"It's mathematically impossible for Brown to get the nomination," - CLINTON spokesman, 1992

[THUNDER HANDS]

"I have never seen anything like it. I have never seen a candidate treated so disrespectfully just for running. ... I can't believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out," - Bill Clinton last week.

"It's mathematically impossible for Brown to get the nomination," - Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos on Clinton's last foe, April 8 1992.

In April '92, Clinton camp called Brown victory "impossible"
Bill Clinton, on Sunday: "I have never seen anything like it. I have never seen a candidate treated so disrespectfully just for running. ... I can't believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out."

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Without editorial comment, here's a list of quotes and statements about the 1992 Democratic nomination battle from March and April of that year. (Links after the jump.)

"Things I see happening in the Brown campaign lead me to believe something destructive is happening. I'd say it's time for Democrats to link arms, dig in our heels, set our sights and work together to put Bill Clinton in the White House in 1992."
-- Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (NYT, 3/27/92)

"In an interview, Ronald H. Brown, the party chairman, said he wanted to maintain his neutrality but was compelled to speak out against what he described as the former California Governor's 'scorched-earth policy' of verbal assault on Mr. Clinton's record and character. "
-- NYT, 3/27/92

"It's mathematically impossible for Brown to get the nomination."
-- Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos on Clinton's last foe (NYT, 4/8/92)

"In the future, people will look back upon this week and this campaign as a turning point, not for Bill Clinton, but for the Democratic Party and for America."
-- Bill Clinton, after winning New York's primary (NYT, 4/8/92)

"People are starting to rally around the flag."
-- Dee Dee Myers, Clinton Press Sec'y (NYT, 4/10/92)

"It's time to close ranks. We cannot wait until July when we already know who has earned the right to be our nominee and who will be our nominee."
-- West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller (NYT, 4/11/92)

"Indeed, reports circulating on Capitol Hill said the Clinton campaign was mounting a strong campaign to swing uncommitted senators behind the Arkansas Governor, and that Ronald H. Brown, the party chairman, was taking part in them."
-- NYT, 4/29/92

"I cannot imagine a set of circumstances that would keep Bill Clinton from having a majority of the delegates by the end of the primary season."
-- Democratic Party Chairman Ronald H. Brown (NYT, 4/29/92)

"Mr. Brown added that he had long hoped for an early nominee 'so we can focus our time and attention on George Bush.'"
-- NYT, 4/29/92

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/05/in-april-92-c-1.html

[tammywammy]

1. recommended

;)

[Frank Booth]

2. Funny, though not surprising.

Bill Clinton is pretty good at forgetting inconvenient occurrences.

[VolcanoJen]

3. JedReport is AWESOME.

:patriot:

[Kittycat]

4. K&R for History

[eridani]

5. {crickets}

Pretty much what I expected.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. I doubt it. Get ready for "the popular vote" meme.

[anonymous171]

6. K&R

[stratomagi]

7. Do anything, say anything.

Facts Schmacts!

[newmajority]

8. Funny how Snuffleupagus hasn't brought this up on his TV show.

You would think he would remember something like a nomination being "mathematically impossible".

[Sulawesi]

9. This is a great post...eom

[NashVegas]

10. No Where In There Do I See Calls for Brown to Drop Out - He Brought His Cmpaign to the Convention .

... where he was nominated, seconded himself, and, IIRC a vote was allowed to happen (obviously, he didn't have enough delegates to win said vote).

[Scurrilous]

12. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Orsino]

13. Heh.

I won't hold Sen. Clinton responsible for what Steph said during another campaign sixteen years ago, but this is amusing.