Why doesn't Bill Clinton shut the fuck up?

[choie]

he needs to go back to Chappaqua and stay there.

[ibegurpard]

1. Well you may just have him back in the WH

2 for the price of one! Won't it be fun?
What can we deregulate next? What other public goods and services can be sold off to the Super PAC contributors?

[Wilms]

9. They can sell off nearly the entire Congress.

Oh. Wait. That's been done.

[RKP5637]

28. The Royal Family returns, 2 for 1. UGH! n/t

[npk]

2. A more important question is why does Hillary need her husband to fight her own battles

Just shameful.

[geek tragedy]

3. Sexist comment.

he is not fighting her battles for her, he's campaigning for her the way Hollywood celebrities campaign for Sanders.

This is the 21st century.

[TMontoya]

4. Its different

Because Bernie. Seriously there is an issue with Bill (former president) campaigning for his wife (Democratic front runner). But Bernie bringing out B actresses to help stump for him is just all grand!

Much like Its cheating when Hillary wins but perfectly legit when Sanders wins.

[wildeyed]

41. They are mad that a popular, two-term president

stumps for her. Wah!

[Armstead]

5. Naw just give them both a talk show, and retire them from politics

They love to hear themselves speak....Let's 'em have a nice little show and they can expostulate to their hearts' content,. without doing any more damage to the body politic

[Avalon Sparks]

10. Come on, that's not acceptable

Everyone knows Talk Show hosts don't get paid as much as a powerful politician or close family member of one, giving an hour speech for influence money.

[RKP5637]

29. Yep! The Royal Family controls the money flow, big money for them,the talk show hosts just get paid.

[Bob41213]

30. I mean seriously. You can't expect them to make ends meet on that salary.

They'd make what, 20 million a year at best?

[pangaia]

6. Hell no. Get him the hell out of my state.

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He doesn't belong here, neither he nor his carpetbagging wife.

[jfern]

12. It won't be so bad if they just play with their grandchildren

The second grandchild should be born in in 4-5 months. Hopefully they get to spend a lot of time with it right after it's born.

[pangaia]

19. I wish both their grandchildren well.

How fortunate they are, never having to work a day in their lives, if they so chose.

[choie]

16. You've got a point,

I'm a New Yorker, too - maybe he should just go back to Little Rock. Of course, it may make it a little more difficult for him to fundraise for his "foundation"

[ViseGrip]

7. The go through life in a bubble, they are celebrities. The Clinton era is over.

Just like 'Camelot' is over. He's not used to hearing this, and showed you he will not stand for anyone not thinking he was just the greatest. The arrogance shows.

[Sheepshank]

8. I very frequently wonder the very same thing about Weaver. Universe is funny like that nt

[sammythecat]

11. Because he can't. Compulsive talking

is a real condition. I've known 2 people who were compulsive talkers. They will literally wear you out with a withering, non-stop verbal assault. The two I knew were quite different in most ways but they had that one thing in common, they just do not shut up. It's pathological. I think Bill Clinton is a compulsive talker.

[Ken Burch]

13. You're saying Bill is the Verbal Kint of the Democratic Party?

[choie]

17. He's a compulsive talker and

a narcissist - he needs to constantly be in the spotlight.

[pangaia]

20. All oyou have to do is walk away.

The mouth will unconsiously keep moving, but the sound recedes into the middle distance, and then....is....gone... It doesn't even know you have left.

[snowy owl]

15. Agreed. I feel sorry for Hillary. So many millions. I wonder if they ever happy.

[Skwmom]

18. He was in PA and he knew exactly what he was doing. Look at his demeanor. It was planned. n/t

[oasis]

21. Anything beyond "break up the banks, greedy Wall Street , oligarchy bad"

is too much to process for some.

[choie]

24. Yes that's right

Clinton supporters are oh so sophisticated

[oasis]

25. Yup, especially when it comes to OP titles that contain profound statements.

[Sunlei]

22. Why would you want to stifle our democracy?

even if you 'hate' the Clintons one would think you'd want him/them to speak more?

[choie]

23. I'm not stopping him...

He can continue to make himself look like an ass. It will only hurt his wife and that's fine by me.. I'm just sick of seeing his face and hearing his corporate, lying words

[merrily]

26. STFU is not in Bill Clinton's DNA.

http://www.salon.com/2012/07/30/when_bill_clinton_died_on_stage/

[awake]

27. Because he really does not want Hillary to win

He did the same thing last time. She would have done so much better with out him he has this way of pissing off Blacks, I think he really thought that he was the 1st Black Pres. which shows you how confused he is about what it is like to be Black in the US today.

[Sunlei]

31. I think the dialog is good for America. I want someone to ask Clinton why crack has a 1000x criminal

prison sentence vs the powder version of the same drug!

If the intention in 1996 was to clear out the 'big bad gangbangers' why did Clinton allow laws to be passed that allowed police to put people in jail for 20-40 years for a couple rocks?

[awake]

33. And that is why Black Lives Mater

And not just in Africa has Bill said. The Clinton's just want the Black vote every 4 years and after that they do not care if they are put in their friends privet prisons.

[Sunlei]

34. It's republican/RW groups who wrote those 'laws' and started the 'for profit' prison Corps.

They're doing the same 'for profit' prison Corps for immigrant prisons.

True that more people of color have always been unfairly jailed in much higher numbers & oppressed. That started way back as soon as slaves were set free. Stupid laws were created like no black people in town after sundown. Then free blacks could be arrested, put in prison and 'leased' to Corporations for work like mining.
Our Prison system has always been "slavery by another name".

Here is an excellent documentary that uses government records to explain the history of Americas prison system.

[awake]

36. So true

[Umbral18]

32. Take heart, every time Bill opens his mouth Hillary loses 10,000 votes. nt

[wildeyed]

40. Nope.

He was a popular, two-term president. Incredibly bright guy, charismatic and a great political fighter. He opens his mouth, a bunch of us think, Yep, the Big Dawg still has it!

[Jitter65]

35. Because he has something to say. And was absolutely correct in providing the facts and historical

context to the BLM protestor yesterday. I have been trying to tell folks what it was like then and Bill actually did a great job of doing that. People don't want to hear that Bernie voted FOR that bill, or that many black leaders supported the legislation (some did not), that black families in black neighborhoods were crying out for help in make their neighborhoods safer. People don't generally like to hear the truth when it doesn't fit into their pre-conceived notions. Both Hillary and Bill have apologized for the outcome and the way the legislation was enforced. Bill even went to the NAACP and faced them to express his regrets about it.

So who is more likely to work hard to fix a problem they feel responsible for? Bernie hasn't apologized or even owned up to the fact that his support of the bill was not only because of the assault weapons ban but in his own words he said the bill would be a way to get sociopaths and criminals off the street. Check it out before you make your comments.

[Cheese Sandwich]

37. I'd be happy to see him out on the trail every day. As long as he's not blocking access to the polls

[potone]

38. Yes, he probably should.

He feels the need to defend his record, including the parts that caused real harm, and creating another campaign controversy over the treatment of African Americans is the last thing that Hillary needs. She has a solid lead now among African Americans (except for the young voters), and he could cause that to drop.

[Tarc]

39. Wow, so insightful, so deep and full of thought and reason

Why, I bet as soon as Bill gets wind of this post, he will be so chagrined he will pack his bags that very moment and head on up to Chappaqua.

Your work here is done good sir, I say good day.