Thursday, September 27, 2007

Clinton rips right wing for ‘feigned outrage’ over MoveOn ad.

Thanks for having influential people stepping up and commenting openly about the outrageous stuff that is happening.

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, President Bill Clinton said there was something “completely disingenuous about the feigned outrage” from conservatives over the MoveOn ad. Clinton noted that many of the same conservatives who expressed outrage had likened Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA) to Osama bin Laden and had smeared Sen. John Kerry’s (D-MA) war record. He added:

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It was just bait and switch. It was just, oh thank goodness, I can take this little word here and ignore what we’ve done in Iraq and what we’re gonna do — and the outrageous way we gained political power by smearing John Kerry.

— (Via Think Progress » Clinton rips right wing for ‘feigned outrage’ over MoveOn ad.).

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