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28 May 2010 11:56

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Politics: Now Twitter’s all over this Joe Sestak/Bill Clinton micro-scandal



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28 May 2010 10:41

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Politics: Three things we now know about that whole Joe Sestak situation

  • one Our boy Rahm Emanuel was the guy who was trying to push the idea.
  • two The position was unpaid so that he would keep his seat in the House.
  • three Emanuel had BILL CLINTON ask Sestak if he was interested. source
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19 Apr 2010 23:11

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Politics: Bill Clinton on OKC bombing anniversary: Don’t demonize leaders

  • Criticism is part of the lifeblood of democracy. No one is right all the time. But we should remember that there is a big difference between criticizing a policy or a politician and demonizing the government that guarantees our freedoms and the public servants who enforce our laws.
  • Former President Bill Clinton • In an op-ed piece that ran in today’s New York Times. Clinton wrote the piece to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, an act of domestic terrorism which in some ways still offers vibrant lessons today. Clinton has been espousing these concerns for a few days, but (no matter your political party) they come from the right place. source
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18 Apr 2010 23:26

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Politics: Max Headroom: Geraldo’s unlikely lifeline? Mike Huckabee

  • Geraldo nearly killed Bizarro Hippie Express chairman Mark Williams was on Fox News’ “Geraldo at Large” talking about extremism in the movement, except in reality, he was on the air to rail on Geraldo Rivera (he even calls him out for his yellow journalism!). Mike Huckabee looks like an unfortunate bystander to this trainwreck.

  • Clinton on extremism Earlier this weekend, Bill Clinton said some stuff about extremism that suggested another Timothy McVeigh could come out of the bizarro hippie movement. It drew a lot of scorn from the right. This clarification during ABC’s “This Week” makes his position sound entirely reasonable.
  • colbert on fact-checking We love this clip for three reasons: First, it name-checks journalism smart guy Jay Rosen (one of our smart people we love reading on our iPad); second, it makes a reasonable suggestion for fact-checking Sunday shows; and third, it holds David Gregory’s feet to the fire for not doing so.
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18 Apr 2010 11:30

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Politics: Bill Clinton: Me or Hillary on Supreme Court a bad idea

  • Because I’m already 63-years-old, I hope I live to be 90. I hope I’m just as healthy as Justice Stevens is. But it’s not predictable. I’d like to see him put someone in there, late 40s, early 50s, on the court and someone with a lot of energy for the job.
  • Former President Bill Clinton • Regarding the possibility of his becoming Supreme Court justice. He says that, while he’d enjoy the job, it’d be better to choose someone younger. He also discounts the possibility of Hillary’s nomination. “She’s like me, you know, we’re kind of doers. We like being out there and doing things, rowing our own boat and making changes we could see happen.” So that’s that. Clinton recommends putting someone on the court who hasn’t been a judge before, who knows the impact of their decisions. source
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26 Mar 2010 15:20

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Politics: Would Obama win in 2012? It’s a statistical dead heat

  • 47% of people would vote for Obama in 2012, versus 44 percent for a hypothetical Republican candidate
  • 15% amount Bill Clinton was down in a similar poll in 1994; we all know what happened there (he lost, we think)
  • 75% of Dems want to see Obama reelected; the GOP wants to see LMFAO fan Mitt Romney take him on source
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12 Feb 2010 09:18

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U.S.: Bill Clinton leaves hospital feeling fairly good, considering

  • A couple of stents were apparently all he needed. The ex-president’s bum ticker seems to be ticking just fine again after a procedure restored blood flow in one of his coronary arteries. That’s why he got the stents. Apparently, he was due for a 5,000-mile tune-up for his freaking heart or something. source
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11 Feb 2010 20:18

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U.S.: You’re welcome: An explanation of what a freaking stent is

  • A stent is something that holds a vessel open. Ex-president Bill Clinton received two of these today when in the hospital. The ex-president is in good spirits today, but we bet he wouldn’t be without this medical wonder. He’d probably be yelling. Hopefully he can go to some other country and play our heroic diplomat again. You aren’t a doctor, are you? (graphic courtesy National Institute of Health) source
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11 Feb 2010 16:55

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U.S.: Bill Clinton hospitalized, Twitter freaks the heck out. Yikes.



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14 Jan 2010 10:17

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U.S.: Bush, Clinton to team up on Haiti, give a bipartisan face to help

  • The former presidents will head the fundraising efforts. In an effort to emphasize the lack of politics at play in the face of a major tragedy, former presidents Bill Clinton (the U.S.’s special envoy to Haiti) and George W. Bush would lead the push for aid. This would be Bush’s first major public effort since leaving the White House in January, by the way. He’s pretty good at fundraising, by the way, helping to push $200 million into Southern Methodist University – home of his presidential library – since leaving office. source
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