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Clinton praises Kerry while professing neutrality on contest
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| Last Edited | Eddie Jan 30, 2004 05:02pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Friday, January 30, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Bill Clinton said yesterday he did not think Senator John F. Kerry was too far to the left politically to get elected to the White House, but stopped short of endorsing him for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The former president, speaking to reporters after meeting Democratic senators on Capitol Hill, praised Kerry's record on national security, social, and fiscal issues in the Senate, while insisting he was not taking sides in the Democratic contest.
Clinton recalled that Kerry had been helpful when Clinton was in the White House trying to reverse large budget deficits. Among other things, Clinton raised taxes in 1993 to do so, and Kerry voted for that increase.
"All I know is when I was trying to reverse 12 years of what we've had for the last four, where we were taxing less and spending more . . . and we were running this huge deficit, he was there to help," Clinton said of Kerry.
"I think he was good on security, good on fiscal responsibility, good on welfare," Clinton added. |
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