Bill Clinton: New-Look GOP Makes Bush Look Liberal

[cal04]

Source: Associated Press

Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that the Republican Party is embracing "ideology over evidence" and pushing out pragmatic voices that would make even his White House successor seem like a liberal.

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"A lot of their candidates today, they make him look like a liberal," Clinton told an enthusiastic crowd at a downtown Minneapolis hotel.

"It used to be that Republicans were evidence-based, not dogma-based," Clinton said, citing the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower. "They have thrown all that overboard. This is about dogma and big special interest under the guise of the Tea Party.

"The Boston Tea Party was protesting abuse of power. This is now trading public power for the abuse of private power. Don't kid yourself," Clinton said, just as a Tea Party-backed candidate was declared the winner Tuesday night in Delaware's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

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[smiley_glad_hands]

1. Bring it Bubba! eom

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. "Special interests"? Has Mr Clinton ever uttered the words Koch brothers? After all

they financed most of the astro turf movement against him.

[rpannier]

3. New Look GOP base makes the following look liberal

Orval Faubus, Ross Barnett and George Wallace look liberal

[Bragi]

4. Bragi: New Look GOP makes Bill Clinton look liberal

At least, more liberal than he looks in this picture taken when he was fronting last year for his war criminal PR client.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Bush+Clinton+talk+Afghanistan/1644777/story.html

[Uncle Joe]

5. This is bullshit, nothing would make Bush look like a liberal as he was never

"evidence based."

"It used to be that Republicans were evidence-based, not dogma-based," Clinton said, citing the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower. "They have thrown all that overboard. This is about dogma and big special interest under the guise of the Tea Party.

The Tea Party is a direct result of Bush's dogma based policies.

I see this as trying to whitewash what Bush; was and what he represented.

Thanks for the thread, cal.

[blm]

6. ah yes...Clinton's task for Poppy Bush...the softening of Bushboy's legacy, just as Poppy's crimes

were whitewashed and his image and 'name brand' rehabilitated to use in 2000. There, there, country, it's all better as long as you don't examine matters closely...now....move on.

This and Rove's slam at far right will be all BushInc needs to set up Jeb as a more attractive 'centrist' for 2012 or 2016.

[Solly Mack]

7. Right...because implementing a torture program is just so liberal