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Added: Sep 27, 2009
Former President Bill Clinton told NBC's David Gregory on "Meet the Press" that the so-called "vast right-wing conspiracy" still exists and is "as virulent as it was," but has had its impact diminished by the nation's changing demographics. Gregory asked: Your wife famously talked about the vast right wing conspiracy targeting you. As you look at this opposition on the right to President Obama, is it still there? The former President replied: Oh, you bet. Sure it is. It's not as strong as it was, because America has changed demographically. But it's as virulent as it was. I mean, they're saying things about him. You know, it's like when they accused me of murder, and all that stuff they did... But... it's not really good for the Republicans and the country, what's going on now. I mean, they may be hurting President Obama. They can take his numbers down. They can run his opposition up. But, fundamentally, he and his team have a positive agenda for America. Their agenda seems to be wanting him to fail. And that's not a prescription for a good America." He added that Republicans, while weakened as a party, have hurt President Barack Obama and the congressional Democrats, but he doesn't expect a repeat of the 1994 Republican takeover in next year's mid-term elections. "There's no way they can make it that bad," Clinton said. "Number one, the country is more diverse and more interested in positive action. Number two, they've [the American public] seen this movie before, because they had eight years under President Bush when the Republicans finally had the whole government, and they know the results were bad. And, number three, the Democrats haven't taken on the gun lobby like I did, and they took 15 of our members out. So... whatever happens, it'll be manageable for the president."
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