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nanabugg

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Thu Sep 6, 2012, 03:06 PM Sep 2012

Did anyone catch this little nugget tucked inside Clinton's discussion on welfare reform? [View all]

When he said it, ears perked up...the teabaggers don't want to hear this...Rush, were you listening?

Nobody ever tells you what really happened. Here's what
happened. When some Republican governors asked if they could
have waivers
to try new ways to put people on welfare back to
work, the Obama administration listened, because we all know
it's hard for even people with good work histories to get jobs
today, so moving folks from welfare to work is a real challenge.
And the administration agreed to give waivers to those
governors and others
only if they had a credible plan to
increase employment by 20 percent and they could keep the
waivers only if they did increase employment.
Now, did -- did I make myself clear? The requirement was
for more work, not less.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/05/transcript-bill-clinton-speech-at-dnc/#ixzz25iZBUrrd

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Yep. I caught it. PDJane Sep 2012 #1
I wish Obama would double down on this point tonight and make an ad thereafter to play behind the nanabugg Sep 2012 #4
K&R nt avebury Sep 2012 #2
I noted that. Kind of puts the Republicans in the position, AGAIN, of bitching about compliance with patrice Sep 2012 #3
It takes a lot of brass to do that n/t dragonlady Sep 2012 #9
That little nugget needs to be repeated over and over and over and over. SunSeeker Sep 2012 #5
I agree. And they should name names about who asked for the waivers first. nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #6
Do you know who they were? Let's name them here! SunSeeker Sep 2012 #8
Don't know but the fact-checkers must be busy. I wish Obama would name them tonight. nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #10
It was Sandoval (Nevada) and Herbert (Utah). SunSeeker Sep 2012 #13
Well, a certain governor of Massachusetts asked for one back in 2005: beac Sep 2012 #18
Could the 20% have been negotiable? BadgerKid Sep 2012 #7
let's keep it going and maybe someone will give the names. nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #11
It was Republican Governors Brian Sandoval (Nevada) and Gary Herbert (Utah). SunSeeker Sep 2012 #16
The ramifications will be totally lost on the dittoheads Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #12
Doesn't mean we shouldn't tell them. nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #15
Go ahead and try. I gave up trying to communicate with them years ago Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #17
Compromise buys nothing other than frustration on our end. TheKentuckian Sep 2012 #14
Begins to sound like a setup, mykpart Sep 2012 #19
I don't think it was a set up but something odd happened. I work in the "welfare" office Hamlette Sep 2012 #20
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