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5. I wonder if the ones that got caught up in this trap is

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 06:37 PM

Jul 2015

accepting his apology mistake? how will they be make whole? it only took him 15 years to realize this and make an apology just for his wife to garner the black minority vote? I hate politics.

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Bill Clinton: I Made Criminal Justice �Worse� [View all] DonViejo Jul 2015 OP

No kidding. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #1

I remember when a man was on death row in Arkansas and there was a call for him to roguevalley Jul 2015 #38

The man was severely brain damaged MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #40

yeah. what a guy, Bill Clinton. roguevalley Jul 2015 #60

he is immunizing Hillary, but it needed to be said n/t virtualobserver Jul 2015 #2

maybe he is immunizing Sanders who voted for it JI7 Jul 2015 #23

yeah that's it, he's trying to protect Bernie What a guy! n/t virtualobserver Jul 2015 #26

This isn't what made it worse...it isn't keeping violent offenders pipoman Jul 2015 #3

I'm with ya pipoman. Also, apologies for NAFTA & the 1996 Telecommunications Act are overdue. nt appal_jack Jul 2015 #10

& for Scientology becoming a protected "religion" with tax-exempt status on Clinton's watch. nt uhnope Jul 2015 #19

wow. I had no idea. I wonder what Hillary's position is on snagglepuss Jul 2015 #78

yeah good docu came out on it recently uhnope Jul 2015 #79

NAFTA and the 1996 Telecom Act that deregulated and basically privatized the Media. Since appalachiablue Jul 2015 #85

It is one thing that made it worse. Igel Jul 2015 #25

True. And longer sentences mean more profit. Prison laborers work more time for pennies. appalachiablue Jul 2015 #39

Allowing and encouraging prison rape and prison gangs pipoman Jul 2015 #68

Fuck an apology if you aren't going to fix the problem you started. craigmatic Jul 2015 #4

He's not in the executive or legislative branch, so how could he change it? Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #66

The man is a former president he could lobby congress if he wanted to they'd at least have to take craigmatic Jul 2015 #80

And the the repukes would listen to him, huh? Big leap of faith. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #82

None of the debate matters because he's not going to do anything least of all try. Words are cheap. craigmatic Jul 2015 #83

Clinton Foundation should fund programs in this area wordpix Jul 2015 #89

The only reason he mentioned it is so hillary can campaign against it... pipoman Jul 2015 #69

Exactly. nt craigmatic Jul 2015 #81

I wonder if the ones that got caught up in this trap is bonniebgood Jul 2015 #5

What about NAFTA? Phlem Jul 2015 #6

Hillary said she won't do trade deals like Bill's. TheNutcracker Jul 2015 #8

While that's all well and good. Phlem Jul 2015 #13

Nor do I. hifiguy Jul 2015 #14

! Phlem Jul 2015 #16

Back atcha! hifiguy Jul 2015 #17

Add me in there somewhere madokie Jul 2015 #24

a toast for you too! Phlem Jul 2015 #44

You're not alone n/t arcane1 Jul 2015 #77

Well, no, 'cause Bill already did those. Scootaloo Jul 2015 #53

I know right. She'll just do them just "not like Bill". Phlem Jul 2015 #75

Still supports it. joshcryer Jul 2015 #74

There in lies the rub. Phlem Jul 2015 #76

Bill just dropped a bomb on Joe! Poll shows Joe takes a chunk of Hillary votes. TheNutcracker Jul 2015 #7

Years late and millions of ruined lives later. hifiguy Jul 2015 #9

Sanders voted for it . would you refer to sanders in the same way ? JI7 Jul 2015 #21

So Sanders supports gun control now? jeff47 Jul 2015 #35

i'm referring to this bill which the poster refers to clinton as an asshole over JI7 Jul 2015 #36

The bill included an assault rifle ban. jeff47 Jul 2015 #45

And other things also which is why it is considered bad JI7 Jul 2015 #47

Did he sign the whole bill, or just parts of it? jeff47 Jul 2015 #48

you seem to be arguing something with someone else JI7 Jul 2015 #49

it would be nice Scootaloo Jul 2015 #55

Is there a link to Bernie voting on Bill Clinton's tough crime bill? thanks Cha Jul 2015 #62

Crime has gone down throughout the nation since 1994. Renew Deal Jul 2015 #11

What A Load Of Crap billhicks76 Jul 2015 #12

+1 hifiguy Jul 2015 #15

Bernie Sanders voted for the bill. n/t cigsandcoffee Jul 2015 #18

Sanders Voted for the Bill JI7 Jul 2015 #20

They are studiously ignoring that. Thanks for the info, JI7 Cha Jul 2015 #61

Bernie Should Be Asked Why He Voted For Clintons Bill billhicks76 Jul 2015 #86

Doesn't mean he's in The Club. hifiguy Jul 2015 #22

It did. Igel Jul 2015 #32

It a Was Is And Always Will Be About The Drug War billhicks76 Jul 2015 #56

Longer prison sentences = more proft $. Slavery by another name, James Crow Jr. appalachiablue Jul 2015 #41

+1000 choke on your dlc/new democrat triangulation noiretextatique Jul 2015 #52

The modern US private, for profit prison system has grown enormously in the last 20+ years. appalachiablue Jul 2015 #84

It was a "mistake" BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #27

Don't expect an apology from Hillary Clinton for supporting it davidpdx Jul 2015 #50

I think Bill is trying to take the heat off BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #59

When was last time a fmr. president owned up to something? RandySF Jul 2015 #28

Anything a Clinton has done is evil redstateblues Jul 2015 #54

He is apologizing for the wrong thing. Kalidurga Jul 2015 #29

too late Bill heaven05 Jul 2015 #30

+1 appalachiablue Jul 2015 #42

Not buying it CTBlueboy Jul 2015 #31

A start at contrition, now let's move on to NAFTA, welfare reform, Wall Street deregulation... whereisjustice Jul 2015 #33

You made a lot of things worse Bill. raindaddy Jul 2015 #34

+1 appalachiablue Jul 2015 #43

Don't forget "welfare reform." moondust Jul 2015 #51

Clinton could have changed the jomin41 Jul 2015 #37

day late, dollar short! n/t wildbilln864 Jul 2015 #46

It's all coming back. The eight years of Clinton's presidency were so awful redstateblues Jul 2015 #57

In twelve or sixteen years I wonder what a former President Hillary Clinton will be applogizing for. marble falls Jul 2015 #58

A preemptive Bill Clinton Apology Tour? djean111 Jul 2015 #63

and yet the crime rate dropped despite that terrible mistake. the band leader Jul 2015 #64

who would have thought in 1994, there was a private for profit start-up industry. More in prison= Sunlei Jul 2015 #65

Not the only mistake you made Bill ibegurpard Jul 2015 #67

And the economy, the banking system.... sendero Jul 2015 #70

I Admire His Honesty & Integrity For Publicly Admitting That... Corey_Baker08 Jul 2015 #71

AMen. He did then what he knew to do (among calls for action... duhneece Jul 2015 #73

Bill and Hillary are like a couple of vacuum cleaner salesmen. candelista Jul 2015 #72

Watching Bill Clinton in action is political pleasure. On the one hand, a gracious mea culpa.... Hekate Jul 2015 #87

put your money where your mouth is & fund programs wordpix Jul 2015 #88