April 17, 2008
"If You Don't Want To Play, Keep Your Uniform Off"
ST. MARY'S, PA – Bill Clinton has been crowing all day about his wife's performance in last night's debate. At his most recent stop, he pushed back at some of the complaints coming from Barack Obama's campaign, saying his wife didn't whine when she took some hits.
"[Obama staffers] were saying, 'Oh this is so negative, why are they doing this.' Well, they've been beatin up on her for 15 months," Clinton said. "I didn't hear her whining when he said she was untruthful in Iowa, or called her the senator from Punjab. … But you know, this is a contact sport. If you don't want to play, keep your uniform off."
Clinton also noted that the Obama camp has "said some pretty rough things about me, too." The former president has been particularly miffed of late about Obama's assertions that his administration and the Bush adminstration were similar.
"They've been trying to make that old mangy dog hunt since Nevada," he said.
Clinton said, though, that the race so far "has been basically positive campaign on the issues."
The stop in this small town was the third of the day and the first of his events to be held outdoors in the Keystone State. Much of the town turned out, either huddled in front of the three story house or standing in the street.
It was a very supportive crowd, as well, laughing at even the oldest of Clinton quips and loudly cheering the most simple stump line. And appropriately, given Clinton's comment, the campaign music playlist included a new addition before and after his speech -- the theme from "Rocky."
According to one local reporter, the visit by Clinton was the first by a sitting or former president in at least a century. Harry Truman did pass through when he was a senator from Missouri; Teddy Roosevelt traveled through a nearby the town as he journeyed by train to Washington after President McKinley was shot in Buffalo.
(NBC/NJ's MIKE MEMOLI)
Posted at 05:41 PM
Comments
wait, so it's ok for them to go after Obama, but it's not ok for him to go after Bill?
anonymoose | 04.17.08 06:19 PM
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Soon it will all be over, and the ex-president can go back to shilling for foreign governments, raising secret funds for his library, and whatever else he's been doing since he was suspended from the bar for lying under oath in Federal court.
TKD | 04.17.08 06:24 PM
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He is now a too toxic.....Obama is toast.....put a fork in him....it's over and he does not even know it.
Kefa | 04.17.08 06:45 PM
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Could someone remind Bill that Hillary complained about getting questions first (what ?) at a DEBATE ?
Benjamin | 04.17.08 07:22 PM
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