Hey Hillary. You don't get to be Obama's VP. He has to offer it to you.

[Cant trust em]

It's his call and if he decides to offer it to you then you can accept it. This isn't a consolation prize that is owed to you for coming in second.

I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt that there's not a detailed story up yet with her exact quote, but based on what is available to me at this point, I don't like the tone.

[scheming daemons]

1. The Republicans would like nothing better than for Hillary to be the VP nominee...

...

They want (and need) it desperately.


.....To raise funds

.....To GOTV

.....To have a chance of undercutting Obama's "change" message"

.....To win.

[enid602]

10. y

And why is that? Because she supports universal health care? Because she's perceived as being liberal? Because the right-wing machine vilified her and her husband for 15 years? That same machine that is poised to do the same with Obama?

[PatGund]

17. And they can dust off the 18+ years.....

...of irrational right-wing hatred against Sen. Clinton.

No Sen. Obama. Sen. Clinton should NOT be your VP.

[mod mom]

2. She's laying the groundwork in attempt to force others to pressure him. I sincerely hope not.

[Swamp Rat]

7. Shades of 1980, when the GOP forced Reagan to make GHWB his VP.

We ended up in Iraq.

[mod mom]

14. You're bad!

In a hilarious way ;)

[Swamp Rat]

18. Worse than bad

:D

[olkaz]

3. She was asked.

I guess you better get in touch with that reporter, since the question offended you so much.

[Cant trust em]

6. Like everything, there are good answers and bad answers to questions

A good answer would have been "Well that's an interesting question. First off, I think it's a little early to be talking about that since I'm still currently running for president, not VP. But if I were to be offered the position I would certainly give it its due consideration."

[JuniperLea]

16. Wrong

The right answer is concise so it can't be misconstrued. Actually, in the past, your answer WAS what she said. So what if she said she'd accept it? She was asked. Jeez.

[Cant trust em]

20. Those answers were fine.

They are not expecting anything that hasn't been offered, which I find rude.

[AzDar]

4. I'm pretty sure that she's trying to force him to put her on the ticket

with this statement. Why else would she do it publicly?

She's POISONOUS.

[Willo]

12. Definitely - VP by hostage and media pressure

That's the frenzy she's trying to stir up today.

[busymom]

5. Context. She was asked if she would consider it and said yes.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. She was asked during a conference call with other NY lawmakers

One of which decided to toss the statement out to the media to feed the rumor mill.

It's amazing how easy a rumor mill is to feed. If it were only that easy to feed the starving masses there'd be no more hunger within a weeks time.

[busymom]

19. YES, DU is a perfect example of how easy it is to feed the rumor mill...

How many posts are currently on the front page of GD :P making it seem like Clinton came out and publically made a statement asking for Obama to pick her as VP. She was simply asked if she'd consider it and she said yes. The media has taken it and run with it and here people are acting as if she is in charge of the news cycle.

If she had said no, then everyone would be screaming about what a racist she is or how she's unwilling to work for a man or whatever.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

24. It would have been much worse if she'd said she wouldn't consider it

Heads would be exploding and divisions would be widening. It all seems like such a waste of energy to me.

I agree with you regarding GD:P <----- I love how that happens! What makes a rumor dangerous is that most people don't look deeper than the surface of what they head (or thought they heard) before they form an opinion of their own.

[JuniperLea]

8. Obama has hinted

They have both said they will be working together to get a Democrat elected in November. Why bother with this shit?

[Cant trust em]

11. well of course they'll be working together.

All democrats will be working together in the fall.

[goldcanyonaz]

9. OMG! start another VP thread STAT!!!!

[Catherina]

13. Fuck her. Just fuck her. This isn't a position you demand

Thanks for stating the obvious.

What kind of person forces themselves where they're not wanted?

[indimuse]

23. She's NOT the ONE Prematurely...

Who is demanding WHAT? YOU and BO have been DEMANDING from the very beginning...QUIT Hillary...QUIT! F*ck WHO?

[Catherina]

25. Thanks for answering my question. Well done n/t

[spin]

21. The "suicide ticket"....

Several months ago a talking head on TV called any Presidential ballot that had both Obama and Hillary on it the "suicide ticket".

Obama will have a hard time running a campaign based on "change" with Hillary and Bill standing behind him. Far better to offer her an important cabinet position such as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

[ShortnFiery]

22. Just when I think that "a Clinton" could not behave more SELFISH, one of them goes

and digs up another rock layer of pandering filth. :nuke:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

26. Sooooooo Not True. If She Wants It Badly Enough, Chances Are She Can Convince Enough Delegates To

give it to her.

Don't be so naive as to think that it HAS to be offered by Obama. That's just simply not reality.

[Cant trust em]

28. Even so, that's a pretty snotty thing to say in the press.

[WA98296]

27. He knows better.