While media gushed over Hill and Barack's kiss and make-up ceremony in Unity, New Hampshire, Friday, a larger story was lurking in the shadows without getting much attention: Bill Clinton is still very angry at the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee, and he's not close to calling a ceasefire.
In fact, according to the British Telegraph, the former President is still on a war footing (picture courtesy AP).
With press members itching for a united Democrat party, it will be interesting to see how much attention this gets in the next few days, especially the juicy parts (h/t Hot Air, slight vulgarity alert):
The Telegraph has learned that the former president's rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks damaging his own reputation by his intransigence.
A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he recently told friends Mr Obama could "kiss my ass" in return for his support.
Well, at least the former President didn't call Obama a sleazy, slimy scumbag. But I digress:
It has long been known that Mr Clinton is angry at the way his own reputation was tarnished during the primary battle when several of his comments were interpreted as racist.
But his lingering fury has shocked his friends. The Democrat told the Telegraph: "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." [...]
Another Democrat said that despite polls showing Mr Obama with a healthy lead over Republican John McCain, Mr Clinton doesn't think he can win.
The party strategist, who was allied to one of the early rivals to Mr Obama and the former First Lady, said Mr Clinton was "very unhopeful" about the nominee's prospects in November.
"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.
Interesting that this comes from a British newspaper, isn't it? Closer to home, the Huffington Post's Thomas B. Edsell, in an article entitled "It's My Party, I'll Cry If I Want To" concurred with the Telegraph (emphasis added):
The former president and Obama have not talked, and, by all accounts, the man of the Clinton household remains hurt and resentful. Associates provide a variety of explanations for the Bill Clinton dilemma, none of them mutually exclusive.
Some say Bill Clinton not only wants Obama to reach out to him, but to also promise to lift the cloud of alleged racism -- an accusation that continues to eat at the man once dubbed the nation's "first black president." Clinton, these folks suggest, wants Obama to publicly exonerate him of the charge that he played the race card in the primaries. [...]
"He is still bruised from the trail, really hurt about the racist charges leveled against him, and convinced the Obama campaign fomented it," said another source familiar with the former president's attitude. "What he would really like is for Obama to apologize, but on one level he knows that is never going to happen," a third source said.
Once again, with media trying desperately to unite their Party, how much attention is this going to get?
On a related note, according to UPI, the former President didn't speak to Oprah Winfrey at Thursday night's birthday party for Nelson Mandela (emphasis added):
Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton didn't seem like they were on good terms at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday in London, a source told the New York Daily News.
Winfrey has spent the last several months campaigning for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., whose chief competition was Clinton's wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Both Winfrey and former U.S. President Bill Clinton attended a dinner in Hyde Park, catered by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday.
"There was a very cold reception between them," a source told the Daily News.
I bet we'll be hearing a lot about this as well.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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I hate to say this, but I
June 28, 2008 - 18:05 ET by motherbeltI hate to say this, but I actually sympathize with Bill Clinton. I think it's unreasonable to expect that after all the mud flinging he is supposed to just forget about it and climb Obama's bandwagon.
I could never be a politician; I could not fight someone for a spot and then turn around and become that person's supporter....I can't even believe Her Royal Clintoness is doing this. The best I would be able to manage would be to wish him well, or damning him with faint praise, as HRC said before that either she or he would be better than John McCain.
Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson
HAHAHAHAHAHA
June 28, 2008 - 18:12 ET by bigpapaHAHAHAHA...
Sorry,,, but I love this crap..
ROFLMAO
A picture where Bill
June 28, 2008 - 18:19 ET by bigtimerA picture where Bill Clinton isn't slacked-jawed...I'll be danged...showing his true colors for once..for all to see.
I love it...sad that the British Telegraph has to put forth this delicious information...of course our msm wants us to all think everything is coming up roses between the Clintons/Obama...yeah, right when pigs fly.
Btw...Heck, if I was Obama, I wouldn't worry about Hillary and her phony BS, with knives in both hands working behind the scenes...I would worry about Big Bad Bill.
Revenge...and it will continue...Unity my arse.
Fun, fun, fun.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
bt, not only that, but
June 28, 2008 - 19:29 ET by motherbeltbt, not only that, but there are a bunch of Hillary's women supporters who have no intention of going over to Obama...she calls them PUMA's...for Party Unity My A$$.....LOL
Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson
Lost Their Ticket
June 28, 2008 - 18:49 ET by CellaI love it. Bill has finally gone wobbly. His self destructive qualities didn't do him in, but at last something has.
When we saw Hillary cry months ago, that was the first hint that those two grifters were stunned that they might lose their ticket back to the White House.
You can't make this stuff up. A reality check for Hill and Bill.
They're reporting it
June 28, 2008 - 18:52 ET by ksimm81I heard Andrea Mitchell of NBC News mention it.
Look on the bright side...
June 28, 2008 - 19:00 ET by AgentAmerican...a Clinton didn't get his or her way.
...and they lost to the last possible person they wanted to lose to. No way they lose to a black man, in their view.
The unity is only temporary. Wait until the convention. I think the fun is about to begin...
Drill ANWAR
I wouldn't be surprised if
June 28, 2008 - 19:38 ET by Indiana JoeI wouldn't be surprised if you're right. Don't put it past the Clintons to spring an "August surprise" before the convention, trying to show that Obama is "unelectable."
They don't strike me as good losers.
Check your mail
June 28, 2008 - 20:33 ET by KC MulvilleI'd suggest that the McCain people check their mailbox every morning, hoping for Bill Clinton to have "anonymously" left them an embarrassing Obama dossier. But come to think about it, Clinton probably figures that McCain might just not use it. Maybe he'll leave it for some reporter looking to make a name for himself.
Still, one thing disturbs me. For all his weaknesses, Clinton was president, and he doesn't think Obama has what it takes. Some voice in the back of my head is saying, "maybe Clinton knows more about being president than I do, and if he doesn't trust Obama ... " And which president thinks Obama will be OK? Jimmy Carter? Oh jeez -- maybe we'll have to move to Ireland after all.
I would just like to say to
June 28, 2008 - 19:40 ET by mikejI would just like to say to Mr Clinton that...I feel your pain!
Il Duce or Bill Clinton?
June 28, 2008 - 19:50 ET by Kuso JijiEither way, this is the face of a Socialist who's lust for power has been derailed by the propaganda arm of his own party.
The oval office blow jobs and funny tasting cigars must seem like distant memories by now.
Poor guy must now come to grips that the Democratic Party no longer revolves around him.
His only hope of being the center of attention again rests with Barack Obama losing this election so Her Royal C#*tness can make one more attempt at getting America's version of Il Duce back in the game.
<edited> watch the language please
Oh my!!!
June 28, 2008 - 20:46 ET by jpatchQuite scathing and lovely...and oh so true.
Well done.
Have you been reading "Liberal Fascism?" If not, you should. If you have, then well done.
$18.95
June 28, 2008 - 23:35 ET by Kuso Jijion Amazon, I just read the review and added it to my summer reading list. TKS
The face of a socialist? I
June 29, 2008 - 09:32 ET by ThatDudeThe face of a socialist? I dunno about that, but Billy sure does look like Popeye in the photo. All you'd need is the pipe. It's pretty natural that he'd be angry since Obama is using Bill's campain strategy. The only real difference is how blatant the socialist roots are.
Noel
June 28, 2008 - 20:15 ET by shawn228I am willing to bet that Bill Clinton will soon reach out to Barack Obama. He might be a whiner, but he is not stupid man. He knows, he needs Obama to erase their 20 million dollar debt and he wants Obama to put his wife on a dream ticket as well "don't forget our bet"
The Democrats will almost be fully united by convention time.
shawn... Did you also
June 28, 2008 - 20:17 ET by Clear thinkershawn...
Did you also make a wager with Noel?
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Yes i did CT
June 28, 2008 - 20:40 ET by shawn228I made the bet with Noel, before I made the one with you. In order for me to win though, Obama has to pick Hillary as his running mate. Then Obama will go on to win the Presidency.
Since Noel and I live very close to each other, we have bet 2 appetizers and a round of drinks at one of his favorite restaurants. So a little more risky than the dollar bet I have with you, but i am planning on collecting for both bets :-)
I love watching the Clintons crash and burn
June 28, 2008 - 21:24 ET by jefflebowskiThis just gets better by the day. The Clintons were brought down by a vast left wing conspiracy. The left found someone more loony than the Clintons are and threw them out faster than Michael Moore goes through a bucket of chicken!
If they try to do anything more before the convention, Hitlery can write off 2012 as she will not be forgiven.
Jeff Lebowski
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Shawn
June 28, 2008 - 21:38 ET by Noel SheppardShawn,
Remind me: don't I win if he doesn't pick her? Or is our bet only that if they run together, they win? ns
Noel
June 28, 2008 - 22:03 ET by shawn228Our bet is void if he doe not pick her, but you said that there is no way Obama will win if Hillary is on the ticket, because it will bring out racist and sexist from the Democra party.
I disagreed and said, that the dream ticket will unite the party. I still believe this is the case and the deep fried oysters at Izzies will be delicious.
CIB?
June 28, 2008 - 21:55 ET by WesenCan it be that the first Black President is a rascist? Oh, that's not possible between two Black men.
This was soooooooo
June 30, 2008 - 10:32 ET by pbanks7This was soooooooo delicious. Dems calling dems racist. I wonder if anyone but NB types will notice the hypocracy next time a dem calls a rep racist. Kinda doubt it.
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
Anytime that picture, or
June 28, 2008 - 22:04 ET by CJK51Anytime that picture, or one similar, of Bill Clinton makes an appearance, it is pure comic gold. What kills me is that he used it as part of his go-to material so often. It's as though he's Mr. Potato Head switching from his angry eyes to his glasses and mustache.
Hahahahahah! When I saw
June 28, 2008 - 22:07 ET by RukusHahahahahah!
When I saw this pic of Bill all I saw was Walter, AKA of Jeff Dunham! "It stinks in here!" Hahahahaha! Priceless!
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
It's About Time!
June 29, 2008 - 01:56 ET by Rush FanIt was enjoyable to see the media finally turning on the ‘first Black President’ and his wife, Hillary, once Obama became the media’s darling. After all, for many years both during and after his presidency, I witnessed, in frustration, the liberal media give Bill Clinton a substantial number of passes for his many mistakes, for his numerous ‘bimbo eruptions’, for his lies, and for his outrageous pardons of criminals and terrorists. With the help of the media, Bill’s excessive vanity remained intact. Now that’s all changed – Toni Morrison, who coined the phrase ‘the first Black President’ has clarified (taken back) her statement after Clinton made comments interpreted as racial. Someone at another web site said it best: “the Jimmy Carter-ification of the Clintons as useful party standard-bearers is in full swing.”
I wonder if Clinton will have to reduce his speaking fees now that the ‘politics of personal destruction’ has been turned against him.
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Acting lessons pay off
June 29, 2008 - 08:08 ET by GForceMy gut feeling is that Bill is acting pissed.
He is certainly a narcistic
twisted man but in his own mind I'm sure he's glad Hillary did not get the
nomination.
I actually think Hillary would have been a better president than Bill, or
lets put it this way, Hillary would have left a better legacy if elected
president than her husband. Bill knows this and is relieved Hillary has no chance of being president. Now all he has to do
is continue to "act" upset until the elections are over then continue his money
making deals overseas.
The $20million debt is meaningless and will go away.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"-Aristotle
→ Uncanny resemblance
June 29, 2008 - 08:13 ET by Cool ArrowLook at the picture of Bill Clinton, and then see if you can pick him out of this lineup.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE
That's exactly what I saw!
June 29, 2008 - 10:38 ET by RukusThat's exactly what I saw! See my post ( June 28, 2008 - 23:07 ET by Rukus) LOL! That is too funny! Spot on Cool, spot on!
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
→ Rukus is a great mind
June 29, 2008 - 12:51 ET by Cool ArrowBecuse I promise I missed your post completely this morning.
Too funny.
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Kiss What?!
June 29, 2008 - 12:45 ET by The Central ScrutinizerPucker Up, Hussein!
This is too delicious for
June 29, 2008 - 18:05 ET by mjgThis is too delicious for words. Pass the popcorn please!!!
I'm calling it now...
June 29, 2008 - 21:17 ET by Tom1969caHillary herself has to project the aura of a "team player" from now through November, but I suspect that the 'Clinton Machine' will stealthily be dropping little tidbits to the media (under the guise of "unnamed Washington sources") designed to hurt Obama and deny him the Oval Office.
Hillary is not a team player unless she is captain of the team, and the last thing she wants is an Obama presidency. If he wins, then she has to wait until 2016 to run again (by which time she'll be McCain's age); however, if she can undermine his campaign just enough in a few key states, she can get one more crack (at what she certainly believes was hers by Divine Right in the first place) in just four short year's time...
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--Anne Coulter
Tom... Bingo! "Never
June 29, 2008 - 21:22 ET by bigtimerTom...
Bingo!
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson