Vodka shots, Senate trips, Hillary Clinton shares fond memories of John McCain

Daily Mail UK ^ | August 26, 2018 | Emily Goodin

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Vodka shots, Senate trips, and the 2008 campaign that might have been - Hillary Clinton shares fond memories of John McCain

Hillary Clinton recalled drinking vodka shots with John McCain during at 2004 trip to Tallinn, Estonia

'What happens in Tallinn, stays in Tallinn,' she said Clinton said it was common for McCain to invite colleagues to travel with him

She also talked about the 2008 presidential contest where she lost the Democratic nomination but McCain was the Republican nominee

Clinton: 'I thought it would have been a great campaign because we both respected each other'

She said she hopes to toast McCain with vodka soon Hillary Clinton has fond memories of traveling the world and drinking vodka shots with Senator John McCain.

That contest has become the stuff of political legends.

It took place in Tallinn, Estonia, in August 2004, when Clinton was a Democratic senator from New York traveling with McCain and other colleagues. We spent a memorable night in a hotel right on the old square doing vodka shots,' she said on CNN on Sunday.

She denied the drinking contest was her idea.

'I would not take credit for it. I think it was a mutually agreed upon venture but we used to say what happens in Tallinn, stays in Tallinn,' she laughed.

McCain recalled the trip in his final book 'The Restless Wave.'

'This was a trip that saw a pleasant evening's repast become an urban legend that recounted a vodka-drinking competition she and I are alleged to have had in Tallinn,' he wrote.

[grania]

I know this naïve, but.....there is nothing okay about US Senators on a foreign trip representing their country getting in vodka-drinking contests in public bars in foreign countries. No wonder they’re all bought and paid for!

[dfwgator]

As if we needed more proof of what the late George Carlin said, “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.”

[Vlad The Inhaler]

IS McCAIN THE MAN WHO SAVED US FROM A HILLARY CLINTON PRESIDENCY?

Oddly enough I think there is a case to be made for the idea that John McCain's finest contribution to America may prove to be his 2008 loss to Barack Obama.
That loss probably saved us from a Hillary Clinton Presidency and laid the groundwork for the Trump presidency.

McCain's support in 2008 among Conservatives was lukewarm and it is only Sarah Palin's presence on the ticket that gave him any chance at all.
But after 4 years of a McCain presidency it's doubtful that even Sarah could have carried him to a second term against a resurgent Hillary.

If McCain had won in 2008 Hillary would have come roaring back in 2012.
Remember - in 2008 (as in 2016) it was understood that she would be the democrat candidate.
But then Barack Obama swooped in out of nowhere and stole the prize right out of her hands.

But Hillary democrats weren't about to let that happen again (as we saw in 2016).
Had Obama gone on to lose to McCain she would have been the 2012 nominee even if her supporters had to Arkancide every other democrat candidate.

On the other hand, on the plus side for Hillary, she would have been 4 years younger and a little more fit than in 2016.
Also she wouldn't have had the history of her miserable failure as Secretary of State, and she wouldn't have been hounded in the months before the election
with her extensive record of criminal activity as Secretary of State and later, as candidate for the democrat nomination,
ie: lost emails, smashed cel-phones, Uranium sales to Russia, election rigging, etc.

And she wouldn't have had to lug 8 years of the democrats miserable failure at Obamunism on her back like a parasitic Crack Monkey.

And it is that miserable 8 years of Obamunism and democrat criminality that fired up conservatives in 2016 and helped carry Donald Trump into the presidency.

But 4 years of a McCain presidency would have had the opposite effect and in a 2012 McCain-Hillary contest she likely would have whipped McCain soundly.

[Terry Mross]

I don’t believe he died Saturday. He had decided once death was near to add one final sentence to his legacy: “He died exactly 10 years to the day after his dear friend Ted Kennedy died.” I don’t know how long they kept him on ice waiting on August 25th.

[dfwgator]

I say they just administered the lethal dose of Morphine on that day.

[CrazyIvan]

Isn’t vodka more appropriate between “Comrads”?

[Zeneta]

Pay me I’ll be your surgeon, I’d like to pick your brains
Capture you, Inject you, leave you kneeling in the rain
I choose to steal what you chose to show
And you know I will not apologize
Your mine for the taking
I’m making a career of evil

B.O.C.

[Maris Crane]

Well alright, this is certain to make you feel guilty for thinking ill of him./s

Hope this is all over by tomorrow.

[Leep]

Here’s to colluding with the Rooskies, Hillzbeub!

[niteowl77]

I say they just administered the lethal dose of Morphine on that day.

My guess is that he has been receiving the best possible life support for some time, and the family - or the club - simply "unplugged" him at the time of their choosing, but that doesn't rule out a lethal morphine "palliative."

Mr. niteowl77

[TomGuy]

IS McCAIN THE MAN WHO SAVED US FROM A HILLARY CLINTON PRESIDENCY?

Doubtful.

The reverse is more likely. Had Hillary sidelined Obama, she would have beaten McCain in 2008. He only got just over 160 Electoral votes against Obama. He likely would not have done much, if any, better against Hillary.

[Vigilanteman]

No Democrat could have lost in 2008. The combination of Bush Fatigue + the September market crash would have ensured that.

McCain's only contribution was to make him the designated loser rather than Mitt Romney. If Romney had won (as was expected before New Hampshire) in 2008, the GOP could have actually ran a decent candidate in 2012 instead of playing the stupid "my turn" game.

[Vigilanteman]

It is no coincidence that the old Soviet Union made vodka cheaper than safe drinking water. A drunk population is far easier to control.

[shanover]

I loathe American politics. These two swamp creatures are what is wrong with America.

[GOPJ]

LOL - good one.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Had Hillary sidelined Obama, she would have beaten McCain in 2008.

I agree.

But she didn't sideline Obama.

[Polyxene]

Now McQueeg is sharing a bottle of Chivas Regal with Fat Ted.

[nickedknack]

>>Now McQueeg is sharing a bottle of Chivas Regal with Fat Ted.<<

And making waitress sammiches.