Hillary and Obama again

[DeadEyeDyck]

I heard this today on Rush. (don't beat me up-it is all I can get on the radio at work and no streaming allowed)

He said it is common knowledge that Obama intends to give Biden a seat on the Supreme Court and pick up Hillary as VP. The goal is to give him a stronger hand in '12. I am sure I heard this. He said it was published in US News and World Reports.

Anyone else hear of this?

[shraby]

1. I haven't heard anything, but Rush does tend to lie a lot.

[karynnj]

16. Rush does lie, but here he is repeating USN +WR

So, its a far right liar quoting a rightwing neo con magazine - http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/11/24/could-hillary-clinton-replace-biden-as-obamas-vp

[babylonsister]

2. Huh? Really? Rush,,, Biden .... nah! nt

[elleng]

3. Foolish, and Prez O and VP B are NOT.

Don't see Joe B on Supremes, tho he could certainly do it. I see no advantage; needs both in active political/people situations.

[MadBadger]

4. STOP LISTENING TO RUSH

Your excuse for why you do doesnt cut it.

[saracat]

5. Don't think so. Perhaps you need to wear ear plugs ar work????

And NOTHING in USN+WR

[karynnj]

15. It is in USN + WR, but that does not make it true

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/11/24/could-hillary-clinton-replace-biden-as-obamas-vp

[saracat]

17. Isn't "whispers"the unsubstantiated gossip section?

[karynnj]

19. Exactly, but it is the source

It is usually interesting to know the root source of a rumour. Here, the fact that it is USN and RW makes it less likely than if it were a source that the Obama team had favored.

[DeadEyeDyck]

24. thanks for finding that,,,,

for a while I thought maybe I was hearing things. And you get such a beaten rounf hear for listen to conservative talk radio. In the afternoon, that is all that is playing at the plant!

[PBS Poll-435]

6. Lolz

Really? I mean REALLY?


:eyes:

[DesertFlower]

7. i don't believe it. nt

[JTFrog]

8. You may claim you have to listen, but what's the excuse for trying to spread that shit here?

:shrug:

If there were any truth to it, there would be reliable sources involved, not fucking Rush Limpballs.

"Anyone else here of this?" What an awesome tactic to rile folks who know better than to listen to his stupid ass. :eyes:

[LeftyAndProud60]

9. No way Obama puts someone that old on the court. That's stupidity. Rush needs to get off the drugs.

[secondwind]

10. I heard that a Republican columnist, Cindy Sherman(?) had said this also.

[secondwind]

11. AND , Joe is too old (no offense, Joe, but we need young blood in there).!!

[Jennicut]

12. Joe is 67, and practiced law for such a very short time. And he is great where he is, as VP.

And you never change VPs unless the VPs have some kind of major scandal.

[karynnj]

14. I agree

Biden was only 29 when elected Senator - turning 30 later that month.

As a VP, he is a knowledgeable foreign policy voice and domestic policy voice. He also is as scandal free as a politician is going to be. The only negative has been that he has had reasonably frequent gaffes. That however is pretty media driven as anything that he says that can be turned into a gaffe is played ad nauseum. In their time in the administration, Hillary Clinton has made as many gaffes, but as that doesn't fit the media meme, there is not the same label. (EVERY politician (or person) who has all their words taped will have gaffes - it is impossible not to.)

[karynnj]

13. Just because it was rumored in US News and World Report doesn't make it true

It was printed there ( http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/11/24/could-hillary-clinton-replace-biden-as-obamas-vp ), then Cindy Adams, gossip columnist, picked it up and now Rush. Assuming the original source was US News and World Report, ask yourself the following. If Obama were considering this and wanted to float a trial balloon, would he go to neo-con Mort Zuckerman or his magazine? Are they a magazine where any of their writers are likely to be buddies of Obama's inner circle?

I think the answer is "no" and this is a group wanting to stir up submerged echoes of the 2008 primary war.

I really do not think that Constitutional scholar Obama will select Biden for the Supreme Court. I suspect that he would want to be seen as selecting exceptionally qualified jurists, who in spite of ideology, are seen as impeccable choices. I know Biden once held the chair of the Judiciary committee, but I doubt even Democrats see him as someone who should be on the Supreme Court. What he did a good job on while in that position was on things like legislation to deal with violence against women and the COPS bill. Both of which point to his legislative skills, rather than his skills as a jurist. Not to mention, he is 67 years old. So, I really think this part of the rumour is designed just to move Biden out rather than throw him under the bus.

[DeadEyeDyck]

25. just reporting what I heard

sorry for breathing. I wont't make the mistake of doing it again!

[mnhtnbb]

18. See, this is how brainwashing works. Spread a lie and people think it's true.

[DeadEyeDyck]

26. okay!!!

this is my last post on democrat undergroud.

You all are just plane mean.

[Cha]

20. limpbaugh is a fucking drooling idiot who makes shit up.

[Cass]

21. This was put out there by Cindy Adams, a gossip columnist.

I think her column is in the NY Post or maybe its the Daily News.

Figures Rush would seize on this - that's about his speed in terms of credibility.

[wisteria]

22. LOL! n/t

[CakeGrrl]

23. Limbaugh is a shit-stirrer. That is all. n/t

[avaistheone1]

27. I don't listen to Rush.

However, I did hear a news reporter on the Thom Hartmann show say that there is talk in important places that Hillary could be VP candidate in 2012.

[IndianaGreen]

28. Is Rush still hanging around public restrooms trying to pick up tricks?

[Hekate]

29. It's become a new RW meme, eventually to be picked up by the MSM and rebroadcast as: "Some people...

... are saying..." blah, blah, blah.

Who started it? Might as well ask: who does it serve to spread those kinds of rumors? because you know it serves someone's purpose.

Don't listen to Rush. It rots the brain.

Hekate

[tledford]

30. Even in 1974 it was known as "US News and Right-wing Rag." eom

[Lord Helmet]

31. (1) consider the source, (2) don't give credence to their BS

[tanyev]

32. Rush also "knows" that Michael J. Fox exaggerates his Parkinson's symptoms