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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

2008 The Age of Playa Hate

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:20 PM

Why Bill Clinton sucks in O8:

[F]ormer President Bill Clinton is the star of a new television ad — for John McCain.

Watch: New McCain ad features Bill Clinton

The Arizona senator's campaign is highlighting Clinton's remarks in an interview with ABC News last week during which he appeared to lay some of the blame of the current economic crisis on congressional Democrats.

"I think the responsibility that the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was president to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," Clinton said in the ABC News interview that is highlighted in the new McCain ad.

At this point, the kindest thing Clinton could do for Obama is to stay at home with his wife until Nov 5th.

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Dems did resist more FM/FM regulations proposed by Clinton *and* Bush because they thought it would make it more difficult for riskier borrowers to own homes - which additional regulation would have. Of course, those riskier borrowers shouldn't have been even in consideration for loans in the first place.

Posted by He Does Have A Point on September 30, 2008 at 12:36 PM

Unless Hillary plans on running as a Republican isn't he fucking up her 2012 chances?

Posted by monkey on September 30, 2008 at 12:47 PM

You know what, this ad is ineffective. The Clinton quote is a yawn. Simply, the ad does not connect. A minute of wasted money if u ask me...

Posted by mcbush on September 30, 2008 at 12:52 PM

@1, Uh, yeah, and what about people who are self-employed? They're technically risky, and pay higher interest rates because of it, but there's no objective reason why they should be denied mortgages wholesale.

Posted by keshmeshi on September 30, 2008 at 12:54 PM

I have not dismissed Hillary running as a Republican against Obama in 2012. Seriously, they seem to be staging exactly that. Maybe paint Hillary as some sort of "new' Republican which she MAYBE able to do since a loss for the GOP this year will send the Republicans into a tail spin.

Posted by Andrew on September 30, 2008 at 1:01 PM

@4, Smarter people than you know what is an acceptable level of risk in a borrower. The problem stems in part from lenders not bothering to make basic checks into someone's ability to pay before lending. I'm assuming that the failed regulatory legislation would have required more extensive checks into a potential borrower, among other things. The government (Dems and Repubs) failed to enact sane limits on who can get a loan from the FMs and now we all must pay for it. Blaming all of the current crisis on the current administration and Republicans in general is missing the fact that deregulation of the financial industry happened long ago and has been supported by both parties.

Posted by He Does Have A Point on September 30, 2008 at 1:03 PM

So, uh, how exactly is he at fault that the McCain campaign hijacked his quote? Besides, there's no way that the average low-information voter is even going to get what Bill is talking about here.

Posted by Greg on September 30, 2008 at 1:06 PM

Self employed people need every break they can get.

Posted by Bellevue Ave on September 30, 2008 at 1:08 PM

@5 - Really? You think the right-wing GOP base would ever go for a pro-choice Hillary? Personally, I'd love to see social conservatives left out in the cold with neither party listening to their batshit agenda, but somehow I don't see Clinton emerging as a viable Republican based on independents, fiscal conservatives, and PUMA defectors alone.

Posted by David on September 30, 2008 at 1:10 PM

@2, @5, Huh? The reason Bill would want Obama to lose this election is to clear the way for Hillary to get the *Democratic* nomination in 2012. If Obama wins, Hillary doesn't get a shot until 2016.

Posted by Sean on September 30, 2008 at 1:19 PM

Her and Lieberman should start their own party. They could call it the "Unpopular Douche Party".

Posted by The Baron on September 30, 2008 at 1:58 PM

We won't support spine-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November !! Go Hillary 2012 !!

Posted by clintonsarmy on September 30, 2008 at 2:10 PM

Awww, Clinton's Smarmy! I haven't seen you in days. I thought you'd finally succumbed to a gin and Percoset dirtnap.

Posted by Sucka please! on September 30, 2008 at 2:29 PM

as far as i can tell, it is bill doing all the damage, hrc hasn't done any of this. seems to me like bill is just a crazy old resentful fool.. so why trash her?

Posted by SeMe on September 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM

@14 Because of all the damage she did for the first nine months of 2008.

Posted by whatevernevermind on September 30, 2008 at 3:01 PM

@15, also there's the part about her being a miserable cunt

Posted by not to mention on September 30, 2008 at 3:22 PM

@16 - yeah, that Sarah sure is a ...

Posted by Will in Seattle on September 30, 2008 at 8:01 PM

"At this point, the kindest thing Clinton could do for Obama is to stay at home with his wife until Nov 5th." He won't, of course. He's already working on getting Hillary set up for 2012. He hasn't given up on the idea of being 'First Laddie' yet. Nor has she given up on the White House. I've always admired both Clintons as political gut-fighters.

Posted by Seajay on September 30, 2008 at 8:28 PM

Oh, and if it were true that Hillary is *really* out of the race, why has SLOG not given her an "X" on her face like all the other also-rans in the header, hmmm?

Posted by Seajay on September 30, 2008 at 8:51 PM