January 31, 2008

President Clinton Tells Truth!

Hold the presses! Don Luskin says honesty in politics is rare So savor this morsel of truth from an unlikely source, Bill Clinton:

Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday.

In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: "We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren."

At a time that the nation is worried about a recession is that really the characterization his wife would want him making? "Slow down our economy"?


Karl Popper talks about those who would have us go back to the caves. Instapundit links to the threat of a new ice age.

Deleterious Anthropogenic Warming of the Globe Posted by jk at January 31, 2008 1:21 PM

Bill's stumping was working for Hillary, until he started putting on the "mad" face too. It just didn't resonate with voters when Obama would speak with charm and optimism. Now Bill really put his foot in his wife's mouth.

A "Law & Order: CI" rerun last night was about an intelligent, ambitious woman whose political campaigns always seemed to be sabotaged by her husband. Not that I'm in any way saying or implying Hillary will have Bill done in -- the ep was loosely (and unfairly) based on my former county DA, Jeannine Pirro, not Hillary. But I couldn't help but think, wow, Hillary will soon enough be praying that Bubba has a heart attack so he'll shut up.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at January 31, 2008 2:23 PM

I still think he's a net gain in the primaries -- I think she might be encouraging him to have that third cheeseburger when she's in the general.

Posted by: jk at January 31, 2008 3:13 PM

Awesome.

Three points.

How arrogant do you have to be to think you can regulate our economy to some "slower" number by saying so.

... and what is that number?

If the "economy stupid" is the new resurgent issue, and Bushco's GOP economic policies are too blame for the pending depression (Obama save us), why is a slow economy a bad thing?

Posted by: AlexC at January 31, 2008 3:24 PM

AC, I think the trouble is that Bush is slowing down the wrong parts of the economy. President Hillary Clinton would slow down the right parts. Government knows best!

Posted by: jk at January 31, 2008 5:59 PM | What do you think? [4]