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Former President Bill Clinton went on the Sunday talk show circus, er, I mean, circuit yesterday to share his views about the Tea Party movement. According to Clinton on CBS's “Face the Nation,” he understands why the group's views have caught fire like kerosene near a match â€" they're frustrated. They're "getting the shaft," as Clinton so bluntly put it. But he doesn't get it.

After less than two years in office and billions cut in blank checks, President Obama can't seem to turn the economy around. Instead of pointing the finger of blame at his own party, Clinton comes up with some twisted excuse that somehow makes Obama and Democrats the victims. "That the people who caused these problems," Clinton said, "the banks that were responsible for the financial meltdown, they've gotten well again. And everybody has got money again who is in that business, but ordinary people don't."

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