Bill Clinton links Ted Kennedy and Bush based on 'No Child Left Behind' bill

[Quixote1818]

That Teddy wrote.


Hillary Clinton on 'No Child Left Behind':

That is why I supported the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and continue to believe in the principles behind the landmark law. When the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) was enacted, I viewed it as a historic promise between the federal government and educators -- schools would be held to higher standards than ever before and the government would make a record investment in those schools to ensure that they would be able to meet the new expectations confronting them.

http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/education/index.cfm?topic=elementary



On the trail, Bill Clinton links Ted Kennedy and Bush

(CNN) — Twice in the past two days, former President Bill Clinton has implied Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy bears responsibility for the “No Child Left Behind” school standards, which are deeply unpopular with the Democratic base.

The statements come just days after Kennedy endorsed Hillary Clinton’s primary opponent, Barack Obama.

In Arkansas yesterday, the former president told voters at a campaign stop that President Bush had "made a deal with Sen. Kennedy, and neither one of them meant to mess it up.”

He said that agreement had been to give schools more money but cut or eliminate funding for successful programs he had started during his administration.

Earlier this week in Arizona, Clinton had also linked Kennedy’s name with President Bush’s as he criticized the education measure.

"I want you to think about this, and I have to say, this was a train wreck that was not intended. No Child Left Behind was supported by George Bush and Sen. Ted Kennedy and everybody in between. Why? Because they didn't talk to enough teachers before they did that," said Clinton on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

Link: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/02/on-the-trail-bill-clinton-links-ted-kennedy-and-bush/

[loveangelc]

1. Bill Clinton is a bitch.

[KennedyGuy]

4. self edit...

[loveangelc]

16. If it' so easy then say it...

[KennedyGuy]

19. nope..I agreed to be nice..

no matter how nasty YOU get.
Care to participate in another pile-on attack thread?
I can take it...
go round up your friends...

[loveangelc]

22. What pile-on attack thread have I participated in? And if you were really wanting to be nice,

um, you wouldnt have commented at all, so nice try.

[KennedyGuy]

24. allow me to help you out..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4338180

did you forget?
I didn't..


loveangelc (976 posts) Fri Feb-01-08 05:36 PM
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3. He should be banned.

there you are....

[loveangelc]

28. well that was before you apologized and changed your attitude.

[KennedyGuy]

29. well..if you are saying you accept that and regret the pile on..

thats a different story...

[loveangelc]

33. Well, I do regret the pile. As long as you're not making comments that are deliberately

trying to tear down, I have no problem with you.

[KennedyGuy]

34. Great..I can accpt that, and as I said..I will try to improve

but there were an awful lot of people who jumped on that thread and were not gracious enough to accept my apology.
I don't owe them a dam thing.
Glad to see you are in a different category, and will edit my original post.

[loveangelc]

35. I do accept your apology and hope that we can be cool.

Maybe I'm like you, anyone who (thinks) they can attack me will be attacked back.lol.

[KennedyGuy]

36. Thank you VERY much..we are totally cool!

[panader0]

2. Kinda reminds me of bush linking Saddam and 9/11

[ursi]

3. Bill wants his WAY!!!

[Deja Q]

18. No, Hillary wants Bill's way.

Understandable. He's packin' real meat...

It's all about sex, the human condition. Why else would she not divorce the known philanderer? Power? Status? Authority?

Damn, I'm hot for a dominatrix. I wonder, merge the brothel with the pizza chain and ask if they deliver in 30 minutes or else it's free...

[intheozone]

5. He's telling the truth, Ted Kennedy

worked with the WH to get that legislation written and passed. It was an example of the both sides coming together to get something done. Unfortunately, that something was a piece of shit that has accomplished very little, if anything.

[SeattleGirl]

6. One of the biggest problems with NCLB is not that Ted Kennedy

helped write the bill, but that George Bush refuses to fund it adequately.

I think Bill is reaching here.

[intheozone]

11. The bills premise was bad, from the git-go! nt

[Quixote1818]

27. So why do you think Hillary is still for it?

Hillary Clinton: "That is why I supported the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and continue to believe in the principles behind the landmark law."


http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/education/index.cfm?topic=elementary

[KennedyGuy]

8. absolutly....

Bush used Teddy on this one..
big time...
Funny..I don't see Obama mentioning this one a lot...

[Quixote1818]

And Hillary voted for it. I guess that links her to Bush too. nt

[KennedyGuy]

13. Did Obama vote..or was this another "present" for Bush?

[tammywammy]

21. Obama wasn't in the US Senate at the time.

[tularetom]

7. He equates Kennedy and Bush? F*ck him!!!

"Neither of them meant to mess it up"? Bull fucking shit. That's exactly what bush intended to do. Clinton should look and see that his wife is running for pres on the Democratic primaries. Or as Clinton would probably say, the Democrat primaries.

Go get yerself a BJ, Bill and STFU.

[BenDavid]

9. when all you have is insults, you do not deny truth in what bc said

[Quixote1818]

15. Then why did Hillary vote for it? I guess Hillary and Bush are connected at the hip too?

[Deja Q]

20. You mean, they're "the beast with two backs"?

:hide:

[DesEtoiles]

10. That's how Bill got in trouble -- linking to b***.

[Mass]

12. Bill wants to make a competition about who is the closest with Bush. That could be interesting...

(even if NCLB is a bad law).

[hfojvt]

30. He wants to make clear he will attack any Democrat who endorses somebody else

Endorse Obama, he threatens, and the future President will be your enemy.

[Quixote1818]

31. You are probably right about that. nt

[Deja Q]

14. Dang. I thought my oven heated up nicely. I could broast a chicken in 5 minutes,

thanks to these politicians badmouthing each other in the way only the most civilized Americans would. O8)

[jillan]

17. He is telling the truth - NCLB was Teddy's baby. I'm sure Teddy didn't think it would turn out this

way tho.

[jackson_dem]

23. The truth: Kennedy wrote the bill

Obamites loved to attack Hillary and Edwards for voting for it. Maybe they should have looked at who else voted for it (47 of 49 Democrats) and who wrote it. I guess Obama's opposition research memos didn't include those tiny facts when this viral attack spread across the netroots?

[demo dutch]

25. Obama never even voted at all

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=1&vote=00371

[Quixote1818]

26. And Hillary is still for it. So why is Bill attacking Teddy?

Hillary Clinton: That is why I supported the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and continue to believe in the principles behind the landmark law.

This is really quite funny. Bill is such a dork! :rofl:

[jackson_dem]

38. They have the same position virtually every Democrat now has: "revise" it

That didn't stop Obamites from using it to swiftboat Edwards and attack Hillary.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

32. What? There wasn't a black politician he could link him to?

Bill, you're slipping.

[madfloridian]

37. Put them a classroom, lock the doors.

Give them a teacher's manual with the standards, give them a big class with mixed disorders and no help for those students..and leave them there.