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May 9, 2008 3:42 PM

Obama on Clinton VP Speculation

Posted by Michelle Levi
From CBS News’ Michelle Levi:

BEAVERTON, ORE. – Barack Obama spoke out about a possible Obama/Hillary Clinton ticket today, saying “she would be on anyone's short list of vice presidential candidates.”

A member of the audience in the town hall here asked him his thoughts about having Clinton as his running mate. "Were you put up by one of those reporters back there?” Obama joked. He then launched into his usual disclaimer, saying he would not speculate on his running mate until he is the nominee. “She is going to do very well in West Virginia and Kentucky,” he said. “She will win those states in all likelihood by significant margins."

Obama changed his tone a little during the second part of his answer, praising Clinton and offering fodder for those speculating on the "dream ticket." "I will say that she has shown herself to be an extraordinary candidate and an extraordinary public servant,” Obama said. “She is hard working, she is tough, she is very smart and so I think she would be on anyone's list.”
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by marymary4868 May 11, 2008 6:02 PM EDT
I have been talking to other Obama supporters, and we think that Richardson from New Mexico would make a great running mate for him, he has allot of experience, and seems very honest, and pretty much thinks along most of the same lines as Obama. Whats everyone''s take on this???? OBAMA 08
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by speakthetrut May 11, 2008 5:44 PM EDT
Some say, never count out the Clintons. I say, never trust the Clintons. Even though Obama thinks he can relax now, he should be careful and keep an eye on Clinton, and expect them to pull any last ditch dirty work. Never trust the Clintons, never make friends with them.

Let me remind you what one of the oldest and trustworthy democrat president Jimmy Carter said about Clintons. "Clintons will be your friend only when they need something from you".
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by ar_morris May 11, 2008 1:46 PM EDT
In the beginning, there was only Iowa. So where is a %u2018Big Lie%u2019? Yes, it was in Iowa. It happened in December. It fell from the lips of the candidate who would later claim victory (albeit: the slimmest of victories, a meager third of the vote) in the Democratic Caucus. He said (and this is a quote from the NY Times), %u201C%u2026.the only nuclear legislation that I%u2019ve passed. I just did that last year%u2026.%u201D (The Big Lie). This was in response to a discussion on leaks in Illinois of nuclear plant groundwater contamination. Nuclear contamination.
Again, I quote the author, Mike McIntire from his February 3, 2008 article in the New York Times. Exelon (contributed over $225,000 to Obama) .It is %u2018The Big Lie%u2019 because he never passed the legislation, many in Iowa believed him, and the Illinois senator was never quizzed about it. He then moved forward basing a part of his entire campaign on something he didn%u2019t do, but said he did.
To base your first win on %u2018The Big Lie%u2019 is to have the rest of your wins cast in that shadow of your %u2018First Big Lie%u2019. Judgment is critical to Senator Obama%u2019s presidential hopes. He has little else, no bills or legislation of his own passed, no lengthy time in the US Senate, and maybe just his veracity as his only virtue. But where is that %u2018good judgment%u2019 if you told %u2018The Big Lie%u2019 first?



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by barbjc1 May 11, 2008 12:46 AM EDT
"You seem to have a real hard time understanding that half the Dem party wants Hillary not Obama."?
posted by tazmjam
This was posted by tazmjam in response to b-easy63. The majority of Democratic voters are the working Americans, not the elite. They are also the majority of the American people. There are a whole lot of us that are for HRC, college educated working individuals. Something is very wrong with Obama, his judgment is questionable. Anyone that would make a comment like the one he did at a fund raiser about us in small town, rural Midwest America is ten kinds of a fool.
As I have stated before, have Obama as the nominee, and I can guarantee the Democrats will NOT win the White House. Those super delegates that are supporting him like Edward Kennedy are known to be out in left field. Also if Obama has an accident if elected if won''t be because of the Clintons. It will be from radical Muslims that feel he is still a Muslim because of his biological and his stepfather and he has abandoned the faith of the true believers and he should be executed.
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by ranger1948 May 11, 2008 12:23 AM EDT
Anyone seen obamawhamma ? I have been looking under every rock and can''t find that snake.
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by randomcments May 10, 2008 10:22 PM EDT
I suspect that Barak is smart enough that he knows picking Hillary is the only way to have a chance of winning.

A look at the disinformation in many of the blogs on this article shows the extent of ill will that Barak''s supporters have created.

Barak understands that he needs Hillary''s supporters to win in Nov. His supporters have not figured that out.

Barak''s support of Howard Dean''s effort to disenfranchise Florida''s voters has probably cost him any chance of winning Florida. He may not even appear on Florida''s ballot (Florida is considering a law that would have the effect of removing him from the ballot if the delegates are not seated.)

As bad as Bush has done, Howard Dean as probably pulled defeat from the jaws of victory.
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by downsteamjim May 10, 2008 4:56 PM EDT
Why not select a long time ally like Rev. Wright, or Ayers, or the guy who helped him get his property.
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by jockh May 10, 2008 4:51 PM EDT
Hillary Clinton has raised more then $198 million dollars for her campaign and yet is $25 million in debt.

This goes to show why she is unfit to be President.
$25 million in debt and she claims to have passed the Steward of the Economy test.

But Hillary made LOANS to her campaign and now she will want that money repaid so all you Hillary Supporters like RowdyTexan, you better increase your donations to Hillarys campaign (or should it now be called the Hillary Loan Repayment Fund)

But please remember Hillary will get ALL her money back, because its a LOAN; you however will only have your memories and a smaller bank balance.

Hillary relies on suckers like you to GIVE your money, while she cleverly LOANS hers.

When this is over she will have a bath in 100 dollar bills because all her 110 million dollar fortune is still there ! But don%u2019t worry she will be thinking of you and your kind donations !
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by Lai K W May 10, 2008 1:23 PM EDT
Hillary would rather accept McCain''s VP offering than OBAMA the empty suit. Since Hillary voters are going to vote for McCain anyway. Talk it over and resolve the differences.

McCain - Hillary 08 a sure-win
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by jackie1112 May 10, 2008 10:56 AM EDT
Obama is smart. He''s got to know putting Clinton on the ticket as his second-in-command is jeopardizing his/his family''s safety, given the JFK,Jr. events in 1999.

He has to know that having HC as
VP would insure he would be undermined and backstabbed at
every turn.

And he has to know that putting her on the ticket is a pretty sure
guarantee that he WON''T win.

Sorry, folks, but I''m starting to
smell a rat here. Like perhaps Obama is serving a Trojan Horse function, whether he knows it or
not. Just like what GWB has done for Cheney for 8 years. Hillary can''t get in on her own and knows it. Obama comes in, everything she''s not, and beats her handily. Then she scratches and claws publicly until he''s convinced he has no other choice than to make her the VP nominee to shut her up.

If Obama puts her on the ticket, I''m done with the Dems. For anyone else of similar feelings, I''d suggest leave comments on his
site now before its too late.
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by greatdrivew May 10, 2008 2:14 AM EDT
We the People already have a sleazy, control-oriented, back room, special-interest-owned Vice President; and we don''t need another one.

So just like Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan and Carter before him, Barack will select his own VP.
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by almitaaa May 10, 2008 1:12 AM EDT
If Obama choose Clinton as VP He will be DEATH MEAT...Muderderd

look at Clinton new list of death bodies

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/BODIES.html

It includes John F Kennedy Jr. "accident" in the plane before he play in the race for senator from New York, He became death meat, and Mrs. Clinton became NY senator.........
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by tazmjam May 10, 2008 12:03 AM EDT
You can win it all--and still lose everything. Somethings are not worth winning over--putting a back stabbing racist liar on the ticket who is known for having a lot of accidents around people who cross her and knowing that when you get her--you get her entire venal cabal--is not a smart choice--it could be the straw that breaks the camel''''s back. Obama would lose a lot of his appeal if, after claiming HRC would do or say anything to win--he stoops to putting the little monster on his own ticket to win. Posted by b-easy63




You seem to have a real hard time understanding that half the Dem party wants Hillary not Obama. If he wins...he is not walking away with a huge majority. And the Clintons are NOT racist. I have seen too many posts from Obama supporters accusing both Dems and Repubs and even whole states of being racist. If this is any indication of how the next 4 years under an Obama Presidency would be...I%u2019ll pass.
If he wants the White House in November he would do well to seriously consider Hillary for the VP slot, what YOU want is irrelevant; the other half of the party cannot be ignored. Obama likes to say this is not about Hillary or him but the American people...fine lets see him put his money where his mouth is. Ignore us and you will be hearing a lot of us Non-Reagan Democrats quoting one of his famous lines. %u201CI didn''t leave the Democratic party; my party left me".
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by croft777 May 9, 2008 11:50 PM EDT
Now go to her website immediately and pay back her loans!jockh

Hey jock itch.. go back under the rock you crawled out from.


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by croft777 May 9, 2008 11:48 PM EDT
Well, well, well--someone who appears not to have a clue how Washington works. She gets in, sets up her own fiefdom undermines his staff, with holds information, runs him and the country even more than Cheney did--he will be out of the loop and she will continue to make him feel like a buffoon as she plans, orchestrates and does things around him and she and Bill run the show and quietly put out the word that he is a token of the highest job in the land and they are really doing all the work--of course if their games fail--then he can be the scapegoat and fall guy and HRC can say--that is why you should never hire such an inexperienced person and why blacks should not get to be President. Uhmmmm----those last messages will be sent out by robocall of course--and the games in Washington would stay the same, the same pockets getting lined and Obama would have no support system as the Clintons would just replug back in their old network and no one would oppose them--knowing where the real power base was and what happens to unfortunates who cross them. Get a clue before you vote. It has value then.b-easy63

How more racist can you be. I bet your really black, or a wanna be.
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by reedasimon May 9, 2008 10:19 PM EDT
Having Bill Clinton hanging around the White House is a sure recipe for dysfunction of the highest order!
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by b-easy63 May 9, 2008 10:08 PM EDT
I can see the political cartoons now. Hillary dressed as the devil sitting on Obama''''s shoulder, constantly whispering in his ear. But, in the end, the product will be a mix of the two''''s ideas. And that IS what American''''s really want. Change, but in moderation.

Posted by seek7721 at 04:36 PM : May 09, 2008


Well, well, well--someone who appears not to have a clue how Washington works. She gets in, sets up her own fiefdom undermines his staff, with holds information, runs him and the country even more than Cheney did--he will be out of the loop and she will continue to make him feel like a buffoon as she plans, orchestrates and does things around him and she and Bill run the show and quietly put out the word that he is a token of the highest job in the land and they are really doing all the work--of course if their games fail--then he can be the scapegoat and fall guy and HRC can say--that is why you should never hire such an inexperienced person and why blacks should not get to be President. Uhmmmm----those last messages will be sent out by robocall of course--and the games in Washington would stay the same, the same pockets getting lined and Obama would have no support system as the Clintons would just replug back in their old network and no one would oppose them--knowing where the real power base was and what happens to unfortunates who cross them. Get a clue before you vote. It has value then.
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by sueann702 May 9, 2008 10:07 PM EDT
What sbout Kerry? Edwards? Dodd? Richardson?
Forget Hillary, she''s untrustworthy. If Obama should die in office all fingers will point to Hillary.
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by b-easy63 May 9, 2008 10:04 PM EDT
Imagine the commercial spots. Showing HRC and Obama holding hands and grinning for the cameras--then running the spots of her blasting Obama ....

and then a McCain voice over saying "and this guy says something about MY judgment? " LMAO The 2 would cancel each other out--McCain does not have to run a negative against Obama--just reloop HRC''s stuff over and over and prime it with a few snippets about Wright and her upcoming campaign problems in the trial in CA--they would LOVE that ticket--it is not a great ticket at all. Once it was--now it would be a tragedy and a mockery of the first order.
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by b-easy63 May 9, 2008 10:01 PM EDT
Everybody wins that way and that is the only way they can beat McCain. No one will feel disenfranchised, everybody is happy happy and the Democrats win the election.

Posted by Mecco3 at 05:07 PM : May 09, 2008


You can win it all--and still lose everything. Somethings are not worth winning over--putting a back stabbing racist liar on the ticket who is known for having a lot of accidents around people who cross her and knowing that when you get her--you get her entire venal cabal--is not a smart choice--it could be the straw that breaks the camel''s back. Obama would lose a lot of his appeal if, after claiming HRC would do or say anything to win--he stoops to putting the little monster on his own ticket to win. NO to HRC--not just because she would undermine him if not kill him--but because in no way, shape or form should she ever be rewarded for running her sleazoid campaign. Putting her on the ticket would be like Peter Pan making Captain Hook his official back scratcher. OUCH!!!!
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