Hillary said McCain would make a "good president".

[Why Syzygy]

July 29, 2006
2008 May Test Clinton’s Bond With McCain
By ANNE E. KORNBLUT

WASHINGTON, July 28 — Two summers ago, on a Congressional trip to Estonia, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting that the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest.

Delighted, the leader of the delegation, Senator John McCain, quickly agreed. The after-dinner drinks went so well — memories are a bit hazy on who drank how much — that Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, later told people how unexpectedly engaging he found Mrs. Clinton to be. “One of the guys” was the way he described Mrs. Clinton, a New York Democrat, to some Republican colleagues.

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. McCain went on to develop an amiable if professionally calculated relationship. They took more official trips together, including to Iraq. They worked together on the Senate Armed Services Committee and on the issue of global warming. They made a joint appearance last year on “Meet the Press,” interacting so congenially that the moderator, Tim Russert, joked about their forming a “fusion ticket.”
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It was during their joint trip to Iraq in late February 2005 that Mr. McCain and Mrs. Clinton appeared via satellite on “Meet the Press,” an appearance that put their civility on display. When Mr. Russert asked Mr. McCain at the end of the interview whether he thought Mrs. Clinton would make a good president, Mrs. Clinton came to his rescue, saying: “Oh, we can’t hear you, Tim!”

“Yeah, you’re breaking up,” Mr. McCain added, laughing. But then he said: “I happen to be a Republican and would support, obviously, a Republican nominee, but I have no doubt that Senator Clinton would make a good president.”

Asked the same question about him, Mrs. Clinton replied without skipping a beat: “Absolutely.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/washington/29rivals.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

[TwilightGardener]

1. She clearly likes and respects him more than she does Obama. Barf.

[Kittycat]

2. Sick & Twisted, Isn't it?

I just don't get it.

[Why Syzygy]

7. It's the insider's club.

McCain is just their sacrificial candidate. This one is supposed to go to their gal, Hill.

McCain defends
Kerry on defense
Arizona senator says
GOP rhetoric 'not helpful'
updated 11:13 a.m. CT, Thurs., March. 18, 2004

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Thursday he did not believe Democratic candidate John Kerry, a friend and Senate colleague, was weak on defense or would compromise national security if elected president.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4555261/

He has no chance.

[Colobo]

3. Hillary, McCain and Bush seem to like each other a lot.

[Vinca]

4. Drinking buddies? Oh, good lord. nt

[skipos]

5. I am no Hillary fan, but this doesn't bother me

"No Tim, I think McCain would be an awful President." Very few people in her shoes would have said that.

[Cha]

10. I don't what hilary says...more

politics as usual from her.

[Why Syzygy]

12. No. I expect the same spineless behavior displayed by most

Democrats today. Exactly. Thank you.

[Yael]

13. But when she does it on stage during a democratic debate in reference to

Obama and Edwards, it is just hunky dory.

[Avalux]

17. She's good at avoiding direct answers; why didn't she do it this time?

She could have said "Tim, I admire and respect John McCain, but I support a Democrat becoming President". It's that simple.

[skipos]

19. I agree, that would have been a better answer

I just think that DU tends to overreact when Dems say anything nice about Repubs. I think what she said was untrue, and not the best answer but harmless.

[Why Syzygy]

20. Personally, I hope to avoid another

love fest bid like Kerry gave Bush in 2004. Being civil is one thing, but when the line is so blurred you can't tell who you are choosing, our Democracy is a sham.

[shenmue]

23. Exactly. Consider the occasion. They all say diplomatic things to one another at those times.

It's called politics. It's like saying hello when you go to someone's house. I don't think it means she'd vote for him.

Trust Obama supporters to not read beyond the surface and not know the context. I think that's their platform.

[dempartisan23]

6. vote clinton vote mccain

no differeence

[LisaL]

8. McCain said Clinton would make a good president.

And she agreed that McCain would make a good president.
WTF would you expect her to do in a situation?

[Boojatta]

16. "WTF would you expect her to do in a situation?"

She could have asked, "Do you want the truth?"

If they had said "yes", then she could have said, "You can't handle the truth!!!"

[Yael]

9. The debate mods couldn't even get her to say that about BHO or JRE

Slimy and self-centered.

She doesn't have the interests of this country at heart. She has the interests of all that is Clinton at heart.

[THUNDER HANDS]

11. she probably views McCain as her Bob Dole

[Why Syzygy]

14. Exactly!

He is the sacrifice. Why wouldn't she love him?

[speedoo]

15. This was before Hillary "recalculated" her position on Iraq, I believe.

Her position on Iraq was identical to McCain's before she realized the country was coming to believe it was a mistake.

Now, of course, her position is quite different. But too many people have died or been maimed, and she is being held accountable.

[Seabiscuit]

18. Oh, brother, you're that desperate you have to dig up this kind of irrelevant crap?

Name one thing that Barack Obama has accomplished in either the Senate or the Illinois legislature.

Just one.

Bet you can't.

Hence the desperation tactics.

[FrenchieCat]

21. Just one thing?

:shrug:

* First legislation, the HOPE Act, which increased Pell Grants to $5100, and later joined Senator Kennedy on the Higher Education legislation that passed July 20, by a vote of 78-18. That legislation also included funding for Predominantly Black Colleges to assist with counseling, tutoring and other needs of low income students. It also creates the Teaching Residency Act which will create a school-based teacher preparation program in high needs schools to provide each teacher with a mentor, content instruction, classroom management skills, a master’s degree and state certification, and a 2 year follow-up program.

**The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006

**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act

**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill,

** The “Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act.

** S116 - Summer Learning demonstration project to provide summer learning grants and encourage new teaching methods.

Amendments, that have all passed, to my knowledge:

S.Amdt.159 to S.Con.Res.18 - To prevent and, if necessary, respond to an international outbreak of the avian flu.

S.Amdt.390 to H.R.1268 - To provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

S.Amdt.670 to H.R.3 - To provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at new and existing refueling station facilities to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

S.Amdt.808 to H.R.6 - To establish a program to develop Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuels from Illinois basin coal.

S.Amdt.851 to H.R.6 - To require the Secretary to establish a Joint Flexible Fuel/Hybrid Vehicle Commercialization Initiative, and for other purposes.

S.Amdt.1362 to S.1042 - To require a report on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II.

S.Amdt.1453 to S.1402 - To ensure the protection of military and civilian personnel in the Department of Defense from an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic.

S.Amdt.2301 to H.R.3010 - To increase funds to the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program and to the Office of Special Education Programs of the Department of Education for the purposes of expanding positive behavioral interventions and supports.

S.Amdt.2605 to S.2020 - Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should immediately address issues relating to no-bid contracting.

S.Amdt.2930 to S.2349 - To clarify that availability of legislation does not include nonbusiness days.
S.Amdt.3144 to S.Con.Res.83 - To provide a $40 million increase in FY 2007 for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and to improve job services for hard-to-place veterans

S. Amdt 41 to S. 1 To require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACs, or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions, and the aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged.

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[BlueJac]

22. Gag me with that photo..........

You should of gave eveyone a heads up.

[From The Left]

24. McCain and the Borg Queen are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Even Billboy said she and McCain are "very close."

Flush them both!