Posted by
Floss on Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:00:16 PM
Than he appeared on stage, to an uproarious, thunderous, applause. Signs waving, the applause seemed to go on for the longest time. Former President, William Jefferson Clinton knew he had a limited time scheduled and he had a lot to say before he got the hook. Yet, the crowd kept applauding, as if they were encouraged to. He begged them to stop, but still they continued. Finally, as if their hands were getting tired and the sign wavers told the clappers they could stop, it slowed down. Than the first full sentence out of Bill Clinton's mouth, there was another eruption of a applause. Some one was going to control Bill Clinton, by hook or by crook. That was the most managed Event, the DNC has ever had. All that big Hollywood money and production no doubt helped.
Every one knows, Bill Clinton can go off the teleprompter and say what he wants to say and I have no doubt he did, but he kept it light that night. He started out with praise for Joe Biden, moved on to praise for Hillary Clinton so quickly, it left little doubt that he thought she should have had the top job.
Than there was a summation of his own Presidency, all Peace, prosperity and economically sound for eight years. He didn't mention how he cut our military and froze our military's pay. Forcing young, well trained, professionals, with families, to live below poverty levels.
He didn't mention the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania being bombed, by Al Qaeda and costing both American and African lives. Isn't an attack on an American Embassy similar to an attack on America? He failed to mention how the genocide in Rwanda, passed under his radar. He never mentioned the attack on the USS Cole which cost young American sailors their lives. He never mentioned the Kyoto treaty he refused to send to the congress or the opening of ANWR bill which had so much bipartisan support, he refused to sign.
They, the crowd, waited patiently for him to give Barack Obama his approval and he finally did. Yet in doing so, he included himself in that, as well. "Sixteen years ago, a young, inexperienced man...," would his name be Bill Clinton? If he is comparing Barack Obama to himself..., God help us all. So much for the man from Hope.