Barbara Bush: “I love Bill Clinton…maybe not his politics, but I love Bill Clinton”

[kpete]

“I love Bill Clinton…maybe not his politics, but I love Bill Clinton,” she said in an interview that aired Monday on C-SPAN.
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“Bill visits us every summer,” she said. “We don’t agree politically, but we don’t talk politics.”

The former first lady, now 88, said her husband has almost become a father figure to Clinton.

“I think he thinks of George a little bit like the father he didn’t have,” she added.



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[KoKo]

1. Well....it's not like this is new news...

[yeoman6987]

2. She is his Mother

Hasn't she already called him her son many times.

[QC]

3. How heartwarming. n/t

[Barack_America]

4. 1. Sounds like Babs really doesn't want Jeb to run.

2. Politics CAN be set aside, and should from time to time. GHWB and Clinton share a very rare experience in common, why shouldn't they have a relationship that allows them to discuss it?

[reddread]

23. Mena?

or something else?
J/Gennifers?
Bombing and sanctions?
I suppose its a long list.
Jeb for VP?

[Generic Other]

5. poisoning the hillary well?

If it tastes like Bush, I will spit it out. Forcefully.

[Solly Mack]

6. Well, bless her heart.

and her beautiful mind.

[Jesus Malverde]

7. .

[madokie]

8. Ho-boy

here we go.
Considering that the big dog kinda' pissed the BFEE off when he won the election of '92 he's probably just wanting to stay alive to be a grand dad.

He's no dummy you know

[BeyondGeography]

9. I imagine the room just overflows with sincerity every time they get together

[Boomerproud]

21. LOL! You nailed it!

[edhopper]

10. I think Bush Sr.

was your basic GOP corporatist, more liberal on social issues that he admitted. (Clinton was a corporatist as well, as our current Pres is at times.)
I think he was aghast at what his son wrought.

[Dawson Leery]

13. Bush sr. was center left on social issues before the walking corpse Ronnie boy came along.

The party was forced to the right across the board

[edhopper]

14. He was part of old guard Republicans

who weren't totally reprehensible, the way his son was.

[Dawson Leery]

19. True.

Old Bush knew better also. The "Christian" right played a roll in torpedoing his second term.

[reddread]

24. Voters read his lips

Bush had 20 years in the White House and decades in power.
Cant quite follow your Christian right remark.
Doesnt ring any bells.
I do recall a bit of an Iran-Contra problem he put to bed with a preemptive pardon
and a little help from John Kerry.

[Drunken Irishman]

25. H.W. Bush from the 1980 primary would've been infinitely better than Reagan.

[davidpdx]

20. I agree H.W. and Clinton in retrospect were more similar

Then say Carter or Reagan or W. and Obama.

[TwilightGardener]

11. That's great. Now both families can ride off into the sunset together and leave us

alone. I can hope.

[Whisp]

18. best answer.

the families that prey together... (preying on Iraq)

*barfs and spits.

[Beacool]

28. Who is this "we" you speak of?

Some of us are perfectly content with another Clinton presidency.

[elfin]

12. He's the son they wished they had. Eom

[NCTraveler]

17. This. nt.

[MO_Moderate]

15. She did wear a lot of blue

[Egalitarian Thug]

16. Why wouldn't she love him? He's an incredibly charismatic man. He also made sure her

husband got away with a list of crimes long enough to ensure he would have already died in prison.

[sabrina 1]

22. How sweet. Wish I had known what a beloved son Clinton was to the Bushes while receiving death

threats from Bush supporters for trying to defend him. I wish I could get back all that time ....

'It's a big club and you aint't in it!' Boy was that ever a true statement. Thanks Georgt (Carliin that is),

[arikara]

26. Thats hardly a surprise

Poppy and Bill came out together to siphon up donations after the Haiti disaster. And no doubt they were tight before that.

[Whisp]

27. Your politics and his are not that far apart, Babs.

Unfortunately.

[Beacool]

29. Wow, there are some bitter people over here.

Same type of comments her remarks got at RW sites.

Sometimes it's not all about politics.

Gee..........