Bill Clinton: Obama has to 'kiss my *&%!'
- From: jose <josefsoplar@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:27:43 -0700 (PDT)
Bill Clinton: Obama has to 'kiss my *&%!'
Former president's rage still so great
even loyal allies shocked by attitude
WorldNetDaily
Despite Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's show of unity yesterday
at a rally in Unity, N.H., a senior Democrat adviser who worked for
Bill Clinton said the former president is so enraged by the primary
campaign that he has told friends Obama will have to beg for his full
support.
The adviser told the London Telegraph even Clinton's closest friends
are shocked by his lingering fury.
"He's been angry for a while. But everyone thought he would get over
it. He hasn't. I've spoken to a couple of people who he's been in
contact with and he is mad as hell," the senior Democrat said.
"He's saying he's not going to reach out, that Obama has to come to
him. One person told me that Bill said Obama would have to quote kiss
my a** close quote, if he wants his support.
"You can't talk like that about Obama - he's the nominee of your
party, not some house boy you can order around. Hillary's just getting
on with it and so should Bill."
During the campaign, Clinton's temper came to the forefront when he
accused the Obama campaign of injuring his reputation by interpreting
his remarks as racist.
A second source, a Democrat Party strategist who worked for one of the
early rivals to Obama and Hillary Clinton, told the Telegraph Bill
Clinton was keeping his distance because he did not believe the
Illinois senator could win in November, despite his strong standing in
current polls. Clinton called his prospects for victory "very
unhopeful."
"Bill Clinton knows the party will unite behind Obama, but he is
telling people he doesn't believe Obama can win round voting groups,
especially working-class whites, in the swing states," the strategist
said.
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Clinton's anger over the campaign's outcome was confirmed by Joe
Klein, author of "Primary Colors," a fictionalized account of
Clinton's 1992 campaign, who said he had been told by Clinton friends
he was "very, very bitter."
Last week Clinton issued a statement, through a spokesman, saying he
"is obviously committed to doing whatever he can and is asked to do to
ensure Sen. Obama is the next president of the United States."
The former president and Obama are expected to meet this week for the
first time since the nomination was won. Campaign insiders have told
the Telegraph Bill Clinton's future campaign role is a "sticking
point."
"It's time for him to get over it or go off and do his charitable
work, said Klein. "He knows the rules of the road. What's going on now
is kind of strange. I think his behaviour is really, really shocking."
Earlier this month, WND reported the Obama campaign had chosen Patti
Solis Doyle as chief of staff to his future vice presidential nominee,
a choice called the "biggest f--- you I have ever seen in politics" by
a former bundler for Hillary Clinton.
Clinton previously fired Doyle as her own campaign manager and many
close to the New York senator believe Doyle provided inside
information for a scathing article about Bill Clinton in Vanity Fair.
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Why should Obama want BJ Clinton's support? Look
how he screwed up Hillary's campaign.
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