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Hillary's Open to Being VP

Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:23:50 pm PST

Looks like Hillary is bowing to the inevitable triumph of the most left-wing presidential candidate we’ve had in at least 32 years: Clinton says she’s open to being Obama’s VP.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton has told congressional colleagues she would be open to becoming Barack Obama’s vice presidential nominee, saying she would consider it if it would help Democrats win the White House.

Clinton, a New York senator, made the comment on a conference call with other New York lawmakers Tuesday, according a participant on the call.

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1 Ojoe  6/03/08 1:24:29 pm reply quote 0

Better. Better get a bucket.

2 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:24:57 pm reply quote 2

Nooooooooooooooooooooo.

3 Gordon Marock  6/03/08 1:25:14 pm reply quote 0

She may be bowing, but she will NEVER KNEEL!

4 doppelganglander  6/03/08 1:25:39 pm reply quote 5

He'd have to be the biggest moron on earth to have her on the ticket. So yeah, it could happen.

5 razorbacker  6/03/08 1:25:43 pm reply quote 1

Wouldn't be one of BHO's best ideas. And that bar is set pretty low as it is.

6 tfc3rid  6/03/08 1:25:43 pm reply quote 0

Danger, danger, danger...

For Obama and America...

7 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  6/03/08 1:26:03 pm 0
8 Nevergiveup  6/03/08 1:26:05 pm reply quote 0

re: #1 Ojoe

Better. Better get a bucket.

Na---Do what I plan on doing. I am going home as soon as my Hygienist finishes with her last patient and I am going to get stinkin drunk.

9 beachkatie  6/03/08 1:26:08 pm reply quote 1

Is this the end of the world?!

10 ghost707  6/03/08 1:26:10 pm reply quote 4

If she takes the VP slot, her run for President in 2012 is a guaranteed failure - because Obama will be worse than Jimmy Carter.

11 EC Marm  6/03/08 1:26:42 pm reply quote 0

&#9834 Here comes the bride &#9834

/ a huge barf alert

12 DesertSage  6/03/08 1:26:48 pm reply quote 3

One more reason to vote against Obama.

13 mama winger  6/03/08 1:26:54 pm reply quote 17

Two bitches and two shitty spouses. All on one ticket.

14 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:26:59 pm reply quote 0

Obama should call her up, taped, offer it to her and then say "Psych," and then air it at the convention like the gag Bill Gates always does at the MS dinners.

15 Nevergiveup  6/03/08 1:27:13 pm reply quote 0

re: #11 EC Marm

Here comes the bride

/ a huge barf alert

That oughta be illegal!

16 Ojoe  6/03/08 1:27:34 pm reply quote 2

re: #8 Nevergiveup

Churchill said, once,

"Yes madam, I am drunk. But you are Ugly. And tomorrow I shall be sober."

17 jamgarr  6/03/08 1:27:36 pm reply quote 0

I'm open to the idea too - but I'm not packing my bags.

18 Iron Fist  6/03/08 1:27:37 pm reply quote 9

re: #7 song_and_dance_man,

If I were Obama, I'd worry about becoming bus fodder myself. I, for one, wouldn't want to be the only thing standing between Hillary and the Presidency.

19 25years  6/03/08 1:27:55 pm reply quote 4

If she's the VP - he'd better hire a REALLY good food taster.

20 Prikolno  6/03/08 1:27:58 pm reply quote 5

I bet they will start using the following as their slogan "First Black President and First woman VP. If you don't vote for us then you are a racist and anti feminist."

21 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/03/08 1:28:00 pm reply quote 0

Personally, I wouldn't put it past Hillary to accept the VP slot under
BHO just to sell him out and make sure he implodes

22 buzzsawmonkey  6/03/08 1:28:05 pm reply quote 0

OH, OH, OH--it's the HO Ticket in reverse!

23 addison  6/03/08 1:28:12 pm reply quote 3

How disingenuous is that? She said flatly he was unqualified to be President but she wants to be Mr. Unqualified's #2.

Politically, he is the furthest evolution of her, though. She's a soft-socialist and he's a Marxist.

24 capitalist piglet  6/03/08 1:28:12 pm reply quote 1

re: #9 beachkatie

Is this the end of the world?!

Makes you wonder. I don't think McCain could beat the two of them together.

25 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:28:27 pm reply quote 0

Yeah, in a bus toss I would have to put my money on the Clinton brothers.

26 jcm  6/03/08 1:28:28 pm reply quote 1

Hillary never would agree to being on the bottom.

27 ghost707  6/03/08 1:28:37 pm reply quote 0

re: #13 mama winger

Two bitches and two shitty spouses. All on one ticket.

LOL
Man, no kidding.

28 DistantThunder  6/03/08 1:28:41 pm reply quote 1

Hire the food tester now!

29 jamgarr  6/03/08 1:28:45 pm reply quote 0

And Obama could make Bill Secretary of Keeping it Real

30 Nevergiveup  6/03/08 1:28:56 pm reply quote 0

re: #16 Ojoe

Churchill said, once,

"Yes madam, I am drunk. But you are Ugly. And tomorrow I shall be sober."

Well I am off tomorrow so that might just be a mute point.

31 Dianna  6/03/08 1:28:58 pm reply quote 0

Noooo! Don't do it!

32 gruvin  6/03/08 1:29:07 pm reply quote 1

In the words of count Floyd: "oooohhhh, scarrrrrry, kids!"

33 Sponge  6/03/08 1:29:09 pm reply quote 3

G-d Help Us...........

34 SemperHunden  6/03/08 1:29:16 pm reply quote 0

Oh man, what a disaster they'd both me in the White House. The two of them combined may be enough to convince me to hold my nose and vote for McCain.

35 notreallyme  6/03/08 1:29:24 pm reply quote 0

If I were Hillary, I would not quit yet. Rice just handed the Democrats the Jewish vote. If McCain does not distance himself from Rice and her pro-Palestinian policy, Hillary would win if she ran on her own without Obama.

36 DistantThunder  6/03/08 1:29:46 pm reply quote 0

re: #9 beachkatie

Is this the end of the world?!

No, but you can see it from here.

37 capitalist piglet  6/03/08 1:29:48 pm reply quote 0

re: #29 jamgarr

And Obama could make Bill Secretary of Keeping it Real

Who will be Secretary of Hope and Change?

38 tfc3rid  6/03/08 1:29:58 pm reply quote 0

re: #24 capitalist piglet

Makes you wonder. I don't think McCain could beat the two of them together.

Sadly, I concur...

39 thedopefishlives  6/03/08 1:30:32 pm reply quote 0

So ends Operation Chaos - I would say an unprecedented success, considering how much of Senator Obama's dirty laundry was aired over the previous months. The fact that even Democrats are starting to consider voting for McCain speaks volumes about what a monumental screwup this man is as a politician and a Dem. I don't even think having Shrillary as his #2 would save him now (and in my personal opinion, I think that would sink him even lower).

40 Occasional Reader  6/03/08 1:30:37 pm reply quote 0

Inside reports have it that Hillary was watching the Star Trek TOS "Mirror, Mirror" episode last night, and became inspired.

41 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:30:38 pm reply quote 0

Bill also says he is open to being VP, Very Pissed, that there is a younger, blacker, Bill Cliton in town romancing his woman.

42 Sponge  6/03/08 1:30:40 pm reply quote 0

This scares me simply because she will carry Arkansas without a doubt. That and middle class white american democrats would jump at that on the chance that obama would not fulfill the full term for some reason.........

Scary scary scary.....

43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/03/08 1:30:40 pm reply quote 0

re: #30 Nevergiveup

Well I am off tomorrow so that might just be a mute point.

MOOT, MOOT POINT DAMN IT!

44 DistantThunder  6/03/08 1:30:40 pm reply quote 1

re: #38 tfc3rid

Sadly, I concur...

Mitt and McCain can beat a Marxist and a socialist

45 Lively  6/03/08 1:30:47 pm reply quote 0

Gold rush to Denver!

46 jcm  6/03/08 1:31:05 pm reply quote 0

re: #11 EC Marm

Here comes the bride

/ a huge barf alert

I saw your warning.
I still clicked it.

I am soooo going to sue you for a new keyboard!
;-P

47 jamgarr  6/03/08 1:31:08 pm reply quote 0

re: #37 capitalist piglet

Who will be Secretary of Hope and Change?


Susan Serandon?

48 buzzsawmonkey  6/03/08 1:31:15 pm reply quote 2

You can bet this ticket will make its Marx on American political culture.

49 tfc3rid  6/03/08 1:31:30 pm reply quote 0

re: #44 DistantThunder

Mitt and McCain can beat a Marxist and a socialist

Do you have the faith in McCain to choose Romney?

Me neither...

50 Golem Akbar  6/03/08 1:31:41 pm reply quote 2

re: #28 DistantThunder

Hire the food tester now!

Nominate for rotating title!

51 Lively  6/03/08 1:31:42 pm reply quote 0

So Obama won the magic number fair and square.

52 jcm  6/03/08 1:31:48 pm reply quote 0

re: #40 Occasional Reader

Inside reports have it that Hillary was watching the Star Trek TOS "Mirror, Mirror" episode last night, and became inspired.

Hill has to grow a beard?
EWWWWW!

53 Occasional Reader  6/03/08 1:32:11 pm reply quote 0

Somewhere, Saul Alinsky is smiling.

(in hell, most likely)

54 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:32:14 pm reply quote 0
You can bet this ticket will make its Marx on American political culture.


The Marx Brother and Sister

55 syncrodude  6/03/08 1:32:22 pm reply quote 1

I would have a lot of trouble sleeping at night if I knew my life was the only thing between HRC and the presidency....

56 Creeping Eruption  6/03/08 1:32:30 pm reply quote 0

re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

MOOT, MOOT POINT DAMN IT!

/Unless he's having hearing difficulty

57 joncelli  6/03/08 1:32:40 pm reply quote 0

re: #24 capitalist piglet

No, he couldn't, not with any conceivable VP candidate. I was counting on Hilly being an all-or-nothing candidate; if she does take the VP spot, it'll be over for McC.

58 Curt  6/03/08 1:32:59 pm reply quote 0

OK, so BhO takes the bait...and "gets two for the price of one!"

Just think how he'd feel as the prez with two of his own trying to undermine his every move...with the Bubba and Hill's Shadow Presidency Show, because, ya know, he not very "experienced."

...not to mention what Bill would be doing when he's not flying with the mile high club....or while he is...

59 Iron Fist  6/03/08 1:33:01 pm reply quote 1

re: #10 ghost707,

Yeah, I see Obama as a one-termer and a dismal failure, and that's just if things go the way he has planned. Carter II, all the way. I don't know why Hillary would want to be part of that. Certainly, she doesn't really want to be second place. I can't imagine that she'd be willing to sit down and shut up for the term of Obama's Presidency, either.

She wouldn't be a team player. Barack Hussein will be failing all over the place, and she'll be there frothing that she'd be doing a better job. Why would BHO want to saddle himself with that?

A safer bet in Bill Richardson. Obama needs to do something to placate the Hispanic vote. Richardson would do that.

60 DistantThunder  6/03/08 1:33:22 pm reply quote 1

re: #47 jamgarr

Susan Serandon?

Edwards is Secretary of Hair styling

61 addison  6/03/08 1:33:44 pm reply quote 2

re: #44 DistantThunder

Mitt and McCain can beat a Marxist and a socialist

Not if the media has anything to do with it. Two staid white men (with time-tested and impressive qualifications) up against Mr. Diversity and Mrs. I-too-can-cry... Every--every--criticism of those two will be translated as either racist or sexist.

62 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  6/03/08 1:34:03 pm 0
63 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:34:52 pm reply quote 0

I cannot believe he will do it. I think he will offer her Secretary of Shut the F Up and Sit the F Down and him Chief of the Supreme C&%T

64 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  6/03/08 1:35:05 pm 2
65 DesertSage  6/03/08 1:35:08 pm reply quote 3

Asked for comment, Barack Obama said...."uh".

66 Sizzlack  6/03/08 1:35:09 pm reply quote 0

So what will this combo be called...Obamton? Barackary? Barack Rodham-Clinton Obama?

67 yma o hyd  6/03/08 1:35:31 pm reply quote 0

Somehow,Ii can't see it happening.
Soros is using BOH - and apparently he supported HRC until 2006.
So - if he fell out with her, he won't want to have her with his golden star boyo.

(On the other hand ... it might be just what he planned ... deception,d eception, deception ...)

68 offendi  6/03/08 1:35:39 pm reply quote 0

This is like one of those great horror movies, where people are screaming at the picture scream and saying " NO, NO, Obama, don't go into that room!"

Never happen. Hills in 2012 after she helps eviscerate Obama in 2008.

69 tfc3rid  6/03/08 1:35:53 pm reply quote 0

OH... For America...

70 just another four-letter word  6/03/08 1:36:08 pm reply quote 0

Intrade is taking bets that Clinton and Romney will end up being the Veep picks.

Place yer money!

JAFLW

71 tigerwoman  6/03/08 1:36:17 pm reply quote 1

Not a good idea for BO. His life would not be worth a plug nickel.

Mysterious Deaths Surrouding the Clintons

72 TN_Vol  6/03/08 1:36:23 pm reply quote 0

Can't see Obama having her on the ticket with Bill always looking over his shoulder and trying to steal the limelight. I think it would indicate a huge failure on his part if he had to accept HRO in order to get the TWP vote.

Who votes for the VP anyway?

73 chsw3719  6/03/08 1:36:25 pm reply quote 0

The Clintons have an unusually large number of associates who turned up dead in odd circumstances. Even if one thinks that the Clintons are blameless, why should Obama take such a chance? Obama will find someone other than Hillary to be the VP candidate, but one who has the Clintons' approval.

chsw3719

74 Oh no...Sand People!  6/03/08 1:36:35 pm reply quote 0

"Well, uh..at this point in time...it will be good to have...uh...someone to help...focus on the importance of, uh, domestic....uh, issues...of the White House...you see...uh...Michelle will be out, uh...helping..uh, helping with policy...and uh, the kids...uh...will need...uh, food, and clean dishes, and uh...clothes...and in order for these domestic issues to be taken, uh care of...Hillary seems the most qualified in this vital, uh role of domestic ideals." -- BHO

75 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  6/03/08 1:36:36 pm 0
76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/03/08 1:36:49 pm reply quote 0

Is it just me or does anytime anyone makes a well thought out criticism of BHO, the lefts reply is the equivalent of "Jane, you ignorant slut..."?

77 rusty_armor  6/03/08 1:36:55 pm reply quote 0

Pssst! Obama! Watch your back, man!

78 TrollBot PrtoType Six  6/03/08 1:37:05 pm reply quote 3

I think it's pure bull shite.
She's throwing that out for the dogs in the press to chew on. It's something to distract and confuse the msm with so they can waste time talking about that and not Obama's so called victory tonight.
The Hilldabeast is playing the press like a cheep fiddle.

79 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/03/08 1:37:07 pm reply quote 0

re: #69 tfc3rid

OH... For America...

OH...SHI-!

80 The Other Les  6/03/08 1:37:09 pm reply quote 0

Anything for power.

81 jamgarr  6/03/08 1:37:16 pm reply quote 0

If he picks her I'll suddenly become a believer in the Michelle "Whitey" tape.

82 joncelli  6/03/08 1:37:28 pm reply quote 0

re: #70 just another four-letter word

Those are the safe bets. For the Republicans, the safe bet loses. I wish Bobby Jindal had more experience, he would be perfect...

83 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:37:30 pm reply quote 2

Obama needs to call on his African heritage and remember the story of the scorpion who asked the frog to carry him over the stream assurring him that he would not bite the frog since that would mean they would both die. The story ends "but of course I bit you, I am a scorpion."

84 capitalist piglet  6/03/08 1:38:08 pm reply quote 2

re: #44 DistantThunder

Mitt and McCain can beat a Marxist and a socialist

There was a time I would have agreed, but my guess is the Obama supporters who have declared they would never vote for Hillary have already forgotten they ever had a negative word to say about her. They are on-board, excited, and salivating at the idea that they have this in the bag.

McCain and Mitt (and I like Mitt, more than McCain) won't inspire that sort of devotion on our side, in my opinion. I can't imagine who McCain could pick to avoid a defeat.

I think we just lost the election. Worse, the country itself. Democrats will be in control, and they are crazy. The inmates just took over the asylum, and I'm not sure anyone will survive.

85 addison  6/03/08 1:38:15 pm reply quote 0

re: #59 Iron Fist

,
A safer bet in Bill Richardson. Obama needs to do something to placate the Hispanic vote. Richardson would do that.

Not so sure (that is, if people pay attention). A man named 'Bill Richardson' isn't exactly the poster child for Hispanics. And there's the fact that he was created by the Clintons and showed them nothing but ingratitude--surely that matters to someone.

86 Intrepid  6/03/08 1:38:40 pm reply quote 0

IF Obama is looking toward putting Hillary on the ticket, then it's time for the conservative 527s to unleash the dogs of war, and for John McCain to not actively attempt to silence nor discourage them.

And McCain will need to name either Mitt or Fred Thompson as his running mate. If hard line conservatives and/or evangelicals stay at home this November - DISASTER.

87 bulwrk  6/03/08 1:38:57 pm reply quote 1

I don't see whats in it for her, being a senator from NY is a pretty powerful position more so then being VP in an obama administration that is likely to be a train wreck.

88 littleoldlady  6/03/08 1:39:03 pm reply quote 1

re: #78 TrollBot PrtoType Six

From your lips to G-d's ears!

I think this would be a disaster for America. :-(

89 Nevergiveup  6/03/08 1:39:09 pm reply quote 0

re: #76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Is it just me or does anytime anyone makes a well thought out criticism of BHO, the lefts reply is the equivalent of "Jane, you ignorant slut..."?

But Jane was a liberal slut, so.....

90 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  6/03/08 1:39:17 pm 0
91 notreallyme  6/03/08 1:39:19 pm reply quote 0

re: #83 tokyobk

It's STUNG, not BIT. Scorpions have a poisonous stinger on their tail.

92 canadianally  6/03/08 1:40:01 pm reply quote 4

Sane Yanks should be rightly terrified at both Obama and Hillary having access to all national security secrets.

Still, I think Hillary is playing this with a strategery in mind. For example, if she knows a bombshell against Obama is coming down the pike that forces Obama to withdraw, she can then retain Obama's base. Because they will have already made nice by teaming up against the Republicans. There is more going on with this rash of news stories than we are at present understanding.

IMHO.

93 addison  6/03/08 1:40:01 pm reply quote 0

re: #76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Is it just me or does anytime anyone makes a well thought out criticism of BHO, the lefts reply is the equivalent of "Jane, you ignorant slut..."?

Shut up, he explained.

94 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:40:04 pm reply quote 0

re: #91 notreallyme

It's STUNG, not BIT. Scorpions have a poisonous stinger on their tail.

Thanks.

95 tfc3rid  6/03/08 1:40:24 pm reply quote 0

I think that Hillary has unweildy power in the Senate (majority leader) if she isn't VP.

96 redc1c4  6/03/08 1:40:46 pm reply quote 0

re: #66 Sizzlack

So what will this combo be called...Obamton? Barackary? Barack Rodham-Clinton Obama?

"Appalling"

/catchy, isn't it? %-)

97 capitalist piglet  6/03/08 1:40:54 pm reply quote 0

re: #81 jamgarr

If he picks her I'll suddenly become a believer in the Michelle "Whitey" tape.

I had that same thought. Heh.

I thought I heard Michelle Obama hated Hillary Clinton. I am beginning to hope that's true.

98 canadianally  6/03/08 1:41:09 pm reply quote 1

re: #78 TrollBot PrtoType Six

I think it's pure bull shite.
She's throwing that out for the dogs in the press to chew on. It's something to distract and confuse the msm with so they can waste time talking about that and not Obama's so called victory tonight.
The Hilldabeast is playing the press like a cheep fiddle.

Agreed. Some very interesting manuevering is going on behind the scenes.

99 RTLM  6/03/08 1:41:31 pm reply quote 0

It would be a supremely stupid thing for Obama to do. But given his track record of blunders, its only natural for him to go ahead and take Hillary as a VP.

And the thought of Bill Clinton wandering the halls for four years with nothing but time on his hands is hysterical.

100 Oh no...Sand People!  6/03/08 1:41:58 pm reply quote 0

re: #99 RTLM

It would be a supremely stupid thing for Obama to do. But given his track record of blunders, its only natural for him to go ahead and take Hillary as a VP.

And the thought of Bill Clinton wandering the halls for four years with nothing but time on his hands is hysterical.

Hide the interns!

101 buzzsawmonkey  6/03/08 1:42:11 pm reply quote 0

re: #81 jamgarr

If he picks her I'll suddenly become a believer in the Michelle "Whitey" tape.

Especially if it is released after she is on the ticket, and he is then forced to step down.

102 jcm  6/03/08 1:42:31 pm reply quote 0

re: #75 song_and_dance_man

The new White House Constitution toilet paper is already on order.

Gun shows in WA have been doing record business. Folks stocking up before Jan. 20.

103 Dianna  6/03/08 1:42:32 pm reply quote 0

re: #80 The Other Les

She has no business taking the VP slot, then.

104 tfc3rid  6/03/08 1:42:50 pm reply quote 0

re: #100 Oh no...Sand People!

Hide the interns!

Think of the poor folks on the Shite House staff who were mistreated by the Clintons while they occupied the mansion before...

I'd quit if I worked in the White House and the Dems won...

105 ghost707  6/03/08 1:43:01 pm reply quote 0

re: #59 Iron Fist

,

Yeah, I see Obama as a one-termer and a dismal failure, and that's just if things go the way he has planned. Carter II, all the way. I don't know why Hillary would want to be part of that. Certainly, she doesn't really want to be second place. I can't imagine that she'd be willing to sit down and shut up for the term of Obama's Presidency, either.

She wouldn't be a team player. Barack Hussein will be failing all over the place, and she'll be there frothing that she'd be doing a better job. Why would BHO want to saddle himself with that?

A safer bet in Bill Richardson. Obama needs to do something to placate the Hispanic vote. Richardson would do that.

Yep.
After 4 years of Obama - Hillary will be stained with the abysmal performance of the Obama Presidency, and no one will want ANY Democrat within a mile of the White House.

106 capitalist piglet  6/03/08 1:43:47 pm reply quote 0

re: #99 RTLM

And the thought of Bill Clinton wandering the halls for four years with nothing but time on his hands is hysterical.

Yeah...I wonder how Obama would enjoy having the man Democrats call "The Big Dog" around all the time. I can see Bill Clinton mouthing the oath at the inaugration now.

107 just another four-letter word  6/03/08 1:44:08 pm reply quote 0

re: #102 jcm

Gun shows in WA have been doing record business. Folks stocking up before Jan. 20.

Yeah, I'm looking at my friendly neighborhood Wall-Mart's supply and seeing it dwindle...

JAFLW

108 RTLM  6/03/08 1:44:09 pm reply quote 2

re: #104 tfc3rid

Imagine the way Michelle Obama wil treat them.

(mass SS resignations)

109 Sol Roth  6/03/08 1:44:16 pm reply quote 0

re: #9 beachkatie

Is this the end of the world?!

Yes, it may very well be.

110 tfc3rid  6/03/08 1:44:38 pm reply quote 0

re: #108 RTLM

Imagine the way Michelle Obama wil treat them.

(mass SS resignations)

She'll hire NOI, just like Maimi...

111 rusty_armor  6/03/08 1:44:50 pm reply quote 0

. o O (Mmm. Better go buy a couple more guns and a couple thousand more rounds of ammo.)

112 runrabbitrun  6/03/08 1:45:23 pm reply quote 0

re: #99 RTLM

It would be a supremely stupid thing for Obama to do.

But it might not be the supremely stupid thing for the DNC to do.

Obama still has enough negatives to have to dance to their music, and they are desperate to win.

113 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:46:43 pm reply quote 0

But if Hillary knew something, wouldn`t Bill have leaked or hinted it?

114 Ringo the Gringo  6/03/08 1:47:18 pm reply quote 2

Can you imagine Obama & Clinton in the White House with the Democrats in control of both Houses of Congress and a bunch of old geezers on the Supreme Court?

Are any of you still planning to not vote for McCain?

115 imtoast  6/03/08 1:47:57 pm reply quote 0

Carl Rove thinks Hillary said she was willing to consider the VP spot just to rain on Obama's parade. I sure hope so.

116 Iron Fist  6/03/08 1:48:45 pm reply quote 2

re: #85 addison,

Richardson comes to mind for a couple of reasons. He is hispanic, but you are correct that his name doesn't sound hispanic. This allows Obama to play to both the hispanics (who see him as one of their own) and to whites (who hear a white sounding name). True, New Mexico doesn't bring a lot of electoral votes, but the last several elections have been really close (remember, Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote) , so every little bit counts.

More importantly, Richardson doesn't piss anybody off. True, he has no loyalty, but he's a Democrat. That kinda goes with the territory.

It could be someone else, even Hillary, but I think she comes with some awful big negatives for the general campaign as VP. I can already see the ads quoting her about Obama's unfitness for office being ginned up by the 527's. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

117 capitalist piglet  6/03/08 1:48:56 pm reply quote 0

re: #47 jamgarr

Susan Serandon?

And Maxine Waters will be Secretary of Oil Companies in 5, 4, 3, 2...

118 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  6/03/08 1:49:00 pm 0
119 Annar  6/03/08 1:49:17 pm reply quote 0

re: #58 Curt

...not to mention what Bill would be doing when he's not flying with the mile high club....or while he is...

That is the important point. No bimbos for Bill, no deal.

120 buzzsawmonkey  6/03/08 1:49:58 pm reply quote 1

I think we're going to need a bigger boat.

121 ploome hineni  6/03/08 1:50:05 pm reply quote 2

[Link: cbs2chicago.com...]

CBS 2 News has learned that Francis Cardinal George is temporarily removing Father Michael Pfleger from his position as pastor of St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church on Chicago's South Side.

CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports the move comes after several days of deliberation and consultation by the Cardinal, who first learned about Pfleger's racially charged comments about Sen. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from the pulpit of Trinity Unity Church of Christ last Thursday night.

The Cardinal immediately contacted Pfleger who agreed not to refer to the presidential candidates by name, but as CBS 2 reported at the time, there remained the possibility of some further disciplinary action against Pfleger.

The Cardinal reportedly spoke to Pfleger again this morning.

A spokesman for the archdiocese would neither confirm nor deny action had been taken to remove Pfleger. Another spokesman said she expected to have some announcement later today.

Indications are that another Chicago priest would take over at St. Sabina, while plans for the permanent reassignment of Father Pfleger, who's been there far longer than is customary in the archdiocese, would be accelerated.

good riddance to bad rubbish

122 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  6/03/08 1:50:36 pm reply quote 1

Boy...is this a surprise or what?

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Now, Obama plays cool and coy, the media remains focused upon Hussein & Hillary until the convention and like magic...'Dream Ticket.'

Of course, McCain continues to receive zip for news coverage through August and with only 2 months remaining until election day, there's no real time dedicated for hard campaigning and debates.

It's magic I tell you.

123 addison  6/03/08 1:51:05 pm reply quote 3

re: #105 ghost707

Yep.
After 4 years of Obama - Hillary will be stained with the abysmal performance of the Obama Presidency, and no one will want ANY Democrat within a mile of the White House.

I don't think history supports that. For example, every city that is a corpuscle on the rear of America is a product of Democrats (Detroit and Washington, DC the two most striking examples). Despite this, election after election, people vote overwhelmingly for the same group of people who made their city horrible in the first place.

People rarely learn.

124 lostlakehiker  6/03/08 1:51:06 pm reply quote 0

re: #24 capitalist piglet

Makes you wonder. I don't think McCain could beat the two of them together.

All this confidence, and no substance.

McCain can win. Obama can win. Both are real possibilities. It all depends on the campaigns each runs, and on random external events.

For my money, Hillary won't get the VP invite. She's said too much that she shouldn't have said. She cannot help carry a swing state. She rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Obama's best bet is a moderate Democratic governor. If he thinks he needs a woman on the ticket, Sibelius of Kansas makes more sense than Hillary. But does it really have to be a woman? A nod to the "experience" theme Clinton was using would suggest a more prominent governor with more experience, and from a more important state.

125 GeeWiz  6/03/08 1:51:11 pm reply quote 2

re: #81 jamgarr

If he picks her I'll suddenly become a believer in the Michelle "Whitey" tape.

Howie Carr, on his radio show, mentioned the tape and said that Kennedy and Johnson didn't get along in the Senate. He claimed that Johnson had something on Kennedy and Sam Rayburn brokered a deal where Kennedy would make Johnson the VP and Johnson would make the "something" vanish. Howie claimed that they and their staff never got along during their time in the White House. He ended his story by saying, "We all know how that worked out!"

INTERESTING!

126 Fasternu426  6/03/08 1:51:35 pm reply quote 0

I think Obama is arrogant enough to tell her to get lost. I hope so.

127 tokyobk  6/03/08 1:53:05 pm reply quote 1

Of course, McCain continues to receive zip for news coverage through August and with only 2 months remaining until election day, there's no real time dedicated for hard campaigning and debates.

It's magic I tell you.

But McCain has to be his own man. No whining or crying. This is politics. If McCain does not become proactive he will lose and it wil be his fault. No affirmative action for old white guys who love thier country and are clearly the better candidate. This is my frustration and worry. Underestimating Obama. Overestimating people`s inclination to jut do the right thing without inspiration.

128 EC Marm  6/03/08 1:53:14 pm reply quote 1

re: #121 ploome hineni

good riddance to bad rubbish


That's good new