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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFormer President Bill Clinton rapped President Obama's "pretty picture" of economic recovery...
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bill-clinton-millions-and-millions-and-millions-and-millions-left-out-of-obama-recovery/article/2585134Is Bill Clinton saying President Obama failed, but Hillary will put things to right in spite of him? Is he damning President Obama with faint praise in order to paint a better picture of Hillary?
"Former President Bill Clinton rapped President Obama's "pretty picture" of economic recovery, claiming in a campaign stop for his wife Monday that millions of Americans have been left behind.
He referred to Obama's State of the Union address and his claims of economic prosperity as a "pretty picture" most haven't experienced.
Millions and millions and millions and millions of people look at that pretty picture of America he painted and they cannot find themselves in it to save their lives, he said in Raleigh, N.C.
Bill Clinton's riff on the lackluster Obama economy started with a compliment. "I think he's done a better job than he's gotten credit for," said Clinton, who left office in 2001.
Then he added:
But, here's the deal.
So why is it such a wacky election? Because, millions and millions and millions and millions of people look at that pretty picture of America he painted and they cannot find themselves in it to save their lives.
That explains everything. That explains a lot of intensity in our party, and what looks to the outside observer like a grade school playground fight in the other debates, in the other party.
People are upset, frankly, they're anxiety-ridden, they're disoriented, because they don't seem themselves in that picture.
Hillary is running for president to put every single American in the picture President Obama painted."
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Former President Bill Clinton rapped President Obama's "pretty picture" of economic recovery... (Original Post)
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
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Vincardog
(20,234 posts)1. HRC is running to continue the failed economic polices of the husband. To benefit herself at our exp
ebayfool
(3,411 posts)2. Up to this point she has wrapped herself in Obama like a bullet-proof flag ...
Bill really wants another crack at getting back in the WH.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)3. They are dieing, starving, and homeless.
It has nothing to do with "seeing themselves in a picture." Bill is so out of touch with how shitty this country is.