Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my .........

[Warph]

I don't know how true this but, I got this piece off of the Telegraph.      
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2211812/Bill-Clinton-says-Barack-Obama-must-%27kiss-my-ass%27-for-his-support.html


Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support    
By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in New York
Last Updated: 1:13AM BST 29/06/2008

Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama's victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support.


Mr Obama is expected to speak to Mr Clinton for the first time since he won the nomination in the next few days, but campaign insiders say that the former president's future campaign role is a "sticking point" in peace talks with Mrs Clinton's aides. 

The Telegraph has learned that the former president's rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks damaging his own reputation by his intransigence.     

A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he recently told friends Mr Obama could "kiss my ass" in return for his support.            

A second source said that the former president has kept his distance because he still does not believe Mr Obama can win the election.   

Mr Clinton last week issued a tepid statement, through a spokesman, in which he said he "is obviously committed to doing whatever he can and is asked to do to ensure Senator Obama is the next president of the United States ".   

Mr Obama was more effusive at his unity event with Mrs Clinton on Friday, speaking fondly of the absent former president, who attended Nelson Mandela's birthday celebrations in London instead. The candidate told the crowd: "I know how much we need both Bill and Hillary Clinton as a party. They have done so much great work. We need them badly."    

But his aides said he has so far concentrated on cementing relations with Mrs Clinton first. They say they are content to let relations with Mr Clinton thaw gradually.   

It has long been known that Mr Clinton is angry at the way his own reputation was tarnished during the primary battle when several of his comments were interpreted as racist. 

But his lingering fury has shocked his friends. The Democrat told the Telegraph: "He's been angry for a while. But everyone thought he would get over it. He hasn't. I've spoken to a couple of people who he's been in contact with and he is mad
as hell. 

"He's saying he's not going to reach out, that Obama has to come to him. One person told me that Bill said Obama would have to quote kiss my ass close quote, if he wants his support.   

"You can't talk like that about Obama - he's the nominee of your party, not some house boy you can order around.   

"Hillary's just getting on with it and so should Bill."

Another Democrat said that despite polls showing Mr Obama with a healthy lead over Republican John McCain, Mr Clinton doesn't think he can win. 

The party strategist, who was allied to one of the early rivals to Mr Obama and the former First Lady, said Mr Clinton was "very unhopeful" about the nominee's prospects in November.

"Bill Clinton knows the party will unite behind Obama, but he is telling people he doesn't believe Obama can win round voting groups, especially working-class whites, in the swing states," the strategist said.   

"He just doesn't think Obama will be able to connect with the voters he needs."   

Joe Klein, the author of Primary Colours, a fictionalised account of Mr Clinton's 1992 election, who has known the former president for 20 years, said he also heard that he was "very, very bitter", from people who have spoken with him.   

"It's time for him to get over it or go off and do his charitable work. He knows the rules of the road. What's going on now is kind of strange. I think his behaviour is really, really shocking."             

[Teresa]

We got this also in a what we call "teletype".
We get everything political that comes down the pipe sent to us from every gun owner and blogger in the country. LOL
But that is part of our job too ... is staying right on the top of all of this....as most articles sent to us for publication on Down Range have to be text edited (my job) and put up on the site.
Kjell and I work heavily with the NRA, so that is probably why I am swimming like a salmon upstream in the political world. It gets more than a bit overwhelming at times..and the one thing that amazes me is the amount of people who are Liberals who were for Hillary but flat out not going for Obama. Will they change theri minds at the polls? Who knows...
Bill Clinton?  LOL... He should have folded his hand a long time ago in the political world. and just be a "house boy" to his wife. I think she has ruled the roost and the rooster most of their political lives....but he just still keeps trying to pull that Ace out of sleeve.
Personally I'm glad he is not throwing in his cards for Obama... but it won't last. He'll bow down be  lap dog and play the game just like they all do in all the parties. 
They say prostitution is illegal ..but in Washington it is the best legal paid job in town.

[Catwoman]

And, it's a heck of a lot more honest...the prostitutes aren't out there, pretending to be something they're not. 

[Warph]

Personally I'm glad he is not throwing in his cards for Obama... but it won't last. He'll bow down be  lap dog and play the game just like they all do in all the parties. 

Yep Teresa, our resident Sooth-Sayer.... today Bill Clinton, in his meeting with Obama, was the one who kissed ass.