Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have a few things in common.  They are both slick politicians who care more about themselves and their agenda than the nation.  And they both have no problem adjusting their words and views to placate their audience or achieve their personal goals.  But what Clinton has that Obama doesn’t is an ability to tell a lie without lying, preserving plausible deniability when changing his position, saying something inflammatory, or something that simply isn’t true.  Obama has the media to cover for his flip-flops and untruths… but the man who famously parsed the word “is” uses carefully crafted language to cover for himself.  Pay attention to the totality of his words and you always know his intent, but you also see he paved himself a way out so he and his surrogates can deny everything.

Take this garbage Clinton spewed Friday.  He continued the false narrative that the Tea Partiers are “troubled” and unhinged.  He accused the protesters of being Timothy McVeigh in waiting, ready to blow up the Oklahoma City Federal Building or worse.  And in the process he used his podium as one of the Past Presidents to take baseless cheap shots at a legitimate political movement to score his own political points.  He tried to minimize the message and the messenger, telling them to sit down, shut up and keep to themselves.  And he warned everyone else to ignore them, they are dangerous after all.

Or did he?

Clinton also said protesters should “keep fighting”, keep arguing over health care and everything else.  He championed their activism and lifted their voice.  He even touted conservative’s respect for personal responsibility.  He did enough to provide cover against those that will attack his statement as intimidation against their free speech and anyone willing to give them a voice.   Yet that is exactly what he did.

I just wonder if he made similar statements against the Anti-Bush protests and rhetoric in years past?  Or was he being quiet and “Presidential” then.

Bill Clinton is a master manipulator and as slick as they come.  Words do have meaning, and Clinton’s aren’t fooling anyone other than the fools.  The American public has seen this played by the media and the Washington elite.  Clinton may be better at the game, but the game is still the same, and we aren’t falling for it anymore.  The danger to America isn’t the Tea Partiers who continue to be peaceful.  The danger is this administration’s assault on our Constitution, and by his words Clinton is complicit in that crime.  Mr. President, you are no different than the SEIU thugs trying to keep the voices of liberty down.  You are no different than the race pimps hurling baseless accusations after the Health Care debate.  You are no different than Jason Levin and the rest of the Tea Party infiltrators using lies to rebrand their political foes.  You are no different than Henry Waxman trying to intimidate corporate CEOs from doing their job.

I’d tell you to respect the office and remember to be Presidential, but you didn’t have much respect for it when you were there.  Instead just remember this… you thought you could shut Barack Obama down during the 08 primaries and you were wrong.  Your tactics didn’t work on him then and they will not work on us now.  The forces of limited government and liberty will not be silenced.  Our numbers are growing and the time for progressive control of our nation is about up.

Respectfully.  Peacefully.  Constitutionally.  We are taking our nation back.  Get used to it.

Obama is now officially in check, and Bill & Hillary Clinton have their power once more.  Will they use their power for good, or will corruption run rampant?  Only time will tell.  But one thing is certain… with Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, Barack Obama has to remain in check with the wishes of the Clinton machine on foreign affairs…. otherwise, the sniping could begin.  Remember Bill’s little comments on the campaign trail reminding everyone he didn’t approve of Obama as President?  Do you really expect him to keep silent if he doesn’t like the direction an Obama foreign policy starts to take?  No… if there is ever a true disagreement, watch Hillary remain remarkably silent or absent from Meet the Press, while Bill makes little snide comments that will be parsed by every pundit from the New York Times to the Podunk Gazette.  With seeds of doubts planted… who do you think the media will side with?  Their beloved One, or The First Black President?  Time will tell, but when pulled in different directions Americans have a tendancy to return to their first love.

Make no mistake, this position will only neutralize Hillary Clinton as an Obama rival as long as she and her husband want to play ball.  But once the game goes sour, the real fireworks could begin.  Colin Poiwell didn’t have enough respect for the country or the White House to avoid the occasional snipe from the sidelines, what makes anyone think Bill Clinton is any different?

Only two questions remain.

1. Will Obama ever have the courage to disagree with Clinton & Clinton… and will the disagreement be serious enough for us to find out.
2. More curiously… will the now certifiable and terrorist appeaser, former President Jimmy Carter, finally stop coddling evil regimes and suicide bombers?  Will he stop taking much ignored pot shots at the administration now that its all his liberal successors are running the show?

CHRIS CUOMO, ABC NEWS: A little surprising for you to hear the Democrats saying, “This came out of nowhere, this is all about the Republicans. We had nothing to do with this.” Nancy Pelosi saying it. She signed the ‘99 Gramm Bill. She knew what was going on with the SEC. They’re all sophisticated people. Is that playing politics in this situation?

BILL CLINTON: Well, maybe everybody does that a little bit. I think the responsibility the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was President to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Republicans did try to fix this. Several Republicans tried.  But the Democrats blocked every attempt, and encouraged riskier and riskier loans.  Now that house of cards has collapsed.

Want change?  Want to throw the bums out?  Make sure you know who the bums are.  Chris Dodd.  Chuck Schumer.  And all of the Democrats who towed the line for Fannie and Freddie, accepting thousands in campaign contributions and turning a blind eye to the mess.

Dick Morris proposes a theory that it has been the Clinton strategy to lose South Carolina in a big way to the Black Vote. The Clinton’s believe it will cause the White Vote to show up in later states to make sure the nomination process isn’t decided by one race. Or something like that.

I don’t normally put a lot of credence in Dick Morris’ comments, but this one caught my attention. And sadly, I think he’s right. Its politically genius but sadly pathetic.

By losing, the Clintons win. And if Hillary won, the Clintons win. The only one who can’t win is Obama, who it appears actually did win.

If Barack wins South Carolina then the Clintons and the media will perpetuate the idea that South Carolina is a black state. Its a blip on the national radar in that it doesn’t symbolize all of America… but more importantly it is a message to White America… come out and vote or you will let Black Americans hijack the process and control who your nominee is. Its insidious and you’ll never hear the Clintons themselves say it… but listen to their surrogates on the cable news circuit… pay attention to the subext. Its sad.

If Barack were to lose South Carolina then the wheels have come off the campaign. If he couldn’t even win with a majority black vote in South Carolina then how could he win nationally? How can you create a coalition of people crossing races, parties, and religions, when you can’t even convince your own to vote your way?

The Clintons have created a scenario where Hillary can’t lose in South Carolina. No matter what the outcome, by making race such an issue, they believe Hillary will be propelled into Super Tuesday. And either way, from here on out, this is a battle between the races in the Democratic Party… or that’s what the Clintons hope.

But it could back fire. I often believe Americans don’t pay attention and are blind… but they are not stupid. Try to manipulate the process too much and eventually the fascade will crack and Americans will start to see through. Could that happen to the Clintons? Could democrats finally start to see the Clinton desire for power and their nasty politics the way Republicans have for years? Is it possible that red-faced Bill has gone too far? I certainly hope so.

I’m no fan of Barack Obama, but the old motto of Anyone But Clinton holds true. Its not the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy America has to worry about, its the insidious politics and self-interested desire for power of a man named Bill… and his wife too.

In the final stanza from Peggy Noonan’s latest piece she says Rush stating a Huckabee or McCain nomination will destroy the Republican Party is nonsense, since its already been destroyed. Read it here:

On the pundit civil wars, Rush Limbaugh declared on the radio this week, “I’m here to tell you, if either of these two guys [Mr. McCain or Mike Huckabee] get the nomination, it’s going to destroy the Republican Party. It’s going to change it forever, be the end of it!”

This is absurd. George W. Bush destroyed the Republican Party, by which I mean he sundered it, broke its constituent pieces apart and set them against each other. He did this on spending, the size of government, war, the ability to prosecute war, immigration and other issues.

Were there other causes? Yes, of course. But there was an immediate and essential cause.

And this needs saying, because if you don’t know what broke the elephant you can’t put it together again. The party cannot re-find itself if it can’t trace back the moment at which it became lost. It cannot heal an illness whose origin is kept obscure.

I believe that some of the ferocity of the pundit wars is due to a certain amount of self-censorship. It’s not in human nature to enjoy self-censorship. The truth will out, like steam from a kettle. It hurts to say something you supported didn’t work. I would know. But I would say of these men (why, in the continuing age of Bill Clinton, does the emoting come from the men?) who are fighting one another as they resist naming the cause for the fight: Sack up, get serious, define. That’s the way to help.

She’s also got some interesting insight to the potential effects of Bill Clinton’s campaign for his wife, and what’s going on with the elephants as well. As with everything penned by Ms. Noonan, the whole thing deserves a read.

You think Hillary is kicking Bill for this tonight??

It all started on the Today show when the Monica Lewinsky story was in full force. Hillary started bemoaning the Republican attack machines and “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy”. Paranoia, lunacy, or calculated fear mongering? I’m not sure if its one or all three, but its definitely the way the Clinton’s approach politics. They manufacture stories that everyone is out to get them and hope playing the victim will win a few votes. Meanwhile they play dirty politics like no other.

The “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” remark wasn’t the first of this ridiculous statements, but it is that conversation that made their paranoid brand of reflective attack politics apparent to the sane majority. Its continued to this day and has transcended from Bill’s time in office to Hillary’s current run for the White House. First we were all sexist if we couldn’t support her… then she tries to take the high road and sheds a tear due to her unequaled concern for our country while her henchmen sling mud at anyone who stands in their way.

The latest example of this is Bill Clinton’s cries of voter intimidation that he supposedly witnesses first hand. Yeah Right. If you honestly believe someone threatened a union worker within earshot of Bill Clinton and Chelsea, you are certifiably insane. There is no way someone is smart enough to change an employees shift to prevent them from voting the wrong way and dumb enough to make the threat in front of Bill. Please.

Of course Bill’s whining doesn’t stop there. He’s actually crying about supposed ads that are encouraging republicans to vote for Obama in the primary even though they will likely vote republican in November. Funny, I don’t remember Bill coming out complaining when Daily Kos encouraged dems to vote for Romney to screw with the Republican Primary in Michigan. In fact I’ve never heard this former President complain about anything that doesn’t work to his advantage. Yet some union is not endorsing his wife, and the lawsuits and whining begin.

I wish the Clinton’s would take their fake conspiracies and phony tears and retire to the lecture circuit and eventual obsolescence. Its time their paranoid attack machine stopped hindering America’s democracy or greatness. In the words of your most famous attack machine… Move On.