Hillary Supporters Planning to Nomination Her at Dem Convention

Fox News | 7/14/08

[LottieDah]

The following appeared in the NY Daily News Letters to the Editor.

“I am writing in support of an Obama-Clinton ticket for 2008. I was one of Clinton’s 18 million passionate supporters who was devastated at the end of the primary season. Since that time, I have been unmotivated to support anyone. However, if Barack Obama were to make Hillary Clinton his running mate, all the enthusiasm I felt would be reignited. I would be thrilled to volunteer for field work, make long-distance calls into those pivotal swing states and generally do whatever I could to support this dream ticket.

I’m a 55-year-old white, middle-class woman, and I know that there are millions of others out there just like me - people who would sit out this election if Obama were to choose someone other than Hillary but who would be galvanized into action by an Obama-Clinton ticket. If Obama truly wants to win this presidential race, this is the way to make it happen.”

Scary isn’t it?

[counterpunch]

Beware, the fat lady hasn’t sung and it ain’t over yet. Remember she’d take the VP slot if offered.

No way she'd take it. That would be political suicide.
Hillary understands that despite the political climate, regardless of the media fawning or mid-summer polling, Obama can't win the election in November. If she is on a losing ticket, then her higher aspirations are over. She'd rather wait it out til 2012 and come back and say "don't make the same mistake again."

However, if an Obama/Clinton ticket did win, and I think Hillary believes that she and she alone could deliver the election for Obama, it would be the only thing worse than being on a losing ticket. It would mean that she would be out of the running until 2016 at the age of 68 and in the role of sitting vice president, which has only been done successfully by George H.W. Bush and Martin Van Buren.

And then finally, Obama can't very well run against the Establishment with the Establishment as his running mate. And finally, Obama knows that the only way taking the VP slot would be advantageous is if he isn't able to finish his term for one reason or another. And if anyone could make that happen, it would be the Clintons.
 

[Christian4Bush]

Re: photo at 12:

!No culpable!

[Tzimisce]

GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!!!!!!!!

[freekitty]

It makes sense to nominate her for Prez and him for VP. Then their party can really go down in flames.

[freekitty]

The most important thing to Hillary is not to go to jail.

[COgamer]

“Operation Chaos continues...”

Suggesting Operation Chaos was actually Hillary’s idea, and Rush, etc. got suckered into supporting it?

[jonrick46]

I can see it now. A question to the convention is raised as to the U.S. citizenship of Obama. A birth certificate is produced that proves Obama is a Kenyan citizen and unqualified to be president by the Constitution.

Hillary is nominated as the Democrat candidate.

All hell breaks out in the nation.

[GitmoSailor]

Nice Sunglasses!

[mallardx]

Relax, it was probably Madeleine Albright writing in. ;^)

[comebacknewt]

I don't think the RATs are stupid enough to let this happen.

The only hope of Hillary being put up for nomination is if the convention descends into total anarchy.

Hmmm. Maybe they ARE stupid enough to let this happen.

[Billthedrill]

So...ever seen one of those vampire movies where the guy has the stake at the vampire’s chest and gets distracted by the heroine stubbing her toe or something and you’re screaming “stake it! Stake it!” and then it rises sloooooowly from the coffin...

[dubie]

Nice Sunglasses!

Sunglasses? What sunglasses? ;)

[Ann Archy]

More like “Fleas”.

[ConservaTexan]

Suggesting Operation Chaos was actually Hillary’s idea, and Rush, etc. got suckered into supporting it?

No. Operation Chaos prolonged the dem primary. As a result, BHO and HRC kept launching attacks at each other that would not have happened if the nominee was decided sooner. Both sides became emotionally attached to their candidate and are unwilling to present the unified front that the party keeps claiming. The longer they fight amongst themselves, the better for the country.

The final stage of Operation Chaos should be an appeal directly to Hillary supporters to vote for McCain as the last hope for Hillary to run for the nomination again in '12.

[nmh]

#20, Now how did he get so BLACK?

He used to be WHITE.

Did he reverse his self hatred?

[Lizavetta]

Are there any Freeper computer geniuses that can take the “That’s Racist!” kid and transform him into a feminist hag saying “That’s Sexist!” ?

[Southack]

Obama was always a stalking horse...Hillary has always been their real candidate.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest.

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