Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on Friday. (Jim Young/Reuters)
According to Robert Gibbs, the only thing missing was the theme music. Friday’s impromptu press briefing with both President Obama and President Clinton caught everyone off guard at the White House. The Press Secretary joins us tonight to give us the back-story and discuss the latest on the controversial tax cut bill.
Was the scene between Barack and Bill right out of the TV show? Tell us why or why not in the comment section.
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Those two couldn't of planed this if they tried. They had something to say, and with this President, the press had better be all so ready. I wish I could of seen them stumbling around trying to open a door. A great surprise. And a good one.
Brezzydee they actually have a tape of them trying trying to open a door, check it outhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMdapmhpWK4
Mr. O'Donnell's head is much bigger than his body. Can't you do a better job on "photoshop's"? His hands were smaller than his body! I am watching this show right now. Come on!!!
Great show tonight. I loved the Gibbs segment and the last word segment. All very informative. BReilly thanks for the link and the laugh.
Due to the history of our presidential elections, we haven't had a situation where a past president can endorse and support a sitting president so effectively. After all, even presidents don't like to bring their dad in to help do their job for them. And Clinton faced a less popular predecessor in Jimmy Carter and a less convincing economic endorsement had he sought it. This is the first administration where such a moment could have occurred in the past 30 years.
I am a great fan of the show, but I watch exclusively on the web, and I must add that The Last Word has the worst web background I've ever seen. The word "deadly" sticks out in three places, and the name "Robert Crenna". I am Rambo fan, but Deadly Force and Robert Crenna are distracting from my budget analysis. If you are going to make a tableau of random writing for a background, use more than the same 4 lines of text or least make them relevant to your show, or perhaps funny like in the Colbert Report. Either way, please change the background! Thanks.
Congrats on being lumped with Bill Maher in Rush's diatribe on ugly liberalism. Rush is such a waste of protoplasm. Love ya, Crazy Larry!
O'Donnell was a bit gloaty last night at the margin of Sen passage... as if passage of our past 30 budgets and their $22 T R I L L I O N debt P&I sinkhole has been gloat-worthy material. Bernie Sanders is right, "the narrative needs to change."
O'Donnell is gloaty every night! Last night's show seemed to be scripted by the OFA...and to answer O'Donnell's question "who is the big winner with the tax cut bill"? The Walton family.
I'm done with this show.
O'Donnell's fixation was getting a stimulus deal... which is nobel, given the dire economy. Yet his hostility to the fiscal responsiblilty argument, and those fed-up with repub tax cut mania was a bit over the top.
But Lawrence comes from a good place and you must already know that... that's why you've tuned in. Stick around. ;-)
The Obama Admin is still the defacto government... not the House debating society. All's not lost.
Obama and the Dems are going to need Clinton and a miracle for the next election cycle when the deficit and jobs are going to be the biggest campaign issue. Republicans are going to blame everything on Obama. The president is going to be presented a House budget that makes drastic cuts in social services. The Republicans know that if Obama makes those cuts, it will weaken his reelection with the progressive wing of the Dem party. The cuts will help Obama with independent middle of the road voters. But Clinton will have to sell the progressive wing of the Dems to get out and vote. Budget cuts will likely stall the economic recovery much like the double dip during the FDR administration. Somewhere in this morass Obama and the Dems are going to need a miracle.
Miracles based upon a foundation of 30-40 yrs of unsubstainable policies is unlikely. The house of cards fell.
Presidential Overload
It's encouraging to see Obama and Clinton working as a team. There is an equal on the Obama elected monarchy team and its Clinton. That's two presidents. Lets go for nine.
Obama reached presidential overload on 12/7/10. Clinton sensed this and came to help. Clinton's been there. Monica was Clinton's overload. Tax breaks to undeserving wealthy elite is Obama's overload.
Every president, sometime in their term, experiences presidential overlaod. There is a long bloody history of this phenomena getting worse in recent years. This is because America’s presidency is an elected monarchy. Monarchies eventually overload the monarch and fail. This is why democracy was invented.
Must the president always be the end-all, solve-all, and super person? The standard is set too super high. This is why monarchs fail. This is why Obama needs Clinton and seven other presidents by his side. This is why elected oligarchy is superior to elected monarchy. One is a lonely number. Single presidential overload is absolutely unavoidable even to the very best president.
Remind me, never ever ever to run for president until there are eight other elected presidents to assist and support in trying times, difficult issues, and circumstances. Government is a team sport, not golf.
When service in a restaurant suffers, more waiters are needed. When fire breaks out everywhere, more fire fighters are needed. When crime becomes rampant, more police are needed. When democracy morphs to elected oligarchy and America lacks governance, send help to the few surviving democratic representatives. More representatives are needed. More elected presidents are needed. The antidote to corruption of power is disbursement of power. Step it up, America. Be proactive. Check out plan-b.
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