Former President Bill Clinton returned to Arkansas on Monday to boost his party's sluggish fortunes and urge voters not to tie liberal politicians too closely to their unpopular fellow Democrat in the White House with an angry 'protest vote' in November. Clinton, a five-term Arkansas governor before he won the presidency in 1992, said in the town of Conway he has become 'sick and tired of people trying to stir people up, make them foam at the mouth and vote for what they're against instead of what they are for.' 'How many times have we seen people do something they knew better than to do just 'cause they were in a snit?' he asked while he stumped for Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor.
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Former president was in Arkansas to stump for Dems caught in the path of a potential Republican landslide
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He blamed the GOP for running 'a pretty good scam' by tying Democratic pols to the president and his flagging approval numbers
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Urged a crown of Arkansans to vote 'for what you are for, not for what you are against'
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Obama hasn't appeared in public with many Democratic Senate candidates, but he has headline 56 private fundraisers that benefit them
The president has found himself relegated to the role of private fundraiser, appearing at 56 high-dollar events that benefit Democratic Senate candidates even as few of them want to be seen with @placeholder in public.