One woman stood up, pointed out that South Carolina is one of the reddest states in the country, and said she spent eight years defending Bill Clinton.
"Thanks," he deadpanned slightly rolling his eyes and getting a laugh.
She asked how to respond to critics who say Hillary Clinton is polarizing.
"The only people that she's a polarizing figure around is the people that don't know her," Bill Clinton said. "I mean, the reason I think she's the most electable Democrat has nothing to do with race or gender. It is that they have systematically polarized the country, the right-wing Republican faction has. They first took over the Republican Party, and then they preformed reverse-plastic surgery on the Democrats."
A few things: first, this is a complete non-sequitur and it sounds like he developing a conspiracy theory here. Second, if it is not about race and gender, why mention it unless you want to look sleazy. Third, is the reverse plastic surgery a good metaphor to describe the politics of the last twenty years because it eliminates the agency of democrats-- they forced us to be this way....
The former president does go on to say that if the nominees were Clinton and McMcain, they would run the most civil campaign ever. I bet they would even hold hands during it:
"She and John McCain are very close," Bill Clinton said. "They always laugh that if they wound up being the nominees of their parties, it will be the most civilized election in American history, and they're afraid it would put the voters asleep. Because they like and respect each other."
This is why there will never be an Obama/ Clinton ticket.
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Ummm, I have spent the last decade of my life with a crush on Bill Clinton and I really, really like Hillary. But I feel like they're losing it. I just listened to Bill's statement on TV as I was reading along and he's not even sounding coherent. Is it just sleep deprivation?
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