Bill Clinton: Cheney Trying to Cause 2012 Mischief

[SecularMotion]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Clinton says he has high regard for Dick Cheney's political skills even if the former vice president tries to cause mischief for Democrats.

Cheney recently praised Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of the Obama administration's "most competent" members and said it would be "interesting to speculate" how she might be as president.

Cheney suggested, tongue in cheek, she might want to challenge Barack Obama in 2012, and said he wouldn't discourage a primary fight.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/09/18/us/politics/AP-US-Clinton-Cheney.html?hp

[dennis4868]

1. who gives a fuck what...

a war criminal thinks...he should go to hell NOW!

[lsewpershad]

11. +1

[SugarShack]

13. Clinton is the one who causes mischief on campaigns, just ask Hillary and former rep Meek of FL!

[bluestateguy]

2. Hillary's time is 2016

And if she chooses to run I will be happy to support her.

She proved in 2008 that she is a team player.

[roguevalley]

7. I'm sick of all of them. I'm sick of the succession thing going on

here. Go away all of them.

[No Elephants]

15. DLC founding member? Fighting all the Clinton battles again? No thanks.

"In 1998, with First Lady Hillary Clinton, From* began a dialogue with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other world leaders, and the DLC brand -- known as The Third Way -- became a model for resurgent progressive governments around the globe. In April 1999, he hosted an historic Third Way forum in Washington with President Clinton, Prime Minister Blair, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Prime Ministers Wim Kok of the Netherlands and Massimo D'Alema of Italy."

http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=1131&kaid=86&subid=191

*Reference to Al From, DLC founder and one of its two first full time employees.

See also, Reply 16.

[Zambero]

3. A Republican praising a Clinton

is like Col. Sanders expressing his fondness for chickens.

[Mr Deltoid]

14. Or visa versa

[No Elephants]

16. Oh, I can see certain possible affinities between Dick and Bubba.

The Koch brothers donated to the DLC, of which both Clintons were founding members, so they must have seen some value in the DLC. After all, the DKC formally divided Democrats into two camps and urged Democrats to act more like Republicans--and still does. I'd be surprised if Cheney, too, doesn't see some value to Republicans in that.

And Bubba is supposedly the first U.S. President to engage in "extraordinary rendition," i.e., sending people to foreign nations to be tortured. There's something Cheney can certainly relate to.

There's also Bubba's demanding that repeal of Glass Steagall be on his desk for his signature ASAP, which enable banksters and Wall Streets to grab a major chunk of the world's wealth for themselves, while bragging on welfore "reform." Welfare reform, of course, was also known within the Clinton administration as "ending welfare as we know it." And then there were also NAFTA, DADT and DOMA.

And then, there's the Clenis, which enabled Dummya and Cheney to run on "bringing honor back to the White House."

Actor Danny Aiello has said publicly that he switched to voting Republican because of of his disgust at what Clinton did in the White House. Imagine, an Italian Catholic and lifelong Democrat got past the choice plank in the Democratic platform, but started voting Republican over that. I doubt he was the only one.

Yes, I can see why Cheney might prefer Bill Clinton to another kind of Democrat.

[aquart]

4. And the media immediately ran with it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. ofcourse they did. assholes. nt

[SoapBox]

6. Yes they did!

...the Dirty DicKKK returns, to cause Terror and Destruction in America.

Pure Slime.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

8. Who cares what Cheney thinks? Who cares what he would encourage or discourage.

Coming from a murderous jackass that promoted torturing innocent people in Saddam's own prisons, WHO cares what he thinks now?

I know some people do. And that is something to consider and that's why I asked 'who'.

[jimlup]

9. Cheney should be in prison

at best. Actually he should probably be hanging in a gallows after being sentenced by the World Court.

[skyounkin]

10. Fuck you cheney.

[loyalsister]

12. Kudos to Clinton for stating the obvious

Sometimes someone has to. Better that they have credibility.

[No Elephants]

17. All war criminals need to sit down and shut up. Cheney, Bush, Condi, the whole repulsive lot.

And the media that covers their every verbal fart as though it matter should be innundated with protests and boycotted.

Enough is enough.