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Why Bill Clinton is now more popular than Barack Obama

Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 12:05 AM

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Bill Clinton is now more popular than Barack Obama according to a new Gallup poll.

He was the villain of the piece during the last presidential election.

Back then he was accused of everything from racism to bullying.

Yet now he is now more popular than the man who swept into the White House on a tidal wave.

A Gallup poll published yesterday showing his favorability rating beating President Barack Obama's for the first time.

Clinton earned a 61 percent favorability rating, compared with 52 percent for Obama, Gallup reported.

Clinton also did far better than former President George W. Bush, who received 45 percent.

How times have changed.

Yet is should be no surprise.

Obama is president from the neck up.

It is all cerebral stuff, no emotion, no real connection with ordinary people even though he is doing a decent job.

Like the Tin Man he needs to find a heart --and soon . Otherwise he is in danger of becoming a stick figure like what happened to Jimmy Carter.

Bill Clinton was mocked when people said he could 'feel their pain.'

Guess what? It worked then and it would work again now.

Obama's best chance may be to get an empathy transplant from his wife,who is by far the warmer person of the two and much more empathetic.

Bill Clinton must be loving this new attention however.

With his daughter's wedding set to flash across the globe next week he will be back exactly where he loves to be at the center of the universe.

He will also be very happy that senators and congressmen want him and not Obama on the campaign trail this November.

It is all retroactive justice for how badly he was treated on the campaign trail.

But revenge is a dish best eaten cold.

Bill Clinton is enjoying seconds right now.

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IrishAndProud | Aug 04, 2010, 11:20 PM EDT

See what I mean?

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ladyliberty | Aug 03, 2010, 12:12 AM EDT

the condition of everything important in the US WAS SO MUCH BETTER WHEN Clinton was in office. I don't blame Obama for the mess today. lt is BUSH-BUSH-BUSH.

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McNamara31 | Aug 02, 2010, 06:49 PM EDT

IrishandProud...The only one you're fooling, is yourself.

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IrishAndProud | Aug 02, 2010, 06:16 PM EDT

What are you talking about, McNamara? You're the first person between us here to bring up Obama's race. Talk about not getting past the 'race' thing...that's apparently YOU, McNamara. I've obviously p-ssed you off somewhere along the line.

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McNamara31 | Aug 01, 2010, 01:03 AM EDT

IrishandProud...Still can't get past that race thing can you? Now, knock yourself out, with a two page response, telling me how very wrong I am (once again) liberal elitist and all, using that “race card”, thingy. How else could you rationalize G W Bush looking better?

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jimmy12003 | Jul 30, 2010, 07:18 PM EDT

what i cant understand is how no one managed to wipe out either one of the bushes! look at the amount of innocent people who died during there time in office as a result of the kiss as-s and financal support they gave that middleast terrorist org!

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IrishAndProud | Jul 28, 2010, 07:59 PM EDT

Why is Bill Clinton 'more popular' now than Barack Obama? And...this is a serious question? The real question is, how can you be LESS popular than Obama, nowadays?

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IrishAndProud | Jul 28, 2010, 07:39 PM EDT

Wrong again, McNamara. GW Bush already looks light-years better than Obama ever will.

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Monsoonman | Jul 27, 2010, 09:52 AM EDT

Ah history weaving in the works...About to see how clinton single handedly balanced the budget, gave us a surplus, restored world peace and still had time for his evening cigar...Now there was a man, a real leader, eh?

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McNamara31 | Jul 26, 2010, 09:05 PM EDT

Presidents, most times, look better in the rear view mirror and Clinton is no exception. Remember all in all, he managed the country well and left a $237 billion dollar surplus. Even Nixon regained respect, in the years following his resignation for his part in the Watergate scandal. However, for GW Bush, no length of time will ever cast a positive image on his presidency and its impact on America and the global economy.

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DLW12183 | Jul 26, 2010, 11:44 AM EDT

Ask main stream media and they will tell you it's all about racism. I wonder how Monica voted?

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chesapeake | Jul 26, 2010, 08:24 AM EDT

Withoutthe Republicans controlling Congress, Bill Clinto would have died on the vine. Regardless, anyone would be better that this political moron with socialist motives. Just goes to show that candidates elected through the efforts of the leftist medias just won't work out. Case in point, Jimmy Carter. VV f

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knowthyself | Jul 26, 2010, 01:17 AM EDT

Maybe Bill Clinton should make a second run for president ? I think he would win hands down. Most of the people who elected Obama are Fed up with him.hes a Lame Duck already.and hes only half way in his term.Billy Boy can charm the panties off Hooker so fast without her even knowing what happened.

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LilPaddy | Jul 25, 2010, 10:26 PM EDT

Hey, lets keep the score sheet clear here..... Billy Boy 'did it' to Monica and dozens of other women...... Mr. B.O. is doing it to the whole country..... Bill wins.......

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Given4AZ | Jul 25, 2010, 02:31 PM EDT

Well, it is questionalble on how much credibility you want to foist upon any poll by Gallup after the revelations on how they manipulate the samples to sway the outcome of their political polling. But you might also want to consider the climate that we're in. This President and his party, which includes most of the so-called news media, continue to try to blame the Bush administration for every negative that results from his, and their, incompetence. While Bill is constantly hailed as the architect of the only surplus, no matter how falacious that statement is. Some facts you might ponder: The supposed surplus of the Clinton years was created by the .com bubble and was a projection based on contiued growth at a rate greater than had been experienced. Falacious because in 1999 the .com bubble had already burst and the Clinton years concluded in a recession. So much for the surplus. Obama and the Dems on the otherhand have had control of congress since 2006. In the US, that means they controlled appropriations and spending. Before 2007, the economy was experiencing healthy growth and high employment. By the end othe first year of Nancy and Harry in control, we were in a recession and the Fanny Mae & Freddie Mac inspired housing collapse had begun. Then we got Obama and he increase the deficit three fold in his first year. You're right when you make the comparison of Obama to Jimmy Carter, they will both go down in history as the worst Presidents in US history. History will decide which of the two was the worst.

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