It’s hard to imagine the possibility that a man who has been President of the United States for two terms might not have reached the pinnacle of his political career until AFTER he was no longer President. Yet, in Bill Clinton’s case, his speech last night at the DNC was unquestionably the pinnacle of his career. In what seemed like 10 minutes, Bill Clinton spoke for 50 minutes. As only Bill Clinton can, he masterfully addressed the specifics of the positions of the Republicans. Making complicated issues understandable, he reduced years of sophisticated economics to “simple arithmetic.” When you hear “24-42” you will remember his comparison of the number of jobs created, in Millions, by Republican and Democratic Presidents over the last ½ decade. He told the audience of jubilant conventioneers that he believed that the election of Barack Obama would result in the improvement of the economy. There is no single person more believable in America to send that message. He is the only living President to have dealt with the economic issues facing the country and turned them around. As the country yearns for the days of Clinton economics, Clinton’s endorsement of Obama was priceless. When Obama wins in November the world will look back on this speech and remember that this is when it began.
In case you wonder if I am exaggerating the impact of that single speech, by 9:30 am, central, Clinton’s speech was featured on these you tube sites, with over 700,000 views already.
Commentary on Clinton’s Speech
Clinton may no longer be President, but he is still directing the future of our country.






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September 6, 2012 at 10:29 am
writerdood
I don’t know about it being the pinnacle, and I didn’t watch the speech, but I read the transcripts this morning, and I was highly impressed. He really did a fantastic job of covering all the bases. Curious as to how the Republicans would counter, I checked Fox. Their top headline? How Democrats are having issues with the word “God.” This was then followed by a slew of very slanted articles, and finally provided a transcript and video of Clinton’s speech. I didn’t bother reading it to see if it had been chopped or altered (I can only stay on Fox for a few minutes before getting sick). Someone should probably check it though. I wouldn’t put it past them to throw lies right into the transcript. Not that it matters too much. I doubt their viewers will read it.
Did Romney actually say something about not letting “fact checkers” affect his campaign? I haven’t tracked this down yet, but… Shouldn’t this be kind of a big deal? I mean, having a presidential candidate TELL the voters that the facts don’t actually matter is sort of a shot to his own foot.
September 6, 2012 at 12:14 pm
malialitman
writerdood,
I don’t know but I’ll find out.
September 6, 2012 at 12:22 pm
malialitman
writerdood,
It was someone from Romney’s campaign who said:
“We are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.”http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-neil-newhouse-fact-checkers-20120829,0,2928398.story you know how annoying those facts can be!
September 6, 2012 at 10:50 am
MM
President Clinton did a great job!!!
ps……urns = yearns?
September 6, 2012 at 12:12 pm
malialitman
MM,
I have fixed it, but maybe “urns” is appropriate as we’d all like to put the ashes of this economy in a urn.
September 6, 2012 at 11:01 am
MrsGunka
I feel like we just crossed the finish line and things are going to get better!
September 6, 2012 at 12:11 pm
malialitman
Mrs. Gunka,
That was a race i was worried we might not win, but now I feel that we have the advantage!
September 6, 2012 at 11:05 am
GeeJay
I totally agree with you! Bill Clinton can explain complex topics in a way that everyone can understand. I’m so glad that he was able to deal with his heart problems by switching to a plant based diet. He looks so much healthier today than he did when he was president.
September 6, 2012 at 12:09 pm
malialitman
Gee Jay,
And what a difference this speech will make!
September 6, 2012 at 11:24 am
Alicat
I am so happy with how this convention is going! This is really fun watching the Dem’s kicking ass and leaving the republicans in the dust where they deserve to be!!! I am more hopeful than ever that President Obama will win this election. Thanks Mailia for the video’s. I hadn’t seen the CurrentTV one, and didn’t know that Gov. Granholm will be speaking tonight, love her! It’s going to be another barn burner tonight. Happy dance!
September 6, 2012 at 12:09 pm
malialitman
Alicat,
me Too! i was worried after the RNC that regardless of all the reasons that we knew Obama shouldn’t be blamed for the economy, that he would. Now i think that Obama will be re-elected, and Hillary might be the Pres in 2016!
September 6, 2012 at 11:26 am
Me Guest!
Um, Malia, shouldn’t it read “As the country YEARNS…”?
Don’t you hate auto-correct?
September 6, 2012 at 12:04 pm
malialitman
Me Guest,
Sorry, that is kind-of funny! i’ll fix it right away! Ha ha
September 6, 2012 at 1:34 pm
lilly lily
Ann Coulter tweeted some pretty disgusting things pairing off Fluke and Clinton.
Actually Clinton just won Obama the election.
September 6, 2012 at 5:13 pm
malialitman
lilly lily,
i think you are right! I think Clinton’s speech will be the defining moment of this election.
September 6, 2012 at 2:50 pm
kosenrufumom66
Malia,
I’ve been attentively watching the DNC, and it was so inspiring and exciting compared to RNC. DNC has so many wonderful speakers telling their unique ideas and stories that captivated my attention as compared to the RNC. I just hope that President Obama will win this November election, and most important of all is that to have people going out to VOTE.
September 6, 2012 at 5:10 pm
malialitman
kosenrufumom66k,
i think voter turnout is going to be essential to victory, and the Republicans know that, so they are trying to limit who can vote.
September 6, 2012 at 7:55 pm
aj weishar
Clinton really showed his humanity when he went to work in Harlem. That was walking the walk; he was and is a people’s President.
September 6, 2012 at 10:37 pm
malialitman
aj,
Absolutely! I think that’s part of the reason he has so much credibility.
September 7, 2012 at 7:58 am
mgardener
I heard Hilary speak once at a dinner here in upstate NY when she was running for Senator. She was unbelievable! 30-40 mins of a speech and she stepped away from the podium so you know she was not reading her written speech after a while. She took questions and they were not prepared ones(she took one from me about education).
I was totally impressed!
September 7, 2012 at 8:14 am
malialitman
mgardener,
i would love to hear her speak one day. perhaps in 2016.