Hillary Watch: Bill Clinton meltdown in new interview

Despite saying that he believed Mr Obama would defeat Senator John McCain, his Republican rival, in the election in November, the former president refused to say that the presumptive Democratic nominee was ready for high office.

"You can argue that nobody is ready to be president," Mr Clinton told ABC News. "You can argue that even if you've been vice-president for eight years, that no one can be fully ready for the pressures of the office."

Asked the question again, he responded: "I never said he wasn't qualified. The constitution sets qualification for the president. And then the people decide who they think would be the better president. I think we have two choices. I think he should win and I think he will win."

The remarks made clear that Mr Clinton still feels deeply aggrieved by the primary battle in which Mr Obama narrowly defeated his wife, Hillary. He said that he has spoken to Mr Obama just once since early June.

A rift between Mr Obama and Mr Clinton could severely damage the Illinois senator's chances of prevailing over Mr McCain. After Mrs Clinton reluctantly conceded, Mr Obama's aides made clear that rebuilding bridges with Mr Clinton was a priority.

Bad blood could also endanger Mrs Clinton's hopes of winning the White House in 2012 should Mr Obama lose in November. The former First Lady is due to campaign for Mr Obama in Nevada on Friday and Florida on Aug 21.

Any suggestion that she was not doing everything she could to help Mr Obama could seriously damage her. So too could the suggestion that she could not control her husband, who often strayed off message on the campaign trail.

Mr Clinton was accused by allies of Mr Obama -- though not the candidate himself -- of playing the race card against his wife's rival.

Without being asked the question, the former president vehemently denied this. "I am not a racist, I never made a racist comment. And I didn't attack him personally."

Mr Clinton was castigated for comparing Mr Obama's South Carolina primary win with those of Jesse Jackson, who was also black, in 1984 and 1988. "The South Carolina thing was twisted for deliberate effect by people who weren't for Hillary," Mr Clinton told ABC.

"It was OK with me but, you know, these people don't have an office in Harlem. They haven't lived the life I have lived.

"And how can I have conversation with two African- American congressmen who agree with what I'm saying and I'm a racist? How is that possible?"

Mr Clinton did offer some praise for Mr Obama. "He clearly can inspire and motivate people and energise them, which is a very important part of being president," he said. "And he's smart as a whip so there's nothing he can't learn."

The interview -- his first since Mrs Clinton's defeat -- came as Mr McCain's campaign echoed Mr Clinton's April remark that it was Mr Obama himself who was playing the race card.
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[aznpker101]

But wasn't Bill CLinton the blackest president before Barack Obama?

[JULEPPS]

LMAO these Clintons sure know how to entertain.

[platinumtheory]

WOW Jay Carney is now Obama's Press Secretary

[iCore3]

@TheModelification LOL.

[TheModelification]

The debt when George W. Bush took office was $5.727 Trillion when he left it was $10.627 Trillion. The total debt that George W accumulated in eight years of office is $4.9 Trillion The debt right now is $13.736 Trillion. In approximately 666 days in office, he has accumulated $3.066 Trillion. Using simple algebra you'll find by Dec 2011, Obama will have accumulated more debt in three years than George W. did in 8 years.

[TheModelification]

Hillary Clinton is being preened to take President Maobama's place. Both Obama and Hilary answer to George Soros who contributed to both and who has the mainstream media in his back pocket. He gets Obama to take the Country to extreme socialism passing treasonous legislation against the will of the American people, then gets Hillary in office. Our dollar is on the verge of collapse, and our sovereignty is threatened as a direct result of legislation and lack of leadership.

[TheModelification]

Clinton didn't leave a $5.6 Trillion surplus but a $1.4 trillion debt over eight years. He borrowed from Social Security, part of a $115 Trillion unfunded liability, to make it seem he left a surplus. See my about me for links. The Debt Clock should be adjusted increasing the national debt from $14.0 to $21 Trillion and reducing our unfunded liabilities by $7 Trillion to reflect the truth about Clinton.

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Allen West 2012

[procommenter]

Bill Blythe (Clinton) was successful at furthering David Rockefeller's New World Order agenda. He's brought us a smidgen closer to planetary enslavement.

[biggrex]

this is like watching clinton say i did not inhale

[bush1tman]

@philberz Who is we? LOL