The price of supporting Obama? Bubba turns his sights on you. Welcome to the enemies list of Clinton, Inc., Chappaquiddick Teddy.Do we think a certain former president might still be smarting over Ted Kennedy's decision to endorse Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton?
Bill Clinton tried hard to land the endorsement of the senator from Massachusetts for his wife. Plenty of cajoling and calling was expended in the effort during the hectic month of January. But Kennedy, offended by Bill Clinton's racially-tinged campaigning in South Carolina, finally went for his younger colleague from Illinois.
With the senator's move came much of the Kennedy clan -- including, most recently, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of the first family of liberalism's most iconic campaigner, Bobby Kennedy -- and a critical boost for Obama going into the Super Tuesday primaries.
Bill Clinton could have been gracious.
Instead, he's now slipping digs at the senior Kennedy into his remarks while campaigning before Democratic audiences in key states.
On Thursday in Arizona, the former president said, "I want you to think about this, and I have to say, this was a train wreck that was not intended. No Child Left Behind was supported by George Bush and Sen. Ted Kennedy and everybody in between. Why? Because they didn't talk to enough teachers before they did that."
No Child Left Behind -- the Bush administration's federal education initiative that mandated much new testing but offered scant new funding -- is exceptionally unpopular with teachers and other prime Democratic voting blocs.
In case anyone thought that the complaint about Kennedy was an off-hand reference, Bill Clinton voiced a similar dig on the Massachusetts senator Friday at a campaign stop in Arkansas, which will hold its primary on Tuesday. Speaking to 400 educators and students in Texarkana, the former president said No Child Left Behind exists in its current form because "the President made a deal with Senator Kennedy..."
Kennedy, long a key player on education issues in the Congress, did indeed play a role in shaping and passing No Child Left Behind.
However, what Bubba the Love Boy is leaving out is:
What Bill Clinton fails to spell out on the campaign trail is that Hillary Clinton was an ally of Ted Kennedy in promoting No Child Left Behind. She voted for the No Child Left Behind Act when it passed the Senate in 2001, and has declared that, "I believe that every child should be taught by a qualified teacher and that schools should be accountable to the parents of the children they serve. That is why I supported the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and continue to believe in the principles behind the landmark law."
Ahh....love those libs...they love it, they hate it...of two minds on everything depending which way the wind is blowing...Whoops, I said blowing with a Clinton reference....not good.
Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.
In related news, could Hillary Clinton be thinking of tapping Barry Hussein Obama as her running mate?
Ensconced in delegate rich California this weekend, Sen. Hillary Clinton seems to be sending a message to voters torn between her and Sen. Barack Obama, suggesting maybe she'd make him her running mate.
"Seeing the two of us was just so exciting for so many people," Clinton told PBS host Tavis Smiley in an interview after the two debated Thursday night.
I think Obama would take the VP slot if offered. However, I do not think Mrs. Clinton would be as gracious if she lost the nomination to Barry Hussein Obama.
