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Photograph of Senator Barack Obama and former presidential Bill Cilnton by Jasmina Meyer/Highlands Today via AP
Former president Bill Clinton made, as Politico's Jonatha Martin reports, "his first campaign appearance by Barack Obama's side" at a late-night rally in Florida. Clinton said, "Barack Obama represents America’s future and you better be there for him next Tuesday.” See video of the rally after the jump.
Clinton, whose words of support for wife Hillary's own presidential campaign involved doubting Obama, spoke at the Democratic National Convention, giving a rousing speech for Obama. Last night, the NY Times noted, "Without directly saying so, Mr. Clinton compared Mr. Obama – and his grasp of issues and abilities – to himself when he won the White House in 1992." He also slammed the Republican party's recent rhetoric, "[The GOP] just presided over the biggest redistribution of wealth since the 1920s and we all know how that went. So don’t tell me about redistribution.”
Obama said of the former president, "We all wish the last eight years looked a lot more like the Clinton years when he was in the White House," and "Nobody makes the case for change that works for the middle class like Bill Clinton.”
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Compare your financial plan under McCain vs. Obama.
http://www.planwithvoyant.com
What I find interesting is that tax cuts make a small difference in my long-term outlook, while market growth and inflation have a huge impact on my nest egg. The public attention given to tax breaks makes no sense to me. I'm voting for the candidate who will grow the U.S. economy and keep inflation down.
You are less likely to have growth and low inflation in the coming years and it will have little to do with who is in the White House. The economy has and will continue to keep shifting toward service jobs. It's far less likely you will get a big rise in worker productivity in the service sector that you can get in manufacturing. Productivity increases are one of two big ways to control inflation during an expansion. The other is cheap imports. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s we kept importing deflation from Asia. Well, it's finally caught up with us in several ways. One is the declining dollar. Second is that demand from other parts of the world are getting large enough to influence the marketplace of raw materials. Third is that the supply of labor (and even management) in Asia is not technically limitless although it sure seemed that way. Wages there are rising and squeezing profits just as much as the falling dollar does.
Dang it -- smart people got here first and made it impossible to throw around broad, glib, partisan slander. Screw it, they can't take this away from me:
Suck it, McCain!
I'm amazed by the incredible amount of public interest in Sarah Palin. Good or bad, she's become somewhat of a pop icon. People are dressing like her to be and/or mock her all at the same time.
For instance, I found this video on dressing like Palin:
http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/668-how-to-dress-like-sarah-palin
Sarah Palin will go down as the Sassiest Goofball evar!
Barack O Bubba!
It's nice to see the Clintons showing their support.
Hmm, how about a Barack-Bubba-Barbie Threesome video? We could name it 'Sarah Does Washington' and dedicate the proceeds to the Homeless Moose Lodge of Anchorage.