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Sunday, September 23, 2007
It didn't work for John Kerry; I don't think it works for Hillary Clinton
Remember in 2004 when John Kerry said that foreign leaders around the world for pulling for him to defeat George Bush? He couldn't provide any evidence of that and the whole grandiose claim backfired on him as many people recoiled at the thought that we should base our own electoral decisions on the opinions of foreign leaders. Well, Bill Clinton is out there to do John Kerry one better, claiming that world leaders have told him that they just can't wait until his wife becomes president.Bill Clinton regularly touts his wife's bid for the White House by telling crowds that leaders around the globe are pulling for Hillary Clinton's election in 2008.Let's just accept that Chirac and Singapore's former prime minister said that to Bill Clinton. Do the American people really care whom Jacques Chirac wants for president. Chirac and his Bush disdain are so very yesterday.
Yet none of the leaders the former President cited will back him up, the Daily News has found.
"Every African leader I talked to, every single one when I was there, without any prodding from me, said, 'For God sakes, I hope Hillary wins. We don't like disliking America here,'" Bill Clinton said at a fund-raiser for her last month.
"I called the outgoing French president, and he said, 'Oh, tell me Hillary's going to win. I'm so tired of disliking America,'" Bill Clinton told the crowd.
Bill Clinton also quoted the immediate past prime minister of Singapore as saying, "'Please tell me Hillary's going to win. We need America leading the world again.'"
Aides to Jacques Chirac, the former French president, and Goh Chok Tong, Singapore's former prime minister, told The News they could not confirm Bill Clinton's assertions - and, they said, it's general policy to stay out of other countries' elections.
Americans aren't going to consult the opinions of foreign leaders when they vote in 2008. And it is quite revealing that the Clintons think the supposed approval of foreigners is a great selling point.
And Bill's claim about every African leader wanting Hillary to be president raises the question of whom that remark is really targeted at. Is Clinton trying to say that Africans prefer his wife, apparently the first Black First Lady, to Barack Obama, a son of an African man? Is this Bill's way to say that his wife is the preferred candidate among Africans? Oh, please.Labels: Hillary Clinton
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Remember in 2004 when John Kerry said that foreign leaders around the world for pulling for him to defeat George Bush? He couldn't provide any evidence of that and the whole grandiose claim backfired on him as many people recoiled at the thought that we should base our own electoral decisions on the opinions of foreign leaders. Well, Bill Clinton is out there to do John Kerry one better, claiming that world leaders have told him that they just can't wait until his wife becomes president.
Americans aren't going to consult the opinions of foreign leaders when they vote in 2008. And it is quite revealing that the Clintons think the supposed approval of foreigners is a great selling point.
And Bill's claim about every African leader wanting Hillary to be president raises the question of whom that remark is really targeted at. Is Clinton trying to say that Africans prefer his wife, apparently the first Black First Lady, to Barack Obama, a son of an African man? Is this Bill's way to say that his wife is the preferred candidate among Africans? Oh, please.
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Remember in 2004 when John Kerry said that foreign leaders around the world for pulling for him to defeat George Bush? He couldn't provide any evidence of that and the whole grandiose claim backfired on him as many people recoiled at the thought that we should base our own electoral decisions on the opinions of foreign leaders. Well, Bill Clinton is out there to do John Kerry one better, claiming that world leaders have told him that they just can't wait until his wife becomes president.
Bill Clinton regularly touts his wife's bid for the White House by telling crowds that leaders around the globe are pulling for Hillary Clinton's election in 2008.Let's just accept that Chirac and Singapore's former prime minister said that to Bill Clinton. Do the American people really care whom Jacques Chirac wants for president. Chirac and his Bush disdain are so very yesterday.
Yet none of the leaders the former President cited will back him up, the Daily News has found.
"Every African leader I talked to, every single one when I was there, without any prodding from me, said, 'For God sakes, I hope Hillary wins. We don't like disliking America here,'" Bill Clinton said at a fund-raiser for her last month.
"I called the outgoing French president, and he said, 'Oh, tell me Hillary's going to win. I'm so tired of disliking America,'" Bill Clinton told the crowd.
Bill Clinton also quoted the immediate past prime minister of Singapore as saying, "'Please tell me Hillary's going to win. We need America leading the world again.'"
Aides to Jacques Chirac, the former French president, and Goh Chok Tong, Singapore's former prime minister, told The News they could not confirm Bill Clinton's assertions - and, they said, it's general policy to stay out of other countries' elections.
Americans aren't going to consult the opinions of foreign leaders when they vote in 2008. And it is quite revealing that the Clintons think the supposed approval of foreigners is a great selling point.
And Bill's claim about every African leader wanting Hillary to be president raises the question of whom that remark is really targeted at. Is Clinton trying to say that Africans prefer his wife, apparently the first Black First Lady, to Barack Obama, a son of an African man? Is this Bill's way to say that his wife is the preferred candidate among Africans? Oh, please.
Labels: Hillary Clinton
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