Bill Clinton: "Hillary and I will always remember President Ronald Reagan for the way he..."

[Zueda]

"...personified the indomitable optimism of the American people, and for keeping America at the forefront of the fight for freedom for people everywhere..."

[sakabatou]

1. ...

:puke:

[jlake]

2. You really need to give it a rest - what did you expect.... everyone to piss on his

grave and speak their minds?
There is a big difference between showing respect at a funeral and pandering for political gain.

[rodeodance]

12. Well said.

[redqueen]

25. Some people have blinders on, I think.

Disturbing.

[Barack_America]

3. I don't like that quote....

I don't like the way that Reagan fought for "freedom"

[madrchsod]

4. i do not believe he said that

[calmblueocean]

5. ZOMG BILL said WHAT? HOW DARE HE I M OUTRAGED

The purposefully infantile misinterpretations and reactions of so many DUers to this Obama story really embarrass me.

[BootinUp]

6. A Presidential statement on his passing So f'in what?

[rodeodance]

16. patheticness reigns high today for some o.. supporters.

[HughMoran]

7. dupe

Just posted 10 minutes ago.

[quinnox]

8. but you don't say it was said at Reagans funeral

wonder why that was left out of the OP... <sarcasm>

[Zueda]

9. So Bill was lying?

[rodeodance]

15. A funeral is not the time to crap on a man. GET IT!!

[Zueda]

26. So someone twisted his arm to say anything at all?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

21. Almost certainly, and good for him

If your job pretty much forces you to make a speech about the death of someone you didn't like, then lying and saying nice things about him is the best thing to do.

[Dogmudgeon]

10. De mortuis nil nisi bonum

"Of the dead, (speak) nothing but good."

Bill Clinton was being "classy" -- as I assume Barack Obama to have been doing when he eulogized Reagan.

Even if he (Reagan) was a ... well, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_mortuis_nil_nisi_bonum">de mortuis nil nisi bonum

--p!

[Crunchy Frog]

11. That does it. I won't be voting for Hillary if she's the nominee. n/t

[rodeodance]

13. Hil said that Bush was pathetic re: begging for oil. The IP post ranks high on the pathetic score.

[incapsulated]

14. THE MAN JUST DIED

He didn't come out praising Reagan out of the fucking blue.

He certainly didn't say shit about him transforming the "excesses of the 60s and 70s" and "failure" of liberal government.

[emilyg]

17. What did you expect him to say at a funeral?

[Kahuna]

19. Reagan had great hair?

:shrug:

[Hieronymus]

18. One can hardly deny the view, by some, that Clinton was a good ..

Republican president.

[wyldwolf]

20. sure, some on the far left hold that dumb view

[Hieronymus]

22. DLC = Republican lite

[Maven]

24. Obama = Republican idolizer

[Barack_America]

23. Did Clinton really need to kick Latin America in the teeth?

I realize that it was the man's funeral. But if you're going to change your opinion of the man to suit the occasion, do you really have to say, "keeping America at the forefront of the fight for freedom of people everywhere"?

*shudder*

[dembotoz]

27. gag

never much cared for clinton(s)
now I remember why

[mckeown1128]

28. kick