Bill Clinton back in the WH?

[gyroscope]

does anyone really want to see this guy back in the WH? Another four years of Clinton drama? Oh god.
Sure a HC win would of course be preferable than four hellish years of the Trump circus but that's not saying much.

[Nyan]

1. Trump couldn't withstand half an hour meeting in the oval office without tweeting.

So that's out of question. He's gonna drop out even if his supporters won't let him.
As for the Clintons going back in the WH? That's also out of question. Voters won't let that happen.

[Journeyman]

2. Ruth Ginsburg & Stephen Breyer -- vs -- Samuel Alito & John Roberts . . .

Clinton's Supreme Court appointees vs those by George W.

Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley . . . any of these over someone from the Clown Car. Because the ride doesn't end after four years, and four of the present Supremes are 78 to 83 years old.

[Hortensis]

28. Excellent points, Journeyman.

Btw, I noted, from what Hillary said when being asked about appointing Obama ("would be" "a great idea&quot , that it sounds as if she does know something of his plans and they don't include SCOTUS. ("likely has other plans for his post-White House life.&quot Too bad.

[oasis]

3. "Does anyone really want to see this guy back in the WH?"

Try asking one of those fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of the 22 million new jobs created during Clinton's administration.

[Ino]

4. NAFTA

[bvf]

6. Welfare "reform."

[NanceGreggs]

5. "Does anyone really want to see this guy back in the WH?"

Yeah, I do.

A man with eight years of presidential experience as a live-in advisor? What an incredible asset to any administration.

Bill is incredibly intelligent, knowledgeable, and experienced not only in politics, but in global economics and international diplomacy.

Throw that legendary Clinton charisma and eloquence into the mix, and it's win-win all around.

[bvf]

7. Most people found him to be

neither honest nor trustworthy when he was completing his second term. To the tune of 58%, if memory serves.

[NanceGreggs]

11. So what?

The question was who would want to see Bill back in the WH - I said I would.

I didn't check with everyone else in the country before expressing my opinion on the matter - nor would my opinion have been changed if I had.

[bvf]

18. Thanks for clearing that up.

I had seriously wondered whether you had managed to solicit 10 million people's opinions per minute in the half an hour that elapsed before you replied to the OP.

Decorum (and a sense of fairness) prohibits my expressing any further opinion of your really interesting response.

[Hortensis]

29. BVF, Republicans HATED him, all right. I don't

myself at all like some things Clinton did during that conservative era in America, but honesty should require one to admit that Clinton was ferociously competent at dealing with an extremely hostile Congress. Getting laws passed and implemented is extremely technical, and a number of times he made complete fools of GOP leaders who didn't know how to play their own game as well as he did.

Everyone who knows him says he's brilliant, and, yes, we really will benefit from his input.

[bvf]

32. His "ferocious competence" in dealing with Congress

gave us all the Defense of Marriage Act, NAFTA, Welfare "Reform," the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and a militarized police force, just to name a handful of things that enhanced American life during his tenure.

But as we all remember and would rather not, despite this hectic schedule he found time to relax, thereby sullying his office and giving Al Gore ample reason (see above) to keep him at arm's length during the 2000 campaign. We know how that turned out.

And last I checked, Republicans did not constitute anywhere near 58% of the voting-age public, so the excuse that his abysmal moral standing can be laid at the opposing party's doorstep doesn't wash by a long shot.

Yes, he's brilliant. One would pretty much have to be, to have pulled off what he managed.

[oasis]

10. What's not to like? Hillary and Bill have done more

than just "talk the talk".

[gyroscope]

13. Regardless of her policies while in the Oval Office

I don't think Bill could keep things to himself for long and behave like a proper "First Lady" so to speak (in this case First Gentleman would be the proper term) - keeping quiet and demure in the background as the spouse of the POTUS is expected to. The media will be constantly asking for Bill's opinion on every issue that comes up, which would be a constant distraction for Pres. Hillary.

[NanceGreggs]

14. I note your concern.

Perhaps I should withdraw my support for HRC - which is based on her own intelligence, experience, and grasp of international affairs - on the idea that someone on a message board thinks her husband "would be a distraction".

I am very confident that a man who spent eight years as POTUS himself is more acutely aware than anyone on the planet what his role should be, and is more than capable of acting accordingly.

[bvf]

21. Your notation is noted.

I am very confident that a man who spent eight years as POTUS himself is more acutely aware than anyone on the planet what his role should be, and is more than capable of acting accordingly. (Emphasis added.)

No spit take found on the internet would do justice here.

[themonster]

8. yes

I would love to have Bill Clinton back in the White House. He's highly intelligent and had great success with the economy. Eight years of peace and prosperity. Plus it would drive the Repukes nuts.

[MisterP]

33. and yet it was David Brock that gave us Clarence Thomas

[Juicy_Bellows]

9. Not me, no thanks.

Time for change.

[Beacool]

12. Talk about RW talking points......

Keep trying. What's next? The Clintons killed Vince Foster?

[NanceGreggs]

16. Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Ix-nay on the Foster reference - they're saving that one for when Bernie loses in Iowa.

[ecstatic]

15. Wow. Just wow. nt

[Betty Karlson]

17. Trump vs Clinton is a race to the bottom. eom

[AtomicKitten]

19. No thanks. It'd be nonstop drama redux.

[SecularMotion]

20. Bill Clinton for First Lady

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[DCBob]

22. If for no other reason than to cause the RWingers to go ape shit..

yes.

[Broward]

23. Two Third Wayers for the price of one? No thanks.

[Vinca]

24. Mostly I would worry about Bill being influential when it comes to dealing with the GOP.

We now know that compromise does not mean the GOP gets everything they want while we nod in agreement. That's what happened during the Bill Clinton years.

[joshcryer]

25. Clinton would likely still be President if it weren't for term limits.

If he didn't have a heart attack. Oh and I'm reasonably sure 9/11 would've never happened. Bill was obsessed with Bin Laden.

The right wing drama and faux scandals were just that, drama and faux scandals.

[liberal N proud]

26. As I recall, the Clinton years were pretty good

It was the republican hate machine that was a problem.

And if you are going to let a little affair in the White House bother you, read some history all the way back to the founding fathers.

[tularetom]

27. If I wanted to see white trash drama I would watch the Kardashians

I don't need to see it reported on the nightly news. From the White House. Especially after a class act like Obama.

[Fumesucker]

31. Hey, I resemble that remark..

[Thinkingabout]

30. Since Bill Clinton was president when many did well in the US, yes he deserves to return to the WH.

Hillary will be an effective president, she is for Americans, we need someone who has worked as a strong advocate, if Bill Clinton is a part of the couple in the WH, this would be good. It would be much better than other choices.

[NCTraveler]

34. I do. nt.

[whatthehey]

35. Hell yes. The closer to the big chair the better

UE under 4, continued economic growth, the only federal budget surplus in half a century, increasing median pay in real terms, stock market indices tripling. Yes I'll take more of that please.

[politicaljunkie41910]

36. There's going to be drama regardless of whose in the White House.

What I care about is someone whose experienced enough to deal with the drama. I support President Obama 100% but he wasn't prepared for the bullshit the GOP threw at him. Rather than a No-Drama-Obama, I would have preferred a You-don't-want-to-start-that-shit-with-me-because-I'll-finish-it-Obama.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

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