if true, Bill Clinton is a 2 faced bastard. One minupulates young interns and other backstabs dems.

[srican69]

In September 2012, when Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, spoke at the annual Clinton Global Initiative gathering in New York, Mr. Clinton gave him advice backstage about how to appear in command when facing off against Mr. Obama in their coming debates.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/us/politics/to-avert-repeat-of-2008-clinton-team-hopes-to-keep-bill-at-his-best.html?referrer=

The article doesnt cite sources.. So could be false. But is very disturbing nevertheless... You never know what the Clintons are up to ...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Or, he could have been giving Mittens disinformation,

considering that Mittens didn't really appear in command after all.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. "And if you can get Obama to say, 'Please proceed, Governor,'

then you've got him right where you want him."

[Cali_Democrat]

6. LOL. nt

[Cha]

11. Rofl.. pic

[olddots]

3. he may have taught Mr.Natural how to

Pull the stick out of his butt .If he did Mitt didn't pay attention .

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Clinton set this up brilliantly...he PUNKED Romney

Romney proceeded to fall right into Obama's trap.

Thanks, Bill.

[JI7]

5. based on what we saw whatever advice Clinton gave did not help him

[Hekate]

7. In your very own words: it doesn't cite sources & it could be false.But you hurried to bring it here

....because why? And you embellished it with your subject line.

So, back atcha.

I can tell your contributions are going to be a real asset to this board in the coming couple of years.

[srican69]

9. hence I prefaced with ' if true'.

[Hekate]

10. Disingenuous

[malaise]

13. I'm not so sure about that last part

[Hekate]

15. heh

[LadyHawkAZ]

8. you forgot "And he's married to Hillary who might be the nominee!!!"

In case anyone might, you know. Forget. Or something.

[forthemiddle]

12. Do you really think the Clintons wanted Obama to win in 2008?

If he had lost, Hillary could have run again 4 years later, instead of 8.
She will now be the second oldest President (if she is elected) when she is inaugurated. That is a big deal.
The DNC had apparently already "promised" her a clean primary if she bowed out and "supported" Obama, but as with all political beings (the Clintons certainly are that) their own ambitions came through, and they wanted her to be able to run in 2012 not wait until 2016.

These type of stories have been around since the 2008 election. It has never been a secret that Bill Clinton did not support Obama.

[karynnj]

14. read the entire article. PASSIVE aggressive might be the best word

For it. No one here will mistake me for a Clinton fan. This article -on the surface praising Bill, resurfaces most of the worst stories of 2008 and then adds new negatives like that completely unsourced one.

Then there are the constant statements that they need an aide to control him. Add to this repeated comments on his frailty - even having an aide help him with his jacket.

Given the article as a whole and the way it "innocently" throws in that story with no comment that Democrats would be dismayed to hear it, it seems the intent was for people to think "I am so tired of the Clintons". Then rethink the debate -Romney's entire strategy was to go almost Fox News on Obama. Very aggressive and it counted on people not seeing it as disrespectful.


It succeeded to some degree because Axlerod and others advised Obama to just keep calm and not get angry. However it may have let Obama slap him down in the last 2 debates.