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Roadblock Number One to the Clinton Veep Offer
June 04, 2008 7:45 AM
Vice presidential prospects are put through a very thorough vetting process.
And it makes me wonder. Would former President Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton even submit to such a process?
Bill Clinton has done some amazing things in his post-presidential life. The Clinton Foundation is now a leading international NGO (non-governmental organization) with staff and volunteers in 44 countries, working to combat HIV/AIDS and promote economic development worldwide, for instance. The Foundation says that 1.4 million people now have access to HIV/AIDS treatment at reduced prices because of its negotiations. And that's just one example.
But he's a complex man, as we all know, and I suspect Obama's vice presidential vetter, Mr. Jim Johnson, (who didn't catch all of Geraldine Ferraro's family finance issues when he vetted her on the quick in 1984) might have questions about:
* Bill's finances
* Donors to the Clinton Library (as yet undisclosed)
* Bill's gazillionaire rat pack pals Bing and Burkle et al
* Bill's trip to Kazakhstan
* Bill's ties to the Saudis
* Anything about his personal life that might not stand the light of day...
You know, I haven't even gotten to the vice presidential pick herself yet and already I can't believe the former President would agree to sit down and answer any questions about these issues.
In fact, that might be a good "out" for the Obama team, as I'm sure has occurred to bigger brains than mine on said team.
- jpt
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No Hillary for VP. Wall Street Journal reports Slimy Bill has refused to be vetted. Guess he has too many shady dealings.
Posted by: rhbate | Jun 4, 2008 9:24:30 PM
Former Hillary...Or could it mean that the process was flawed and Republican's picked our nominee and in the general will be voting McCain? McCain is ahead of Obama in the polls and Hillary has been ahead of them both for some time. Though Obama was second and slipped to third after the Wright's my mentor or not, Rezco,What church?,Pflueger, bitter,grandma under the bus,black theology,troups out by 08 or 09 or 10,Isreal,talk to hamas, not talk to hamas,raise capital gains, lower taxes,reach accross the isle, I'm a dem, no a rep., no, who am I again? etc.....
Posted by: captaincrunch | Jun 4, 2008 6:20:49 PM
So when does Michelle Obama's vetting process begin?
Posted by: Stymmie | Jun 4, 2008 5:54:43 PM
Are you kidding me? A thorough vetting process. What kind of process will Obama go through? That should be the concern. He has so many problems right now. The main one being he's behind McCain in the polls. And it's just going to get worse once his vetting process begins.
Posted by: Bea | Jun 4, 2008 5:52:08 PM
Forgot to mention that, I dont think it would be wise for Obama to pick Hillary as a running-mate. If he picks her, he runs the risk of being over shadowed by Bill Clinton, think that'll be to much for his ego to handle.
Posted by: CaptAmerica | Jun 4, 2008 3:42:16 PM
I have been a supporter and volunteer for Obama's campaign for over a year. I am a 48 year old white woman who has never been active in a campaign before and consider myself an Independent with liberal leanings. I also emphatically hope Sen. Obama will NOT choose Hillary Clinton as a running mate. I think she will hurt, more than help, the campaign. Contrary to what she claims, she has not been "vetted". There is still the matter of Peter Paul vs. Clinton that has been getting next to zero media coverage. I believe in Barack Obama and admire his idealism, wisdom and strength of character, choosing Hillary Clinton as a running mate will be seen by many of us, as a sell out.
Posted by: Wendy | Jun 4, 2008 3:24:03 PM
I believe our country is in for a change.If Obama Barak wins the Presidency
We will be in for the change of our life.
Americans are so blind and so easily deceived.All the charisma that Americans crave he really gives it to them. They have turned a deaf ear to what is really going on.
The pastor has played a strong role in what is to become. Wait and see if he and all his followers don't appear again If he is elected President. What will be Obama's reasoning then? He will not need one the Change will come.
This has not one thing to do with his race. He is deceiving the American People
Posted by: jo | Jun 4, 2008 3:03:25 PM
I think Obama should pick
Kathleen Sebelius and move
on. He should forget about
the sore loser.
He should stop praising
Ms. Clinton of which he's
done enough of - so much
in fact it's getting
excessively smarmy.
Posted by: anon | Jun 4, 2008 12:47:04 PM
OBAMA'S PROMISE: A new kind of politics -- not politics as usual.
THE REALITY: SOSDD
Posted by: A | Jun 4, 2008 12:10:33 PM
Obama's hope must be that nobody questions the ludicrous details of his positions on complex issues.
Originally, he said he'd have the troops out by the end of April, '08. Now, he's in for the long haul.
Originally, he said he'd meet with ANY of the heads of state of our enemy without preconditions. Now, he adds conditions.
A puppet on a string. A bag of hot air!
Posted by: A | Jun 4, 2008 12:06:34 PM
She had me, she lost me. It wasn't about conceding, maybe there is a bigger plan. But last night was about giving props to an opponent, and I didn't see it. It's a basic we all teach our children.
Posted by: dixie | Jun 4, 2008 12:04:34 PM
Who are Obama and his staff to be worrying about the "vetting" of the Clintons?
They might want to take a look in Obama's own backyard (or bedroom) first.
I'm sure that once the GOP starts digging things up on Obama and his charming wife, any potential problems from a V.P. candidate will be the LEAST of their worries.
Posted by: SandyB | Jun 4, 2008 12:03:04 PM
Strategy aside, popular vote aside, win/loss aside, the very least Mrs. Clinton should have given was an acknowledgment of last night's very historical moment. Just an acknowledgment.
I voted for Bill, twice. I voted for her in NYC. I voted for her in my state's primary. She lost me here.
Posted by: Suzanne | Jun 4, 2008 11:44:32 AM
jm - you must be worried if you went to check it out.
Posted by: rockthebleachers | Jun 4, 2008 11:10:07 AM
Obama the Socialist. (FAR LEFT WING)
Listen to his speeches..... "BE ONE"
Read his own words, his books.....
His SOCIAL AGENDA will ruin us all
Like Cuba? Russia? China?....Well Obama is bringing it home to us....
ALL THE SAME, ALL AS ONE,
ALL DRONES.....
Posted by: carpenter.nyc | Jun 4, 2008 10:57:47 AM
All in due time!
Posted by: rockthebleachers | Jun 4, 2008 10:52:29 AM
that is his major appeal to the far left and College students....
*********
So how do you explain away his appeal to people like my 70 year old father, who hasn't voted Dem since JFK?
Or the Upper Middle Class, college educated white folk, like myself?
I think one could argue education, intellect and life-experience.
Posted by: jmc663 | Jun 4, 2008 10:45:02 AM
What Hillary wants...
she listed a bunch of things and then the one chance for those things to happen...a dem win... she didn't support.
she in essence said the dem nomination was faulted so why should it be given creedence...
what Hillary wants is for Hillary.
all those issues she may want but not at the expense of herself...that is what her speech said last night...
(and I feel a little bad for her at this point there are a couple of stories that talk about this morning that she may now lose her Senate seat in NY...unfortunately because she has always had a low ceiling...but now she hurt her floor...like i have said a bunch of times I thought this would happen if she went down this road)
Now I get why Obama mentioned Bill Clinton last night the couple of times... she may have nothing left to lose besides their reputation and Bill's legacy.
sad
she could have made it all different last night.
Posted by: dl | Jun 4, 2008 10:24:21 AM
. Obama is not, one of his senior advisers assured me Tuesday night, going to spend a lot of time in the next few months wooing Clinton supporters whose feelings may be hurting.
Makes sense to me. Why worry about 18 million voters? So it turns out the Obama campaign has some not too smart people on his campaign too. Expect a swift rebuke from Axelrod over this.
Posted by: rockthebleachers | Jun 4, 2008 9:53:06 AM
carpenter NYC
Capitalism only works with a society that is tempered with the education of socialism.
I am a capitalist... but America has always been a capitalist society that understands not just the mistakes of a socialist society but it's lessons.
without it we will become an empire and fall.
Posted by: dl | Jun 4, 2008 9:49:48 AM
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