Bill Clinton Says New GOP Makes Bush Look Liberal

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/09/15/clinton_says_new_gop_makes_bush_look_liberal.html

Clinton Says New GOP Makes Bush Look Liberal

Former President Bill Clinton said the Republican Party is embracing "ideology over evidence" and even questioned whether former President George W. Bush would fit in among the party's candidates this year, the AP reports.

Said Clinton: "A lot of their candidates today, they make him look like a liberal."

[myrna minx]

1. This is what is surreal.

How long can this go on?

[SpiralHawk]

2. Idiotology over evidence - there you have it

Thanks a pantload Rush, and Glenn, and Sean and BillO -- for degrading the republicon party with your spew of hate & fear. You overpaid Chickenhawk Republicon propaganda pimps have done a major disservice to the United States of America.

[babylonsister]

4. I so agree, SpiralHawk. It's worrisome and does a huge disservice. nt

[JBoy]

5. They organized and empowered the ignorant.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. I like Bill

but that is taking it one step TOO FAR. Most of the "Tea Party" crowd continued to support Bush/Cheney until the end. In fact, they were probably the 20-30% "dead enders" still approving of Bush by the end of his (P)residency.

While I tend to believe that Cheney was perhaps "eviler" than Bush by some degree and had his hands in a LOT of the malfeasance within the (mis-)administration, Bush was the (P)resident and thus ultimately responsible for everything that happened while he was in office (almost none of it good- his statements on tolerance of Muslim-Americans hit the right note but that was about it).

[Bluenorthwest]

6. the statement is relative

I'm reminded of an old joke about a destested guy named Joe Bozonose. I was at a party and the phone rings, the host answers, talks, hangs up, says "Hey, everybody, guess who's coming? Joe Bozonose and Adloph Hitler!" The crowd moans in unison "Oh, no, not Joe Bozonose!"
This joke does not imply that Hitler is a welcomed Party guest. It says that the other guy is even worse, which is the joke of course. "He makes Hilter look like a good time."
Bill is working the same row.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. I don't think Bill is necessary endorsing "W" or literally saying that he is a "liberal"

and, yes, I suppose, as a matter of degrees, the "teabaggers" are even crazier/loonier than Bush was. However, Bush, Cheney, Rove, McCain, Fox News, RNC, et. al were the ones whom opened up the doors and welcomed them wholeheartedly into their fold so that they could help attack and help bring down President Obama and the Democratic Party in general, specifically by way of bringing down HCR (Jim DeMint's proclamations of HCR being his/their "Waterloo").

[Bluenorthwest]

10. I don't either.

It was so hot it made Phoenix look like Fairbanks. This does not mean Phoenix is really cold, it means the other place was really hot, and Fairbanks is really cold. Get it?
This was not praise of W at all. Far, far from it.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. I get it

I guess that I misunderstood what he was getting yet. The "window" on the Republican side must be getting pulled pretty far to the right by the teabaggers so as to make GWB look "liberal" by comparison. That's pretty scary when you think about it.

:scared:

[craigmatic]

7. Actually bush would fit right in.

[mkultra]

9. isnt Clinton now a conservative amongst the professional left

so why would we trust him.