Bill Clinton Tells President Obama to Turn Up the Hope

I have to agree with Clinton totally here. To be bipartisan, both Clinton and Reagan had successful presidencies because they were great communicators and used that ability to inspire and motivate. President Obama has the same, or similar, gift of communicating and reaching people. He has been using it as of late to accomplish what he wants using more concern and/or fear. It takes a little more work to do it by inspiring, but gets a better result in the end. Hopefully he listens to Bill.

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Not only was I never mayor of a city -- I was never even President of the P.T.A..............

I was never governor of anything -- much less one of the 58 States in the U.S....

I never had a real job..............

I've never been responsible for balancing a budget or turning a profit..............

I never owned a business.....but.....I was once a community organizer...............

I was a do-nothing senator in one of the 58 states for awhile -- (elected after getting all my opponents disqualified)...............

SO,......... I was wondering if you folks are amazed that enough ignorant Americans would actually vote me into office as President of The 58 Divided States?..............

Obama was all about Hope & Change until he needed fear to get his bill passed.

Obama is not even close to the other Presidents as far as a communicator he talks at people not to them it's' all staged and people know it without the TelePrompTer he does not communicate well at all....I say give him the ear piece and get it over with.... let the 27 year old who writes his speeches for him & can tell him exactly what to say work it for him ...every time Obama or staff speaks the stock market tanks... maybe he should get on Air Force One and take another vacation (he's good at that) in Hawaii & leave the talking to Bill

Obamas fear mongering has left this country in a tail spin.. and market with absolutely no confidence.. in this President or his administration ..

GET THIS CLOWN OUT OF OFFICE - HE IS SABATAGING AMERICA! FROM RECESSION TO OPPRESSION IN 30 DAYS. SOCIALISM IS NOT WELCOME HERE - WHEN ARE THE LIBS GOING TO UNDERSTAND THAT!

Maybe we all aren't getting it,Pelosi,Reid ,Frank and O'Bama want us to be afraid,that way they can get all their liberal ideas passed.They want us to totally depend on the government,we are headed for a complete socialist government,no one wanted to listen before he was elected,now the truth is finally coming out,and fear is the way they will control us.

Well, sandnsum after seven years of Bush's fear mongering. Such mutterings had to influence his successor in the office. According to you apparently it has, please give credit where it belongs. Mr. Knowles thank you for the reminder of how some American Presidents talk to we the people.

Red!!! We stay in a country with 50 states. It is ok you are ingorant and that is why you get a pass. Aol members need to stop hating on the fact this guy is doing more for this country on his first 100 days then the previous did in the whole 8 years. Just shut up and sit back and watch a real president work his thing. It feels good to see a community organizer become president. OBAMA...........GO AHEAD SAY HIS NAME CUZ YOU GONNNA BE VOTIGN FOR HIM IN FOUR MORE YEARS!!

Obama's lack of positivity in his speeches are designed to simply hedge his bets with his plans. Every time he introduces a plan or makes a speech , he prefaces it with something like, "this is the first step and more will be necessary" or " it will get worse before it gets better". He knows exactly what he is doing. He is covering himself in case none of these things work. If they succeed he claims responsibility, if they fail he can say I warned you already. Even if he doesn't win, the disclaimers keep him from losing. Say what you want about him, but the man can play politics better than anyone has in a long time.

I can't believe anyone is so out of touch with reality that they think the Dems are exaggerating the severity of the economic situation for their own ends.

Funny, the exact same words and phrases keep appearing...Rush's notes? Hannity's? Big Socialist Takeover - horrors. Everyone must have an Ulterior Motive in their worlds and now it's Big Brother. Drop the talking points and shut these entertainers off.

People, get out in the world, listen to a variety of economists, read The Economist, listen to the BBC, turn off every emotion-laden 'news' source. You look pretty silly. This IS an enormous global crisis. Obama is definitely telling it like it is.

Clinton's suggestion does have merit, if it's what it takes to allay the paranoia of the ideologically obsessed critics.

And Obama IS a great communicator. You who wish he weren't love to think he never speaks for himself. He is totally an original, with such a firm grasp of language and nuance that his speech and writing stand out. His books provide a look into the development of his political philosophy, and do so with clarity and insight. He doesn't leave things to chance and he knows the value of polishing his thoughts to present them well; ergo, speechwriters (and every president uses them) and teleprompters.

And the stock market isn't tied to Obama's speeches. Most people are too sophisticated and knowledgeable for that.

The "change" Obama ran his campaign on was unrealistic. He conveyed a message to the gullible voters that he would be a magician who would make all the problems go away. They fell for those empty promises. Hillary was honest enough about the international & domestic situations in order not to give "false" hope. After Obama was selected he "changed" his tune & began the back-pedaling when reality set in. Now he's ruffling feathers when his opposers say, "Not so fast." Isn't it better to act "smart" than "quick?" YOU selected a puffed up greenhorn with non-existent experience. My gut-feeling told me long ago what would happen with a President Obama.
Bill Clinton has always been charismatic. As a speaker Obama doesn't even come close to being equal. Bill has vision. He speaks eloquently without stuttering & stammering & without a teleprompter as he has the brilliant mind to KNOW what he wants to say. He continues to be respected by those in foreign countries & will be instrumental in his own way to mend fences (without interfering with Hillary's duties).
"Doom & gloom" utterances accomplishes nothing. Obama is using those words as an excuse for the difficulty he's having in finding effective solutions as opposed to "gloss-overs."
At this point the only way to go is up & it will take the efforts of Dems & Reps alike as Obama lacks the sensible knowledge of which direction to turn.
There are too many egos in the way. Until they are put aside no headway will be made. There's too much "I" & not enough "we." We the people are the ones suffering the consequences. (My thoughts have absolutely nothing to do with skin color.)

President Obama distanced himself from the hope, change, and optimism that got him elected as he started talking about "Petty Grievances" and "Childish Things." Getting snubbed by not going to the Inauguration is not a big deal because I didn't have a tux or clean underware. That's okay and it finally ended "At last." President Obama can bring the hope back anytime if he just stops being childish. Empower the people to participate in an open government. He's shutting people out and that's not his style. He admitted, "He screwed up." Fix it.

jan10:47AMFeb 20th 2009

I can't believe anyone is so out of touch with reality that they think the Dems are exaggerating the severity of the economic situation for their own ends.
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Jan, two comments come to mind:

1. Rahm Emanuel stating something to the fact that "whenever a crisis appears, take advantage of it."

2. Nancy Pelosi stating a few years ago that they (dems) will bring the country to its knees.

To be honest, I cannot remember where or when Pelosi made this statement, but I do remember an alarm going off in my head when she stated it.

Why wouldn't you believe what the dems are doing? You know damn well they are trying to take advantage of this situation.

Were I, the first "Mutt" President of the United States with a young family. I would hedge a few bets, talk at times in a manner they understood, and carry on some programs I really didn't like, want or desired. Especially in the early days, simply to keep the losers, sour grape folks from losing it totally.

In his campaigning, I heard Pres.Elect
Obama say he saw nothing wrong with
sharing the wealth. He needs a pair of
glasses. A share-the-wealth program will
not bring about a new order, but it is only
a fool's dream. Jesus said and I quote,
"You will always have the poor with you."
Phyllis Kunz

I agree with Clinton and I've said it a few times already. Obama's "gloom & doom" is making things worse. The economy isn't the best right now but it's been like this before. Obama should encourage people to be optimistic, not get them depressed. Obama's recent speeches are "downers". What happened to the "yes we can" attitude that got him the office of President? Nothing is going to change if Obama keeps telling everyone that things are so bad and it's only going to get worse and the stimulus package may not help, ect. Any company manager will tell you the worst thing you can do is to lower people's morale. Right now Obama should be out there screaming "we can do this", NOT "it's only going to get worse".

Hi Ms. Kunz,
Oh, so because its in the Bible that we will always have the poor with us...it is okay to store up treasure on Earth? Rather in heaven, as your quoted source said? Using your reference, I would not want to meet the speaker of those words when it's my time. You are welcome to though. Please read Matthew Chapter 7 it might come in handy someday for you ma'am.

Allow me to let you in on a dirty little secret- Obama! and the liberal Democrats don't want the economy to recover. At least, not now. They are trying to initiate Socialism in our country. They are attempting to create a "cradle to grave" welfare state.

The stimulus bill is a spending bill full of pet projects and paybacks. Many of the jobs the bill creates are temporary. Some simply replace other jobs that still exist, while some give existing jobs more work to do.

Obama! and the liberals in Congress want the unemployment numbers to increase. The more people lose their jobs, the more they will require welfare and other government assistance. When it comes time to vote again, these unfortunate people will vote for the party that promises the most free stuff from the government. Hence the Democrats stay in power, and the constitutional principles of limited government- individual freedom and responsibility- will fall by the wayside.

Rusty, I beleive you have it down pat. That's exactely what's happening.

Clinton IS lying again___Democrats completley responsible for financial crash.

Democrats had NO plans for America other than to go socialist state, In 2003 Democrats blocked President Bush's Regulatory Oversight Agency for Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. Then Democrats blocked again S.190 co-sponsored by John McCain in 2005 which woulds have also mandated REGULATION over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Democrats are known for regulating and Republicans are known for Free Market___but in this problem area Democrats REFUSED REGULATION and REPUBLICANS INSISTED on REGUGALTION. W/O the Democrats, these two bills went down in flames.

This allowed the bilking of USA revenue won by the Free Market to be dissipated into the hands of illegal aliens and low income people who could never repay. This was all done by charlatans via predatoryloan sharks.

The Democrats lined their pockets with USA revenue and asked us all to bend over w/o the vaseline. Now through Soros, Reid, Pelosi, Obama, the USA currency is being diluted into never never land and Bill Clinton knows that the Chicago killing machine is here to back it up.

USA__stop acting like victims/sheeple__WE'VE BEEN HAD AND ITS TIME TO FIGHT BACK AND TAKE OUR NATION AWAY FROM THESE FOOLS!

I don't want to hear anything from Bill Clinton. He better shuts his mouth, he's just an hypocrite!