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Bill Clinton's perfect response to Romney's debate bullshit: (Original Post) JaneyVee Oct 2012 OP
I LOVE THE BIG DOG!!! nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #1
Glad he's on OUR side! calimary Oct 2012 #49
THUMBS UP & KICK napkinz Oct 2012 #2
Great! treestar Oct 2012 #3
I love how he has fun pokin' Romney with a stick. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #4
Actually, so many people now love him, that used to hate him, juajen Oct 2012 #55
Big Dog is on a roll! wildeyed Oct 2012 #5
He was soooo animated. Almost dancing. I think he is pissed off and zonkers Oct 2012 #33
Clinton would so destroy Mitt Romney in any kind of debate because Clinton is a master of mockery. andym Oct 2012 #6
An hour on stage together with Bill Clinton and hifiguy Oct 2012 #17
Oh, why wait for a debate? aquart Oct 2012 #30
It would be kind of funny if he said something like... Blanks Oct 2012 #52
"Tell me what I gotta say to close".... crazylikafox Oct 2012 #7
My God! The man has a future in stand-up if he wants it. That was great! Whovian Oct 2012 #8
And that's why he's called the Big Dog! Catherine Vincent Oct 2012 #9
Bill Clinton would have taken Romney apart in that debate quinnox Oct 2012 #10
There would have been nothing left but a pair hifiguy Oct 2012 #19
Whaaa... okay, I can dig it. (Lets go eat Sushi and not pay!) zonkers Oct 2012 #34
In Romney's case, smoking magic underwear. bluesbassman Oct 2012 #35
You have no idea if that's true, but ProSense Oct 2012 #40
yes I do quinnox Oct 2012 #41
No you don't ProSense Oct 2012 #42
lol, It was Hillary who ran in 2008, not Bill quinnox Oct 2012 #44
You know damn well I'm talking about the media. ProSense Oct 2012 #45
ok, well I stand by my opinion that Bill Clinton would have destroyed Romney in the debate quinnox Oct 2012 #47
Bill would have called Willard on his bullshit hifiguy Oct 2012 #51
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #11
Those "severe Conservatives" don't care - beating Obama is all that matters to them. Democratopia Oct 2012 #12
LOL! WHY oh WHY doesn't he have a show on Comedy Central? HopeHoops Oct 2012 #13
TOTALLY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! N/T onecent Oct 2012 #14
You can pick up on his Arkansas roots in that one. sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #15
Watch out Mitt....Bill's got your number! He knows your game! reformist2 Oct 2012 #16
Bill Clinton is an American treasure jsr Oct 2012 #18
+1 The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #27
kickin for later Pharaoh Oct 2012 #20
Oh so it's no longer a fairytale, eh? not an iSheeple Oct 2012 #21
The Obama campaign should use that clip for one of their political ads! meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #22
LOL--Bill Clinton has a talent felix_numinous Oct 2012 #23
My boy's wicked smart... OSPREYXIV Oct 2012 #24
I remember what some rethug said about Bill in 2004 Wolf Frankula Oct 2012 #25
That's how to use Bill Clinton on the campaign trail - hedgehog Oct 2012 #26
Mitts lies vs Bill Clinton loyalsister Oct 2012 #53
His handlers might worry that pres. Obama couldn't do that without appearing mean... JackN415 Oct 2012 #28
Obama doesn't do "aw shucks" well. Nobody buys him as a simple country boy. Barack_America Oct 2012 #39
K and R!! LuckyLib Oct 2012 #29
Nobody does it better SIDURI Oct 2012 #31
The Big Dog, man. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #32
Host please lock. GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #36
Meh. The debate is all anyone is talking about in GD. Barack_America Oct 2012 #37
"Bill Clinton's perfect response to Romney's debate bullshit:" ProSense Oct 2012 #38
Exactly, ProSense! Bill Clinton knows how Cha Oct 2012 #43
And laughs about them. Mocks Romney. Well done. mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #50
K & R Petrushka Oct 2012 #46
There is just no substitute for double Bush's IQ Coyotl Oct 2012 #48
heh, Awesome Ohio Joe Oct 2012 #54
Thanks for the vid! defacto7 Oct 2012 #56

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
4. I love how he has fun pokin' Romney with a stick.
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 01:33 PM
Oct 2012

Our Bill is a great politician and entertaining to boot. Even if you hate him you have to love him, and that's the recipe for success in these times. If you can't do well in political theater, you won't do well in politics.

Romney performs in political theater well too, which is why he's still viable in this race. It's a lesson that Obama re-learned last Wednesday. We're going to be okay.

juajen

(8,515 posts)
55. Actually, so many people now love him, that used to hate him,
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 12:29 PM
Oct 2012

that he could be re-elected with a huge majority. I have republican relatives and friends that used to berate him constantly. They now can't get enough of his wit, brilliance and charm. It is really comical.

 

zonkers

(5,865 posts)
33. He was soooo animated. Almost dancing. I think he is pissed off and
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:41 PM
Oct 2012

is compensating. He is awesome.

andym

(5,444 posts)
6. Clinton would so destroy Mitt Romney in any kind of debate because Clinton is a master of mockery.
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 01:36 PM
Oct 2012

Romney's ego couldn't take that level of disrespect. President Obama is too respectful a person to use this blunt of an approach, but I'd still like some gentler humorous response to Romney at the next debate.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
17. An hour on stage together with Bill Clinton and
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 02:51 PM
Oct 2012

Willard would be curled up in the fetal position crying for his mommy to make the Bad Big Dawg go away. It would be a thing of beauty to watch Bill take Mittens apart like a cheap suit while smiling all the while. The crowd would be pelting Romney with rocks and garbage.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
52. It would be kind of funny if he said something like...
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 07:16 PM
Oct 2012

I was waiting to see which Governor Romney showed up.

Last time we met you had a whole new plan.

It's kind of difficult to debate when you revise all of your positions during the debate.

Or something along those lines.

 

Whovian

(2,866 posts)
8. My God! The man has a future in stand-up if he wants it. That was great!
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 01:38 PM
Oct 2012

I miss him in the political process. Glad he's on our side.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
40. You have no idea if that's true, but
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:56 PM
Oct 2012

it's good to see that everyone agrees that Romney's performance was bullshit.

You have no idea how the media would have reacted.

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
41. yes I do
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:58 PM
Oct 2012

Bill Clinton has always been a master of the media, and I'm surprised you think Romney would have a chance against him in a debate.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
42. No you don't
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:04 PM
Oct 2012

"Bill Clinton has always been a master of the media, and I'm surprised you think Romney would have a chance against him in a debate."

Want to talk about 2008?

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
44. lol, It was Hillary who ran in 2008, not Bill
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:06 PM
Oct 2012

So what makes you think Romney could stand against Clinton in a debate?

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
45. You know damn well I'm talking about the media.
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:08 PM
Oct 2012

"So what makes you think Romney could stand against Clinton in a debate?"

Romney wasn't debating, he was spewing a series of lies and interupting the moderator.

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
47. ok, well I stand by my opinion that Bill Clinton would have destroyed Romney in the debate
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:13 PM
Oct 2012

Romney is a LOUSY debater. So I don't see any other result but Clinton cleaning his clock. Not sure why you seem to think otherwise or have a problem with that, but you are entitled to your opinion I guess...

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
51. Bill would have called Willard on his bullshit
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:58 PM
Oct 2012

and made him look like the lying sack of monkeyshit that he is. And he would have done it with a smile on his face. Clinton is the Zen master of that kind of takedown.

OSPREYXIV

(74 posts)
24. My boy's wicked smart...
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:18 PM
Oct 2012

Denying all fact makes angercontrol impossible.
It's also exhausting. (As I recall, the Big Dog knows all about this move.) Ridicule is a very good start. IMHO, beating the RPC by flipping him. Forment his rage. Psychic aikido turns his lies into truth.

Or...quote the Georgian classics.

"War is Peace. Love is Hate. Lies are truth"
George Orwell, 1984
"A lie is not a lie...if you believe it."
George Costa

If elections are episodes of National Soap Opera, who's the sponsor. If those corporate sponsors are people, do we now have a government that is of, by and for the owners who control those corporations? Let's remember that most of the stock market consists of pension funds, etc. The corporate pirates who take over corporations and pay themselves outrageous salaries are working the same long con. (The people aren't sovereign,
we "own" the country and it's resources. The people don't own the shares, they have no say in
what goes, we're in control. Follow the money.

Michael Hudson explains best how a debt-based financial system erased all of FDR's New Deal.

Elect Democratic members of Congress who will make bank fraud illegal (again). Prosecute those
would-be royals and put them away.






Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)
25. I remember what some rethug said about Bill in 2004
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:21 PM
Oct 2012

Were it not for the 22nd Amendment, that man would still be president. Long Life and much health to you Big Dog!

Wolf

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
53. Mitts lies vs Bill Clinton
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 07:34 PM
Oct 2012

One of Mitt's biggest weaknesses is that he lies and inevitably gets called on it.
How many times has he had to "re-explain" or correct something. I wonder if letting him lie again and again might not have been strategy.
I hate to say it, but calling out Kerrys' "flip flops" was effective.
Outright lies are even better ammunition.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
39. Obama doesn't do "aw shucks" well. Nobody buys him as a simple country boy.
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:55 PM
Oct 2012

Bubba, on the other hand, brilliant at it.

Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)
32. The Big Dog, man.
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:34 PM
Oct 2012

I didn't always see eye-to-eye with him and yadda yadda but the hell with that. He is ice cream on an August afternoon. Perfect.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
38. "Bill Clinton's perfect response to Romney's debate bullshit:"
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:54 PM
Oct 2012

You mean the response shouldn't have been: Romney won! Romney won!

So glad Clinton is here to set the record straight, and I agree with him.

Cha

(297,357 posts)
43. Exactly, ProSense! Bill Clinton knows how
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:05 PM
Oct 2012

to help his Party and the Country in this case.

He doesn't come out and rage on PBO..he brings up Mitt Romney's LIES.

Ohio Joe

(21,760 posts)
54. heh, Awesome
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 07:44 PM
Oct 2012

I really appreciate all President Clinton has done this election season... And how he has done it

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