Bill Clinton touched me today.

[PeaceNikki]

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His left hand hugged my right hand just after I took this. It was cool. The end.

[bigtree]

1. he has big, soft hands

[johnnie]

4. Yeah, he does

It sort of freaked me out when I shook his hand.

[bigtree]

28. back when he was governor and running for president

He was jogging with a crowd of supporters to an event across from the White House. i took my then-10 year-old son to see him. After he gave a few short remarks, Clinton, in pink jogging shorts, came down the rope line and grasped both my hand and my sons hand all at once in his big soft hands. We'll both never forget that moment.

[alphafemale]

47. Most candidates for presidential office DO have hands as soft as a baby's butt

It is kind of creepy to feel.

Two exceptions? Jimmy Carter and Al Gore.

Those men have held a hoe. Or a shovel. Or a hammer in their life.

[snooper2]

48. That sounded like the start of chapter #4

[hlthe2b]

2. Aww... there's a lot of things I never agreed with him on, but I do love me some "Big Dawg"

I'm SOOOOOO glad he came to Wisconsin. Kudos Mr. 42nd President.

[catbyte]

3. Now if he'd just keep his mouth shut about how awesome Bain is

I'd REALLY love him!



Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage Even Though They Are Lower Life Forms--HISS!”

[hlthe2b]

5. Yeah... that one still has me dumbstruck.

[GoCubsGo]

7. Not so strange when you think about it.

The right STILL hates him with the white-hot heat of a thousand suns. So he's just smearing "Bill Clinton" onto Mitt Romney like frosting on a cake.

[Jamastiene]

33. Ah, I get it now.

That is brilliant.

[magical thyme]

39. I really hope you're right. nt

[msongs]

8. you should try reading the full quote of what he said & disregard biased sound bites nt

[uponit7771]

11. +1

[GeorgeGist]

12. I did ...

and it's even worse.

[Zoeisright]

30. Plus a billion.

[magical thyme]

40. the part about how Bain does good work buying up failing companies? or the other part, about

buying up successful companies, loading them with debt, gutting them and axing the employees, in order to temporary boost their stock and pay itself big time. And then moving on to the next victim, leaving the remaining shreds of a company to go bankrupt at the government's expense?

Because I don't remember reading that second part. And I did read the whole quote. Several times.

[snooper2]

51. Are you going to respond to all these replies you got now?

You got some additional info we haven't been able to find?


What's the full quote that will show how biased the sound bites are?

[Comrade_McKenzie]

10. Watched a bit of the live stream of Walmart's shareholders' meeting, too...

Bill recorded a special video for it, talking about how great the company was at sustainability and on environmental issues.

[Aristus]

6. I'm thrilled for you, PeaceNikki!

Love the Big Dog!

[Serial Mom]

9. .

[a kennedy]

13. A W E S O M E photo.....

go big dawg, soon to be Gov Barrett, and Brewers......great picture.

[PeaceNikki]

14. isn't it?

That's my mom... I was on her PC accidentally logged in as her.

[WI_DEM]

15. was it a good sized crowd?

[PeaceNikki]

16. yes, park was full. I have no crowd number estimate.

FOX will say there were 7 people.

Speakers were: Mike Tate, Mahlon Mitchell, John Erpenbach, Lena Taylor, Barrett, Clinton, and a local lady getting screwed by Walker losing BadgerCare.

[Marr]

17. *Must... resist... obvious joke...*

*Mustn't... give... in....*

[PeaceNikki]

19. setup was intentional

[Cave_Johnson]

26. Came in to see if all the good jokes were taken...

[randome]

50. Me, too! Too late!

[jeanmarc]

27. ...

"touched you where?"

Yep, must be that one.

[Jazzgirl]

18. Wonderful!

Bet you never bathe or wash the clothes you wore again.

[calimary]

21. Nope. That kind of thing sinks into the pores. Can't wash it out.

[PeaceNikki]

23. it's true.

[PeaceNikki]

22. I touched his wedding ring so almost like touching Hillary, too!

[calimary]

20. Nice!

[GeorgeGist]

24. Mitt Romney thanks Bill Clinton for Bain praise

“I think Bain Capital has a good and solid record. I was happy to see President Clinton made a similar statement … and called my record superb,” the Republican presidential candidate said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/76960.html

[PeaceNikki]

25. That doesn't have Dick to do with the struggles here on WI, but thanks for your concern.

Bill is an icon, a great speaker, a smart and compassionate man. He's popular with minorities and those who tend to stay home for mid-term and special elections. Walker won (and Feingold lost) in 2010 because 125k Democrats who voted for Obama couldn't or wouldn't get to the polls that fateful day in 2010. 108k in Milwaukee alone. We need Bill, warts and all.

[Zoeisright]

29. I shook his hand in 2006. It was incredible.

[Happydayz]

31. Good for you!!

Personally, I don't want to shake hands with an Obama hater, wish Obama would fail so Hillary can run in 2016 and Romney Bain Mittens supporter. No thanks!!

[lunatica]

41. Wow. You make no sense

Welcome to DU though...

[coalition_unwilling]

44. It makes sense to me and should to anyone who pays attention more

than 5 minutes.

To wit, back in 1992, then-Governor Clinton flew back from New Hampshire to Arkansas to preside over the execution of a man with an IQ right at the borderline of what we consider 'retarded.' Why, you might ask, was it so important that Clinton execute someone with an IQ of 70 who requested that the dessert (a slice of pecan pie) from his final meal "be saved for later"? Clinton had to prove to voters that he was 'tough on crime' and distract attention from Gennifer Flowers.

It seriously does not get much scummier than that. OK, Operation Shocking and Awful is scummier, but only because there were 1,000,000+ victims.

Google 'Ricky Ray Rector'. You could start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Ray_Rector

[lunatica]

53. Well ya got me!

I would bow to your superiority in all things but

[coalition_unwilling]

54. Back at ya. You enable the execution of the

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mentally retarded, it's no skin off my nose. It's your conscience that will require a good scrubbing come judgment day.

The woman to whom I'm now married also just reminded me that she was on AFDC at the time of 'welfare reform' and saw her benefits drastically slashed. We'll never know how many women suffered death or disfigurement at the hands of an abusive partner because they saw no choice for themselves but to return to their abusive partner in the wake of such benefit cuts.

Which reminded me of slick Willie's talent for picking on those without the power to defend themselves, while fellating those he admires like Romney.

Dems like the Clintons make me ashamed I have ever called myself Dem.

[coalition_unwilling]

46. Welcome to DU and I share your feelings - n/t

[Jamastiene]

32. Damn, I'm dirty minded.

I know. I know, but you know how my mind works.

It says "This image or video has been moved or deleted"
I want to see the picture.

[PeaceNikki]

35. doh, sorry! Fixed. I moved all to an album.

[Jamastiene]

36. Thank you.

Great picture and congratulations.

[PeaceNikki]

37. Thanks and thanks. It was neat.

[MrMickeysMom]

34. (.)(.)

[malaise]

38. Very cool

Thanks for the pic

[lunatica]

42. I'm glad he was there

I've always loved the way his hands look.

[tooeyeten]

43. been there

done that, know the feeling, got the picture.

Congratulations.

[libodem]

45. Lucky you

I'm jealous. Extra better deal!

[RiffRandell]

49. I shook his hand in 1992 at a campaign rally.

Very cool.

[shcrane71]

52. I don't think I've ever seen him looking so thin!

Thanks for the pics.