Bill Clinton: Obama's Not Very Smart

[5711-Marine]

Bill Clinton: Obama's Not Very Smart
—DrewM.

Okay, so that's not exactly what he said but it's pretty much the gist of his "praise" of Obama's handling of the economic crisis.

"You know what he did?" Clinton said, heralding Obama's reaction to the financial crisis. "First he took a little heat for not saying much. I knew what he was doing. He talked to his advisers – he talked to my economic advisers, he called Hillary. He called me. He called Warren Buffet. He called all those people, you know why? Because he knew it was complicated and before he said anything he wanted to understand."

So it was too complicated for Obama to understand right away, he had to talk to smart people like Bill and...Hillary to make sense of it. The backhanded compliment is fine and delicate art. Bill Clinton is a master of it.

Have I mentioned the strange new respect I've developed for the Clinton's in the last year?

[LorDiego01]

WoW.. you are really grasping at straws here.. in every sense of the word.

I take that comment the complete other way around.. instead of opening his mouth and sounding like a dumbass, McCain style... he wanted to be educated in the subject before he gave his opinion.

Props to Obama.

[billamj]

WoW.. you are really grasping at straws here.. in every sense of the word.

I take that comment the complete other way around.. instead of opening his mouth and sounding like a dumbass, McCain style... he wanted to be educated in the subject before he gave his opinion.

Props to Obama.

True, the man has only been in the Senate for the past two years and has voted in favor of several of the plans that ended up biting us in the ass, what would he actually know about the situation.

[5711-Marine]

WoW.. you are really grasping at straws here.. in every sense of the word.

I take that comment the complete other way around.. instead of opening his mouth and sounding like a dumbass, McCain style... he wanted to be educated in the subject before he gave his opinion.

Props to Obama.

But he has run on UNDERSTANDING the economy...

And calling President Clinton and Hillary Clinton for advice?

[Morel42]

Are you kidding? Now your blasting him for talking to experts, and asking advice from more experenced people?

Do you have any idea how silly that sounds? It's the highest form of idocy to assume you know better and never talk to those who are experts in the field.. Look what happen when Bush has done it..

Fema anyone?

[Legion_Prime]

Are you kidding? Now your blasting him for talking to experts, and asking advice from more experenced people?

Do you have any idea how silly that sounds? It's the highest form of idocy to assume you know better and never talk to those who are experts in the field.. Look what happen when Bush has done it..

Fema anyone?

Oh yeah, the ex-CEO's of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac whom Obama has on his campaign staff are people I really want helping obama "fix" the economy.

[Morel42]

Oh yeah, the ex-CEO's of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac whom Obama has on his campaign staff are people I really want helping obama "fix" the economy.

McCain has the same on his staff.. Ugh... Blah blah.. Are the CEO's current advisors in what capacity?

Obama's Staff
McCain's Staff

[Legion_Prime]

McCain has the same on his staff.. Ugh... Blah blah.. Are the CEO's current advisors in what capacity?

Obama's Staff
McCain's Staff

Really? They're getting paid to be on the campaign staff of BOTH candidates? Damn, they're better than I thought! Sneaky little bastids.

[efwolfcub]

I noticed you missed what was probably the most important part of that interview:

"but I know what else he said to his economic advisers -- he said, 'Tell me what the right thing to do is. What's the right thing for America? Don't tell me what's popular, you tell me what's right, I'll figure it out and sell it.'"

This is a situation that's complicated enough that most people in the industry don't understand it. God forbid he goes to people like Warren Buffet and Paul Volcker for advice.