Bill: A vote for Hillary is a vote for Bush

Sounds outrageous right?

Well that was what I thought until I read a report of Bill Clinton's statements tonight in South Carolina that his wife's "number one priority" includes plans to employ George H.W. Bush in implementing her administration's foreign policy.

This is CHANGE?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina (CNN) – Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that the first thing his wife Hillary will do when she reaches the White House is dispatch him and his predecessor, President George H.W. Bush, on an around-the-world mission to repair the damage done to America's reputation by the current president — Bush's son, George W. Bush.

"Well, the first thing she intends to do, because you can do this without passing a bill, the first thing she intends to do is to send me and former President Bush and a number of other people around the world to tell them that America is open for business and cooperation again," Clinton said in response to a question from a supporter about what his wife's "number one priority" would be as president.

A spokesman for the George H.W. Bush was not immediately available to comment on whether the former president would chip in some diplomatic help after his son leaves office next year.

Clinton and the elder Bush, rivals in the 1992 presidential election, have grown chummy in recent years, often traveling and appearing at public events together. In 2005, they started a charity to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Not only is this totally implausible and impractical that 83-year-old Bush I is going to admit his son's failings and accomplish all that much to fix them, but is this something that most Democrats want?

A return to the strategies of the '90s to tackle the problems facing America in 2008 and beyond?

Men with strong ties to the Carlyle Group running our foreign policy (notice Bill's unfortunate use of the phrase "open for business")?

A Clinton presidency lacking a "number one priority" of advancing a progressive forward-looking agenda but instead focused on fixing the Bush and Clinton legacies?

It's not what I want, Bill.

And I don't think running on the record of the Bush-Clinton dynasty is a winning strategy for Democrats in 2008 CHANGE election.