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New Obama ad in tossup States stars Bill Clinton
"Clear Choice" - Obama for America TV Ad
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We Democrats, we think the country works better with a strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it, with a relentless focus on the future, with business and government actually working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. You see, we believe that “We’re all in this together” is a far better philosophy than “You’re on your own.”
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"But it could have been because, as the Senate Republican leader said, in a remarkable moment of candor, two full years before the election, their number-one priority was not to put America back to work. It was to put the president out of work."
(APPLAUSE)
(BOOING)
Well -- wait a minute. Senator, I hate to break it to you, but we’re going to keep President Obama on the job.
...
In Tampa -- in Tampa, did y’all watch their convention? I did.
(LAUGHTER)
In Tampa, the Republican argument against the president’s re- election was actually pretty simple, pretty snappy. It went something like this: “We left him a total mess. He hasn’t cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in.”
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Now -- but -- but they did it well. They looked good, they sounded good. They convinced me...
(LAUGHTER)
... that they all love their families and their children, and we’re grateful they’ve been born in America, and all -- really, I’m not being -- they did.
(LAUGHTER)
And this is important. They convinced me they were honorable people who believe what they’ve said and they’re going to keep every commitment they’ve made. We’ve just got to make sure the American people know what those commitments are.
(APPLAUSE)
Because -- because in order to look like an acceptable, reasonable, moderate alternative to President Obama, they just didn’t say very much about the ideas they’ve offered over the last two years. They couldn’t, because they want to go back to the same, old policies that got us in trouble in the first place.
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Clinton's Speech Transcript at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-2012-bill-clintons-speech-at-the-democratic-national-convention-excerpt/2012/09/05/f208865e-f7a4-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story.html
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"But it could have been because, as the Senate Republican leader said, in a remarkable moment of candor, two full years before the election, their number-one priority was not to put America back to work. It was to put the president out of work."
(APPLAUSE)
(BOOING)
Well -- wait a minute. Senator, I hate to break it to you, but we’re going to keep President Obama on the job.
...
In Tampa -- in Tampa, did y’all watch their convention? I did.
(LAUGHTER)
In Tampa, the Republican argument against the president’s re- election was actually pretty simple, pretty snappy. It went something like this: “We left him a total mess. He hasn’t cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in.”
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Now -- but -- but they did it well. They looked good, they sounded good. They convinced me...
(LAUGHTER)
... that they all love their families and their children, and we’re grateful they’ve been born in America, and all -- really, I’m not being -- they did.
(LAUGHTER)
And this is important. They convinced me they were honorable people who believe what they’ve said and they’re going to keep every commitment they’ve made. We’ve just got to make sure the American people know what those commitments are.
(APPLAUSE)
Because -- because in order to look like an acceptable, reasonable, moderate alternative to President Obama, they just didn’t say very much about the ideas they’ve offered over the last two years. They couldn’t, because they want to go back to the same, old policies that got us in trouble in the first place.
...
Clinton's Speech Transcript at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-2012-bill-clintons-speech-at-the-democratic-national-convention-excerpt/2012/09/05/f208865e-f7a4-11e1-8253-3f495ae70650_story.html
Went to wiki and it too says that Gore did distance himself from Clinton.
Gore formally announced his candidacy for president in a speech on June 16, 1999, in Carthage, Tennessee, with his major theme being the need to strengthen the American family.[116] He was introduced by his eldest daughter, Karenna Gore Schiff.[116] In making the speech, Gore also distanced himself from Bill Clinton, whom he stated had lied to him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore#Second_presidential_run_.282000.29
I think the lie Gore referenced was about Lewinsky.
