...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of
is...
has come to the rescue. While speaking in Spokane, Washington, on Monday night, the former president managed to spark a Clinton controversy that does not involve terrorism or tedious emails. And all he had to do was attack the cornerstone of his wife's entire campaign.
While praising
Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
America's Blond Eminenceand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Timothy Pickering...
for her ability to make change happen, the ex-president appeared to describe the past eight years -- a.k.a. the B.O. regime, a.k.a. the thing his wife is promising the third term of -- as an "awful legacy."
However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
an aide to Bill Clinton said people were misinterpreting his remarks. In reality, he was attacking -- wait for it -- the Republican Party. "When Republicans controlled the White House, their trickle-down approach drove our economy to the brink of a collapse. After President B.O. was elected, Republicans made it their number one goal to block him at every turn," spokesperson Angel Urena said. "That unprecedented obstruction these last eight years is their legacy, and the American people should reject it by electing Hillary Clinton to build on President B.O.'s success so we can all grow and succeed together."