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Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris: Inside Their Quietly Close Bond
The New York Times ^ | Aug. 19, 2024Updated 1:57 p.m. ET | Annie Karni and Katie Glueck

Posted on 08/19/2024 12:30:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Hillary Clinton was on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, July 21, the day President Biden dropped out of the presidential race, when her phone rang. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had already received a call from the same number, so she knew who wanted to talk to her.

Vice President Kamala Harris was calling to tell her she was running for president and hoping to build support as quickly as possible. Mrs. Clinton didn’t hesitate: She told the vice president she was all in. The Clintons rushed out an endorsement well ahead of many other party leaders, including the Obamas.

As Democrats revolted against Mr. Biden’s re-election bid this summer, Mrs. Clinton wanted no role in pushing him out, according to people briefed on her thinking. But behind the scenes, she was also adamant that if the president chose to step aside, Ms. Harris should become the party’s nominee with no drawn out primary.

The two women, once on opposite sides during the contentious 2008 Democratic primary, have quietly bonded over the past several years, sharing dinners at Mrs. Clinton’s Washington home, discussing high-impact decisions like whom Ms. Harris should pick for her running mate, and connecting over the still-stubborn ways that women in high office can be underestimated.

On Monday night, Mrs. Clinton, who came achingly close to becoming the nation’s first female president, will pass the torch to a woman nearly two decades younger, in a moment that friends say comes with a mixture of bittersweetness and pride for Mrs. Clinton.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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One thing they have in common is when they stay out of sight there polling numbers go up, but when the pop their heads above ground their polling numbers go down.
1 posted on 08/19/2024 12:30:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They never got in the other’s way.

Me, I’m watching C-SPAN and it’s pro-pales tine rally. What a joke. Can’t hear anyone cheering for the Palestinian ‘victims’. It appears nobody cares. Just finished with a fat Latina representing a nurses union. What do nurses have to do with Palestine?

It DOES remind me of my younger days as I used to be one of them. Glad I’,m not young anymore.


2 posted on 08/19/2024 12:36:16 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say since sHrillary’s long-time assistant Huma Abedin was rumored to be a, um, very close personal assistant, that Kamala’s looks are very similar to Huma’s and sHrillary has the hots for her.


3 posted on 08/19/2024 12:39:40 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m guessing that their “quiet bond” involves copious amounts of gin.


4 posted on 08/19/2024 12:39:44 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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Four factions in one campaign. Harris, Biden, Obama and Clinton.

The proverbial night of the long knives is going to be bloody. Only one faction will remain.

5 posted on 08/19/2024 12:41:43 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Satanic Sisters in OMMON.
6 posted on 08/19/2024 12:43:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A Demonic Coven.


7 posted on 08/19/2024 12:44:30 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“It’s really MY turn, ya know...”


8 posted on 08/19/2024 12:47:27 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Sicon
One bad word don't spoil the whole punchline. / Michael Jackson parody
Cheech And Chong - Courtroom Scene

Neither gin nor water.

9 posted on 08/19/2024 12:48:06 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I speak NYTs stewardess...

They hate each other.


10 posted on 08/19/2024 12:48:45 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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American Thinker (12/26/2021): Hillary Clinton now 'advising' Kamala Harris how to be popular

The Associated Press (01/18/2022): Harris still struggling to define herself one year in VP job

Breitbart (04/18/2022): Kamala Harris Retreats to Hollywood for Democratic Fundraiser as Popularity Tanks to New Lows

-PJ

11 posted on 08/19/2024 12:50:18 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: central_va
A Demonic Coven.

Witches. Entirely to much of that around these days.

12 posted on 08/19/2024 12:50:36 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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Bah!

...too much...

13 posted on 08/19/2024 12:52:04 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Would the Democrats pick an 80 year old Hillary to be their nominee in 2028? Realistically, this would’ve been her last real chance at the presidency. Can we say the presidential window has finally closed for Hillary Clinton? I believe Harris will lose and Michelle will be the nominee in 2028.


14 posted on 08/19/2024 12:56:17 PM PDT by dowcaet
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...Michelle will be the nominee in 2028.

WOO-HOO! Break out the "I Like Mike!" posters.

15 posted on 08/19/2024 1:01:23 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Sicon

Cheap box white wine


16 posted on 08/19/2024 1:04:36 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: philman_36

Hillary, Moochelle, and Kamala.

The makings of a great coven.


17 posted on 08/19/2024 1:04:59 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The media is slathering Harris with every positive adjective and connecting her with every special interest group they can think of in order to pull in the different segments of the Democrat voter. Now, they are going after the Hillary supporters to basically tell them if you vote for Harris then you are supporting Hillary.

I despise the media. Harris suddenly gets 95% positive media coverage and Trump continues to get 99% negative coverage.


18 posted on 08/19/2024 1:10:34 PM PDT by CFW
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Sacrifice that chicken (child?) to Moloch!

https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/14333

With fingers crossed, the old rabbit's foot out of the box in the attic, I will be sacrificing a chicken in the backyard to Moloch . . .

19 posted on 08/19/2024 1:16:37 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"... Inside Their Quietly Close Bond ..."



20 posted on 08/19/2024 3:01:41 PM PDT by plain talk
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