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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ruffian who wrote (38159)	8/6/2008 1:37:47 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

McCain's flop on Bush's tax cuts is the worst as far as I'm concerned. I guess he had to do that to satisfy the "far right", but when he was on Charlie Rose a while back he made a point of saying the country can't continue to just pile up debt. I think he's just hiding the "maverick" part of himself to get elected. Our system is really "bent outta shape" when every candidate has to try to appeal to every whacko interest group to get elected.

To: Ruffian who wrote (38159)	8/6/2008 7:34:39 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 224748

Bill Clinton fails to give Barack Obama his approval as president Bill Clinton has pointedly declined to state whether Senator Barack Obama was qualified for the White House, exposing a continuing rift at the top of the Democratic Party. By Toby Harnden in Washington 06 Aug 2008 telegraph.co.uk Despite saying that he believed Mr Obama would defeat Senator John McCain, his Republican rival, in the election in November, the former president refused to say that the presumptive Democratic nominee was ready for high office. "You can argue that nobody is ready to be president," Mr Clinton told ABC News. "You can argue that even if you've been vice-president for eight years, that no one can be fully ready for the pressures of the office." Asked the question again, he responded: "I never said he wasn't qualified. The constitution sets qualification for the president. And then the people decide who they think would be the better president. I think we have two choices. I think he should win and I think he will win." The remarks made clear that Mr Clinton still feels deeply aggrieved by the primary battle in which Mr Obama narrowly defeated his wife, Hillary. He said that he has spoken to Mr Obama just once since early June. A rift between Mr Obama and Mr Clinton could severely damage the Illinois senator's chances of prevailing over Mr McCain. After Mrs Clinton reluctantly conceded, Mr Obama's aides made clear that rebuilding bridges with Mr Clinton was a priority. Bad blood could also endanger Mrs Clinton's hopes of winning the White House in 2012 should Mr Obama lose in November. The former First Lady is due to campaign for Mr Obama in Nevada on Friday and Florida on Aug 21. Any suggestion that she was not doing everything she could to help Mr Obama could seriously damage her. So too could the suggestion that she could not control her husband, who often strayed off message on the campaign trail. Mr Clinton was accused by allies of Mr Obama – though not the candidate himself – of playing the race card against his wife's rival. Without being asked the question, the former president vehemently denied this. "I am not a racist, I never made a racist comment. And I didn't attack him personally." Mr Clinton was castigated for comparing Mr Obama's South Carolina primary win with those of Jesse Jackson, who was also black, in 1984 and 1988. "The South Carolina thing was twisted for deliberate effect by people who weren't for Hillary," Mr Clinton told ABC. "It was OK with me but, you know, these people don't have an office in Harlem. They haven't lived the life I have lived. "And how can I have conversation with two African- American congressmen who agree with what I'm saying and I'm a racist? How is that possible?" Mr Clinton did offer some praise for Mr Obama. "He clearly can inspire and motivate people and energise them, which is a very important part of being president," he said. "And he's smart as a whip so there's nothing he can't learn." The interview – his first since Mrs Clinton's defeat – came as Mr McCain's campaign echoed Mr Clinton's April remark that it was Mr Obama himself who was playing the race card.