A "civilized election?"?

So Bill Clinton says that if its his wife vs. McCain in the general election, it will be one of the most "civilized in American history." I'm sorry, but any election involving the Clintons just doesn't seem civilized to me in any way. I'd like to see Obama take on McCain; that race has a chance at being civilized. All I'm saying is that Obama and McCain respect each other, that's why it could be civilized.

Public Comments

1. That is ridiculous. Bill Clinton was one of the best president's we've ever had. Republicans can deny it all they want, but they know it's true. Hillary Clinton '08
2. You cannot be serious. When one portion of the country votes for a candidate just because he is of the same race....and for no other reason...then the election is a fraud no matter how you slice or dice it. If Obama becomes the choice of the democratic party...it is going to be an ugly ugly election in which racism will play a huge role. .
3. i would say you are right becasue hilary has no chance of winnin gafter that racist behaviour
4. Perhaps Clinton was a good president but he had his problems. Wasn't he almost impeached? As for Hilary and Obama, neither have the experience in foreign policy that a president should have. I'm concerned about the Islamic connection with Obama as well. I have concerns about Hilary. Why put Bill back into the White House where he can have more aides at his disposal? Why would Hilary stay married to someone so unfaithful? You see my point and I see yours. I'm just not willing to risk America to see a "civilized" or other campaign.
5. I would rather Hillary get it over Obama, but she is worse that Bill was. And yes he was a very BAD president. Who can call that a good president? For the sake of our country, a republican needs to win.
6. Since when has any of the US elections been civilized?
7. Civilized. Right. Until it becomes clear that McCain is losing to Obama, at which point, who knows what he'll do? One of the few people that I never thought I'd see engage in dishonest campaigning was John McCain. Negative, yes; even misleading, maybe; but not outright dishonesty. The Iraq War is "his issue". Everyone practically agreed on that. Rudy Giuliani was 9/11, Mike Huckabee was evangelicals, Mitt Romney was conservative, and John McCain was the war. McCain was seemingly doing better than everyone because his issue was front and center. That all changed after Michigan. All of a sudden, everyone, even the Democrats, was trying to present themselves as the champion of sound economic policy. Mitt Romney seized the moment, pushing himself forward as the most economy-oriented candidate. It worked like a charm in Michigan, giving him a huge victory (number-wise and symbolically) over McCain. For a time, it seemed like McCain might rally. They left each other largely alone in the next week or so, with McCain focusing on South Carolina and Romney on Nevada. But when Florida rolled around, Romney's message started taking hold again, and everyone knew that he was holding all the cards. McCain tried to steal the issue, but it didn't work. Everyone trusted Romney better, especially after his command performance in the debate. So McCain tried changing the conversation, making it about the Iraq War again. I kind of expected it, actually. But then he did something I never thought he would do: he lied. He tried to make it look like Romney had called for troop withdrawals back in the summer, when in reality all Romney had said was the Iraqis needed timetables to monitor their progress. At first, I thought McCain had just misunderstood what Romney had said; but then I asked myself, "If that's what he thought, then why didn't he bring it up before now? He's been yelling at everyone he thought didn't show enough support for the war for over a year now. He had the perfect opportunity at the debate, when Romney was criticizing Hillary Clinton for wanting to set timetables for withdrawal, to say 'Wait a minute, Governor, you said the same thing just a few months ago.'" The truth is, he knew that's not what Romney had said, and he knew that's not what Romney meant. This is more than just political maneuvering and trying to fling a little mud. This was a flatout lie on McCain's part, which means two things: one, he really hates Mitt Romney; and two, he's worried that he'll lose to him. Can you imagine what he'd do if he were desperate and losing in the general election?