President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail with Terry McAulliffe over the weekend.
https://twitter.com/RyanSloaneCNN/status/394558142010249218
Heh. Clinton blathered on with absurd praise for McAuliffe, natch.
Bill Clinton: "Look, Terry McAuliffe is my friend. If he were 50 points behind, I would be here… I love the guy."
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 27, 2013
But, that’s neither here nor there. Because, this happened:
"I'd sit there in arkansas and say, 'I wish I had thought of that,'" –@billclinton on the "virginia is for lovers" slogan
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 27, 2013
Bill Clinton said he wished when he was governor of Arkansas that he had thought of the "Virginia is for lovers" campaign first.
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) October 27, 2013
Bill Clinton: "Remember that old 'Virginians for Lovers' ad? I sat there in Arkansas when I was gov, 'I wish I had thought of that!'”
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) October 27, 2013
@jmartNYT oh my.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) October 27, 2013
Oh my, indeed. Creepily fitting or just creepy? Twitter users decide!
RT @ron_fournier: Betsey Wright would've nixed RT @BetsyNBC: Clinton on "Va. is for Lover" slogan "I used … http://t.co/yG2dWd8CWy
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 27, 2013
Offff course he did MT @jmartNYT "I'd sit there in ark. and say, 'I wish I had thought of that,'" –@billclinton on "VA is for lovers" slogan
— Dan (@DCRadioDan) October 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/dangainor/status/394593665361801216
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Not good slogan for him “@jmartNYT: "I'd sit there in AR & say, 'I wish I had thought of that,'" –@billclinton on "VA is for lovers" slogan”
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) October 28, 2013
credible though mT @ananavarro: Not good slogan for him “@jmartNYT: "'wish I'd thought of that,'" @billclinton on "VA is for lovers" slogan”
— Alex Castellanos (@alexcast) October 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/DJB627/status/394597770473918464
@NKingofDC @jmartNYT "Hot Springs is for lovers" has some possibilities.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) October 27, 2013
Shudder. Fox News’ Dana Perino swoops in with the win:
@NKingofDC @jmartNYT sounds like the problem, actually.
— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) October 27, 2013
Bam!
As a giggle bonus, this also happened:
Bill Clinton just razzed Terry McAuliffe for his tendency to embellish and exaggerate.
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) October 28, 2013
What?
Bill teasing someone for lying = LOL RT @jameshohmann: Bill Clinton just razzed Terry McAuliffe for his tendency to embellish and exaggerate
— Brittany (@bccover) October 28, 2013
Snicker.
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