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McCain/Clinton War Party Fusion Ticket
March 11, 2008
| Mark Karlin
Posted on 08/23/2008 5:31:35 PM PDT by Yosemitest
WARNING: BARF ALERT (From a liberal website)
When it Comes to the Vice-Presidency, Should Hillary Run on a McCain Ticket?
March 11, 2008
It is the one inviolable rule of party politics;
Don't promote the other party's candidate at the expense of your own.
In the past couple of weeks, Senator Hillary Clinton has violated that cardinal rule again and again as she personally vouched for the readiness of John McCain to assume the presidency, while belittling Barack Obama as nothing more than a speech.
Here is perhaps the most devastating gift she gave to the Republicans as she patronizingly dismissed Obama:
"I think that since we now know Sen. McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, national security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And I think its imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the commander-in-chief threshold,
the New York senator told reporters crowded into an infants bedroom-sized hotel conference room in Washington.
I believe that Ive done that. Certainly, Sen. McCain has done that and youll have to ask Sen. Obama with respect to his candidacy,
she said. Calling McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee a good friend and a
distinguished man with a great history of service to our country,
Clinton said, Both of us will be on that stage having crossed that threshold.
Clinton couldn't stop herself from praising McCain: The pro-McCain comments were quickly and widely panned so Clinton repeated them.
James Fallows reported on Wednesday,
"In a live CNN interview just now, Sen. Clinton repeated, twice, the 'Sen. McCain has a lifetime of experience, I have a lifetime of experience, Sen. Obama has one speech in 2002'
line. By what logic, exactly, does a member of the Democratic party include the 'Sen. McCain has a lifetime of experience'
part of that sentence?"
Eric Zorn, a normally low-key columnist for the Chicago Tribune, reacted with uncharacteristic alarm:
"Last week, I posted twice on a statement by Hillary Clinton that struck me as one of the lowest and most destructive things I've ever heard one candidate say about a rival candidate in the same party."
Former Senator Gary Hart was one of the many long-term party activists who was appalled by Clinton's pumping up of John McCain while patronizingly dismissing Barack Obama. He decried her comments:
By saying that only she and John McCain are qualified to lead the country, particularly in times of crisis, Hillary Clinton has broken that rule, severely damaged the Democratic candidate who may well be the party's nominee, and, perhaps most ominously, revealed the unlimited lengths to which she will go to achieve power. She has essentially said that the Democratic party deserves to lose unless it nominates her.
Former presidential candidate and Senator Bill Bradley was quoted in a London newspaper:
Bradley believes that Clinton will stop at nothing to tear down Obama even if it boosts John McCain, who was confirmed last week as the Republican nominee: "The Clintons do not do long-term planning. Theyre total tacticians and right now their focus is on Obama, not McCain."
Bill Clinton presaged the strategy of his wife when he noted a few weeks ago that Senator Clinton and Senator McCain had deep respect for each other and would run a civilized campaign.
We don't know what Senator Clinton's criteria are for the crossing "the commander-in-chief threshold." The Chicago Tribune pretty much debunked Clinton's scant claims to foreign policy and military experience, and McCain wants to bomb Iran and continue the war in Iraq for a hundred years. What allowed McCain and Clinton to cross that threshold? It appears to be poor judgment in foreign policy as far as their Senate careers are concerned.
We'll be further exploring the Clinton-McCain connection in foreign policy and D.C. establishment ties in tomorrow's BuzzFlash Editor's Blog, "Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama and Judgment Day."
Oh, and if you'd like to print out the McCain-Clinton for President and Vice President campaign button, just click here and print. .....
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I warned you it was from a liberal.
But this is a guaranteed win!!! McCain would get more Democrat votes, than the Republian votes he'd lose.
And he'd have a running mate from his own party.
To: Yosemitest
Anybody ever remember this level of rancor within the "rat" ranks?
Seems like just before the DNC convention all the pent up emotion and angst is bubbling up to the surface.
Denver should be a hoot.
2
posted on
08/23/2008 5:37:29 PM PDT
by
Popman
(McCain as POTUS is odious, Obama as POTUS is unthinkable.)
To: Yosemitest
He’s more likely to pick Paris Hilton than Hillary. Gimme a break.
3
posted on
08/23/2008 5:37:50 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
To: Mr. Silverback
That would be even worse than Lieberman! I shudder to think, even in jest.
4
posted on
08/23/2008 5:39:14 PM PDT
by
LegalEagle61
(If you are going to burn our flag, please make sure you are wearing it when you do!)
To: LegalEagle61
When the GOP or McCain ask for money to support McCain, print and send them one of these.
5
posted on
08/23/2008 5:44:33 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: LegalEagle61
Not going to happen. They might as well write an article about him putting Ming the Merciless on the ticket.
6
posted on
08/23/2008 5:48:13 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
To: Yosemitest
When the GOP or McCain ask for money to support McCain, print and send them one of these.
Thanks. Great idea. Juan just sent me a really awful photo with the latest beg letter. I'll return the favor.
To: Yosemitest
McCain/Clinton LOL!
We can insure victory with a conservative woman on the ticket...the Governor of Alaska gets my vote!
8
posted on
08/23/2008 5:52:53 PM PDT
by
NewLand
(Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Barry & Joe have got to go!)
To: Mr. Silverback
I agree with you - but that's not what I'm saying in public. Operation Chaos lives!
"Yeah, Hillary - man, you have to feel for her. Now that Michagan and Florida are seated she won the popular vote, and she's only 300 votes down from winning the delegates too. She'd make a great President, wouldn't she? Sure seems disrespectful to women not at least to consider her for VP, but Obama didn't even ask. Now his VP is another old, white male. I think he's a misogynist. What do you think?"
I'm going to test that one tonight. I bet it'll work, too. ;-)
To: Mr. Silverback
He was sending everybody a hint with the Hilton ad.
10
posted on
08/23/2008 6:00:33 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Yosemitest
Come on. McCain’s not stupid enough to pick Hillary for VP and put himself in a “Fort Marcy Park” position.
11
posted on
08/23/2008 6:00:52 PM PDT
by
JillValentine
(Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
To: NewLand
Visiting the troops, and with hair down.
In boots.
If McCain picked her for VP and stepped down in 2012, and Hillary won the 2012 Dem nomination, we could have a female vs. female* presidential race and the nation could see once and for all how different conservative women are from liberal women.
*butch
12
posted on
08/23/2008 6:08:57 PM PDT
by
JillValentine
(Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
To: Billthedrill
You are one bad mutha, Billthedrill! Go get ‘em!
13
posted on
08/23/2008 6:15:54 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
To: NewLand
That’s who I’m hoping for, too. She has a weakness or two, but overall she’s an excellent candidate and the kind of conservative I was looking for at this time last year when I was backing Hunter.
14
posted on
08/23/2008 6:18:01 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
To: muawiyah
Yeah, the Hilton-Hilton Ticket, Hanoi Hilton and Paris Hilton.
Actually, it would be the Hilton-Hilton-Hilton-Biden election, because Obama is the Paris Hilton of politics.
15
posted on
08/23/2008 6:20:39 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.******)
To: JillValentine
Stupid you say?
McCain hates ... the conservatives ... that much!
16
posted on
08/23/2008 6:21:23 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: JillValentine
I would LOVE to see McCain pick Sarah Palin as VP.
Obama/Biden wouldn't even get out of the gate.
17
posted on
08/23/2008 6:22:14 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: JillValentine
>
Come on. McCains not stupid enough to pick Hillary for VP and put himself in a Fort Marcy Park position. She wouldn't have to kill him -- she only has to be patient.
18
posted on
08/23/2008 6:24:02 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: JillValentine
>
If McCain picked her for VP and stepped down in 2012, and Hillary won the 2012 Dem nomination, we could have a female vs. female* presidential race...CAT FIGHT!
Sorry, couldn't help it... ;-)
19
posted on
08/23/2008 6:26:00 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Mr. Silverback
Indeed - as if the delegates on the floor of the Republican National Convention would ever vote to nominate Hillary Clinton for anything.
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