Bill Clinton: How Giving Me a Little Credit for a Couple of Things?
**Written by Doug Powers
Who’s up for a trip back to the 90′s? Earlier in the week, Newt Gingrich offered an updated Contract with America for the 21st Century, and now Bill Clinton’s jumping into the time machine to try and reel in extra credit for 15 year old legislation.
The normally extremely humble former president briefly shed his cloak of modesty yesterday and expressed frustration at an those who refuse to offer him full plaudits for welfare reform and the balanced budget:
“I go crazy every time I read the conventional wisdom,” he said Friday night at his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark. “So part of the Republican narrative is that I was ‘saved’ from myself by the election of the Republican Congress [in 1994] that ‘forced me’ to do welfare reform and ‘made the balanced budget possible.’”
Clinton said reporters and commentators “keep saying this, overlooking all relevant facts.”
The 42nd president said Arkansas had been a test case for reform during his governorship. At the federal level, he said 43 states received federal waivers to implement welfare reform before the GOP-controlled House passed the final bill.
“And yet I kept reading how this was ‘a Republican idea,’ just because President Reagan had a good story about a welfare queen and a Cadillac who didn’t exist,” Clinton said.
Is Clinton still ticked because of the time then-candidate Obama said he wasn’t a transformational president?
If memory serves, Clinton made welfare reform part of his ’92 campaign, but subsequently vetoed two welfare reform bills. Then, in an election year, he signed a third version which contained some changes in order to bring enough Democrats on board. At that point, an intern delivered a pizza and he got impeached for perjury — though I may be fuzzy on one or two of the above details.
Look for select members of the MSM to dutifully run with Bubba’s plea for more credit, especially at a time when Clinton nostalgia among Democrats is at an all time high now that Hope & Change is in a tailspin.
If Bill’s feeling under-appreciated I hope he knows all he’s got to do is schedule another interview with Matt Lauer.
**Written by Doug Powers
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I give credit you for denigrating the Office Of The Presidency to a point almost beyond repair.
Hey Bubba! Got yer credit right here!
Come on bill, hill still thinks you are great, doesn’t she? I guess bill thinks we have forgotten all about the ‘blue dress’ thing? Not a nice thing for a president to be involved with!
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It’s time for the Mr. Bill show.
Oh, nooooo!
How sad is it that the current pRez and his administration are so corrupt and inept that it makes one nostalgic for Bubba. I learned early in life to never say that things can’t get worse because you will likely be proven wrong, but it is hard to see how the bar can possibly be lowered any lower than what we have come to expect from obummer.
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You should have heard Lanny Davis on Fox and Friends this morning. Everything good was Clinton – and he would have done even more if he hadn’t had to fight off that evil Gingrich and the evil Republicans.
The sad part is that they actually believe the revisionism that they spew.
I give you credit for such catch phrases as ‘ Put some ice on it.’ Or new definition of ‘is’, you serial rapist you.
Why this impeached perjurer is not shunned as a total disgrace is beyond me. Only in these times, when morals mean squat, would this rapist pervert be given elder statesman status.
He’s not looking too good these days. Frail, frail, frail. And his voice, too. Maybe he’s trying to drum up some sympathy votes for when Hill runs against Obama.
In my view, Mr. Clinton is just another crooked democrat lecher (pun intended).
I remember this well. BJ kept vetoing the Welfare bill, and if I recall, demogogued it, as well. Newt kept sending him the bill, with minor, insignificant changes, until he broke down and signed it.
Once it proved successful, the Democrats lavished praise on Clinton for being such an innovator. It always makes me want to puke when I hear this distortion of the truth.
And then there’s the budget bills that he fought tooth and nail against, finally succumbing to pressure, and signing it. Once it was clear that the budget bill, put together by John Kasich proved to do everything he said it would do, who do you suppose took credit for it? Yep…the Liar from Arkansas. (Yet another constant from Democrats: more than willing to take credit for other’s hard work.)
By the way, if a liar is caught in a lie, how can anything he ever says not be taken with a grain of salt? It’s true…Clinton, and his cronies have certainly left their mark on Washington, and in state and national politics…and the stench still lingers!
Dear Mr. Clinton
Thank you for your contributions as President. Because of you we had a few good years run of a Republican Congress.
Isn’t there some kind of recycling program for dumping used Dem presidents? They seem so difficult to get rid of.
Bubba may not like it, but the truth remains that it was the GOP in Congress who passed all those balanced budgets. Now go back to your well-paid retirement, Slick!
Only the fact that we have such a SCOAMF as president could make me write the next sentence.
Right now, I would rather we had BJ in the White House. Ouch! That hurt.
was just thinking, what a post obama presidency will be like? both bubba and teh won will be fighting to insert themself in every news item of the day. clinton you are history, and not a very good chapter of it, soon to be followed by the worst chapter of history. and if the scandals keep up, perhaps you might have impeachment in common with obama. but again, i doubt if the senate will vote for conviction.
Me thinks bho feels he should be made king for life here in the US?
L
When Hillary declares, the Bush-backed GOP liberal Democrat nominee will have to fight on the losing side of the proposition: “Would you vote for the balanced-budget, “the days of big government are over” economics of the Clinton 1990s or the budget-busting, runaway deficit, big government explosion economics of the Bush 2000s?”
That is where the current “Anyone but Obama” GOP/Hannity strategy is leading to. Guided again by our fears, we will once again prepare for the wrong opponent with the wrong arguments and the wrong candidate.
Let’s get it right this time. No nose holding. Say it. Take the “I am never going to hold my nose to vote for the LOTE again” pledge.
Coincidently, on this day in 2001 the Supreme Court suspended Bill Clinton from practicing law before the high court. (Feet of clay, Bill?)
I’ll say it… the Pacifier Phildo Rule … “Let’s do everything possible to make sure Obama gets re-elected”
that is a possibility. after he loses the election, he will leave the country, with his kings court intact. and live as an american king in exile.
Please explain to us again why Cain would be a big mistake. LOL.
Give it up. You nose holding RINOs are about to get run over by the Tea Party.
Phil, You’re lying again!
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HI JRGDDS–#16. Good comment– President BJ Clinton was / is an amoral and corrupt man. But he was smart enough to realize after the democrat loss of congress in the 1994 midterm elections that if he kept up his left wing destruction of the economy that he would be toast in the Nov. 1996 election.
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He shut down Hillary’s health “care” program and won reelection when he was forced to focus on improving the economy. But like MacBeth and his queen–he is still waiting for the chance to put Hillary in as the POTUS who will “fix” the Comrade Obama disasters. Comrade Hillary will be the candidate in 2012–many voters still like her. And they have a lot of payback in mind for The Messiah.
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And it will be at the expense of the U.S.A. as Queen Hillary continues the worst of The One’s regime. And if you think that Monica did a lot of work on her knees for Clinton–wait until you see how many “leg tingle” moments the American Pravda Media will provide them.
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Obama style Deja Vu all over again coming soon if she wins. Shrillery is a White marxist in a pants suit. President Clinton is bringing her onstage now.
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John Bibb
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Clingons.
Klintons.
John Bibb,
+1
What I never could get is how Bubba somehow fancied himself a ‘rockstar’? With mojo and everything! If you’ve seen The Stones “Shine A Light” at the Beacon in NY.., there’s Bubba wantin’ to rub elbows w/ the band and Mick & Keef are like WhoTF is ‘this’?
Mick must have figured out that Clintons don’t PAY for anything! Just what a performing musician needs, freeloaders cluttering up the stage and distracting the help.
There is a term for this insane need to justify your legacy. It is called NARCISSISM. Specifically a “inflated self-importance, egotism, vanity, conceit, or simple selfishness.” And in the classic definition from psychology, we even get a hint at WHY you do this:
The term is used to describe both normal self-love and unhealthy self-absorption due to a disturbance in the sense of self.
Hmm. Perhaps if you had practiced a little more “self-love” instead of cigar-love, you wouldn’t have the disturbance in your self-esteem dealing with the terrible acts of selfishness you inflicted on woman to satisfy yourself, embarrass and humiliate your wife and daughter, and become the very picture of the famed, “Prevaricator in Chief.”
http://streamofjim.blogspot.com/
So let’s give poor insecure Billy some credit due him:
* National security was compromised by the overt selling of US Defense technology in exchange for campaign funds to Clinton via the Lippo Group.
* He implemented policy and political correctness that PROHIBITED cooperation between the FBI and other departments, contributing to the events of September 11th and weakening our national security.
* He refused to kill Bin Laden after the USS Cole bombing including one incident where he couldn’t be reached while with Ms. Lewinsky
* His administration was responsible for the slaughter of 83 Americans in Waco, TX (including 26 children). (Anyone really believe a hyper PR controlling President and First Lady wouldn’t have been brought in the loop within minutes (not days) of this becoming a national headline?)
* He ordered the CIA to give nuclear blueprints to Iran
* He refused to intervene in the slaughter of 700,000 in Rwadan. (We formally apologized them later. God have mercy on our country.)
* He stained the reputation of the white house with his sexually deviant behavior and was the first President ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
* He systematically abused women for his own gratification, personally attacking their reputations when they didn’t cooperate with his indiscretions, including hiring a full time “Bimbo Control” staffer
* Promiscuity soared among teens and experimentation with oral sex tripled because the “leader” of the country said it wasn’t sex
Sorry – I’m getting too depressed to continue.
More here:
The Clinton Legacy:
http://prorev.com/legacy.htm
This is classic Bubba. Reminding America how great he is. Just ask him.
His next project – convincing the Cigar Association of America that his use of their product increased sales and displayed the family fun that could be had with a Gurkha Elegance. Worthy of financial consideration and undying devotion.
Bill is setting it up for a Hillary run in 2012….Goodbye Obama, stick the fork in, your done.
Pres. Clinton, in his dreams: “I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again. I did not triangulate with the Republican Congress. I could never lie about this, not a single time – never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people and myself. Thank you.”
1) Enforced the hideous Community Reinvestment Act which led directly to the economic collapse of 2008
2) Ignored the dangers of Islamofascism with people and policies that paved the way for 9/11
3) Sullied the office of the POTUS with the morals of a goat
For this we are truly forever grateful, Mr. Clinton.
Love that pic, looks like Slick’s preparation H got switched out for some habanero butter.
OK_Loyalist, you’re being an ass again!
Gave nuclear technology to North Korea.
Gave China Most Favored Nation status in exchange for campaign donations.
Put the utterly incompetent Wesley Clark in charge of the military in Kosovo.
*Caption*
“I STILL dd not have sexual relations with that woman!”
In reality, nobody really gives a big rat’s backside what this lying jerk says or thinks. Take a hike Clinton.
Oh, I know how it upsets you so when I tell the truth about your lover.
The better Clinton’s record looks, the worse Obama’s looks by comparison. The worse Obama looks, the better that OTHER Clinton will look in ’12. Spin, triangulate, over-emphasize, repeat.
Sure, Bill, how ’bout you take credit for 9-11?
Gee, Bill, was Monica busy?
Yeah, ya think?
*Billy Jeff decided with the cold war over, who needs a comprehensive intelligence program? He gutted it.
*Bin Laden was literally in the special forces sights and BJ didn’t have the nads to pull the trigger. Damn him.
*While al Qaida was gearing up for attack the entire government was tied up with scandal and impeachment.
What’s left of your legacy is ‘tween your legs, Billy. And no one (I mean NO ONE) is interested.
I will give you credit for being a VERY POOR President.
still in Korea
I give you credit for forcing parents to have “the talk” with not yet old enough children after watching the evening news.
Poor ol’ slick, the ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ of (most Dhimmi pols), gets no respect (apologies to Rodney). After-all, he’s a Georgetown grad and non-inhaling, draft-dodging Rhodes Scholar. He’s the best and the brightest of the Dhimmi party.
Famously known for his quotations of exasperating ridiculousness (some true, some urban legend): To Paula Jones; “Step up to tha mic baby” and the infamous; “It all depends on what the definition of ‘is’, is”. How about: “I did not have sex with that woman…Monica Lewinsky”. I guess bj’s and cigar tickles are not s-e-x but rather, polite and genteel conversation of a sort. Just my opinion, while I am still allowed to do so. God Bless America!
The only credit I give Slick Willie is for his ability to stay out of jail for all the shenanigans he pulled in the White House.
Bill Clinton already gets TOO MUCH credit!
Clinton frequently gets credit for a budget surplus that was the result of the work of the REPUBLICAN House and REPUBLICAN Senate. Only the Presidency was controlled by a Democrat during that time.
Credit/Blame should go to the party that controls 2 or 3 of the following:
House, Senate, and Presidency.
So…
Credit for the good times from January 1995 to December 2006 should go to the Republicans.
And…
Blame for the bad times from January 2007 to present should go to the Democrats, because they have controlled 2 or 3 of the three buget-making pieces since January 2007.
Our debt and our unemployment did not start skyrocketing until the Democrats took control in January 2007.
So much of what they blame on Bush really came from Pelosi and Reid.
They’re too toxic to throw in a landfill, so they keep trying to recycle themselves as elder statesmen.
Reminds me of when Jimmy Carter complained about not getting recognition for the Camp David peace agreement. (Guess the Nobel Peace prize wasn’t enough.)
Clinton should move to China – they love him over there.
As if we needed more, that’s pretty much proof that it all doesn’t come out in the wash.
Title is missing a word:
Bill Clinton: How ABOUT Giving Me a Little Credit for a Couple of Things?
NewsBusters has a good write-up on Clinton’s claim of not triangulating on welfare reform and balancing a budget.
Billy, you broke the spirit and morale compass of the American people during your years; something that we’re still living with to this day.
Talk about nuttiness. Ron Paul now calling the recent Al Quaeda drone kills illegal assassinations. That is yet another example of why he cannot be the next president. He’s right on several very important issues but his foolishly naive views on US international activity are game enders for me. Is he a secret member of Code Pink?
Bill, you reduced the office of POTUS to a trailer trash reality show. For that we give you full credit.
The current Progressive administration may be dying, but the Beast that is Progressivism is stronger than ever. It is a colossus looming over us, growing ever larger — the size of the government footprint in the Clinton years was much smaller than in the Obama years, the primary reason the recovery, to the extent we can be said to have one at all, is so slow.
To the Progressive, the fact that the left/liberal agenda is not working and is somewhat less popular than it was in the past (temporarily to be sure), only indicates the current president is not up to the job: For God’s sake, this stuff is supposed to work! But it’s not, so the good Progressive concludes we need a super Obama/Clinton combo to get it moving again.
It is possible that Obama will be viewed as the Lenin of the American Counter-Revolution, the man who got it started but couldn’t finish the job. That completion of the Progressive Dream will be left to the American Stalin of the future, President X, our last president. Of course, it may yet turn out that Obama is a lot tougher (and rougher) than we think and assuming he is defeated next year, will set up his government in exile in American itself, where he and his ghoulish allies/armies will wait for the moment to strike.
However it plays out, those who think the end of Obama means the end of Progressivism are seriously mistaken.
I think what is really “chilling” about all of this is that the Demonuts are the ones who approve the new History Textbooks that are to be used in classes. The Teachers’ Unions, which are demos, ARE revisionists in what they remember, what they write, what they teach, and what will be passed along as Proper History.
They can re-write history and not answer to anyone.
Scary, isn’t it.
ah yes, mister clinton…you get credit for lies, rape, Mogadishu, laughing at funerals, 1993 car bomb in the WTC, and turning this country into a full-blown crass white trash dump.
A question just occurred to me: does anyone know how the Clinton-Bush (that’s GHWB, not the other one) “Civility Institute” is progressing? Does anyone even remember it? I was hoping to receive some fund raising requests, but it never happened.
What’s next, Bubba?
Your purple-faced, finger wagging rage?
Go eat a dozen Big Macs.
To be fair, he was never convicted of rape, and I don’t blame him for the 1993 WTC bombing any more than I blame Bush for 9/11.
It is 9/11 that Clinton and his crew are clearly responsible for having allowed to happen. He had multiple opportunities to take out Bin Laden, and it was his crew that was directly responsible for that wall of separation that crippled our ability to detect and prevent the horror.
There is one thing I’ll say in his defense on that: they were operating within the constraints of the cosmically idiotic “exclusionary rule”, which prohibits “illegally” obtained evidence from being used against a defendant at trial. Just one more reason why civilian trials for enemy combatants would be completely unworkable.
I thank him for lowering the bar on Presidential morals to the level that many people think BHO is doing a great job – like a certain troll.
+10
The list of high crimes and misdeamenors by Bill Clinton is too long to list for the uninformed…and Hillary’s disgusting performance as his accomplice and unaccounted for/unelected first lady also. Anyone who would even suggest that they have a legacy as a great President and/or First Lady have no knowledge of how evil these people are. He’s managed to keep himself in the liberal spotlight and she has managed to make a fool of America as SoS.