DU: I'll tell you why Obama can't have Clinton as his running mate

[Lord Undies]

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book_worm  (1000+ posts)        Wed Aug-20-08 10:55 AM
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I'll tell you why Obama can't have Clinton as his running mate
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Some DUers are saying that the polls show that Obama needs Hillary, but I'll tell you exactly why he can't put her on the ticket:

First, we all know how McCain has been trying to make Obama out to be nothing more than a Paris Hilton like celebrity without any substance, all McCain would have to do is put together an ad showing Clinton mocking Obama and his supporters:

Then oozing derision, Clinton cracked, "Now, I could stand up here and say, 'Let's just get everybody together. Let's get unified. The sky will open. The light will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing, and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect.'"

Second, McCain has been trying to make the case that Obama is a lightweight on national security. So if Obama selects Clinton we can have more showings of this clip:

“I think that since we now know Sen. (John) McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, national security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And I think it’s imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the commander-in-chief threshold,
I believe that I’ve done that. Certainly, Sen. McCain has done that and you’ll have to ask Sen. Obama with respect to his candidacy,”

I'm sorry to say it, but Hillary Clinton is best used as a surrogate for Obama in this campaign rather than the VP nominee. You know that the McCain campaign would take her comments (and Obama's comments from the primaries) and use them against the Obama campaign. It's too risky. Hillary Clinton is a formidable campaigner and a great democrat, but as a running mate for Obama this year, I don't think it would work. That's my opinion.

How about because it would be a Gilligan/Skipper ticket? 

moriah  (501 posts)        Wed Aug-20-08 11:00 AM
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1. "Hillary Clinton is best used as a surrogate for Obama in this campaign"
   Agreed.

I want to see the wit that produced the Celestial Choirs line against McCain.

What is the "Celestrial Choirs" line?  I've never heard it.

Major Hogwash (1000+ posts)         Wed Aug-20-08 11:02 AM
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2. "The American people should not have to work so hard to get leaders who will actually help them . "
   ~ Hillary Clinton

That's why she won't be on the ticket!

I like your name, Major Hogwash.  It's an editorial comment covering all of DU!

democrat2thecore  (1000+ posts)         Wed Aug-20-08 11:10 AM
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3. Ms. Corporate Democrat became the populist hero in the primaries - bizarre. -nt

Remember back 30 minutes ago when Hillary Clinton was a DUmp Star?

[franksolich]

This isn't true?

I thought this was supposed to happen if Barry "Goldwater" Obama won.

Then oozing derision, Clinton cracked, "Now, I could stand up here and say, 'Let's just get everybody together. Let's get unified. The sky will open. The light will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing, and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect.'"

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

That and she would backstab and castrate him every minute of every day of his presidency as the megalomaniacal bitch tried to show him up and exact her revenge.

[comradebillyboy]

That and she would backstab and castrate him every minute of every day of his presidency as the megalomaniacal bitch tried to show him up and exact her revenge.

Right, besides Barry has Michelle to castrate him