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panfluteman

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23. Fox News Refuter in Chief - I Like That!
Wed Jan 7, 2015, 01:49 PM
Jan 2015

Boy, Fox News sure could use some more refuters like Bill Clinton! He sure doesn't mince his words, he tells it like it is, he shoots straight from the hip. Obama has a different style with Fox - more subtle and diplomatic - he's too much of a nice guy, and you gotta be straight and in your face with the hooligans at Fox. And you gotta remember that if you're too subtle and refined with your refutations, you won't get past all the brainwashing that Fox viewers have already undergone, and will be seen as weak, or as merely an effete, elitist liberal intellectual.

Sure as heck, I don't agree with everything that Clinton did - especially NAFTA and his various "free trade" deals. He was definitely a Wall Street Democrat, and now it's time for main street to have its say. That's why I'm sincerely hoping that we have a good, populist alternative to Hillary, like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, running in this upcoming presidential election. But in spite of it all, most of Clinton's basic performance stats were impressive, such as reducing unemployment and lowering the deficit, you gotta admit.

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"miss Bill Clinton"? Zoftig1 Jan 2015 #1
so Jeb Bush for you? GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #2
Clinton liberalmike27 Jan 2015 #11
Added to that swilton Jan 2015 #16
Wasn't Glass Steagal repealed by the Congress? George II Jan 2015 #20
Well that is certainly Clinton's argument swilton Jan 2015 #34
so Ross Perot or 4 more years of GHWB would have been better? GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #19
So the TPP for you? Phlem Jan 2015 #22
no imagination Zoftig1 Jan 2015 #24
+ swilton Jan 2015 #15
Go Bill! KansDem Jan 2015 #3
I love his quote and it is evident in this clip GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #4
Wow...Does anyone know the date of this vid? whathehell Jan 2015 #5
It took place in the summer of 2006, about six years into the bush "presidency"..... George II Jan 2015 #7
Okay, thanks.. whathehell Jan 2015 #8
I doubt that anyone does NOT have issues with some policies of all presidents or... George II Jan 2015 #17
My experience on DU: The people most likely to respond to your post are those who DISagree GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #10
Personally, I wish he would just go away. NorthCarolina Jan 2015 #6
I don't. Phlem Jan 2015 #9
Is that all he did in his 8 years as President? George II Jan 2015 #18
You can have your cake and Ice Cream, I lost my career because of NAFTA Phlem Jan 2015 #21
There's a whole lot more to the picture than the number of jobs created . . . markpkessinger Jan 2015 #30
Reagan's "job creation" was seemingly impressive, but a bit phony, too... George II Jan 2015 #36
Agreed . . . markpkessinger Jan 2015 #39
Bill Clinton is the best politician alive. Beacool Jan 2015 #12
But let's ignore the residual damage . . . markpkessinger Jan 2015 #31
Yes, I miss Bill Clinton, times was good in the Clinton administration. Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #13
I saw this live because of Clinton Roy Rolling Jan 2015 #14
Fox News Refuter in Chief - I Like That! panfluteman Jan 2015 #23
The big difference between Obama and Clinton in interviews like this is that Obama is.... George II Jan 2015 #37
You have to sometimes accept the bad with the good. Hulk Jan 2015 #25
As I listened to this..I thought of how articulate he was--he riversedge Jan 2015 #27
What I particularly liked aside from his points that he rattled off from memory was him POINTING.... George II Jan 2015 #35
There is no particular virtue in "getting things done" if they're the wrong things n/t markpkessinger Jan 2015 #32
+1 Phlem Jan 2015 #33
Whow. Big Dawg was wonderful. I had never seen this before. I wish riversedge Jan 2015 #26
Poor Chris always had a boner for interviews,,, benld74 Jan 2015 #28
Fuck Bill Clinton. n/t DeSwiss Jan 2015 #29
sweet George II Jan 2015 #38
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