I think the beast would make a fine VP candidate as she'd mobilize conservatives in numbers never seen before.
Posted on 07/05/2004 4:54:44 PM PDT by wagglebee
Hillary Clinton is going to be John Kerry's vice presidential choice.
This prediction frightens some people. Having Hillary Clinton run on any presidential ticket is, for many of us, high on our list of things we'd never want to be exposed to, just below "being on a nude beach in the French Riviera and seeing Michael Moore playing volleyball."
The recent speculation about the likelihood, or lack thereof, of Hillary being Kerry's running mate got me to thinking about just how the Clintons have gone about positioning themselves.
John Kerry has to have some big-time help and will need something drastic to set himself apart from ... himself. A running mate with a soft look and feminine qualities may help accomplish this – but what if John Edwards doesn't want the job?
The usual rule of thumb when choosing a veep is "first, do no harm." That would seem to rule out Hillary right off the bat, since she's as polarizing as Hip-Hop, has had some seriously bad ideas, would mobilize the opposition in record numbers and is a senator in a state that Kerry will already win. No, not Arkansas or Illinois, one of her other home states – I think this year she's from New York.
All of that doesn't matter. What the Clintons want, the Clintons will get. They've brilliantly set it up that way. They have constructed a Trojan horse in the past few years with the idea being not to offer it as a phony surprise "gift" to their enemies, but to their friends.
In Homer's "Iliad," the Greeks gave a giant wooden horse to their enemies, the Trojans, in what appeared to be a peace offering. After the Trojans allowed the horse into Troy, the Greeks popped out and wiped out the Trojans. In Bill and Hillary's "Iliad," they give a giant wooden donkey to their friends, the Democrats, and, if the Clintons don't get their way, out pop all their FBI files and, come to think of it, maybe even a few Trojans.
It's all making too much sense to ignore. There's a reason Bill's book came out in June of an election year. The criticism was that he was stealing thunder from the Democratic candidate, but he may have only been supplying the lightning. There's a reason Hillary has been getting more and more wacky lately, the most recent being when she told the crowd at a fund-raiser in San Francisco, concerning tax cuts, "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
For perhaps the first time in 20-plus years, Hillary Clinton aroused a man ... unfortunately, that man was Karl Marx. The squeak of the lid opening, as everybody's favorite dead communist said, "Look, comrades, no hands," is, quite frankly, creepy.
I must admit a little pride in the woman who greets you like Blue Ice down the shorts – Hillary didn't even bother to disguise "common good" as "for the children," which is usually the case. A rare twinge of integrity, albeit leftist and moronic.
Hillary speaking of the "common good" also does something else concerning the dead: It's a dead giveaway that she's going to be on the ticket. The Democrats need to appeal to their base, and, believe it or not, the "common good" tripe is a date-rape drug for liberal voters – people who think "Air America" is failing because of a Halliburton conspiracy, the NPR bourgeois and "stand tall for your brother" fierce union loyalists who have their houses remodeled on weekends by scab labor.
Every individual has a different idea as to what the definition of "common good" is, but there is one universal similarity throughout history – the "common good" is almost always determined by the uncommonly bad.
So, will Hillary Clinton be John Kerry's running mate? I believe so. On party loyalty, she gets an "A." On towing the line on the six core values, or lack thereof, of the Democratic party – abortion, gun control, high taxes, abortion, abortion and abortion – she gets an "A." On the ability to boast three home states, and be eyeing a fourth – California – she gets an "A."
It's all adding up to a VP nod for Hillary, which is but a stepping stone on the way to her real goal – the presidency. Could that ever happen? John Kerry's food taster would be the first to know.
That's just too funny.
Kudos, Doug Powers, your article has that certain "Steynian" quality.
I think the beast would make a fine VP candidate as she'd mobilize conservatives in numbers never seen before.
"Toeing the line," not "towing."
Ping!!!
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I know IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE AN IDIOT - but imagine having the whole country turning into IDIOTS under her spell - for a grand total of 24 YEARS!!!
Just look at what a majority of voters has been doing in Massachusetts - Ted Kennedy is senator-for-life, Barney Frank is possibly representative for life....
Just imagine Hillary's list of running mates - Michael Moore, for starters...
Bring on the itch .. I ready for her too
Naaaaaaaaaa...Hillery will not be the choice. It will be Gephardt, or Edwards.
Hillary has just too many negatives in her poll numbers to be a benefit, not to mention it would give the Bush campaign some incredible fodder. I don't think much of Kerry but from every thing I have read he is not an out right crook like they are. Hillary caries a lot of criminal baggage!
I think you are probably right. And that is good news, it means that Billary will make sure Kerry loses!
Love the title! Hate the thought.
Hillary, we hardly gnu yea.
I'd give that baby a wet kiss before I'd even touch Hitlery. LMAO! [I ain't kiddin'!]
Placing Hillary on the ballot would force wavering conservatives back into Bush's camp.
"HITLERY would then be able to seek the presidency itself - for yet ANOTHER 8 years..."
This is why I don't think she will settle for VP. After 8 years of democrats, this country would be BEGGING for a change, and she would NEVER succeed Kerry.
Kerry choosing Hillary would mean that he has a death wish.
ROFLOL!!!!!!!!
Be afraid, very afraid.
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