Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Save Us From 'Awful Legacy of Last 8 Years'

Former President Bill Clinton surprisingly told a campaign rally Monday that his wife, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, can help America "rise together" and "put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us."

The shot at Democratic President Barack Obama came before an audience in Spokane, Washington.

The GOP War Room posted a video clip of the remarks onto YouTube.

"I literally from the time I met her 45 years ago until we talked yesterday, she is the best change maker I have ever known," Clinton said. "She always finds a way to make something good happen, to make people feel empowered, to buy people into the process, to make democracy work the way the framers intended for it to work.

"Now if you don’t believe we can all grow together again, if you don't believe we're ever going to grow again, if you believe it's more important to re-litigate the past, there may be many reasons that you don't want to support her."

"But if you believe we can all rise together, if you believe we've finally come to the point where we can put the awful legacy of the last eight years behind us and the seven years before that where we were practicing trickle-down economics with no regulation in Washington, which is what caused the crash, then you should vote for her.

"Because she's the only person who basically has good ideas, will tell you how she's going to pay for them, can be commander-in-chief, and is a proven change maker with Republicans and Democrats and Independents alike."

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