bush has never said a bad word about Clinton. Not in public, anyway.

Clinton has many times expressed his desire to see political discourse turn away from who's bad vs. who's good, and return to who's right and who's wrong. He may like bush as a person and a president of the United States, but has has still criticized bush's actions, and disagreed with many of them.

[goldengreek]

16. Clinton's always been a chickenshit.

He practically handed them everything they wanted on a silver platter and made a virtue out of it. Why stop now?

And of course he knows this election was stolen. He's not an idiot.

[Generator]

20. Loves Clinton and Bush?

That sums it up for me, Clinton is in love with himself.

Also, I don't trust him farther than I can throw him.

Not to say he isn't brilliant and doesn't have a lot of good qualties but he hasn't been fighting the good fight in the last four years. Bush really is not worthy of respect, and until the "Democrats" wake up to that and start pushing back hard, the "Democrats" are doomed.

This current batch of "Republicans" are nothing more than thugs, criminals and bullies.

You never back down from a bully. When oh when are the "Democrats" going to realize that?

[212demop]

21. He was being shrewd

Why give the repugs more ammunition? graciousness and a facade of unity- they can't accuse our side of petty divisiveness. We can rise above that shit. Our presidents know how to be diplomatic, they can be statesmanlike, even in conversation with their enemies.

That is called SMART politics. It makes the democratics look good, above the fray.

[dewaldd]

22. Shrewd like Neville Chamberlain?

Let's just appease him. Maybe he will stop at Iraq.

Yeah, right....

[212demop]

24. It wasn't the place for him to express outrage at Bush's crimes

And he does that plenty- even Bush senior referred to Clinton's public floggings of jr.

[sksoapfan24]

23. Just being polite

I think President Clinton was just trying to be polite. I think he likes Bush on a personal basis and does agree with some decisions Bush has made but the majority of them he has not agreed with. He was just trying to be statesman like.

[pa28]

25. Clinton likes everybody.

Remember he called New Gingrich "an interesting guy." To be disliked by the big dog you have to be really REALLY bad. The only two names that come to mind are Bob Dole and Ken Starr.

[Robert Oak]

27. Just politics, he's trying to get the country to join in 1 direction

The "wedge" issues are precisely how Karl Rove controls the country.

[cyn2]

28. I think you meant to say....

"IN the days before the election I started to wonder if I am the only one in this country who likes both Kerry and Bush."

And, yeah, I was not happy with that. But, as someone else said, he's a politician.

[Woo]

29. Politics...

I'm sure the look of shock and awe Clinton will have-- when they escort the dummy from the White House in handcuffs and throw his luggage on to the west lawn -- will be just priceless(all in the name of being smug).

[anamandujano]

30. Well, he gave us the current state of the media and

gave his support for the war at crucial times. Remember "Trust Tony (Blair)"--a speech in England, I think, when parliament was duking it out over the war (possibly to Parliament).