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tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts) Thu May 26, 2016, 08:10 PM May 2016

Bill Clinton Thinks Staying in Primary All the Way is GREAT for America! [View all]

I think we should all take his '08 thinking to heart --

• proud that candidate didn't quit the primary
• would have been terrible mistake for the country
• resulted in our Party being in better shape
• winner goes into general with much more activated Democratic Party

now I'm sure as a fair minded person, these would hold true for any candidate, not just HRC

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No need to watch the entire clip, he gets into the Jesse Jackson comments, and towards the end when asked if Barack Obama is ready to be President, says he is technically 'qualified' per standards in the Constitution, but won't say he is ready.

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Bill Clinton Thinks Staying in Primary All the Way is GREAT for America! [View all] tomm2thumbs May 2016 OP

good - Bernie staying in is both good for the country AND the Democratic Party tomm2thumbs May 2016 #1

Straight from the horses xxx mouth! floriduck May 2016 #2

That was then. tazkcmo May 2016 #3

He is a "Silver Tongued Devil." We who voted for him...know what followed. n/t KoKo May 2016 #4

Lol, the internet is amazing Babel_17 May 2016 #5

Isn't though? SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #6

Blech... chervilant May 2016 #7

Please don't let this man back in the white house passiveporcupine May 2016 #8

"I feel your pain". Nirgendwo May 2016 #16

I'd forgotten how much I'd come to cringe at Bill's artful equivocating. FailureToCommunicate May 2016 #9

By this point in 2008 Hillary was directing all her fire at the GOP, not Obama. And she wasn't pnwmom May 2016 #10

untrue tomm2thumbs May 2016 #12

Oh, please. Give it a rest. n/t eggplant May 2016 #22

You seem to have a very selective memory davidpdx May 2016 #23

And your memory is glossing over how close Hillary and Obama were at the end. pnwmom May 2016 #24

hillarians are often unintentionally hilarious stupidicus May 2016 #11

Both sides of his mouth. Clintons (both of them) speak out of both sides of their mouths! Feeling the Bern May 2016 #13

Exactly. Nirgendwo May 2016 #14

HILLARY Staying in Primary All the Way is GREAT for America! CUZ.... SHE'S GONNA WIN!! trueblue2007 May 2016 #15

...because she was ahead in the popular vote, as she is now LaydeeBug May 2016 #19

given the fact America had not elected a non-white POTUS in 2008, ericson00 May 2016 #17

wait, don't use my actual words to refute my actual words tomm2thumbs May 2016 #18

after watching this other recent update, more important he stays in until the Convention tomm2thumbs May 2016 #20

Thanks for allowing me to stop the clip... Thespian2 May 2016 #21

I think we should remember that Hillary has been his victim. raging moderate May 2016 #25

Her Royal Highness Thespian2 May 2016 #26

you are so bitter. I feel sorry for you. trueblue2007 May 2016 #27

Thanks for your input... Thespian2 May 2016 #28

You are welcome. :) trueblue2007 May 2016 #29