“Well, if I were Joe and I was running as an independent, that’s what I’d say, too,” Clinton said. “But that’s not quite right. That is, there were almost no Democrats who agreed with his position, which was, ‘I want to attack Iraq whether or not they have weapons of mass destruction.’” (ABC News)
TRANSLATION:
Stop trying to hang on to my political coattails like a leach Joe. I won’t be dragged down just because you’re too stupid. Last time I do a charity apperance for an old friend…
If Lieberman loses today it will hurt the standing in the Democratic party of both Bill and Hillary Clinton. Call them liberal, call them conservative, call them triangulators, just don’t call them losers…
“The thing that’s different is the combination of a new sense of urgency about the problem and a sense of optimism that dealing with the problem can produce economic prosperity.” (Washington Post)
TRANSLATION:
When I was in office, my hands were tied politically. Now that I’m a private citizen, I can say whatever I want and what I really believe.
Mr. Clinton said he would focus heavily on the climate issue over the next year. “It seems to me that there is now a consensus in the world that climate change is real and that we have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” he said. “What we need now is more information about how to do it quickly, economically, and organize the efforts to do it. It seemed to me that the challenge was quite a bit like the work I’ve done on AIDS.” (New York Times)
TRANSLATION:
Well, looks like I solved AIDS in Africa. I need to move on to bigger and better things.
