When Bill Clinton joined Barack Obama for a fund raiser in New York earlier this week to say a Mitt Romney presidency would be “calamitous” for the country it was the most inane utterance he had made since once saying, “it depends on what the definition of is, is.” Take a good look at the guy. He’s not just hitting the sauce hard again, he must be taking it in an intravenous drip.
While time most certainly has not been kind to Clinton’s appearance, however, it does not mean that a mere twelve year absence from the center ring at the circus could cause him to forget the art of weaving a political web or how to play a good game of snooker. When he came out last Friday to praise Mr. Romney’s business career as “sterling” Obama jumped into his lap like a child talking to Santa Claus. All appeared settled over the weekend after Obama foolishly thought fundraising appearances with Clinton would somehow settle the choppy waters of apparent discord and show solidarity between the two prominent men of the party. Certainly, things seemed calmed for awhile as Clinton delivered the requisite bromides, did the predictable u-turn and attacked Mr. Romney in the aforementioned fashion, but then the fun started. Obama had ceded the spotlight to Slick Willy, not just once but for three consecutive nights. What on earth could he have been thinking?
Relegated to understudy status, the sitting president of the United States has been no more than a stage prop, a potted plant wilting under the heat of the moment and in dire need of water while Clinton has eerily morphed into an imitation of Al Gore-Unhinged, complete with red face, bulging veins, and a vociferousness rarely seen from the ultimate political huckster. Clinton turned the tables so quickly on Obama one can only shudder to think how Putin will put him through the meat grinder if another term magically materializes. Clinton proceeded to do what he does best, and that is to maximize the moment to bring all attention to himself, and he succeeded therein by reducing Obama’s presence to a mere afterthought. He is the opening act and main event all rolled into one. He reached deep into his bag of tricks, put his entire repertoire on display, and reduced the introduction of Mr. Obama to something akin to an aging star patting a youngster on the back and saying, “OK, kid. Show ‘em what you got.”
He reminded people of how HE (and NOT a Republican Congress) balanced a budget eight consecutive years, how He brought about welfare reform, kept unemployment low, and how HE created a surplus, and in so doing, minimized and marginalized the very man he was ostensibly there to help, while schooling Team Obama on the law of unintended consequences. Clinton’s pontificating, understandably, is the palaver that nourishes fat cat donors, but the juxtaposition of his achievements, real or otherwise, illuminated the policy failures of the floundering Obama administration to such a degree that Romney was made to seem like a perfect antidote to Captain Hope and Change.
Was Clinton’s act unplanned? Did being thrust back into the limelight somehow make him lose sight of his real purpose? Hardly. Nobody with his experience in the political arena makes “mistakes” like that three nights in a row. Clinton is vendetta driven, still bitter how Obama short-circuited his and Hillary’s master to plan for a 16 year reign, and all the old pro had to do this week was deliver a few body shots to the amateur and he immediately dropped his hands. Clinton not so subtly punctuated his performance with one final blow by concluding that he would be in favor of “renewing tax cuts for now”, a quintessential example of Clinton-double-speak that really says don’t raise taxes, and undercuts yet another Obama course of action.
The platform played beautifully into Clinton’s hands at the expense of the president, for it gave him the opportunity to trumpet the highlights in his never-ending mission to make people forget he was impeached, that he dodged several sexual assault charges, had a clandestine department of high level operatives to clear the landscape of potential threats, a bimbo eruption team on retainer, and surrendered his law license for perjuring himself in front of a Federal judge.
After enduring three nights of backhanded compliments from a political enemy in sheep’s clothing, Mr. Obama must have felt like he slept in a cement mixer upon learning Wisconsin voters repudiated every aspect of his radical ideology by affirming their support for Scott Walker, the governor who has tamed the union dragon, eliminated a $3 Billion deficit, brought prosperity back to the state and lowered unemployment to roughly 6% without so much as raising taxes or printing a single dollar. At a time when Mr. Obama pleads stridently for the political viability of his policies, Scott Walker let more air out of the Marxist balloon, demonstrating that the unions of 2012 are no longer your father or grandfather’s union and instead self-serving, profligate organizations with a sense of privilege for themselves, willing to enrich leadership and members alike at taxpayer’s expense.
The confluence of events this week could not have been worse for Mr. Obama and never better for the country, and those two things seem to go hand in hand.
How come we can’t “recall” Obama???????????????? That man has got to go. The sooner the better.
“Without Congressional approval” seems to be the theme of this mess, Branwen. Runaway presidencies were to be precluded if everyone did their job, and Congress is arguably as indictable as this president.
and we hope Romney will have the same courage as Walker. I really wish they would let Nancy Pelosi out of hiding just for about a week, and let her speak all her her hearts desires, WOW now that would truly put gaping holes in that boat that needs to be sunk. by the way are we expanding a war into Pakistan? without congressional approval? is the left outraged about this?
and we hope Romney will have the same courage as Walker. I really wish they would let Nancy Pelosi out of hiding just for about a week, and let her speak all her her hearts desires, WOW now that would truly put gaping holes in that boat that needs to be sunk. by the way are expanding a war into Pakistan? without congressional approval? is the left outraged about this?
My pleasure, Chris.
Unfortunately, all the camouflage afforded Obama cannot hide his “Manchurian” roots.
Great commentary Dan, Mr. Walker has dealt a well deserved blow to the unions and Mr. Obama. Who IS Barack Obama anyway? Not a very transparent leader of our great country for sure. What IS his agenda? Not very transparent in my opinion.
Thanks for the truth.
Chris
All good, Spark.
I often describe my golf game as looking for a swing in my flaw.
on the head Dan, sorry bout that!
you hit the nail on the Dan, thank you!
I remember the race card play very well, Chris, and though I’m sure you can tell I’m no fan of Clinton, it was uncalled for and a real cheap shot.
Not a good move with a guy as savvy as Bill when it comes to getting even in the political arena.
Hey Dan- I’m willing to bet Clinton’s still seething because the media or the Obama CAMP pulled the race card on him last election cycle for daring to criticise Obama! Do you remember that? After all, Clinton was our first black president (I say this tongue-in-cheek).
Thanks, Chris, and I agree with your premise——our country has overcome major hurdles before. We’ve been attacked at Pearl Harbor, on our own soil, and this time from within—-and from the Oval Office no less!
Wisconsin kick-started the revolt. Let’s all keep it going.
I have a rhetorical question when ever the subject of unions arise, Marilyn:
Have you ever seen a union leader who’s not 50-100 pounds overweight?
Go Dan! Love this rant & so right on! How fun this is to watch Democrats eat each other for a change. If Bill’s trying to get us nostalgic for the ‘good old days’ of his presidency-lest we forget, his tax rate was a whopping 36%! I remember saying, prior to the Republican Revolution of ’94, it seemed like the Clintonistas were trying to turn the USA into a third-world Banana Republic. They just didn’t move as fast as BHO in doing damage. The American people wised up in 1994 (just as we did in 2010 & in Wisconsin, 2012)& turned back the tide of encroaching Communism. We did it before, folks! As the Ashford & Simpson song goes “Ain’t no stopping us now.”
Great Rant, Dan. Jarrett probably encouraged Obama to have Clinton “help him.” Like so many of her plans, Solyndra for example, fall apart and make Obama appear as a fool. But, Obama is president and the buck stops with him so he must take the heat of any decision/plan that he agrees with. With the Walker win, I think we will have a chance to get this country back to some kind of normalcy – even it it takes 4-8 years. Once the big mafia Unions (and Al Gore) are out of the way, American businesses can get something done like production, manufacturing, etc without employees having to pay to work; or at least minimizing unions’ authority. I’ve watched big unions come into town for conferences and learning sessions. They were there at the worker’s expense. If they did attend “classes” it was very few hours and the rest of their time was spent boozing and looking for ladies/men of the night. All I could think of was how hard working people’s money had paid for this kind of extravaganza. What a waste! And, by the way, I Was Not one of the ‘ladies of the night; only an observer. Thought I should carify that point.
Good call, Kwatz. You can only put so many fingers in the dike before the wall comes tumbling down.
Art Arrowsmith——a battle of twits if there ever was one.
Thanks, Hankypanky.
They’re two pickpockets reaching for each other’s wallet.
Jennie,
I think Barry’s having a continual “et tu, Brutus?” moment every time he sees Willy hopping around the stage.
Good points, Stormrider. I get what Dave is saying, too, but you never know how one of these Barney Fife’s might take it.
Slick Willie will never forget what Obama did to Hillary and he will continue to exact his revenge at every opportunity. Difference between Bilbo and other revenge seekers is Clinton is the consummate politician, that is, able to stab you in the back and make you think it is your idea and expecting you to thank him for doing it. How else do you explain a man accused of rape/sexual malfeasance becoming president. Being impeached and disbarred yet having a 60% approval rating. Maybe that just shows the weakness in the character of liberals. He also feels that US politics has room for only one alpha dog and it isn’t Obama. Look for the MSM to turn on Clinton soon. Attacks against the anointed one are unacceptable to the toadies in the media. The MSM is distracted however. How to handle the Walker landslide. How to spin a tossup election that ended up with a conservative’s 7 point victory. How to absolve their master and try to further taint his challengers. Trouble is, there are too many plates in the air. They are starting to fall and the noise is deafening. People have awakened, no longer the malleable blocks of clay to be molded by the sculptors of the MSM. As Eddie Murphy said, in Trading Places, “they are panicking, I can feel it.”
This applies to both Clinton and Obummer: Once a narcissist, always a narcissist.
Great post Dan. Just like the pot to call the kettle black. No pun intended.
dave, good call. Just hope your post doesn’t mark you as some sort of domestic terrorist. Ya know how these folks are about eliminating free speech. Maybe I’ll see ya in a FEMA Camp someday. ;-)
Beautiful, Dan. I sincerely hope things are as you see them. Perhaps there is a glimmer of hope in this current mess that the Oblamer has sunk us into.
They don’t call him slick Willie for nothing . . . Obama is probably still in shock.
clinton is another example of a jitsack heavy handed government punk. he has no clue. we don’t need government anymore, it’s wasting our time and money, and clogging the airwaves with it’s insecure, immature bantering about who can be the most famous, most right, most this or that. these government people don’t have enough to do, like a spoiled, bored child, they get into trouble cause we somehow keep paying them to do nothing, while the corporate sector slaves away and keeps busy producing products for them to consume. we need to burn down washington and start over.