Bill Clinton has claimed that Republican Mitt Romney will “come after the Irish next” after recent disparaging comments about Italians owning the car company Chrysler.
After Clinton made the Irish comment he added, “which means I’m in trouble” pointing to his Irish ancestry during a speech in St.Cloud Minnesota.
Clinton was referring to Romney’s recent statements that Barack Obama had sold the Chrysler Car Company to Italians and that the “Italians” had then sent American jobs to China.
The allegations that the company would ship Jeep jobs to China were part of an advertising campaign which was unusually refuted by both Chrysler and GM car executives.
Clinton explained that Chrysler had been sold to Italian car company Fiat who had actually turned the company around and restored it to profitability.
Clinton called Romney’s allegations about foreign influence absurd and stated it was an attempt to create some kind of “Deep dark conspiracy.”
It was then he used the line that the Irish could be next on Romney’s hit list.
Clinton has been hot on the stump for President Obama in the final days of the campaign and has been acting as his surrogate in several second tier battleground states such as Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Wakjob | Mar 13, 2013, 04:00 PM EDT
Well Bill you came after white American techies in 1998 and 2001 making sure they could never work in the US again by flooding the USA with millions of 3rd world workers. So we're even ok. Pot. Kettle. Black.
Madeliene | Jan 06, 2013, 05:44 PM EST
Bill Clinton is not and never was fir to shine Mr Romneys shoes! I know, this will not be printed in a liberal post, but TRUTH is TRUTH and SHOULD BE!
BARNEYKX | Nov 08, 2012, 03:46 PM EST
to me Romney was and is a phoney baloney full of what makes the grass grow green in Texas. Everytime I heard him say he would create X million jobs I wanted to bring up, as he is one of the reasons for the high unemployment rate in the US being CEO of the Bain Investment Company which closed upteen plants in the USA and shipped them overseas to China,Sri Lanka, etc etc. also some in Canada as well.??
EphraimKibbey | Nov 07, 2012, 08:52 PM EST
Thanks Bill! Actually thanks Mitt, Paul and the whole GOP for making it soooo easy! Forward Obama - 4 more years! Hillary in 2016! As the old, old, old GOP dies off the Big Tent Democratic Party grows ever larger. You alienate them and the Dems embrace them. This is working out very nicely!
CJECoyne | Nov 07, 2012, 04:55 PM EST
Clinton is the biggest liar of them all. He was the mastermind of Whitewater where he made millions illegally.Most all the people that had any info on that are DEAD under suspicious circumstances. His wife & daughter can't trust him. If his lips are moving, he's lying.
Scrivner | Nov 07, 2012, 02:11 PM EST
This sending American jobs abroad charge is really quitte hypocritical. Obama sent many jobs abroad using taxpayer money! Frisker electric car (a beautiful, expensive piece of engineering) rec'd mucho grants, then the owner outsourced fabrication to Finland, mandated solar panels for gov't buildings depended on Solindra (which collapsed from incompetent management) so the gov't outsorced these panels to China. On a more macabre note, security at US embassies traditionally has been a job for Marines, State Dept security personnel and the like, but the Bengazhi outpost was solely guarded by a private Lybian contractor. Here is where American jobs might well have saved American lives. Oh well, another four years of angst.
marciaashley | Nov 07, 2012, 10:14 AM EST
i will not praise clinton
marciaashley | Nov 07, 2012, 10:14 AM EST
what if he does go after the irish whatever. when there is an injustice we need to speak louder. right.
marciaashley | Nov 07, 2012, 10:13 AM EST
mr. clinton you had your chance as president. why critize romeny. did you leave a trail behind. i am sure you did.
marciaashley | Nov 07, 2012, 10:12 AM EST
there should be a recount in pennsylvania. also i dont even know who the so called new president is. but i am sure we will find out, when we become sick or hungry. right.
bobby | Nov 07, 2012, 06:00 AM EST
Congratulations Barack Obama.
boydshield | Nov 06, 2012, 05:16 PM EST
Clinton = Blarney
eiriamach | Nov 06, 2012, 01:57 PM EST
Shuvonn writes, "Romney sent jobs overseas, and NOW he claims he can create them in the US?" And not only does that claim make Romney unbelievable, but he also claims (A) Government can't create jobs and (B) in the top government job of President, he will create jobs! Uhhhhhhuh! Unless he intends to privatize the presidency, he's caught in a self-contradiction. Ah, but it's only one of many of his contradictory statements. I'd rather vote for someone who (A) makes sense and (B) can be trusted to do what he says he'll do (Obama).
michaelidaho | Nov 06, 2012, 09:56 AM EST
Shuvonn, First, as a private citizen Romney did what most honest, hard-working people would do in his position-maximize his tax return and work for the mutual benefit of himself and his company. Second, Romney is not against clean energy, he just knows, like most rational people, that you should not make it the center piece of your economic plan like Obama has. Third, it is true that not everybody can afford to pay for the costs of attending a 4 year private university. However, there are many fine public, two year colleges with online programs that allow anybody with limited resources to obtain the necessary training for an entry level job in a high demand field. That is a far better path to take then going to a private university like Saint John’s University, majoring in a social science, receiving nearly $20,000 in Pell Grants, graduating with over $100,000 in debt , and then only being able to get the same job at Circuit City that you had when you were a teenager upon receiving your B.S. degree (no pun intended). Finally, I would not really bring up FEMA, because it is obvious that both Democratic and Republican administrations have proven woefully inadequate in disaster relief, as evidenced by Katrina and now with Sandy on the east coast.
shuvonn | Nov 06, 2012, 09:30 AM EST
michaelinidaho, you didn't mention Romney sent jobs overseas, and NOW he claims he can create them in the US? He voted for Obamacare in Mass and now is against it? Wants to get rid of FEMA, and give that over to the individual states. Romney has bank accounts overseas to avoid taxes in the US, left the country to avoid serving in the military complained about Obama living abroad when he did the same thing. Green energy is the way of the future, you think Sandy just came out of the blue? The US needs to invest ahead even if it does not pay off now. And kids in lower middle class deserve a chance at a reasonably priced college education also, NOT just richer kids. If you do not see any of that as an issue, I am not sure what else to say, those are all major issues to a rational person and that's aside from his foot in mouth while abroad, 3 countries, 3 idiotic statements ....
michaelidaho | Nov 06, 2012, 08:44 AM EST
MichaelMcGrath, You summed up the situation very well. My one fear with Romney is that he will involve us in another disastrous, costly war and he will handle himself poorly on the international stage (e.g. Israel and UK trip this past summer). Other than that concern, I can not see why anybody thinks that borrowing money for green energy jobs and Pell Grants for sociology majors is going to turn around the U.S. economy. That is Obama's economic plan that he has been babbling about for the past four years and envisions for the next four if he is elected. I can not believe the election is this close.
Frosty38 | Nov 06, 2012, 06:49 AM EST
BXBovasso that old history move on
MichaelMcGrath | Nov 06, 2012, 01:37 AM EST
As a neutral Irishman who actually likes Obama I think that Romney would be more capable for the economy, with Obama more experienced on International Affairs. So it depends on whether you want jobs and wages ( Romney) or to be more popular in the world ( Obama) . That's my take on it, so if I needed a job or better wages I'd vote for Romney today.
EphraimKibbey | Nov 06, 2012, 12:38 AM EST
I just saw an "interesting" breaking news on Republican Josh Mandel here in Ohio. Background: Mandel is our current state treasurer. He was a wallstreet broker (as was our Gov. Kasick who worked at now failed Lehman Brothers.) He is running against Sherrod Brown for his US Senate seat. Brown has been running ads about Mandel's incompetence in office and local papers like the very Republican Cincinnati Enquirer have said that Mandel has lied and is not ready to represent Ohio. THE NEWS: It seems that Mandel reinvested Ohio State Worker Pension Money, that was supposed to be conservatively invested, in an offshore investment scheme that has turned out to be a scam and millions have been lost. I wonder if Bain Capital was running the scam. WORKERS, DO NOT LET THESE LEECHES NEAR YOUR MONEY OR YOUR GOVERNMENT!
bobby | Nov 05, 2012, 09:12 PM EST
What he reportedly did may have been immoral, but it was still legal. Is it something you want a future President to do...........
bobby | Nov 05, 2012, 08:52 PM EST
No i don't, he could be a future President who avoided paying tax in the U.S on €80 million euros by routing the dividends from hedge fund Bain Capital through a tax loophole in the Netherlands using an Irish pharmaceutical company. (Don't be Thick man!!!!) lol
Tom Mo | Nov 05, 2012, 08:30 PM EST
Bobby. Do you object to Romney making money? WTF man?
Tom Mo | Nov 05, 2012, 08:25 PM EST
"Im in trouble"...Yeah OK. Clinton is an old time WASP from Arkansas and about as Irish as a bag of Doritos.
bobby | Nov 05, 2012, 08:18 PM EST
Your country is screwed either way. The hole is to deep.
shuvonn | Nov 05, 2012, 07:52 PM EST
No cigar BX
BXBovasso | Nov 05, 2012, 05:58 PM EST
Hey rish!-keep in mind this is swill time in the USA when if you took seriously what one party was saying about the other partie's candidate they could all be arrested and jailed (not a bad idea) Just remember, --as we over here all do on election day,-- that sweet-lips Bubba was impeached for lying ("I never had sex with that woman". OH YEAH!
paolipete | Nov 05, 2012, 05:52 PM EST
It's all over - Obama wins the vote. Next challenge will be to win the court fight !
shuvonn | Nov 05, 2012, 05:35 PM EST
Meg claims that Obama does not have a record he can stand on, he promised healtcare reform, he delivered! He promised to shut Guantanamo, Republican congress blocked it. He got rid of Osama Bin Laden. He saved the car industry, he has NEVER sent jobs abroad, ROMNEY did. Romney passed the healthcare bill in mass that he NOW apparently objects to. Obama has deported more illegals and issued less pardons than any other president, so you can make all the claims you want, you are just wrong. Romney has only released two years of tax returns yet wants TEN years from Ryan Michaelidaho, and IF Romney wants to express DISMAY at the loss of jobs to other countries WHY DID HE SENT JOBS ABROAD HIMSELF?? Some of you people are SO scary with the DELUSION, its almost funny!
eiriamach | Nov 05, 2012, 04:58 PM EST
I'd like to follow up (again) on EphraimKibbey's comment about Romney's anti-worker policies and union bashing. Remember that video made at the $50,000 a plate GOP fundraiser, the event where Romney slandered the 47 percent, who, he said, will always be irresponsible and dependent on gov't? The scariest comment Romney made then, when he did not know his words were being recorded, was about unions: "I wish we weren’t unionized so we could go a lot deeper than you are actually allowed to go." "A lot deeper"? Indentured servitude, maybe? Just then a waiter brushed past him, and he never resumed his train of thought....
seagreen | Nov 05, 2012, 04:51 PM EST
A Romney victory will send all of you Irish Americans that "have arrived" back two generations. You really think you are part of the whole thing don't you. These are the people that say "why do truck drivers kids have to go to college" Statements like that multiply on down the line. There is an entire crew of old boys with familiar names waiting in the wings with a few surprises for all of you.
michaelidaho | Nov 05, 2012, 03:57 PM EST
NYC Sheridan: You are wrong on both points. However, I will concede that it was perhaps idiotic for me to vote for Obama the first time around. Finally, you reveal your own ignorance and class animosity with the silly “RoMoney” term. I guess you feel it is not big deal that Timothy Geithner (another 1 percenter) commits fraud on his tax returns, while not even a hint of impropriety or illegality has been revealed on Romney’s. I guess in your world all Democrats are the good guys and all Republicans are evil monsters. Redhand32: I do not which comment is more unbelievable. The fact that you think Romney does not know Fiat is an Italian car manufacturer or that you think his comment was an elitist, sectarian slur. Just to clue you in a bit, Romney’s father was the owner of the now defunct American Motors Corporation and grew up in Michigan, the heartland of the U.S. auto industry. Finally, the “Italian” comment was in the context of expressing dismay at the loss of U.S. jobs to other countries.
MegK311 | Nov 05, 2012, 03:52 PM EST
Who is running for President Obama or Bill Clinton? Obama does not look Presidetal when he has to have Bill Clinton out on the stump making him look good. Obama does not have a record he can run on so he is trying to run on Bill Clinton's record. Which was not always all that great. Apart from his scandalous Presidency the economy was not good when he left office. I remember that even if most of you liberals want to forget it. The thought of 4 more years of an Obama administration scares me.
richard cahill | Nov 05, 2012, 02:08 PM EST
There are two candidates. There are many knockers. ADD the untruths against each candidate and we get a mountain of lies. Perhaps the swing states have objective voters. The subjective voters distain the common good. My terror is that the USA will get an accidental head of state. That could be disastrous. I'd vote OBAMA in the hope that the Republicans might actually learn the true meaning of "patriotism" and cross the house when opposition for opposition's sake is found to be what it is, futile and counterproductive in the nation's interest.
shuvonn | Nov 05, 2012, 02:08 PM EST
Well now lets talk FACTS here even if some of you cannot handle that. Romney was FOR Obamacare before he was against it. Romney passed it in Mass. He CLAIMS to be bipartisan but his voting record proves that to be a LIE. He has hidden bank accounts and hedge fund investments world wide to avoid the low (14% taxes HE pays, and that's from only ONE or TWO years he did release, what's he hiding? ) He sent jobs abroad and now claims he can create them in the US now??Romney is LYING about the car company claiming it's going to send all the jobs abroad both of the company representatives have come out against that LIE. Ryan was the mose vehement critic of Stimulus money while begging for it for his state..... And you want to call Bill Clinton a liar? Spare me the hypocrisy..
EphraimKibbey | Nov 05, 2012, 02:03 PM EST
The republicans are already after the Irish. The Walker tapes in Wisconsin prove that their plan is to hit the public sector unions first and then go after the private sector unions. Mitt has already said he supports a National Right-to-Work (for less!) law and is for abandoning the minimum wage. Does he know how many IRISH are union members? Bill Clinton does, as many of them were the core of his base. If you are a worker, the GOP is out to stick it to you in a big way. Read their PLATFORM! If you are part of lower or middle management, the GOP already has you doing three people's jobs and not at three times your previous salary. How many CEO's and Owners are there out there who will really profit from a win by Mittens and the GOP? Wake Up American Workers and vote for YOURSELVES (the 99%) not for the 1% VAMPIRES that live off of your blood, sweat and tears!
EphraimKibbey | Nov 05, 2012, 01:57 PM EST
Wasn't it DAIMLER-Chrysler before the recent sale? So it got sold from the Germans to Fiat right? It was failing under Daimler control and has rebounded under Fiat. So how is Magical Mitt the Mendacious of the Many Positions trying to spin the sale as a BAD thing? What a dufus. Every person connected to the auto industry in Ohio, Michigan, Minnisota and Wisconsin, who was not already solidly behind Obama, now knows how Mitt is quite willing to lie and play fast and loose with their livelyhoods.
Dbourque | Nov 05, 2012, 01:55 PM EST
Bill Clinton is so out of touch and full of €>\£% that he's hardly worth speaking about. For some reason a lot of people put 'credability' behind he and his wife name. Well nether of them are credible and or honest! Except for some economic accomplishments I think Bill rates in the top three worst presidents of our country's history! I mean that! this impeached president went on Television ( after rehearsing with a well know movie director) looked us all straight in the eye and flat out lied to use about his sexual liaisons with Monica. I don't care much that he fiddled with Monica what I don't like is a spineless, sniveling, coward of a man who won't stand up and take responsibility for his mistakes!!! And now he's endorsing Hussien Obama - all I can say is 'birds of a feather...'
whiteycat | Nov 05, 2012, 01:42 PM EST
He is such a liar, same as Biden and obama.Doesnt anyone remember he accused obama of using the race card agaiinst Hillary?Or how a short few months ago he said what an excellent business man Romney is?Now he is obamas bff.give me a break.
bobby | Nov 05, 2012, 01:36 PM EST
Romney exploits tax loophole via investment in Irish pharmaceutical company A HEDGE FUND in which Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a major shareholder has reportedly routed €80 million euros in dividends though a tax loophole in the Netherlands using an Irish pharmaceutical company.
EphraimKibbey | Nov 05, 2012, 01:34 PM EST
cillowen - As usual, you make a another very prescient point that I for one had not considered. I guess we will have the cartels in our laps if Magical Mitt the Mendacious of the Many Positions wins. Heaven Forbid!!!!
odubslaine | Nov 05, 2012, 01:14 PM EST
Excuse me, edmundburke, but yours is a sloppy post ! President William Jefferson's mother, Virginia Dell Cassidy is of Irish dissent... "Cassidy, O'Cassidy or O'Caiside is an ancient Irish name, with a long record of Cassidys serving as physicians, scholars, priests, poets and musicans in Ireland. " Whereas, Burke is an English variant of a surname that is common in England and Ireland which originates with the Cambro-Normans. In Old English, the name means "fortified hill". Variants include Bourke, de Burgo, Burgh, and De Burgh. Many Irish and English emigrants to Quebec and other francophone regions of Canada chose to change the spelling of the name to Bourque. In other words, Burke is a Norman name.
hancock | Nov 05, 2012, 01:12 PM EST
Maybe because OBAM.I.A. is a disatrer.
Nicomax | Nov 05, 2012, 01:09 PM EST
Not sure why hard-wired Catholics who find religious beliefs to be a key reason why they vote, would then cast their vote for a member of a religion which once firmly supported multiple wives, and said Jesus Christ had showed up in Missouri. It must have something to do with the nature of his opponent.
richard cahill | Nov 05, 2012, 01:04 PM EST
such a historical irish name ------Edmund Burke --- pity to have it reflecting poor research. Bill Clinton traces his ancestry through his mother's line CASSIDY. Please drop that pseudonym unless it's your real name TRAGIC.
edmundburke | Nov 05, 2012, 12:41 PM EST
Clinton, whose surname is plainly English, has never been proven to be of Irish ancestry. No respectable list of U.S. Presidents of Irish ancestry includes him, unless it also indicates that Clinton "self-reports" himself as Irish and that his Irish ancestry has never been established.
allentown | Nov 05, 2012, 12:38 PM EST
Don't knock him. He brought us his own home remedy for feeling young again-------------A good Cuban cigar coated with a little sugarbush.
PhlutiePhan | Nov 05, 2012, 12:08 PM EST
@NYCsheridan: If you go to Roget's Thesaurus, if you even know what it is, and look up "drivel". Your name will be the first synonym. @faerm1: Will boy was a "work of art". He was a "good 'ol boy" who used spirts as liberally as his taste in women. Unfortunately, truth was a casualty.
katiemac | Nov 05, 2012, 12:06 PM EST
Wonder how much Slick Willie is getting paid to come to rescue Obama? They wouldn't have asked for his help unless desparately worried. The only question is will Bill's help be enough to push this loser over the finish line.
GEF | Nov 05, 2012, 11:57 AM EST
Most strong religious minded (Protestant & Catholic) Irish Americans will no doubt vote for Romney anyway over the abortion issue. Is he not Pro life and Obama Pro choice. One bookie in Ireland Paddy Powers has already paid out on bets that Obama will win the election. So he must have received inside information from somewhere.
BrianO | Nov 05, 2012, 11:29 AM EST
Typical IC drivel, searching for any wisp of anti Romney propaganda.
faberm1 | Nov 05, 2012, 11:27 AM EST
I love Bill Clinton. He is one of our most entertaining ex-Presidents even though he hasn't an ounce of credibility in anything he says. You gotta love that boy from Arkansas that done good.
CavanAncestor | Nov 05, 2012, 10:50 AM EST
What an assinine and patronizing statement! I've listened closely to Clinton in the audio/video clips on the media. For a man who is an accomplished liar, I feel his pain. There's no Clinton passion (oops! bad word for the serial groper)in what he's saying. Liked him better in 2008 when he was out character assassinating with telling barbs the Anointed One.
WayneHyde | Nov 05, 2012, 10:49 AM EST
Typical Bill Clinton! Lies and distortions are his hallmark. He and Barrack Obama are quite a pair.
porkheaven | Nov 05, 2012, 10:48 AM EST
Neither Clinton or Obama are capable of telling the truth. I am a reformed Dem and became a republican. Clinton has a well oiled zipper and Obama is not Dem but a Marxist.
Tom Mo | Nov 05, 2012, 10:17 AM EST
NYCsheridan. Are you enjoying your puberty ?
irishmathair | Nov 05, 2012, 10:15 AM EST
Bill Clinton's ability to tell the truth is questionable at best. Look at the straight face when he lied to a nation that voted for him, lied under oath to a grand jury about his sordid affairs while in office. Why should I or anyone believe anything he has to say now. Obama has not proved to be any better. They are full of crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Murph46 | Nov 05, 2012, 10:14 AM EST
Convicted liar!
LaurelFL | Nov 05, 2012, 10:11 AM EST
I think the comments made by most of the Democrats are foolish....More foolish, let's say, than the Republicans. First, "...they are going after the Irish?" I guess I would like to know what "they" have done "for" the Irish. We don't need more of these negative comments about anyone...that's all we hear from the Democrats ... As the now President Obama said, when a candidate, "...when they don't have anything positive to say ...." This President has torn the country apart ... We need a fresh change and we don't need just a bunch of words...I guess if you tell some people how wonderful you are, some of them might beieve you. The United States are NOT the streets of Chicago and thank God for that! I'd like to think better of us ... The Democratic Party is NOT what it used to be ... behind the Irish. I don't know what they are other than "behind the times."
Tom Mo | Nov 05, 2012, 10:08 AM EST
Why don't you at Irish Central stop the Bullcrap about the so called Irishness of certain miscreants like Bill Clinton, Barak Husain Obama, Slow Joe Biden, Che Gevara, Pol Pot and so on. It can be very irritating to one born in Ireland.
NYCsheridan | Nov 05, 2012, 10:07 AM EST
Michael "from Idaho" claims he voted for Obama in 2008 but is now voting for RoMoney. Michael is either an idiot or a liar. Or perhaps both.
Kabala0957 | Nov 05, 2012, 10:06 AM EST
We have enough problems. I do not think Ireland is on anyboy's mind.
NYCsheridan | Nov 05, 2012, 10:04 AM EST
Tom Mo, get a life, man! You racist, tea-bagging idiot!
NYCsheridan | Nov 05, 2012, 10:03 AM EST
How come the RePukes don't use Bush and Cheney as surrogates on the campaign trail? LOL!
Getlin2 | Nov 05, 2012, 09:57 AM EST
This man has no shame. Clinton said in a speech that "when he was a little kid and he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar his face turned red". I want to know if his face turned red when he got caught with his P---- in Monica Lewinsky.
louro | Nov 05, 2012, 09:50 AM EST
If Rommey did want to stay clear of the racist pack he could really just say the name of the company. It could be German or Japanese. The point would be about outside money. This way it really means "scary ungodly unsound people". I will be very sad and worried for the common American if he wins. It looks like the great leap backwards in all aspects you can think of.
johnshiel | Nov 05, 2012, 09:48 AM EST
people should listen to this guy because he tells the truth! right?
Tom Mo | Nov 05, 2012, 09:44 AM EST
James O'Shea. Get a life man. "come after the Irish next"? After who? or whom? You are an idiot. A Racist, liberal, idiot.
redhand32 | Nov 05, 2012, 09:43 AM EST
re:michaelidaho "Romney could have said 'Fiat' instead of 'Italians... ." The fact that he chose Italians means either (or both) things: 1) Romney is ignorant of Fiat's ownership; and/or 2) he intentionally chose the age old sectarian "divide and conquer" playbook of elites (as in the north of Ireland) in using "Italians" in a blatantly false ad anyway. You ate the soup dude !
biggles008 | Nov 05, 2012, 09:41 AM EST
Good man Bill
hermitTalker | Nov 05, 2012, 09:38 AM EST
Much as I admire WJC for his overall work as POTUS and for Ireland I disagree here. He, his wife as Sec. of State with Obama have already with their policies and Planned Parenthood have already come after African Americans, Hispanics and the Irish and Italians with their abortion policies, more to come if they are re-elected. Also forcing all USA and European citizens to pay back the Banker-Mortgage Gamblers to add taxes, cut benefits from the most vulnerable. In Ireland this morning the Finance Minister said they could not take the a £euro pension per year from a former banker who did that - paid for out of the bailout money the Government here is taxing all citizens with. I was a registered Democrat all my life in the USA and faxed my papers for this election to vote absentee as a GOP member. I had been shaky with the Demos. surrender to the Flakes voted for McCain against Obama's stated policies. No longer for the Dems until they return to the center or a decent Third Party absorbs the best of both and sheds the untra-Right and ultra-left of both. HOPE and FORWARD but in my chosen direction!
cillowen | Nov 05, 2012, 09:35 AM EST
polygamy is what made them flee to mexico mitt's cousins still occupy their mormon colony space outside of juarez mx and maintain 24/7 protection from the gangs that permeate that region. Were mitt to succeed we'd have another challenge to deal with - kidnapping and ransoming that would follow. Meredith Romney was alreay kidnapped and ransom paid for his release.
johhnyb | Nov 05, 2012, 09:33 AM EST
If Bill says it, it must be true.
michaelidaho | Nov 05, 2012, 08:50 AM EST
While Romney could have simply said "Fiat" instead of "Italians," to argue that this was an ethnic slur, is just more evidence of the divisive identity politics that the Democrats like to engage in. Just another reason, among many, that this former Obama supporter will be voting for Romney. On the one hand, I am surprised that Bill Clinton would stoop this low. On the other hand, it just reveals the pathetic state of affairs in American politics.