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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Apologizes For Clinton Remarks | 206 comments (206 topical)
Not Obama or Dean or Pelosi or (5.00 / 7) (#74)
by katiebird on Sat May 10, 2008 at 07:39:52 PM EST
Kennedy or Kerry -- BUT

John McCain??

The first person to publically call someone out on this explitive deleted is John McCain?

I have to laugh.  That's totally bizarre.

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No Kidding. (5.00 / 3) (#80)
by AmyinSC on Sat May 10, 2008 at 07:42:03 PM EST
And Fox News has REALLY become the fair and balanced one!  We are truly living in Upside Down World!!!

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It's a sure tipoff as to who is a stand-up guy (5.00 / 1) (#93)
by RalphB on Sat May 10, 2008 at 07:55:44 PM EST
and which ones are just moldy politicians.  :-)

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McCain (or his people) are clearly a good (5.00 / 6) (#95)
by tigercourse on Sat May 10, 2008 at 07:57:54 PM EST
deal smarter then Obama/Dean/Pelosi, etc. They're just trying to divide and conquer the party. It would be great if the Obama camp wasn't so intent on helping them.

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Yep, Very Clever Political Move By McCain (5.00 / 3) (#125)
by MO Blue on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:18:13 PM EST
campaign. And yes, Obama keeps contributing to the Republican Rehabilitation Fund.

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It would be pretty darn interesting if McCain (none / 0) (#130)
by tigercourse on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:22:25 PM EST
(the guy who made a very mean, homophobic joke about Chelsea Clinton when she was a kid) managed to pick up the mantle of crusader for Hillary Clinton. Done the right way, it would be pretty brilliant. If he finds a suitable female VP we could get smashed. And we would deserve it.

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There are several qualified candidates (none / 0) (#174)
by samanthasmom on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:03:14 PM EST
Christine Todd Whitman, Olympia Snowe, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Kay Granger, etc. Some of them are more centrist than others. I don't include Condi Rice because I think her attachment to the failed Bush foreign policy would be a negative that would be hard for McCain to overcome although it does present interesting possibilities. I know we usually think of the Democrats as being more open-minded, but the Republicans had the first woman who was officially nominated at a national convention - Margaret Chase Smith in 1964.  Reagan also put the first woman on the Supreme Court.  It is not out of the realm of possibility that McCain and the Republicans will see this as a good opportunity.

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I wouldn't include Christy Todd Whitman either. (5.00 / 1) (#202)
by Iphie on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:29:32 PM EST
Her attachment to Bush's failure to protect everyone who lived and worked in lower Manhattan after the WTC attack and her willingness to lie to people air quality and safety is going to haunt any political campaign she's involved with. Much like the firefighters who were determined to derail Giuliani's presidential bid by exposing his failures and dereliction, she would be followed around everywhere she went by protesters waving photos of first responders who died because they believed her lies. She's as toxic as the air we were breathing.

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conventional wisdom seems to have been (5.00 / 1) (#205)
by RalphB on Sat May 10, 2008 at 09:34:27 PM EST
that the first woman president would be from the GOP.  One reason is they would not have to prove national security credibility because of the party.  I generally think that's right for the public at large.  of one thing we can be sure, the GOP would not have sat idly by while their woman candidate was trashed by the media the way the democrats did this cycle.

When Kay Bailey Hutchinson's term is up, she'll most likely come home and run for governor.  It she runs, she will win there is almost no doubt.  It would not surprise me in the least to see a presidential run afterward.  She'd be a formidable candidate.


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The new talking point. (5.00 / 2) (#99)
by pie on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:00:50 PM EST
I read it here first.

Hillary supporters will embrace McCain because he's sticking up for her.

Nah.  They may vote for him, but that won't be the reason.  

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I'm just laughing at the absurdity (5.00 / 5) (#107)
by katiebird on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:06:12 PM EST
I've never voted for a Republican and am extremely unlikely to do it this year.  I have every expectation of voting for Hillary in November.

I don't think Obama can keep things together through the summer.  And it's a long time 'till the convention.

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What they won't do (5.00 / 3) (#110)
by madamab on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:08:01 PM EST
is embrace Obama, because he WON'T stick up for her.

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You nail it. (none / 0) (#114)
by pie on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:09:54 PM EST
As usual.  :)

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Thanks, my friend! :-) (none / 0) (#119)
by madamab on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:14:14 PM EST
Right back atcha.

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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Apologizes For Clinton Remarks | 206 comments (206 topical)

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