"A giant swing and a miss"

◼ Krauthammer: Bill Clinton speech ‘a giant swing and a miss’ - Jeff Poor/Daily Caller

◼ Bill Clinton: A good lawyer defending a guilty client - Dick Morris

The low point of Clinton’s speech was when he boldly charged into the fray – like the charge of the light brigade – and said that we are better off today than we were four years ago! Four years ago, with the US unemployment rate at just 6 percent, was worse than today with 8.3 percent? Four years ago, with just a $10 trillion debt, it was somehow not as good as today with a $16 trillion debt? Clinton’s arguments were obviously inadequate and sought to do something that cannot be done: speaking positively of Obama’s record.

In his obvious inability to win the argument, Clinton showed us how weak it is. As he recited his statistics, we came to understand how hollow they are. Is this all he can say about Obama’s record we all asked?

◼ To save Obama, Clinton ignores his own deregulation moves - John Berlau/FOX
◼ CLINTON, DOWNGRADED - Joel B. Pollak/Breitbart

Once, he was the “Comeback Kid.” Now, he’s “Boilerplate Bill.”

Former President Bill Clinton told the delegates to the Democratic National Convention everything they had already heard over the past two days. Even the smears were old.
The only interesting moment was when Clinton ad-libbed a Birther joke. (Racist!)
Otherwise, the speech was a dud. No surprises, just a loyal party member showing up to pay his dues. Even Clinton seemed bored....

Clinton couldn’t say much about the Obama record, so he framed the choice as between “you’re on your own” and “we’re all in it together. (Yes, you’ve heard it before.)
Clinton’s delivery was tired and plodding, with plenty of finger-wagging and lip-licking. It did have a certain folksy appeal--but largely because it contrasted so sharply in tone (not in content) from what had preceded it, particularly the overwrought exhortations of Sandra Fluke.

◼ Why am I watching this collection of trained seals? I have no idea. The man's a liar. That's my first actual thought about him. It sums up his performance. - Crack Emcee/The Macho Response