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Clinton camp on Bill and Bosnia

Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:38 AM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Mark Murray
Clinton spokesman Phil Singer emails First Read, "Senator Clinton appreciates her husband standing up for her, but this was her mistake and she takes responsibility for it."

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Hillary, this is what I mean.  She can not control him now and she will not control him in the White House.
She needs to beat him down and send him home.  His tour should be ended ASAP.  I will say it again, he is not doing her any justice.

Who are these people that sit and hear him lie to them like this?  Come on folks!
That's it Bill what a lovely media strategy: lie, obfuscate, and mislead the media and when they report that you lied, obfuscated, and mislead, blame them for the negative reaction that people have for YOUR behavour. And further, get some clueless "comedian" on a failing comedy show to write a few skits about how the media is unfair.
BL, I agree with you completely. This is truly starting to look like sabotage.  How could a politician as smart and calculating as Bill Clinton make so many "blunders"?  I don't think he can, and I don't think they're blunders.  As I posted under the "First Look" page, there is some reason Bill doesn't want Hillary to win.  Maybe he's in love with the millions of dollars he's making (and the millions more that are going to his foundation and library), and he doesn't want that to go away, which will likely happen if Hillary becomes president.  The way Bill has acted throughout this campaign is so unlike him.  Very strange.
you mean she's not going to use the same excuse her husband did -- that she's old and forgetful?
Clinton lied not just about Bosnia, but about N. Ireland and a host of other foreign policy issues that she was trying to use to bolster her resume.

THAT's why it was such a big deal.  Let's not forget the context America.  Resume-padding is generally frowned upon.
I've always wondered why certain people still fawn
and slobber over O.J. Simpson, follow him around,
begging for autographs and pictures with him.

Now, I understand...

The same types of people do the same types of things
regarding The Clintons.  

It just makes normal, thinking people shake their heads in wonder and disbelief.

Hell, no wonder Jim Jones was able to get all those
poor ignorant people to drink the Kool-Aid...
I cannot understand Bill Clinton it seems to me that he is trying to not get Hillary elected,(and I hope he is successfull).  How can anyone put Hillary in office when they see all the mistakes her husband  makes(who will be in the White House too) Maybe deep down inside he does not want her to outshine him, because this is not the first time he has done this.


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