“We left him a total mess. He hasn’t cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in”

[kpete]

I think the most telling thing about Clinton’s speech last night wasn’t anything he said, but his simple presence. The most recent Democratic president got top billing at the convention. Democrats are proud of him and believe most voters would love to return to his time in office. Democrats believe Clinton is proof their party can govern.

The contrast with how the latest Republican president was received at their convention couldn’t be sharper. Not only did George W. Bush not speak but the Republican Party pretended as if he never even existed. Not once was his name mentioned in Mitt Romney’s, Ann Romney’s, or Paul Ryan’s speeches. The Republican Party knows there is no desire to return to the Bush years.

Democrats are relatively proud of their recent history in office. Republicans, on the other hand, really don’t want voters to remember the last time they were in control.

The simple presence of Clinton reminded voters what recent history is. When Clinton was in office times were pretty good. A Republican took the White House and things went horribly wrong. Obama took over after a huge crisis,and so far has done a pretty mediocre job of fixing things. As Clinton said though, “We left him a total mess. He hasn’t cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in,” is not a very logical argument.

http://elections.firedoglake.com/2012/09/06/bill-clinton-and-george-w-bush-at-the-conventions/

[NBachers]

1. And now the repuke shitheads are pushing Carter as a failed, unpopular president

If America had had the courage and foresight to enact President Carter's energy policies, we'd be way way better off today.

In their bizarre world, we should be ashamed that a Democratic president won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Here's a list of repukes who've won the Nobel Peace Prize:



I am as proud as I can be of Democratic President Jimmy Carter, and it pisses me off to no end that squirmy little snot ryan is running around dissing him.

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. And ...

The simple presence of Clinton reminded voters what recent history is. When Clinton was in office times were pretty good.

And taxes were relatively high ... Clinton's presence allows Democrats to continue pressing the "increase the tax rate on the wealthy" argument.

I just pulled Clinton's speech ... I hope he dropped a "My economy was just fine and My tax rates were higher" line.

[RepublicansRZombies]

3. this people have no sense of logic, they just 'know' in their gut they are right!

Other favorites I read at DU:

Republicans Drove the Bus into the ditch, while the Dems are trying to fix it they watch from the side point the finger telling us 'you're doing it wrong'

Or as Chris Rock put it 'Obama can't fix the Cancer fast enough, so let's vote for the Cancer!'

[librechik]

4. this meme encapsulates perfectly the " boss and boy" relationship the PuKKKes want

with President Obama. All without mentioning racism. The imagery of the metaphor drips with it.

"We didn't want this boy in the first place, so we gave him a fairly impossible job, hoping he would fail right away and sweep us back into office. He hasn't done that, so he has failed. Since he has failed, put us back in--we have magic beans."

[YoungDemCA]

5. K&R