Is Bill Clinton’s small-town charm offensive working?

By CJP | May 5, 2008

The second stop on our Tar Heel state fact-finding mission was an old cow field in Sanford, N.C., where President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of 1,000 from the back of a flat-bed truck. Not only was this the kind of old-school political event that CJP loves, seeing Bill Clinton work his voodoo on the crowd finally answered the question we’ve been asking ourselves for months. Why does the campaign let him out of his room? Although he’s had his share of major gaffes on the trail, he’s drawing crowds in North Carolina in a way few people could.

We spoke with local Sanford luminary, Wayne Staton, to see what he thought:

Topics: CJP Interviews, The Democrats, The States

One Response to “Is Bill Clinton’s small-town charm offensive working?”

1. Bill Says:
   May 15th, 2008 at 8:50 am

   The thought of Bill Clinton traversing from one small town to another across America’s countryside terrifies me. While I don’t have any daughters, I would absolutely urge people to lock their doors and protect the women and especially the girls. The image of this is almost worse than having him in the White House again, this time with nothing to do. It’s scary. Is there such a thing as a male chastity belt?

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