Is Bush Advising Hillary?

[wildbilln864]

I got this in my email from Citizens for Legitimate Government tonight: 24 Sep 2007
http://www.legitgov.org/
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news
Bush quietly advising Hillary Clinton, top Democrats 24 Sep 2007 President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric so she can effectively prosecute the war in Iraq, if elected president. In an interview for the new book "The Evangelical President," White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten said Bush wants enough continuity in his Iraq policy that "even a Democratic president would be in a position to sustain a legitimate presence there." To that end, the president has been sending advice, mostly through aides, aimed at preventing an abrupt withdrawal from Iraq in the event of a Democratic victory in November 2008.


WTF!?

[monktonman]

1. and of course she answers the phone.

[silverweb]

2. I wouldn't really be surprised.

After all, his primary concern is that we stay in Iraq after he leaves office.

Hillary has been hobnobbing with the likes of Rupert Murdoch, and other RW and neocon types, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if she was accepting indirect counsel from the WH.

As I've said many times before, I'll support whoever wins the Democratic nomination -- but I really hope that's not Hillary.

[wildbilln864]

4. Yes I agree with.........

"but I really hope that's not Hillary."

[Cameron27]

3. No, it's apparently a story from a RW author

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3546008&mesg_id=3546008

But all the presidential candidates get briefed by the president at some point during the campaign.

[ElizabethDC]

5. Check out the original source

http://www.examiner.com/a-953145~Bush_quietly_advising_Hillary_Clinton__top_Democrats.html

Bill Hammond for the Examiner. Not a great source.

[wildbilln864]

6. Ok thanks.......

yes I guess I just reacted to soon without researching more. Shit! Thought I had something.

[silverweb]

7. It could still be true.

The RW manipulates information, but they don't always necessarily make it up.

There still could be some truth to this that they're attempting to manipulate to their advantage.

[jgraz]

8. What in hell would Bush be able to advise ANYONE about?

"Jelly. Make sure you get plenty of jelly when you order your PB&J. Sometimes the chef only puts a little jelly on the bread. I like a big layer of jelly. Really helps make the peanut butter easy to swallow. Now we'll move on to the milk. I like to go with your standard 2 percent. Not too watery, but not creamy enough to give you those whole milk farts after you drink it."

And so on...

[dandylion]

22. ROTF

can't. breathe. laughing. too. hard.

[book_worm]

9. No, she doesn't need him to advise her--she has Bill

[area51]

10. Bush advising HRC?

Why not?

- They're both rightwing.

- They both hate American workers & crave more offshoring/inshoring of jobs. Offshoring has increased under Bush, HRC has ties w/Tata Consulting.

- They both hate the idea of single-payer, universal healthcare. Neither will advocate/support SP/UHC. HRC is borrowing Gingrich's idea of forcing everyone to buy health insurance. He must be very proud of his student.

- They both love war & hate peace. Bush started a couple of wars, is hoping to star a 3rd, & HRC wants to continue the wars.

If republinazis are sad about Bush leaving office in '09, they should vote for HRC so they can get more of the same.

[rucky]

11. CLG is pretty reliable

I don't think they'd run it without checking it out first. And from the snippet, it doesn't seem like the advice is solicited. It's more the way PNAC tried to "advise" Bill Clinton.

[siri2k]

12. K&R

n/t

[siri2k]

13. Keith Olbermann reported the same item on Tuesday's 'Countdown.'

n/t

[siri2k]

14. Is Bush Advising Hillary? Yes. BTW, she doesn't have to...

*take* the advice. :)

[Cameron27]

15. No he's not, from all accounts

bush is offering completely unsolicited advice to all the Democrats, like any one of them would listen.

edited to say that's probably what you meant anyway lol. sorry

[illinoisprogressive]

16. Royalty likes royalty and there is under the radar finangling to get Hillary in as prez

got to continue the dynasty of the two dysfuntional families ruining our country

[Exultant Democracy]

17. Well she got Newt to help her on her health plan, so go figure.

[siri2k]

19. Yes, H. Clinton is being pushed by the rightwing just as J. Kerry...

was pushed (to get the presidential nomination).
When the 2nd 'election' was stolen in 2004, John Kerry immediately rolled over - the rightwing knew that that would happen. That's why Kerry was pushed via the rightwing media to get the nomination.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

18. Why would the criminals who stole the last two presidential elections....

...step aside and let go of the reigns? By right we should have won by a bigger margin in ’06. Think about it, our majority was just enough to hand “control” and blame of the war to the democrats, but not enough to give us any power. ....Democracy is over.

The wife of the man who gave us NAFTA, who enacted the Telecommunications Act (consolidating our media), and the Iraqi Liberation Act (calling for the oust of Saddam) will be our next president.

We were loud enough to stop the sale of our ports to Dubai, now we have to be loud enough to get a patriot in office.

(Yes, I know, after the port deal fell through, they sold 9 of our military plants to Dubai...but we did throw a monkey wrench in their plans)

[siri2k]

21. Why would the (rightwing) criminals step aside?

I am not sure that they will. Bush may play the bio-terror card prior to the 2008 'elections,' to insure a Giuliani reign of terror.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

23. I don't think BushCo will back Giuliani...Rudy has different investments to push.

...But then again I think Rudy can be bought. ...IMOP, I think BushCo is stacking the deck with a person on both sides that would benefit corporate America and keep us in the Middle East.

[siri2k]

26. The biggest Nazi in bunch is Mitt Romney - maybe Bush is pushing...

for that terrorist to win the 'election.'

[Just-plain-Kathy]

30. Hi siri2k, a belated welcome to the DU...

One day on Tucker Carlson’s show, Carlson was talking about how evangelicals would like Jeb Bush to jump into the race. ...Carlson questioned if “W” would campaign for his brother. ...The guest said that “W” and his sister Joan (?) where both backing Romney.

[snot]

20. I might be more impressed if his preface were

"I wish I'd listened to what y'all were trying to tell me about Bin Laden."

[Imagevision]

24. Repugs know their history in 08, how they leave is all that matters

What will Halliburton do? - What will become of lucrative defense contracts? It matters greatly whether Bush bombs Iran, everything stays in play if this should happen, and Hillary or whoever will simply begin their; " it's going to be a long hard road speeches"...

[Enrique]

25. this article from a RW source is getting a lot of play here

this thread is at least #5

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3005109&mesg_id=3005470

[Vilis Veritas]

27. So what if it is true?

Every candidate gets advice...it happens.

Sometimes when swimming with the alligators you need to be cautious...to outsiders it may look like you are an alligator apeaser...when in fact you are just trying to stay alive long enough to get to high ground.

Peace and No Fear.

[Individualist]

28. It wouldn't surprise me

This is why the DLC is dangerous. For all their claims of supposedly wanting to help Democrats, they employ people like Marshall Wittman who specifically try to undermine the Democratic Party, even if it means he has to publicly defecate out the most rank and easily-debunkable lies. They reguarly give credence to the right wing's agenda and its worst, most unsupportable lies. They are the real force that tries to make sure this country is a one party state and that Democrats never really challenge the Republicans in a serious way. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/why-the-dlc-is-so-dangero_b_13640.html

"The Democratic Leadership Council's agenda is indistinguishable from the Republican Neoconservative agenda," http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Kucinich_DLC_agenda_undistinguishable_from_Neocon_0813.html

[earth mom]

29. Bush Sr & Bill are best buddies-I wouldn't be surprised if both Jr & Sr are advising Hillary.

They are all cut from the same cloth.

[Imagevision]

31. If you were a candidate, would you really want Bush to advise you on anything, would you

want Bush to publicly endorse you? Bush has been nothing but a puppet from day one, and as we know puppets don't have the ability to talk on their own.

[LostinVA]

32. Give me a FUCKING BREAK

I'm tired of this garbage being posted on here.

[B Calm]

33. It's not a secret she's a republican...

[pinto]

34. LOL. Unsolicited, and unnecessary advice. Much ado about nothing.

It appears the "back-channel advice" is no more than an Administration spin from Bolten.

Nice try, Josh.