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The Spectacle Blog
President Bill Clinton headlined last week’s Campus Progress conference, an annual gathering held to inspire young liberals to activism, and below are some highlights from his address:
Early on in the speech, Clinton called diversity “America’s greatest asset”, and said he “passionately believe[s] in the DREAM Act.” He continued, “I think we’re better off with more immigrants, not fewer,” but did not distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants.
Clinton also criticized conservatives, saying, “The current governing philosophy of the Republicans in Congress is that America would be just fine if we could weaken the government more. The government is the source of all of our problems.” He attributed the origin of this philosophy’s influence to the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, and claimed that such a philosophy “would strike the Founding Fathers as…strange”-an odd position, given that the American Revolution was fought to escape excessive government power.
The former president did admit that the Democrats received “a terrible whippin’” in the 2010 midterm elections, but quickly amended this statement, saying his party would have done better if only voters had known “basic facts”.
He went on to argue that Obama’s stimulus package was not a failure, and that it was only designed to “put a floor in the hole”, not to actually generate an economic recovery.
And lest anyone be concerned that the federal government went too far in bailing out failing companies, Clinton assured his audience that “the automobile restructuring…was not a bailout” (despite the fact that it entailed vast amounts of taxpayer money going to rescue sinking manufacturers).
Then, drawing a line fine even by Clinton’s standards, he further assured listeners that his fellow partisans, when devising their health care reform laws, “didn’t [cut Medicare]; what they did was to reduce the amount of increase given to certain Medicare services…”
He also told the audience of young liberals, in reference to some conservatives’ push to end same-day voter registration and other flexible voting laws, that there exists a “disciplined, passionate, and determined effort of Republican governors and legislators to keep most of you from voting….”
And the Republican-bashing didn’t stop there. Near the end of his speech, while discussing Florida governor Rick Scott’s opposition to a law granting criminals the right to vote after completing their sentences, Clinton posed the question, “Why should we disenfranchise people forever once they’ve paid their price?” His answer (on Scott’s behalf): “Because most of them in Florida were African Americans and Hispanics that would tend to vote for Democrats; that’s why.”
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David W| 7.11.11 @ 4:15PM
He is the master of BS. That is why Blacks think he is the best black president we've had and Feminists think he is the best woman president we've had, and that is why, even with all of the evidence, liberals probably think he is a morally pure individual.
jmulcahy| 7.11.11 @ 10:27PM
Why should we listen to an impeached perjurer about the state of the economy? He was very lucky that the American people elected a Republican House in 1994 or he definitely would have been a one-term President.
"Diversity is America's greatest asset." Really? How so? What does it produce? Why do we need to continue to subsidize America's greatest asset through affirmative action and other equally inane programs. Should we then try to bring in more people from Tibet and Xhosaland because we are a little light on their numbers?
I will hand it to Bill, he has his finger on the Left's narrative pulse.
J.C.Eaton| 7.11.11 @ 4:46PM
A very strange creature: No brains, no guts, no heart, no soul. No living parts. He'll probably live forever.
Controse| 7.12.11 @ 10:37AM
"No living parts"? You forgot the member behind the zipper.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 7.11.11 @ 6:12PM
"I think we're better off with more immigrants, not fewer"
Oh yeah Bill?
"I think we're better off with no Bill Clintons, than even one"
Where's a great big Oklahoma Tornado when you really need one? They were all gathered together in one place, at the same time, future Liberal Leaders, with the King of All Liberals spewing his normal spew, and...... nothing!! It's a beautiful sunny day, not even a slight breeze in the air. Now of course, a Tornado cost a lot of money when they strike, and I normally don't cheer them on because they suck in general, but imagine all the money we would've saved in the future, if this one building was taken out? Trillions saved in the future!! So sad, what a lost opportunity!! We really need to learn how to control Tornados!!:^)
axbucxdu| 7.11.11 @ 8:27PM
We can always blow the dust off the Magnifying Transmitter in time for the next prog confabulation. It seemed to work well enough at Tunguska;)
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 7.11.11 @ 8:20PM
Clinton has lost his touch. He sounds like Obama.
weddingdress | 7.12.11 @ 5:19AM
"Diversity is America's greatest asset." Really? How so? What does it produce? Why do we need to continue to subsidize America's greatest asset through affirmative action and other equally inane programs. Should we then try to bring in more people from Tibet and Xhosaland because we are a little light on their numbers?
Timothy L. Pennell| 7.12.11 @ 7:58AM
I love it when Bill Clinton speaks. He's their Favorite ex-President. He's the #1 Democrat. He is the symbol of their Party, and their Go To Guy, when things start to unravel. He's a RAPIST.
He's an IMPEACHED ex-President. He's a PTHOLOGICAL LIAR. He's a Serial Misogynist, who lost his ability to practice Law, for 5 years, because he made FALSE and MISLEADING statements to a federal Grand Jury, in a case involving HIM, pulling down his pants, and EXPOSING HIMSELF to a woman that he'd just met. He was accused of RAPE, by one woman, and of Groping and Rubbing himself up against a woman, who had come to the White House, seeking help. Both women made their claims on National Television, in Prime Time, on the #1 Rated Show - 60 Minutes. Neither woman was SUED.
We all know about his Monica Lewinsky escapades. Using her as a Humidor, for his Cigars. Using her as a DNA Repository. Using her as a New definition of what IS, is, and what constitutes SEX.
This is their #1 Guy.
And, now, here he is again. Telling us that we want MORE IMMIGRATION. That DIVERSITY IS GREAT.
The man who lives in CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. Possibly the WHITEST Town in America.
Oldefarte| 7.12.11 @ 10:29AM
No doubt, according to him, IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT THE MEANING OF 'IS' IS, huh????????