Is Hillary auditioning for the VP position....on McCain's team?

[ray of light]

Hillary gives another endorsement to McCain.

Has she crossed the line?

Hillary Clinton, speaking today:

“I think that since we now know Sen. (John) McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, national security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And I think it’s imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the commander-in-chief threshold,” the New York senator told reporters crowded into an infant’s bedroom-sized hotel conference room in Washington.

“I believe that I’ve done that. Certainly, Sen. McCain has done that and you’ll have to ask Sen. Obama with respect to his candidacy,” she said.

Calling McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee a good friend and a “distinguished man with a great history of service to our country,” Clinton said, “Both of us will be on that stage having crossed that threshold. That is a critical criterion for the next Democratic nominee to deal with.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/181919.php

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[LSparkle]

2. Shouldn't she be pointing out DIFFERENCES with the Repug ...

not SIMILARITIES? Isn't that what the essence of a CAMPAIGN should be????? Blows my mind
the way she's behaving ...

[ray of light]

4. Yes. She should be showing the difference. And that's why she seems to be

auditioning for a 'bi-partisan' P and VP position.

[Window]

14. Time to reign Hillary's ass in.

[ray of light]

21. Dean should get her to STFU or end her campaign before she hands over the

General Election to McCain on a silver platter.

[ingac70]

3. The Keating 5 scandal was part of McCain's great history of service...

to our country. Clinton is vile!

She's a stalking horse for McCain.

[ray of light]

7. Keating 5 is also part of BCCI. BCCI-Iran Contra investigations STOPPED due to Clinton (Bill)

Makes you think Hillary will stop any investigations into GWB too.

The evil coverup team...revealed! (and reviled!) McCain>>>Poppy BUSH>>> George W. Bush>>> Bill Clinton>>>Hillary Clinton>>>(McCain...and Able)

[disndat]

29. The not yet surfaced fear

unspoken, is that if HC wins, Bush/Cheney will get free passes .

[ray of light]

42. Call 703-469-2008 and tell her to stop helping McCain and to investigate GWB

Ok. ask for her for singlepayer health care too.

Oh...and ask for impeachment of GWB.

If she were to do all those, at this point, I might be willing to change my mind about her motives and actions.

[blm]

17. Keating was also part of BCCI that Clintons covered up throughout the 90s for GHWBush

and Jackson Stephens and other powerful figures.

Clinton sure as heck can't go after McCain's ethics on a BCCI-related matter, can she?

Obama can and also point out that HAD BCCI received its proper examination after the Dec 1992 report, there would have been no Bush2 possible, no 9-11, and no Iraq war 2.0.

[Ilsa]

5. Sounds like Hillary is trying to suck up to Independents and Republicans.

I wonder if she is trying to soften her image or trying to look tough by sounding so approving of him.

[swag]

6. Parsing this latest Hillarity

"McCain can be Commander in Chief, No Question!

Me, I believe I can be Commander in Chief, I think.

Barack Obama, well, huh."

[ExFreeper4Obama]

8. Hillary has chosen the Republican Party

She is now officially a Republican!!!

- Fear mongering? Check

- Iraq war vote? Check

- Praising John McCain? Check

- Bash the soon-to-be democratic nominee? Check

- Have the neocons support you? Check

- Refuse to negotiate with Iran? Check

- Race baiting? Check

- Try to thwart the will of the voters? Check

- Run on a platform of "national security?" Check

[Carolina]

34. Great post!

and welcome to DU! :hi::hi::hi:

[AtomicKitten]

9. Democrats are buzzing about her betrayal of the party.

Ironically this is precisely what is driving her SDs away.

[geek tragedy]

30. On what do you base this?

I would love for it to be true.

[AtomicKitten]

35. just the gist of what my colleagues in the biz are talking about

The feeling is that she doesn't represent the party but rather her own self-interests. In particular, this endorsement of the GOP nominee over her Democratic opponent may have just pushed this over the edge.

[geek tragedy]

37. What's your biz?

I would LOVE a SD to come out and say this.

[AtomicKitten]

39. Research.

I do freelance work analyzing trends for people working on organizing a national GOTV for the GE, which states need boots on the ground, etc. It is pretty much in a state of flux right now waiting for the Dems to get their collective sh*t together.

No worries, though. The SDs are painfully aware of the effect of Hillary's schmoozing with the opposition. Not good for the Democratic Party.

[ray of light]

41. SD=? (Not into acronyms)

[AtomicKitten]

51. superdelegates

[ray of light]

52. aaaaahhhhhhhhh....all I could think of was South Dakota or sample data...

[geek tragedy]

36. Dupe delete.

[TheDonkey]

10. She's going to run as an Independent Democrat come November. Mark my words

Lieberwoman strikes back

[Window]

15. I wish she would.

[ray of light]

24. Of course, if she runs Indy, then say HELLO McBush--term 3

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. I highly doubt it, but nothing would surprise me with some of the antics Hillary has pulled.

[americanstranger]

12. Wow. no defenders on this thread, either.

Unless you count the dead-enders.

I think we can all agree that this statement passes the 'Throwing Obama Under The Bus' threshold, no?

Think this is gonna cost her some supporters, or will they continue to defend this shit?

- as

[wileedog]

13. Can anyone think of another Primary

Where the opposing party candidate was actually compared favorably with the actual party opponent like this?

[americanstranger]

16. Never. Not once.

And I've been election-watching since Kennedy-Nixon.

This is fucking surreal if you ask me.

- as

[swag]

18. No, but I remember Lieberman and Cheney french-kissing in a VP debate.

[sunnystarr]

20. Nope ... I find her dispicable and I can't understand

why her supporters here don't have a problem with it.

[CoffeeCat]

25. Leave it to Hillary Clinton to stoop lower...

...than any Presidential candidate in history.

She's a contemptible, manipulative, self-centered, reckless piece of scum.

When she's not out bashing individual states--to prop herself up a point or two--she's
out propping up the Republicans as a way of disparaging a fellow Democrat--and millions
of Democrats who support Barack Obama.

She doesn't give a shit about this party or about anything but getting her backhanded
digs in.

Obama needs to turn up the volume on his campaign. Have more rallies, starting talking in
more detail about his policies and his vision for the future. Juxtapose Obama's integrity
and character against Hillary Clinton--the human garden weasel--and people will see what
a classless jerk she is.

[k8conant]

19. Where are the polls on a 4-way race? Obama/Clinton/McCain/Nader

as in DEM/OTW/GOP/IND


OTW = Off the Wall

[ray of light]

23. Nadar=OTW or Hillary (at this point)?

Nadar= Planet E(go)

[disndat]

22. The buzz on HC is

that she now knows she can't win against Obama, so she is setting Obama up to lose, providing McCain with her nasty attacks, such as her ads with Obama wearing a white shirt his skin darken, the constant 'Hussein' references, nasty sound bites against Obama for McCain to use, etc. The HC game plan is to help McCain win, serve for one term, then HC can takes over in '12. If this isn't the HC scenario for '12, then she is doing a pretty good job of giving aid and comfort to help McCain win.

[ray of light]

26. Sounds like what Team Clinton, McAulliffe, and Carville did to Gore and Kerry, too!

[City Lights]

28. Earth to Hillary: I WON'T SUPPORT YOU IN '12 EITHER!

I would vote for a cheese sandwich before I'd ever support that woman, Mrs. Clinton.

[ingac70]

32. Bingo! n/t

[smiley_glad_hands]

27. She sounds like a republican. eom

[earthside]

31. It is Scorched Earth

It is now so obvious ... old Hill knows that she cannot fairly win the Democratic nomination. She therefore must maim Obama so badly that McCain wins in November. At 72 years old next year, McCain is a one term president -- 2012 will be another non-incumbent contest.

And that is what old Hill is now aiming for.

She has ZERO loyalty to her political party -- it is all about her, period.

Sure, she is now basically campaigning for McCain.

[Ichingcarpenter]

33. Mark Penn (Hillary)=Charles Black (McCain) joined at the hip

Mark J. Penn is a man who wears many hats: high-paid political and corporate pollster, chief executive of an international communications and lobbying company, and chief strategist to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Enough connections for you?




Well, there are more. Penn's firm, Burson-Marsteller Worldwide -- with 2,000 employees and $300 million a year in revenue -- owns BKSH & Associates, the major lobbying firm chaired by Charles R. Black Jr. That's right, Black, counselor to Republican presidents, and now John McCain's advisor reports to Clinton's top strategist.

The connections get even more entangled. Burson-Marsteller is a subsidiary of WPP Group, a London-based advertising and PR giant that owns many of the biggest names on K Street. These include Quinn Gillespie & Associates, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates, Timmons & Co., Ogilvy Government Relations Worldwide (formerly the Federalist Group), Public Strategies Inc., Dewey Square Group and Hill & Knowlton.

To be more precise, Penn's parent company employs as lobbyists and advisers an ex-chairman of the Republican National Committee (Edward W. Gillespie), a former House GOP leader (Robert S. Walker), a top GOP fundraiser (Wayne L. Berman), and the former media adviser to President Bush (Mark McKinnon).


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR2007021900972.html

[Carolina]

38. birds of a feather

Clinton, Penn, McCain

Thanks for the info :hi:

K&R

[Ichingcarpenter]

You're welcome I used my 3 posts up

But this is important information, so somebody else might want
to post this separately.

[Carolina]

43. Great, I'll also K&R the OP to keep this

thread alive!

[RoadRage]

40. In her twisted mind.. i really think Hillary would rather McCain win the Obama..

her ego would be happier with it. If they like McCain, it's because of his views on issues, and I can't control that.

If they like Obama better, and we have the same stance on most issues, well then that means they just like him better - and THAT "I WILL NOT STAND FOR"..

So, she props up her good buddy McCain. :eyes: Very transparent.. very typical..

[Not the Only One]

49. maybe not McCain, but

Anybody but Obama. If she can't have the ring, she doesn't want Obama getting it. She will bloody Obama up as much as possible so that the nomination is worthless to him.

[Carolina]

44. K&R!

[Crunchy Frog]

45. Puke.

I'm almost to the point where I won't vote for her, even if she is the nominee. :puke:

[ray of light]

46. She keeps this up and she WON'T be the nominee.

[AgadorSparticus]

47. no shit! WTF is up with her fawning on and on about McCain???!!?!?!

I am absolutely repulsed by it. But then again, I'm not exactly surprised. He's only 1 degree away from shrub.

[Medusa]

48. With DLCers it's hard to tell.

Hillary is staying true to her DLC roots.

[AlCzervik]

50. Wow unreal, i wouldn't have believed until i saw it here----

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

The gall.

[workinclasszero]

53. Hillary is a traitor!

Shit I expect Hillary will jump ship and run with McCain now if she can't bully and cheat her way to the White House in the dem party.

I wonder what all the undecided supers think of Hillary supporting the Rethug candidate???

The ones already pledged to the turncoat traitor Hillary better change course before she destroys the whole party with her naked ambition to be president at any cost.