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Is Bill an asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Is Bill an asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

  • Asset

    Votes: 9 90.0%
  • Hindrance

    Votes: 1 10.0%

  • Total voters
    10

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Asset or hindrance............explain your vote
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

As an Arkansan, I always thought Hillary Rodham-Clinton was a hindrance to Bill, but that's my opinion...

At this point, Bill would probably be a help to Hillary. Time has a way of softening up a person's image and I imagine a lot of people would vote for Bill Clinton for President over any of this batch of losers both parties have running for President currently.
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

As an Arkansan, I always thought Hillary Rodham-Clinton was a hindrance to Bill, but that's my opinion...

At this point, Bill would probably be a help to Hillary. Time has a way of softening up a person's image and I imagine a lot of people would vote for Bill Clinton for President over any of this batch of losers both parties have running for President currently.

I have to disagree..............All the dirty laundy caused by "Slick Willie" will be front and center as well as Hillary's own dirty laundry........

She should shove him off in a corner and stuff a sock in his big mouth......
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

I have to disagree..............All the dirty laundy caused by "Slick Willie" will be front and center as well as Hillary's own dirty laundry........

She should shove him off in a corner and stuff a sock in his big mouth......

She has plenty herself... however, Bill has positives... does Hillary have any? hmmmm....
 
I say Bill's as asset. People really loved him. My own grandfather, a catholic who went to church everyday, loved Clinton. He also handles stress somewhat better than Hilary. He has the ability to remain somewhat charming when challenged while she tends to shriek and say things that are over the top. While I didn't vote for Clinton he never had me snearing at the TV the way I have with Hilary.
 
slick willy is def. an asset. he's the most intelligent politician today. yeah he might have gotten busy if ya know what i mean, but his presidentcey outweighs that.
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

As an Arkansan, I always thought Hillary Rodham-Clinton was a hindrance to Bill, but that's my opinion...

At this point, Bill would probably be a help to Hillary. Time has a way of softening up a person's image and I imagine a lot of people would vote for Bill Clinton for President over any of this batch of losers both parties have running for President currently.
I'd second that. It has always seem that Hillary was the one that hindered Bill. For one hillary is far more polarizing than bill. If there were a vote today between the two, I've little doubt that Bill would win hands down.
 
This is kind of a silly poll....because the answer is both. Depends on who the voter is.

Bill is a hindrance to the people who focus on his indiscretions during his presidency. These are the people who were so offended by his moral shortcomings that they will never forgive Bill for them and will not forgive Hillary for standing with him.
However, when it comes down to it....these are probably people who would never have voted for Hilary in any event, so their lack of support is not likely to hurt her.

Bill is an asset to the people who look at America today and compare it to where we were 6-10 years ago. Back when America was respected in the world community. Back when we had surplusses rather than record deficits.
However.....these are her core voters.....so she likely would get their vote regardless.

The point is....if Hilary gets the nomination it is likely to be another very close race depending upon the Republican nominee and whether a strong third party mounts a challenge (which I expect is likely to happen during this election cycle). Hilary has very similar people who support her as loathe her....the difference will be in the middle of the road voters....of those I don't think that Bill is an asset or a hindrance because these are the voters who are most likely to vote on the issues rather than the politics.

It is definitely going to be a very interesting election.
 
disneydude is right. Depends upon the voter and their view of Bill and Hillary.

A woman that I know out here, her father absolutely loves Hillary. Worked with her when Bill was in office, and says that there's a LOT more to her than what the media portrays. Would vote for her in a heartbeat, without even taking Bill into consideration.

Myself, I don't think Bill's a bad guy. Woohoo, he lied about getting a blow job. There's worse things he could have done. In my opinion, he's an asset, because he really did/does a lot of good things.
 
Well it looks like several moderates and conservatives have said that Bill is and asset...So much for the liberals like Disney Dude and several others saying the moderates and conservatives would say its a liability.........

In fact I am the only one so far who says he will be a liability.....Now that she is a candidate no more soft ball questions by the left wing media..........

Whitewater, the cattle futures and all of Bills affairs are fair game and her part as a doormat in all of them......

No more lighweight opponents running against her like in her 2 senate elections.........

To bad she will never get the nomination.....Hussein Obama is a shoo in for that.......
 
Well it looks like several moderates and conservatives have said that Bill is and asset...So much for the liberals like Disney Dude and several others saying the moderates and conservatives would say its a liability.........

In fact I am the only one so far who says he will be a liability.....Now that she is a candidate no more soft ball questions by the left wing media..........

Whitewater, the cattle futures and all of Bills affairs are fair game and her part as a doormat in all of them......

No more lighweight opponents running against her like in her 2 senate elections.........

To bad she will never get the nomination.....Hussein Obama is a shoo in for that.......

Of course the radical right is going to throw anything and everything that they can at her.....do you think that she doesn't realize this? I think Hillary is intelligent enough to know what is coming her way.

We have already seen what the radical right has tried to do to Obama....and it is early on.....we all know that you Navy have already adopted the talking points of your hero Limp paw and use them to attempt to disparage the man's name because you have no other attacks......

The point is....its politics at its worst.....but hey.....in this political climate unfortunately you have to expect it and you have to be prepared to deal with it. That was probably John Kerry's undoing. 2008's candidates have likely learned from past history. Don't you think that Romney has a Public Relations person addressing the whole "Mormon issue", McCain is trying to figure out how he can win without the support of the right-wing, Guilani is in the same dilema.
Hillary has to deal with the woman issue and the baggage that Bill brings with her.....Obama is going to be attacked because he is black....but politics are smart....they know they can't attack Obama for being black (Allen's undoing)....so they go about it another way.....its all politics....and I am certain that Hillary and the others will be prepared to deal with it.
 
Well it looks like several moderates and conservatives have said that Bill is and asset...So much for the liberals like Disney Dude and several others saying the moderates and conservatives would say its a liability.........

In fact I am the only one so far who says he will be a liability.....Now that she is a candidate no more soft ball questions by the left wing media..........

Whitewater, the cattle futures and all of Bills affairs are fair game and her part as a doormat in all of them......

Maybe we should get another special prosecutor to spend another $70 million investigating these baseless assertions yet again.

But good luck with that. The Dems are in control now.

No more lighweight opponents running against her like in her 2 senate elections.........

To bad she will never get the nomination.....Hussein Obama is a shoo in for that.......

So sayeth the soothsayer. The same sayer who soothed the Democrats' defeat in Nov 06
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

I have to disagree..............All the dirty laundy caused by "Slick Willie" will be front and center as well as Hillary's own dirty laundry........

She should shove him off in a corner and stuff a sock in his big mouth......

Bill will only be seen as a negative by those 30% hard core cons that would never think of voting for Hillary in the first place.
 
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Of course the radical right is going to throw anything and everything that they can at her.....do you think that she doesn't realize this? I think Hillary is intelligent enough to know what is coming her way.

We have already seen what the radical right has tried to do to Obama....and it is early on.....we all know that you Navy have already adopted the talking points of your hero Limp paw and use them to attempt to disparage the man's name because you have no other attacks......

The point is....its politics at its worst.....but hey.....in this political climate unfortunately you have to expect it and you have to be prepared to deal with it. That was probably John Kerry's undoing. 2008's candidates have likely learned from past history. Don't you think that Romney has a Public Relations person addressing the whole "Mormon issue", McCain is trying to figure out how he can win without the support of the right-wing, Guilani is in the same dilema.
Hillary has to deal with the woman issue and the baggage that Bill brings with her.....Obama is going to be attacked because he is black....but politics are smart....they know they can't attack Obama for being black (Allen's undoing)....so they go about it another way.....its all politics....and I am certain that Hillary and the others will be prepared to deal with it.

Well after that smoking mirrors you did not address the fact that several Conservatives and Moderates said that Bill would be and asset.....You were wrong so just admit it and don't try and hijack the thread with comments about your boy Kerry "I voted for the 87 million after I voted against it."
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Bill will only be seen as a negative by those 30% hard core cons that would never think of voting for Hillary in the first place.


Yeah, right....His whole sex predator personality will be front and center and how any woman could stay with him after the **** he pulled........

Do you really want a woman like that as president.....I think not.............
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

I have to disagree..............All the dirty laundy caused by "Slick Willie" will be front and center as well as Hillary's own dirty laundry........

She should shove him off in a corner and stuff a sock in his big mouth......
Bill's "dirty laundry" (actually, wasn't it Monica's dirty laundry), didn't stop him in '96 and I doubt that it will be a problem for him or Hillary today. Bill is one of the slickest politicians to come down the pike in decades. If I owned a used car lot, I'd love to have him as a salesman. Bill will be Hillary's biggest gun. She'll trot him out as often as she possibly can and the Dems will fall all over themselves in adoration. Bill is the one thing that can get Hillary out of the primaries.
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Bill's "dirty laundry" (actually, wasn't it Monica's dirty laundry), didn't stop him in '96 and I doubt that it will be a problem for him or Hillary today. Bill is one of the slickest politicians to come down the pike in decades. If I owned a used car lot, I'd love to have him as a salesman. Bill will be Hillary's biggest gun. She'll trot him out as often as she possibly can and the Democrats will fall all over themselves in adoration. Bill is the one thing that can get Hillary out of the primaries.

There was no Monica in 1996 and Bob Dole, although a nice guy was probably the worse presidential candidate in 100 years........
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Yeah, right....His whole sex predator personality will be front and center and how any woman could stay with him after the **** he pulled........

Do you really want a woman like that as president.....I think not.............

Would you really like her better if she had gotten a divorce?
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Would you really like her better if she had gotten a divorce?

Any normal woman would have gotten a divorce........A lot of women would have almost killed the husbands over the **** he pulled......
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Any normal woman would have gotten a divorce........A lot of women would have almost killed the husbands over the **** he pulled......

Not necessarily, NP. I assume you're referring to the adultery. It's funny, I belong to a forum for Charlotte mothers, and we just had a poll started today asking if we would leave if our husbands cheated on us. An overwhelming majority said that it depends, they couldn't give a definitive yes or no because who knows what the other circumstances might be.

And I'm fairly certain that all of the mommies that voted that way are "normal".
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Yeah, right....His whole sex predator personality will be front and center and how any woman could stay with him after the **** he pulled........

Do you really want a woman like that as president.....I think not.............

I respect Hillary's ability to forgive. It's very Christian.
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

I respect Hillary's ability to forgive. It's very Christian.

Navy Pride doesn't understand the Christian concept of forgiveness (he has illustrated that repeatedly in other threads...most recently in the one dealing with Jane Fonda).

That aside.....Navy.....First, I never stated that most/any/all conservatives would find Bill to be a hinderance....that was your spin on it. What I said was that the people who would most likely find Bill to be a hinderance wouldn't vote for Hillary anyway....

Secondly...as far as whether that is right or wrong....you are quick to claim it is wrong, based on 3 or 4 people who responded to your post. That is not the type of "proof" that most people on these boards expect when definitively claiming "victory"....maybe you do....but I would want something a bit more substantial before I made such a claim.

As far a hijacking the thread....hardly.....First of all....John Kerry was and never has been "my man"....he was simply the better/only choice against GWB and his failed policies.
The point I was making was that John Kerry did not respond to the lies and attacks that were spread by the neocons and radical right....as a result he lost. The analogy was right on topic and that is.....I am certain that Hillary knows and expects what the radical right is going to throw at her. You call it "smoke and mirrors"....I call it learning from history.
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Any normal woman would have gotten a divorce........A lot of women would have almost killed the husbands over the **** he pulled......

Isn't it better to try to work out marital problems, rather than automatically getting a divorce during a difficult time? What happened to the GOP supporting "family values"?

The fact that YOU presume to know what she should do in her family life is arrogant beyond belief. If your next door neighbors were having a similar problem, and they decided to work it out instead of divorcing, would you think less of the woman? How is this any different?
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

Not necessarily, NP. I assume you're referring to the adultery. It's funny, I belong to a forum for Charlotte mothers, and we just had a poll started today asking if we would leave if our husbands cheated on us. An overwhelming majority said that it depends, they couldn't give a definitive yes or no because who knows what the other circumstances might be.

And I'm fairly certain that all of the mommies that voted that way are "normal".

One time cheating is one thing but come on Stace, Flowers, Broderick, Jones, etc, and then a kid barely out of her teens in named Lewinsky.If your husband did that would you forgive him? this guy is a sexual pervert, a sexual predator.........No woman in her right mind would put up with that.......The only thing I can think of is she is a switch hitter, AC DC...Those rumors have been out there.......
 
Re: Is Bill and asset or a hindrance to Hillary in her run for President?

One time cheating is one thing but come on Stace, Flowers, Broderick, Jones, etc, and then a kid barely out of her teens in named Lewinsky.If your husband did that would you forgive him? .......

You mean from a Christian perspective or your perspective?
 
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