How dishonest is Billy's current lying smear? He is doing his best

[cali]

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to conflate Bernie attending DSCC fundraisers for the purpose of raising money for democratic candidates, with Hillary's record of sucking up millions and millions from the Wall street trough to enrich herself personally and fund her campaigns.

Hillary would not be where she is without her dirty Wall Street money. Bernie is where he is because people support him, not fat cats.

Bill and Hill: Inartful smear merchants.

[MineralMan]

1. Billy? I'm impressed.

Wow! I wish I knew President Clinton well enough to call him that. That would be so cool.

[2pooped2pop]

8. You can calls him Slick Willy

Yous doesn't have to call him Billy

[rbrnmw]

20. The things you see on DU these days

SMDH

[notadmblnd]

52. Made me laugh out loud

[2pooped2pop]

58. Kind of shows my age

[notadmblnd]

61. Mine too...

"My name is Raymond J. Johnson, Jr. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Junior; now you can call me Ray J, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ, or you can call me RJJ Jr, but you doesn't hasta call me Johnson!"

It was a great slap too.

[2pooped2pop]

63. Lol very good.

All I could remember was you don't have to call me ray.

[roguevalley]

66. i forgot that joke. thanks notadmblnd. Hugs!

[notadmblnd]

67. Thank you!

[Nonhlanhla]

2. Who is "Billy"? nt

[SoapBox]

33. Uh...Clinton.

William Jefferson, Bill, Billy, Willy, Wild Willie, Slick Willy, Bubba, Big Dog (ugh)...

[aspirant]

71. You forgot Billy Jeff

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. OK, I'm kinda puzzled. Just a few days ago, wasn't Bernie getting criticized

for (allegedly) not raising money for Democrats?

I guess I'll just go lie by my dish because I'm very confused now.

[jeff47]

25. Step 1 is to realize the people attacking Sanders do not keep track of their posts.

After that, it all becomes much easier to understand.

Yes, they have attacked Sanders for not raising money for Democrats. And the same people are now attacking Sanders for raising money for Democrats.

Once you accept their only goal is to attack Sanders, it becomes much easier to follow.

[Punkingal]

4. Disgusting hypocrisy.

[gyroscope]

5. Bill Clinton is a used car salesman

of the worst kind.

[morningfog]

6. Bubba even trotted out his best flannel for the smearing.

[MineralMan]

9. Bubba, eh?

You must know Clinton even better than the OP.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

16. Oh, my poor dear hurt soul.

Politicians are not gods, poor dear.

They're men and women...like the rest if us, and when they do questionably immoral things then they should be called on it.

Please save the pearl clutching and swooning for room weathervain.

[morningfog]

17. You must live under a rock.

And not be aware of decades old nicknames.

[zentrum]

38. He has referred to

…himself as Bubba.

He's been being called Bubba for years by many people.

[MineralMan]

39. I see. I refer to him as President Clinton or Bill Clinton.

If I get the chance to meet him, I'll call him Mr. President.

I don't think I'll be calling him "Bubba," "Slick Willy" or "Billy."

Nope. That would be really disrespectful of me.

[zentrum]

42. That's fine.

And the right thing for you.

But I'd call him "Bubba" to his face and he'd think I'd fallen for his "I'm just a harmless folksy flannel-wearin' kinda guy" con and think I was in his fold. And that would be my little con on him.

But then I'd tell him that I'm mad as hell at what the Democratic Party has become and that his DLC was the start of hollowing out the Party from within.

[2pooped2pop]

47. Disrespectful is what he did to the working poor.

[MineralMan]

48. OK, then...

[Enthusiast]

69. He sold us out multiple times. That is a fact.

After Reagan's attacks on working people and poor people we didn't need more of the same from a Democrat. I even defended Clinton during the 1990s. I was a fool.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

70. +1,000 n/t

[2pooped2pop]

7. Slick Willy

Will use every trick in the book to get the power of the WH back in the family.

[MineralMan]

10. Wow! I haven't heard that nickname in years.

The last time, it was used by a right-winger. I didn't know anyone still called him that.

[2pooped2pop]

11. Are you calling me a right winger?

I've noticed that is one of the HillSachs followers desperate things to say to the people that just can't live with more of the same.

[MineralMan]

36. Certainly not. I don't know you at all, so I wouldn't do that.

[pnwmom]

41. You're a supposed Dem who enjoys repeating a right-wing slam at the former President. n/t

[2pooped2pop]

45. A supposed dem? Who the hell do you think you are?

To insinuate that others are not dems? This is definitely a theme I am seeing repeated again and again by the Hillary supporters. You call Bernie supporters names and if we say anything about your precious, we are right wing. Your candidate has decades of baggage. So much so that it is more common knowledge than rightwing smear.

If I recall, it is the people of Bill Clinton's home state that gave him the nickname of Slick Willie when he was governor.

[pnwmom]

46. "The people" of his state didn't call him that. Right-wingers in his state did.

And right-wingers nationally took it up.

And now, people like you.

[2pooped2pop]

49. Yes his own state gave him the nickname

And if fits pretty damned good.

[pnwmom]

57. His "state" didn't give him the nickname. Right wing political opponents in his state did. n/t

[stonecutter357]

12. +1

[Bobbie Jo]

18. True that

Funny how the RW lingo keeps finding its way here.

[rbrnmw]

21. my OP about this shit

sunk like a rock I think I'll kick it myself

[Bobbie Jo]

24. Yep

A lot of this garbage is flying in under the radar.

I guess they think no one will notice?

Just yesterday a RW troll was able to grab 28 takers before they were shown the door. So....yeah.

[frylock]

32. Like Taxed Enough Already?

RW lingo like that?

[Skwmom]

13. That Bill Clinton would have the audacity to accuse anyone else of being dishonest....

It is beyond disgusting.

[2pooped2pop]

50. There is no low that they won't go.

[nc4bo]

14. Bill's substance is watered down orange juice.

He comes across as swarmy, fake and hypocritical.

He attracts crowds much the same way and for nearly the reasons Trump attracts crowds that's why Hillary rolls him out.

Bill represents part of the problem in the same way Hillary does.

[Jefferson23]

15. He is shameless and doesn't fool me. n/t

[senz]

19. He is shaming himself and his wife, making even more enemies.

Fine. We've had enough of them.

[AzDar]

22. Desperate and disgusting... but if one thinks back to how UGLY the Clintons got toward Obama in '08

... not surprising at ALL.

[nichomachus]

27. I'm thinking back

to how UGLY the Clintons got against working people in the '90s.

[AzDar]

29. That, too...

[mythology]

23. More name calling

It must be sad to have so little to offer other than that.

[stillwaiting]

65. I agree. It's very sad that Bill Clinton has so very little to offer other than name calling.

His smears are not very becoming.

[LonePirate]

26. Interesting. I guess the new protocol for criticizing a smear is to engage in new smearing.

Bill's comments this weekend are certainly fair game for criticism and push back. However, addressing him with the nickname used by the OP is insulting and only devalues any meaningful discussion attempted by the OP. This is a website aimed towards Democrats. RW slurs and talking points have no place here.

[99th_Monkey]

28. Kick nt

[ladjf]

30. I've read many of your post. Please accept my compliments for your

diligent, well thought out posts. You are putting up a good fight for Americans who aren't rich.

[Arazi]

31. Kicked and Recced eom

[SoapBox]

34. Clintons...always taking the low road vs. the high road.

They really are into the dirty politics.

No...More...Clintons.

[Duval]

35. I've come to expect this from them.

It makes me angry, it isn't fair, it's dishonest and I'm glad for Social Media like DU to set us straight. It is also counterproductive on the part of the Clintons. Thanks cali!

[zentrum]

37. Yup.

They are so further tarnishing Bill's legacy by Hill running her campaign the way she is. Every old rock of the Clinton administration is being turned over. The lasting impression is becoming fouler and fouler.

The formation of the DLC was like putting up the sign: Dems Now Open For Business.

Time to wrest the party back.

[Uncle Joe]

40. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, cali.

[KittyWampus]

43. It's the HYPOCRISY of Sanctimonious Sanders hosting these big ticket events

and then declaring himself holier than thou….

AND THEN even more hypocrisy when his supporters on DU declare "SEE, he has fund raised for Democrats".

[nc4bo]

44. Thanks for your concern.

Btw, interesting choice of username. Does it also share the same defintion as:

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/kittywampus

Or

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kittywampus

Or it's the name of a favorite pet?

[LondonReign2]

64. If Sanders supporters had claimed he was being "pure"

and not raising money for Dems your hypocrisy charge might have legs. Instead, it was Camp Weathervane whining loudly that Sanders wasn't raising money for Dems. So when he does, and Camp Weathervane then attacks the very thing they were previously whining about, THERE's your hypocrisy. Need me to make you a map?

[ViseGrip]

51. I posted a video of Hillary in many lies, and I just got a post hidden.

[Peacetrain]

56. Didnt you say that was from a right wing friend ..

I read your op

maybe you got it hidden because right wing propaganda against one of our candidates is a no go.. just saying

[HooptieWagon]

53. The guy impeached for lying, is lying?

Color me shocked!

[Nanjeanne]

54. He's auditioning for the remake of the movie Billy Liar - the Later Years.

[Ferd Berfel]

55. Everytime Wild Bill opens his mouth

ask the people standing around you how they think NAFTA is doing for us, and then how they think TPP will help us.
THen Ask if they think any more of that is a good thing.

[Nite Owl]

59. The timing is interesting too

wait until the end of the campaigning so his word will get out.
Such hypocrisy ---either he isn't Dem enough or is so Dem he fundraises to them. This was a party event, all the Senators are asked to attend. He did the proper thing and now he is accused of being on the low level of Hillary. The Clintons and their pals are as low as they come. They can give it but whine when they get it even when it is the truth.

[Armstead]

60. The Big Dog's bark is getting louder than his bite

[CharlotteVale]

62. I just figure anytime he or Hill open their mouths they're lying. It saves time.

[Bernblu]

68. Bill is a f*cking liar and is not even making sense anymore.