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An Obama-Oprah Ticket?
NationalEconomist.com ^

Posted on 05/11/2008 3:32:33 PM PDT by drbasketball

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1 posted on 05/11/2008 3:32:33 PM PDT by drbasketball
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To: drbasketball

He’s a Brit and knows nothing of our politics. Hillary will never take 2nd fiddle to Obama. Besides, he’d never want a schemer like the beast always looking to wrest power from the POTUS.


2 posted on 05/11/2008 3:38:52 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Don't cheer for Obama too hard - the krinton syndicate is moving back into the WH.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

>Hillary will never take 2nd fiddle to Obama.

Sure will.
In a NY minute, in fact.

Thats what all of this hanging in there is really all about.
That and maybe getting some help with her now massive debt.


3 posted on 05/11/2008 3:43:20 PM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: bill1952

Sure why not take the VP spot, what does she have to lose, I mean anything could happen and then she (w)could be president.


4 posted on 05/11/2008 3:45:48 PM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: bill1952
Sure will. In a NY minute, in fact.

I sincerely doubt it. I think she's going to push for a Clinton/Obama ticket rather than an Obama/Clinton ticket. That would make far more sense, leaving Obama in the perfect position to be prez after her 8 years are done.

5 posted on 05/11/2008 3:46:01 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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I doubt Hillary after dirtying up Obama is #1 on his list. And I also doubt Oprah would take a pay cut and give up her kingdom to become VP.


6 posted on 05/11/2008 3:50:19 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: drbasketball

Obama would be crazy or a fool to pick Hillary as a running mate. What he needs is someone who can deliver the white male vote. Hillary can’t do that. Of course, I’m still not sure that Obama is the nominee. I won’t be convinced of that until the convention is over, and it hasn’t even begun yet.


7 posted on 05/11/2008 3:54:51 PM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("a wee bit silly." -Lord Trimble on Hillary Clinton's claim of foreign policy "experience".)
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To: drbasketball
Oprah would be an inspiring compelling choce but including her on the list at number 9 is just a silly little mind game to round out the list at 10.

Oprah has more adulation, public worship than most anyone and God knows, money. She's got her own media empire beholden only to herself. And then she's got the Oprah channel set to launch. FUGHETABOUIT.

And Obama would never risk his shot at the Presidency with some untried electoral gimmickry.

8 posted on 05/11/2008 3:55:43 PM PDT by freerepublic_or_die (Islam:Truly the opium of the morons with apologies to Karl Marx)
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To: pepperhead

I’d like to see Obama put Sharpton on the ticket, he’s available - although, he owns a lot of back taxes (workers comp, etc.). If you think about it, how can Obama select a white person when so many blacks are also qualified? He needs to follow affirmative action guidelines on this, perhaps Jesse?

Not that I would vote for such a ticket, but an all black ticket would seem to be aligned with democrat values and support for the black community. I say, go for it!


9 posted on 05/11/2008 3:59:15 PM PDT by Sonora
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To: Sonora

Thinking Obama might pick the Texas?? dude...the one Bubba called a traitor.


10 posted on 05/11/2008 4:07:21 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: Sacajaweau

If your thinking of Richardson, he is from New Mexico.


11 posted on 05/11/2008 4:17:52 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Is your response in some sort of code? It seems nonsensical, but may not be.


12 posted on 05/11/2008 4:18:09 PM PDT by Sonora
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To: drbasketball

Oprah? She is NOT the person to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.

Obama would be wise to choose a person of a different race than his own.


13 posted on 05/11/2008 4:34:30 PM PDT by madison10
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To: drbasketball; Yes

Yes, I can “really” imagine Oprah being the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces in the absence of President Obama.


14 posted on 05/11/2008 4:42:24 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: drbasketball

I suspect it will be Gov Strickland of Ohio.


15 posted on 05/11/2008 4:44:45 PM PDT by bilhosty
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To: drbasketball

Hillary is smart enough to know that Obama may still end up losing in the general election, which will also damage the political reputation of the final Democratic VP choice.


16 posted on 05/11/2008 5:40:22 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Vote for conservatives AT ALL POLITICAL LEVELS! Encourage all others to do the same on November 4!)
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To: bilhosty

Strickland is seemingly a good choice, but his Attorney General is aflame and the Governor is, some say, a flamer.

Is he actually all that popular in Ohio??


17 posted on 05/11/2008 5:40:47 PM PDT by dodger
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According to surveyusa.com he is at 54% positive and 38% negative and his highest ratings come from Appalachia which would be the problem area for Obama. He is also popular in Columbus which is a swing area. He could be bad news. His Attorney General is separately elected so that would not harm him much.
18 posted on 05/11/2008 6:02:27 PM PDT by bilhosty
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To: drbasketball
Let's start filling in B.O.'s cabinet:

Jesse Jackson - Sec. of State
Al Charleton - Sec. of Defense
Charles Rangel - Sec. of Treasury

and in the House

Maxine Waters - Speaker of the House
19 posted on 05/11/2008 6:14:44 PM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: pepperhead

YUp...That’s who I’m thinking of...Richardson


20 posted on 05/11/2008 6:45:18 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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