Clinton: GOP 'banking on you not thinking'

[jefferson_dem]

Clinton: GOP 'banking on you not thinking'
From NBC's Adam Verdugo

BALTIMORE -- Former President Bill Clinton thinks that voters need to pay attention to the facts like they pay attention to their sports.

"When we care about something that's really important to us, like football or basketball or the World Series -- some life or death deal like that," he said sarcastically as the crowd laughed, "I mean we know the facts, right?"

"You listen to ESPN talking about the last game in the National or American League baseball playoffs, why, you'd think you're listening to Einstein, the way they go through the facts," he said.

"It's only when something has absolutely no significance to us -- like the economy, the future of our children, the way the nation is going to turn up -- when we say 'don't bother me with the facts I got my mind made up.'"

"You're laughing, but it's true isn't it?" Clinton said.

Clinton's contention is that Republicans have been playing loose with the facts in recent ads, and he wants voters to pause.

"Suppose we think about it," he said. "This crowd," Clinton added, referring to the Republicans, "they're banking on you not thinking. They're banking on some people being so mad that facts don't matter and other people being so apathetic that facts don't matter."

Case in point, Clinton says: "The Republican argument goes something like this," he said. 'Hey, they got the White House and the Congress, and we gave them 21 months to get out of that hole that we left them. And we're not out so throw them out and put us back in. We may not be out of the hole yet but it was a real deep hole. At least we stopped digging."

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[yellerpup]

1. Kick.

Love that Big Dog.

[tweetypie]

2. Hillary for president

I want Hillary to win! Don't know about voting for Ombama.

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3. Go Bill!

It's about time some voters are called on their lazy ignorance.

[Awsi Dooger]

5. I wish Obama were as skilled at short memorable phrases

That's what struck me during '08, that Obama gives great philosophical speeches but he lacks Bill's gift of day to day reference points and jolting sound bytes.