Bill Clinton wades in to defend Hillary’s reputation

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Times

Tim Reid

Bill Clinton leapt to his wife’s defence yesterday after Barack Obama, her leading rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, said that she had the wrong kind of experience to lead America.

Mr Obama slighted Hillary Clinton by saying that she had “worked the system” when First Lady and subsequently as a New York senator.

Implying that she is nothing more than a cynical political insider, Mr Obama said that America did not need “the kind of experience that tinkers around the edges instead of doing something fundamental” to tackle the country’s problems.

Speaking to This Week, an ABC programme, Mr Clinton accused Democratic rivals who criticised his wife of “rewarding the Republican attack machine” that had “beaten up on her for 16 years”. Mr Clinton’s response ended a weekend in which both men openly attacked each other in a new proxy war to shape voters’ perceptions of Mrs Clinton and whether she or Mr Obama has the best experience for the presidency.

Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article2563306.ece

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The publish date is Oct. 1. This happened Sunday Sept. 30th.