Clinton likes Palin?

[strandinthewind]

I do not think Clinton said he liked her peronally. Rather, I think his point is Palin's connection to the ordinary person makes her likeable and that makes her a wise choice for the McCain campaign. I think his broader (no pun intended ) point is that all the BS rhetoric and name calling on both sides does no one any good in the end. He thinks they should be talking about their position on the issues instead.

Note - he is full of cr*p in that no politician I have ever seen can talk about the issues with smearing the opponent by lying and distortin their record, etc. Moreover, neither can lay people. Just look around here for proof of that

Would his position be great in a perfect world - yes, it would. Sadly, the average American is interested and has always been interested in the kissing babies kind of thing. So, they play to what sells. Note - that Rove said this as well (in the similar but more expansive cnn article below) is laughable as he took smearing to a new level, just ask John McCain
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Bill Clinton says Dems shouldn't attack Palin

(CNN) — Bill Clinton said Monday the Democratic ticket should steer clear of launching personal attacks on Sarah Palin over her relatively thin resume, and instead acknowledge she was a "good choice" for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket.

"Why say, ever, anything bad about a person? Why don't we like them and celebrate them and be happy for her elevation to the ticket? And just say that she was a good choice for him and we disagree with them?" said Clinton, who faced repeated charges during the primary season he was overly negative toward Obama on the campaign trail.

Clinton's comments appear to echo advice Karl Rove gave to Barack Obama in his regular Wall Street Journal column last week, when the former Bush strategist noted attacking the VP candidate has rarely proven to be an effective strategy.

In one of the former president's few extended comments to date on Palin's surprise VP candidacy, Clinton also told reporters in New York Monday he knows why the Alaska governor is attracting massive crowds on the campaign trail.

"I come from Arkansas, I get why she's hot out there," Clinton told reporters in New York, according to the Associated Press. "Why she's doing well."

"People look at her, and they say, 'All those kids. Something that happens in everybody's family I'm glad she loves her daughter and she's not ashamed of her. Glad that girl's going around with her boyfriend. Glad they're going to get married,'" he said.

Referencing Palin's 5-month old child who has Down Syndrome, Clinton also said voters will think, "I like that little Down syndrome kid — one of them lives down the street, they're wonderful children.”

Earlier Monday, Clinton suggested his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, would have been a better political choice for the Democratic VP spot than Joe Biden.

“She would have been the best politically, at least in the short run, because of her enormous support of the country,“ he said on the daytime talk show The View.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/