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[stevemcgarrett]

Ya know, few things surprise me about Hill-Bill anymore but I gotta admit this caught me off-guard. I mean, I knew they could stoop pretty low to get the power they so dearly crave but this puts their political machinations into another realm altogether.

Today the Clinton camp announced their Antebellum South message for the New Century in yet another last-ditch effort to salvage Hillary's nomination.

Obama can move up from the field to the plantation house. He can become the First House Negro with his own big office.

Ya know, aside from the tired temerity of the suggestion, and the paternalistic tone of the whole matter, let's keep in mind that had any conservative candidate intimated the same offer, or even made a joke of it, he would have been accused of racism or at least gross sensivitiy.

But, oh Lordee, not the Clintons. They're liberals in a Party that has an imagined monopoly on virtue, or at least fair play.

Yes, Barack, come on down, you're the next Negro on "The Time Is Right!"

Next thing ya know they'll be sending Michelle for skin treatments to brighten her appearance to make the first photo-op together with the appearance more cosmetically congenial to all the Little Rock folks.

Aside from everything else, isn't this ploy just cause to sicken every American voter?

I mean, c'mon, if Obama so much as mentioned doing the same if the situation were reversed, why Hillary would be offended to no end. Her feminist sensibilities would be ruffled and Bill would come out swinging like a drunk redneck just emerged from the closet.

Oh, and let's jus' never you mind that the Clinton camp has been trying to portray Obama as unfit to lead. So I guess if anything unfortunate should befall Hillary in office, why Slick Willy would step in next.

This political circus act needs to be folded up and sent out of town for good.

So what would you do if you were advising Obama? And if you don't care, or don't support him, fine, but what's your reaction to the latest Clinton maneuver?

[Kuros]

ROFL

Oh, this post is hilarious. You know why?

Clinton is white and Obama is black.

[stillnotking]

Obama already made a statement to the effect of "you won't see me as a VP candidate this year".

Hillary's strategy is more subtle than you're giving her credit for and has nothing to do with race.

She knows she is not going to win through the electoral process. There is no way she can tear Obama down enough to overtake him in pledged delegates over the few primaries that remain. What she hopes to do, therefore, is tear him down enough that the super delegates doubt his ability to defeat McCain, and pick her instead. Unfortunately, the downside of this strategy is that she will severely alienate Obama supporters -- as she is already doing. What's the solution? Obviously, get Obama on the ticket, or, at a minimum, make it clear that she is offering to get him on the ticket. Presto, the party is healed. There would be significant pressure on Obama to accept the offer if this scenario played out.

That's the positive interpretation. Me? I think she's even more nefarious than that. I think she has absolutely no intention of putting Obama on the ticket. I think she's making a bogus offer as a gesture of conciliation toward the party elders (who might otherwise be very upset at her for attacking a fellow Democrat), and as a bait-and-switch for Obama-leaning fence-sitters. You like Obama but you're not sure about his ability to lead? Hey, vote for me and you get both! Then, when the convention comes around, she mysteriously picks somebody else, and she can either say she offered it to Obama and he declined (he said/she said), or just not bother to explain it at all and make the case that whatever Democrats think about her, she's still better than McCain.

[ernie]

the title is tasteless yet hilarious...

[Milwaukiedave]

Steve you are a funny guy. I'm going to sit here and hold my tongue.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Stevie is really getting desperate for attention. He's starting to post like OGTG.

[Kuros]

My favorite part is when Steve actually injects self-pity into this self-parody:

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Rteacher]

You sometimes have to be very ruthless if you want to win at politics. For Obama to defeat what some comedian referred to as the "female Terminator", he may need to utilize some old Chicago gangland connections - if he has any ...

[Ya-ta Boy]

If Obama were a gentleman, he'd say, "Ladies first".

[matthews_world]

It's the Steve McGarrett show...

Thought we already had a thread on this.

[stevemcgarrett]

Bill Bradley is a guy who I admire, mainly for his sportmanship both on the basketball court and on the campaign trail. If he thinks the Clintons are duplicitous, then liberals ought to stand up and pay attention. The Times of London had this to report from him today:

[cbclark4]

[Milwaukiedave]

Obermann calls Clinton's offer of a vp position and their claim that he hasn't crossed the Commander and Chief threshold, "serpentine logic".

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23601329#23601329

[Milwaukiedave]

I have recieved an email from someone who works on campaigns in Oregon and he ran into one of the superdelgates from Oregon who has endorsed Clinton. The superdelegate told this person that clearly they made a mistake and are frustrated with their campaign tactics.