Hillary Clinton, McCain Held Vodka-Drinking Contest

Drudge Report ^ | July 28, 2006 | Matt Drudge

[West Coast Conservative]

On a congressional trip to Estonia, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest!

Delighted, the leader of the overseas delegation, Sen. John McCain, quickly agreed, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report on Saturday.

The after-dinner game went so well -- memories are a bit hazy on who drank how much -- that McCain later told people how unexpectedly fun he found Clinton to be.

TIMES reporter Anne Kornblut has filed a story on the curious relationship between Hillary and John McCain.

"One of the guys," is the way McCain describes her.

Clinton and McCain have developed an amiable relationship. They worked together, both on the Senate Armed Services Committee and on the issue of global warming. But as the 2008 presidential campaign begins to take shape, with McCain and Clinton at the top of the polls for their parties' nominations, they are increasingly doing things that underscore their differences.

"But the interplay between the two senators -- both celebrities, both self-styled centrists, both with compelling personal narratives and a knack for infuriating their own parties' bases -- remains intriguing as they navigate the early phase of a presidential race with an eye toward conceivably running against one another."

Developing...

[Anti-Bubba182]

I bet she has pictures of McCain doing God knows what?

[rovenstinez]

If this IS true, did the U.S. taxpayers pay for the Vodka?

[So Cal Rocket]

If I were in a delegation in which Hillary was also a member, I'd be drinking heavily, too.

[NYleatherneck]

Nothing to see here... Move along.

[COBOL2Java]

Note to McCain: If Hillary wants to share one of her cigars, politely decline!

[I see my hands]

Hillary "Kitty Dukakis" Clinton

[Mark]

Where is Ted Kennedy when ya really need him?

[JennysCool]

"One of the guys," is the way McCain describes her.

No comment.

[Michael.SF.]

Sen. John McCain, quickly agreed,

Not enough Vodka in all of the old USSR.

This sounds more like scrappleface then Drudge

[dynachrome]

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I threw up while reading this.

[trumandogz]

Drudge says the story will be in the NYT so it must be true.

[Armedanddangerous]

God help us if either of these losers are ever a resident of the White House.

[lumber1]

I'm betting in Bosnia, Hillary would have won the "Ugly Broad" contest - even after all of the vodka.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

McCain found out that Hildebeast is a TEN ...

It takes ten shots of vodka before you can begin to look her in the face.

[mikrofon]

"One of the guys," is the way McCain describes her.

[golfisnr1]

Go to bed with a ten and wake up with a one.

[SunkenCiv]

Better vodka than Clinton-era White House lines of cocaine. ;')

[princess leah]

Since Hillary is a good Lennonist, it stands to reason she could hold down a ton of Scotch!~McCain however, is a complete and udder jerk (what a NIN-COW-POOP)

[Fiji Hill]

Na zdorovya!

[elhombrelibre]

Maybe if she'd had drinks with a guy like McCain when she was in her 20's, she'd have grown up to be a more sensible woman.

[bert]

Ok,I'll do it....

Clinton/Mccain '08

[rodguy911]

Rinos n' rats,rinos n' rats, Rinos n' rats, rinos n'rats keep writing it until you fall alsleep

[ansel12]

I can believe the words drinking contest were used, and I can believe that vodka was sampled or drank, but for me to accept that this was an old fashioned vodka drinking contest (to the end) will take some real confirmation.

[Paperdoll]

>God help us if either of these losers are ever aa resident of the White House.<

Why did a picture of a Republicrat Clinton-McCain ticket flash before my very eyes? With Smirnoff Vodka as the drink of State, too!

[D-fendr]

"One of the guys," is the way McCain describes her.

She would've won a p!ssing contest, that's for sure.

[MHGinTN]

Developing indeed! Watch your arse, johnboy, this woman will suggest you run as pres and she as vice prez, then you will die tragically within a year of winning the election. Newver, ever trust a clinton.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

If I were in a delegation in which Hillary was also a member, I'd be drinking heavily, too.

I wouldn't. A wise man drinks with his friends and stays stone cold sober around his enemies.

So either McCain isn't wise or he doesn't think Hillery is his enemy. Either one is bad news.

[billybudd]

Hitlery and MyCane ... my two favorite people.

[Integrityrocks]

To your post 11. That was my exact thought. I don't know why there wasn't a "barf alert" with this post.

[mombonn]

Drinking contests at their age? Rather juvenile, IMHO.

One more reason neither of them is qualified to be CIC, POTUS, or even sinator.

[kingu]

They can't run against each other. McCain wouldn't make it through the Republican primary, nor Hilary through the Democrat primary. It's just not going to happen unless one (or gah, both) parties decide to swallow the line of electability.

That being said, if McCain came out, say, in January saying he was going to pull a Perot - yeah, I could see Hilary making it, and going against each other, but that's about the only possible scenario.

[cbkaty]

Clinton and McCain have developed an amiable relationship.

OMG...hand me the Epecac.....

[dayglored]

I can't believe nobody's posted any pictures, even photoshopped ones, of these two boozin' it up.

Where's that one of Hillary where she's mostly asleep and looking drugged into a stupor, for example...?

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

"self-styled centrists"?????
I uppose that shows that a liberal writer can't either "middle" correctly described.
Well, the media is butterin' him up, at least until SHE is nominated.

Then?

A set of matched knives in the back.

Throat. Neck. ....

[dodger]

both self-styled centrists, both with compelling personal narratives and a knack for infuriating their own parties' bases ...

SNIGERRERYSNOUTSNORT!!

[cbkaty]

Make that Ipecac.....2-fingers worth...

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Did you ever see a commie drink water?

[dayglored]

> Drinking contests at their age? Rather juvenile, IMHO. One more reason neither of them is qualified to be CIC, POTUS, or even sinator.

FWIW, I'd rather they kid around with a drinking contest, than be out-and-out active alcoholics. And the Republic has survived more than one POTUS who was exactly that. (Incidentally, although President Bush has acknowledged a past problem with drinking, he doesn't count because he's not drinking these days.)

[Gritty]

"One of the guys?"

I thought she was the destined to be the "sexy" President!!??

[FlyVet]

the two senators -- both celebrities,

Well, what better reason to be a senator, than to be a celebrity?

[PajamaTruthMafia]

McCain later told people how unexpectedly fun he found Hillary to be.

I bet!

[rovenstinez]

She will say that she was drinking WATER. Harry S. Truman at Potsdam Conference had one of these contests with Stalin, and reached over and grabbed his glass to see what it actually was....WATER

[Mike Darancette]

Drinking contests like that sometimes lead to coyote like activity.

[paul51]

The after-dinner game went so well -- memories are a bit hazy on who drank how much -- that McCain later told people how unexpectedly fun he found Clinton to be

I'm so happy they are enjoying themselves. So much is going to s***, but as long as they are having a good time.

[Bigg Red]

mark

[tet68]

both self-styled centrists,

ONly in the minds of the gullible!

[stands2reason]

Two peas in a pod.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

One of the most hideous "busts" I've ever seen.

[WorkingClassFilth]

If that's Hillary's bust, here's the pedestal that compliments the work perfectly: http://web.umr.edu/~umrcr/photos/elephant_butt.jpg