HilLIARy resigns from U.S. senate to run for president

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[Mr. K]

June 11, 1996 in History

Event: Bob Dole, Sen-R-KS, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president

[Mr. K]

Oh wait... that was Bob Dole...

And if I remember correctly he was hounded by democraps to do it...

[Red Badger]

Oh great, then Eliot Spitoon can appoint himself to the Senate......

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

LBJ had the law changed in Texas only for him so he ran both for Texas Senator and Vice President on the same ballot!

[Mr. K]

where are the democraps clamoring for her to resign like they did Dole?

[VRWCmember]

LBJ had the law changed in Texas only for him so he ran both for Texas Senator and Vice President on the same ballot!

Lloyd Bentson did the same thing in 1988 and Joe Lieberman did the same thing in 2000 (though in Connecticut).

[CMAC51]

Accuracy is important. Dole was hounded to resign as minority leader. He surprised everyone by resigning from the senate in total.

[doodad]

And what about the NY voters that she assured she would serve her full term? That is the question I would like to hear asked.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Heh heh! More likely we'll see this headline:

Hillary wins Presidency - Decides to Keep Senate Seat Also
"Too much good I can still do for the little people by holding both offices."

;)

[IrishMike]

Joe Liberman did not resign from the Senate, and he was running for the dRAT VP slot behind Gore.

[JerseyDvl]

He’d much rather wait for Hitlery to appoint him AG.

[mewzilla]

And what about the NY voters that she assured she would serve her full term? That is the question I would like to hear her asked.

One of the reasons why she got 600,00+ fewer votes this last time around...

And here are three other questions for her:

1) Would she reauthorize the EO banning assassination?

2) Would she put the Gorelick wall back in place?

3) Would she try to repeal the Patriot Act?

[rfp1234]

Hillary wins Presidency - Decides to Keep Senate Seat Also "Too much good I can still do for the little people by holding both offices."

Hillary appoints herself to SCOTUS, thus completing a rare trifecta...

[Red Badger]

He could appoint himself Senator and then wait for the AG nod...Resume enhancements, don’tcha know.......

[apocalypto]

Senator Joe Lieberman ran for BOTH the Senate and as Gore’s VP in the same election.

[Badeye]

Bob ‘Its My Turn, Damnit!’ Dole is the primary reason Bill Clinton got a second term.

And his decision gave us the worlds only living spine donor, Trent Lott, as SML during the impeachment mess, which Lott refused to address responsibly.

[bird4four4]

Actually she was slick with that one. She said that in 2000 she would serve her full term, which she did to 2006. In 2006 she did not make that same claim.

[Joe 6-pack]

I once made a run for the County Line. I had my entire hometown behind me...;-)

[jdm]

One of the reasons why she got 600,00+ fewer votes this last time around...

Why you keep pimping this meaningless factoid is beyond me. The point is that Hillary got a MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE of the vote in 2006 than 2000. That's what counts.

You're painting this misleading picture that Hillary has gotten weaker - not stronger - since 2000, when all evidence points to the contrary.

[tcrlaf]

Kerry set the standard for that.

Democrats don’t resign from ANYTHING, anymore.

Laws and rules that apply to the rest of us Sheeple, simply do not apply to National Democrats anymore, they have risen above them...

[mewzilla]

Why you keep pimping this meaningless factoid is beyond me. The point is that Hillary got a MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE of the vote in 2006 than 2000. That's what counts.

She wanted a record turnout to boost her run for prez. She didn't get it.

You're painting this misleading picture that Hillary has gotten weaker - not stronger - since 2000, when all evidence points to the contrary.

She has gotten weaker. And I'll ping you with this post after Election Day :)

[doodad]

I remember her making the same claim in 2006 (I thought). I seem to remember speculation and even derision that she would pull that.

[TomGuy]

She won’t resign the Senate seat.

If her presidential aspirations are foiled, she will unseat Reid and become Senate Majority leader.

[American Quilter]

I once made a run for the County Line. I had my entire hometown behind me...;-)

LOL!

[jdm]

Hillary

2000 > Wins with 55% of the vote

Hillary

2006 > Wins with 67% of the vote

Don’t final percentages count more than number of votes themselves?

In the earlier scenario she scored just over HALF THE VOTE; in the latter (more recent, mind you) scenario she scored MORE THAN 2/3 OF THE VOTE.

How is she getting weaker?

The trend is not in our favour. If you believe the trend is in our favor, how do you figure?

That 600,000 or 700,000 less figure from 2000 is a hollow statistic, IMHO.

And how can we predict turnout in ‘08? IMO, it’s pointless to compare her turnout in ‘06/’00 to ‘08 since two turnouts were for Senator and the other (future one) will be for POTUS.

[mewzilla]

I live in NYS. I’m just telling you what I see :)

[iowamark]

Majority leader

[drjimmy]

I live in NYS. I’m just telling you what I see :)

I also live in NYS, and I'm not sure what you see or where you see it. Regarding Hillary's lower vote total in 2006, the TOTAL votes cast in that election were nearly 2.3 million fewer than in 2000. A lot of people--both Democrats and Republicans--stayed home because they knew Hillary and Spitzer were both going to win in runaways.

And the latest poll from Quinnipiac (insert obligatory "any poll that doesn't say what I want it to say is a Democrat plot" rant here) has Hillary beating Giuliani in New York by 52-41 percent. So either a whole bunch of upstate New Yorkers are in favor of Hillary, or the folks in New York City who supposedly love Rudy for saving them from crime and for his heroic leadership after 911 don't really like him all that much.

[mewzilla]

If the GOP nominates a RINO, Hillie might stand a chance.

Let's hope the GOP doesn't nominate a RINO.

[mewzilla]

Limbaugh’s talking about this very subject right now :)

[~Kim4VRWC's~]

"HilLIARy resigns from U.S. senate to run for president "

Ratzzzz... I thought ya were series. :)

[SgtSki]

No Spitzer will appoint Bill to the Senate.

[Red Badger]

That’s an idea I hadn’t considered. But, would he? Appointing himself would be very tempting..............

[jdm]

Is he agreeing with you or me? :) I can’t listen right now, unfortunately.

[rod1]

If only his major constiuency, the deceased, had been accomplished enough submit write in ballots, LBJ would not have HAD to modify the law.

But alas it was all they could do to “show up” at the polls in alphabetical order.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I did not vote in that election because I was not 21 even though I had finished 3 years Regular Army and 2 years of college!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

If you can find the book “A Texan Looks At Lyndon, A stuy in Illegitimate power” by J. Evetts Haley, please read it.

Copyright 1964 by J. Evetts Haley.

[rllngrk33]

"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

"We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.”

"It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, for the few, and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."

"We can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."

"We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground."

"I certainly think the free market has failed."

"I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector [oil] in the entire economy, that they are being watched."

"What I want to do is take those profits and apply them to alternative energy."

Karl Marx or Frederick Engels said none of these things; Hillary Clinton said them all.

See here for more gems from Hillary:

http://www.nohillaryclinton.com/info/movies/quotes/index.htm

[Mr. K]

very very nice set of quotes!

there is one i have been trying to find for a while where se said “this capitalist system of ours has failed”

She also said something about killing old people once becuase they cost so much money in health care...

[rllngrk33]

She also said something about killing old people once becuase they cost so much money in health care...

If you can find a source and the exact quote, I'll add it to my list.

[Fred Hayek]

And Lloyd Bentsen used the same law in 1988.