Bill Clinton: “A few years ago this guy would have been serving us coffee.”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2010

A few years ago this guy would have been serving us coffee.

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Bill Clinton expressed his disbelief that Barack Obama was being considered a serious candidate for president, implying that he was inexperienced.

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