O'Reilly interviews Clinton (1 Viewer)

[RedAkston]

Raw: O'Reilly's Full Interview With Bill Clinton - Fox News Video - Fox News

This is the unedited interview and while it's 36 minutes long, I enjoyed the interview immensely.

Some things I took from it:

- Clinton is far more moderate a democrat than he has been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton is far more intelligent than he had been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton could do wonders for the mess we're in because he understands what it takes to get out of it
- Clinton showed great restraint in criticizing Bush or Obama (something Carter should take note of)

I would vote for Bill Clinton over either Romney or Gingrich in a heartbeat. The man is intelligent and he is far more moderate than Obama, Gingrich or Romney. Clinton made his fair share of mistakes and I still blame him for part of the mess we are currently in, but he is smart enough to see the way out, something that our current administration lacks at every level. All in all, I respect Bill Clinton and would much rather have him in the White House than the moron we have there now.

 

[Redress]

- Clinton is far more moderate a democrat than he has been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton is far more intelligent than he had been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton could do wonders for the mess we're in because he understands what it takes to get out of it
- Clinton showed great restraint in criticizing Bush or Obama (something Carter should take note of)

Yeah, I could have told you alot of that. One thing Clinton did that totally pissed of republicans is he kept stealing their ideas. "Free Trade, sounds good, let's do it", and republicans would be like "WTF...". Some interviews with people who where in his cabinet agree that he was incredible at listening, learning and asking the right questions.

I do not think with what I know now I would vote for him for president, but I am big on ethics in politicians. Hilary, now her I am still a fan of and would vote for in a heartbeat.

 

[soccerboy22]

I was pretty young during the Clinton Presidency (I was in the 6th grade when Bush was elected), but from what I have read about Clinton it seemed like he was a pretty decent president excluding the whole BJ thing.

 

[J Adams]

I would vote for Bill Clinton over either Romney or Gingrich in a heartbeat.

I guess you don't remember the eight years under Clinton the way I do.

 

[RedAkston]

I guess you don't remember the eight years under Clinton the way I do.

He was far from perfect, but as far as liberals go, he's better than the vast majority. Gingrich and Romney are horrible choices for the GOP.

 

[sangha]

Yeah, I could have told you alot of that. One thing Clinton did that totally pissed of republicans is he kept stealing their ideas. "Free Trade, sounds good, let's do it", and republicans would be like "WTF...".

And now, the republicans claim they're against free trade!! :lamo

Just like they used to be for an individual mandate, but are now against since Obama passed one

 

[StillBallin75]

Clinton was always more of a Third Way Centrist than anything else. I don't know how you could possibly look at his presidency and conclude he was an extreme liberal. The guy was educated and had a solid understanding of economics. His foreign policy was perhaps polarizing depending on how you looked at it. His biggest problem was that he couldn't keep it in his pants.

 

[Diving Mullah]

Clinton was always more of a Third Way Centrist than anything else. I don't know how you could possibly look at his presidency and conclude he was an extreme liberal. The guy was educated and had a solid understanding of economics. His foreign policy was perhaps polarizing depending on how you looked at it. His biggest problem was that he couldn't keep it in his pants.

Personally and as history has showed, it is far better to have a president who has a zipper problem, than a president with Oedipus and daddy issue. One at worst Fracks less than handful of people, the other fracks thousands of soldiers, war with two countries, cost trillions of dollars and responsible for over million death and takes the country tailspinning down to ground.


I guess electing a moron who you feel comfortable drinking beer with is not a good prerequisite to elect a President

Diving Mullah

 

[soccerboy22]

He was far from perfect, but as far as liberals go, he's better than the vast majority. Gingrich and Romney are horrible choices for the GOP.

Clinton knew how to deal with Gingrich too.

 

[StillBallin75]

Watching the interview, I think O'Reilly is being a bit disingenuous about Simpson-Bowles. The Simpson-Bowles commission couldn't even agree to bring its own report to the rest of Congress, how is Obama supposed to adopt Simpson-Bowles, when the commission itself couldn't even agree to formally endorse it?

 

[Zyphlin]

I'll have to watch this. I always enjoy when O'Reily gets into serious interviewer mode because out of the various partisan commentators on either side I think he does best at being fair, respectful but tough, and thoughtful in a lot of his questions. I'm not a HUGE Clinton fan, but I think he's one half of what I think is probably the best or second best "realistic" model for how our government can work.

 

[Grim17]

I really enjoyed the interview. I thought both conducted themselves well.

 

[LizardofOz]

What I find funny about the OP is that you took away he isn't as crazy as the media made him out to be...hmm I wonder 15 years from now when O Reily is interviewing Obama and you are bitching about the current socialist fascist foreigner in office what you will say.....

 

[Keridan]

Clinton wasn't perfect. I had a lot of issues with him at his time in office. I felt like he lowered the standard. Then came Bush and I was like, "Oh ... so it can be a lot worse" .. then came Obama and I said "Holy crap! It gets even worse??" Of the three, I would vote President Clinton back in right now.

There are much better options out there, but few are running and the ones that are don't get any notice. I don't have time to watch the interview now, but did I hear that he endorsed Huntsman?

Side note: Nearly all presidents get a higher JAR and public opinion the longer they are out of office. Even Bush is climbing a bit.

 

[Luna Tick]

Raw: O'Reilly's Full Interview With Bill Clinton - Fox News Video - Fox News

This is the unedited interview and while it's 36 minutes long, I enjoyed the interview immensely.

Some things I took from it:

- Clinton is far more moderate a democrat than he has been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton is far more intelligent than he had been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton could do wonders for the mess we're in because he understands what it takes to get out of it
- Clinton showed great restraint in criticizing Bush or Obama (something Carter should take note of)

I would vote for Bill Clinton over either Romney or Gingrich in a heartbeat. The man is intelligent and he is far more moderate than Obama, Gingrich or Romney. Clinton made his fair share of mistakes and I still blame him for part of the mess we are currently in, but he is smart enough to see the way out, something that our current administration lacks at every level. All in all, I respect Bill Clinton and would much rather have him in the White House than the moron we have there now.

That interview shows what a brilliant politician Bill Clinton is. Notice how he refused to speak ill of Gingrich or Romney, but torpedoed them both under the radar. He praised Gingrich for supporting the legalization of illegal aliens and Romney for Romneycare. These are the stances what will piss off their base the most. It was a brilliant political swipe that shows why Clinton was as successful as he was.

 

[RedAkston]

What I find funny about the OP is that you took away he isn't as crazy as the media made him out to be...hmm I wonder 15 years from now when O Reily is interviewing Obama and you are bitching about the current socialist fascist foreigner in office what you will say.....

I seriously doubt that. Clinton did a lot of things I'm not happy about, but he was not nearly as bad as Carter. As for Obama, he's actually worse than Carter. I don't see anyone's opinion on him changing over time, but I could be wrong.

 

[Peter Grimm]

His best ideas came from Newt Gingrich.

Free trade? Balanced budget? All the things he takes credit for now were Republican ideas originally.

Raw: O'Reilly's Full Interview With Bill Clinton - Fox News Video - Fox News

This is the unedited interview and while it's 36 minutes long, I enjoyed the interview immensely.

Some things I took from it:

- Clinton is far more moderate a democrat than he has been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton is far more intelligent than he had been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton could do wonders for the mess we're in because he understands what it takes to get out of it
- Clinton showed great restraint in criticizing Bush or Obama (something Carter should take note of)

I would vote for Bill Clinton over either Romney or Gingrich in a heartbeat. The man is intelligent and he is far more moderate than Obama, Gingrich or Romney. Clinton made his fair share of mistakes and I still blame him for part of the mess we are currently in, but he is smart enough to see the way out, something that our current administration lacks at every level. All in all, I respect Bill Clinton and would much rather have him in the White House than the moron we have there now.

 

[VanceMack]

Raw: O'Reilly's Full Interview With Bill Clinton - Fox News Video - Fox News

This is the unedited interview and while it's 36 minutes long, I enjoyed the interview immensely.

Some things I took from it:

- Clinton is far more moderate a democrat than he has been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton is far more intelligent than he had been made out to be by partisan conservatives
- Clinton could do wonders for the mess we're in because he understands what it takes to get out of it
- Clinton showed great restraint in criticizing Bush or Obama (something Carter should take note of)

I would vote for Bill Clinton over either Romney or Gingrich in a heartbeat. The man is intelligent and he is far more moderate than Obama, Gingrich or Romney. Clinton made his fair share of mistakes and I still blame him for part of the mess we are currently in, but he is smart enough to see the way out, something that our current administration lacks at every level. All in all, I respect Bill Clinton and would much rather have him in the White House than the moron we have there now.

Been saying that same thing here for a year...I'd vote for an immediate acclamation vote to bring Clinton back for 8 more years. I dont know of anyone that thought he wasn't intelligent. He has an ability to work with both sides of the aisle to affect positive change. sure...he played politics with it, but that's part of being a politician...everyone does. And I don't care who or what he sleeps with (legally) as long as he does the job. He is pragmatic...effective...intelligent. He had strong foreign policy positions. In many ways, Bush did many of the same things Clinton did.

Perfect? no. Agree with everything he did as a president? no. But then Ive yet to read of a president that everyone agreed with.

 

[VanceMack]

His best ideas came from Newt Gingrich.

Free trade? Balanced budget? All the things he takes credit for now were Republican ideas originally.

Part of being a good leader means you maximize the strengths of others. Dood was smart enough to sign off on a lot of the conservative ideas, speak out to his base against them, and then implement them and take credit for them. He was a good politician.

 

[StillBallin75]

His best ideas came from Newt Gingrich.

Free trade? Balanced budget? All the things he takes credit for now were Republican ideas originally.

Having a balanced budget is not a Republican concept. Take a look at the states, who have both Republican and Democratic governors. The desire to seek a balanced budget goes back to the Founding Fathers.

 

[Peter Grimm]

I agree, and that was Clinton's strength. I'm just pointing out that Gingrich and the Republican house deserve a lot of credit for those years as well as Clinton.

Part of being a good leader means you maximize the strengths of others. Dood was smart enough to sign off on a lot of the conservative ideas, speak out to his base against them, and then implement them and take credit for them. He was a good politician.

 

[VanceMack]

I agree, and that was Clinton's strength. I'm just pointing out that Gingrich and the Republican house deserve a lot of credit for those years as well as Clinton.

Its true...one of Clintons strengths during his administration was to have a reasonably effective congress and yes, Gingritch deserves a lot of credit.