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Drudge: HILLARY CLINTON, MCCAIN HELD VODKA-DRINKING CONTEST
Drudge Report ^ | 28 July 2006 | Drudge

Posted on 07/28/2006 4:59:49 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast

HILLARY CLINTON, MCCAIN HELD VODKA-DRINKING CONTEST Fri Jul 28 2006 19:19:50 ET

On a congressional trip to Estonia, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest!

Delighted, the leader of the overseas delegation, Sen. John McCain, quickly agreed, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report on Saturday.

The after-dinner game went so well -- memories are a bit hazy on who drank how much. McCain later told people how unexpectedly fun he found Hillary to be.

TIMES reporter Anne Kornblut has filed a story on the curious relationship between Hillary and John McCain, newsrooms sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

"One of the guys," is the way McCain describes her.

NYT TIMES editors plan a front page placement of Kornblut's report.

Clinton and McCain have developed an amiable relationship.

They worked together, both on the Senate Armed Services Committee and on the issue of global warming. But as the 2008 presidential campaign begins to take shape, with McCain and Clinton at the top of the polls for their parties' nominations, they are increasingly doing things that underscore their differences.

"But the interplay between the two senators -- both celebrities, both self-styled centrists, both with compelling personal narratives and a knack for infuriating their own parties' bases -- remains intriguing as they navigate the early phase of a presidential race with an eye toward conceivably running against one another."

Developing...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2bagger; absolutidiots; duplicatethread; hildebeast; searchsavebandwidth; seenit; shootme; vodka
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One way to tolerate der Hildebeast's presence is to drink one's self into oblivion, I suppose.

And "one of the guys"? [snicker]... yeah, people have been saying that about Hillary for years, if you catch my drift.

1 posted on 07/28/2006 4:59:52 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Drunken Hitlery (shivers)


2 posted on 07/28/2006 5:01:03 PM PDT by proud_yank (If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until its free.)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

One hardly knows where to begin...


3 posted on 07/28/2006 5:03:12 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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To: proud_yank
Just One Of The Guys


4 posted on 07/28/2006 5:03:23 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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"But, doctor, the pitbull seemed so tame--up until the time it ate my child."
5 posted on 07/28/2006 5:03:42 PM PDT by bannie (HILLARY: Not all perversions are sexual.)
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To: SE Mom
Just One Of The Guys...


6 posted on 07/28/2006 5:04:30 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Ack, eww, yuck!! I re-tasted the Chinese food I had for lunch, Thanks.


7 posted on 07/28/2006 5:04:38 PM PDT by proud_yank (If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until its free.)
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Did McCain do any belly shots?


8 posted on 07/28/2006 5:04:44 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

My sons tell about drinking games....one is in college and one graduated....I get this behavior in the college age group but not the more (mature?) crowd....


9 posted on 07/28/2006 5:04:53 PM PDT by Kimmers (vegetarian: Indian for bad hunter)
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Hil's drinking secret? Hollow cankles. ;)


10 posted on 07/28/2006 5:05:50 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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Both of them could use a drink or two..


11 posted on 07/28/2006 5:05:57 PM PDT by grapeape (I we stop talking about the NYT it will go bankrupt.)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Please! I just had my dinner! *SHUDDER*


12 posted on 07/28/2006 5:06:28 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Part of the MSM's attempt to humanize Hillary.


13 posted on 07/28/2006 5:06:31 PM PDT by kabar
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How many milli-seconds passed before Ted Kennedy was begging to get involved in this?


14 posted on 07/28/2006 5:08:12 PM PDT by Screamname (Batman and Godzilla : When will they fight?)
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To: proud_yank
Just One Of The Guys...


15 posted on 07/28/2006 5:08:23 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: kabar

That, and I can really see a McCain/Clinton or a Clinton/McCain ticket on '08. I bet it will happen.


16 posted on 07/28/2006 5:09:20 PM PDT by An American in Turkiye
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To: Kimmers

Mature?

Hey, we are talking about OUR senate. There is nothing mature there.


17 posted on 07/28/2006 5:09:59 PM PDT by Badray (CFR my ass. There's not too much money in politics. There's too much money in government hands.)
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"How many milli-seconds passed before Ted Kennedy was begging to get involved in this?"

You really want to know?


18 posted on 07/28/2006 5:10:20 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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Hillary was probably thinking if she got 'em all drunk, one of 'em might take a stab at her.


19 posted on 07/28/2006 5:11:24 PM PDT by evad
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To: An American in Turkiye

If McCain is at the top of the ticket, he will have a very short life expectancy.


20 posted on 07/28/2006 5:11:42 PM PDT by Badray (CFR my ass. There's not too much money in politics. There's too much money in government hands.)
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