Posted on 08/31/2007 7:13:11 AM PDT by presidio9
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told a talk show her husband, Bill, had "looked into" running as her vice president.
Appearing on the David Letterman show on Thursday, the talk-show host asked if Bill Clinton could serve as her vice president should she be elected to the White House.
But the former first lady acknowledged that he could not. "Believe me," she joked, "he looked into that."
She also remarked that if the Constitution didn't forbid a president from a third term, "he might be running."
The interivew marked Clinton's seventh appearance on "The Late Show," which was celebrating its 14th anniversary on CBS.
She first appeared on February 14, 1994, when Letterman's mother, Dorothy, interviewed her briefly from the Winter Olympics in Norway.
On Thursday's show, Clinton recounted a summer in Alaska during which she donned boots and an apron to gut salmon with a spoon.
"Best preparation for being in Washington that you can possibly imagine," she joked.
Clinton talked shop, too, discussing the need for campaign finance reform, how to pull troops out of Iraq and the importance of caring for wounded veterans.
She said that while resistance to a female commander in chief has diminished, it hasn't disappeared.
"I think it's not so much that people don't think a woman can do the job, it's just that we've never done it before," she said.
"I'm not running because I'm a woman; I'm running because I think I'm the best-qualified and experienced person who can do the job. But I know that it's a big deal that I might be the first woman president."
Clinton also read a "Top Ten List" of tongue-in-cheek campaign promises, including No. 3: "We will finally have a president who doesn't mind pulling over and asking for directions."
I find that hard to believe. A good percentage of constitutional scholars are liberals who believe that that SCOTUS did exactly that in 2000.
‘Clinton also read a “Top Ten List” of tongue-in-cheek campaign promises, including No. 3: “We will finally have a president who doesn’t mind pulling over and asking for directions.”’
Gee, was No. 1 ‘We will have a woman routinely cuckcolded over the past three plus decades?’
Just wondering...I mean she’s so smart and all....
Sure he could. He could also divorce her, move to another state, have a sex change operation, become an ordained Epicsopalian priest, and get named Archbishop of Canterbury, too. But I'm not losing any sleep over the possibiliyt that might happen, any more that I am over the chance of Bill Clinton ever being vice-president.
I don't and it doesn't have anything to do with liberal decisions. If Bill Clinton ran as VP, the election would carry on before the SCOTUS could hear the case.
If the people elect Clinton/Clinton (I'm gagging while typing that), why should the SCOTUS stand in the way?
That would be overturning an open election.
A party could nominate two people from the same state if they were willing to write off the electoral votes from that state for the VP candidate, and if someone was appointed to the Vice Presidency the residency rule would not be an obstacle.
Grant finished his memoirs just before his death, so he didn’t see any revenues, but the royalties kept his family from living in poverty after his death.
Thanks for the reminder. I should have addressed the question of the electors. Clearly, Billy Boy would have to move from New York, which is second to California in electors. If he were in Alasks, it might be a different story.
It paid the rent for Mrs. Grant for the rest of her life. Grant himself died within weeks of finishing it. As a piece of trivia, Grant's publisher was his close personal friend, Mark Twain.
When has the Constitution ever stopped this criminal enterprise?
It's a "living, breathing, document" don-cha-know... ;-(
“I’m running because I think I’m the best-qualified and experienced person who can do the job.” ................. Is this what this country has come to? Really? Best Qualified? Best Experienced? The best snow job by the MSM, and the best possible Dem candidate maybe. Ms.”I don’t remember, I can’t recall, It doesn’t come to mind, etc. etc”. She may be the smartest woman to the dumbest folks around but anyone with half a brain working can see through her. All she really is, is a MSM made celebrity. In a nation of 300 million SHE is the best qualified around? Coulter could run circles around her in a debate if you could only get a direct answer from her on unrehearsed and uncleared questions. Really folks, does she even look presidential? And to think that her smooth talking buffoon of a husband even thinks of becoming a VP is sickening.
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***”I think it’s not so much that people don’t think a woman can do the job, it’s just that we’ve never done it before,” she said.***
She can’t be trusted with anything.
I would rather have 100 screaming Muslims in front of me, than her behind me.
Well, it wasn’t the founders who put the 2 term limit into the constitution. That was put in by the 22nd amendment, passed in 1951.
I think it is as a great idea. No one knows more about vice than Bill. It is a natural fit for which he is uniquely qualified. /s
Letterman pushes Hillary.
That’s not even news is it? It’s what everyone expects and already knows.
I think you're wrong Hillary. A strong willed person like Margaret Thatcher would accepted. A person who would hire someone to silence the victims of her husband wouldn't. It's as simple as that
We will finally have a president who doesn't mind pulling over and asking for directions.
If this means changing policy directions to suit every poll you run, we've seen that once before.
As Nancy said, "Just say no!"
“Brian on Fox & Friends this morning made a great comment on Bubba wanting a third term.”
i guess you had to be there...
or is it top secret.
perhaps it was so funny you’re still laughing.
so far, we can only imagine.
teeman
It wasn’t the founders who put in the 2-term presedential limit. That got added ~150 years later.
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