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Bill Pleads With Ted, Is Rebuffed
Riehl World ^ | Sunday, January 27, 2008

Posted on 01/27/2008 3:54:32 PM PST by InvisibleChurch

Ouch! Maybe being an ex-president isn't what it used to be. Especially after you've tarnished the image throwing so much South Carolina mud.

“This is the biggest Democratic endorsement Obama could possibly get short of Bill Clinton,” said a high-level Democrat.

The Clinton campaign launched a last-ditch effort over the last few days to stop Kennedy's move, orchestrating a flood of phone calls to Kennedy from sources ranging from union chiefs to his Massachusetts constituents.

The former president also called Kennedy in a vain attempt to keep him out of the race, a source familiar with the conversation said.

During his two terms in the White House, President Clinton made repeated overtures to the Kennedy family. So the senator’s rejection of his wife is at least as embarrassing as her 28-point loss in the South Carolina primary on Saturday.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: hillary; kennedyfamily; obama; snub; tedkennedy
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1 posted on 01/27/2008 3:54:33 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
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To: InvisibleChurch

The only question left is when do the trail of bodies start to appear? If I was Teddy, I would not be flying too many planes.


2 posted on 01/27/2008 3:57:06 PM PST by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: InvisibleChurch
I would normally view an endorsement from the likes of Teddy as a major negative but in this instance I’ll make an exception. Anything that moves lemming like Dems from the Hillary column is OK with me.
3 posted on 01/27/2008 3:57:14 PM PST by TCats
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4 posted on 01/27/2008 3:57:55 PM PST by mwyounce
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To: InvisibleChurch

clintons want to think that they’re on the inside...but to the kennedys, clinton will always be the fat little ignorant b*stard from the wrong side of the tracks.


5 posted on 01/27/2008 3:58:32 PM PST by bannie (clintons CHEAT! AAAALLWAYS!)
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To: InvisibleChurch

What a pathetic scene this conjures up. Two disgusting s***bags trying to leverage each other. What could Bill have threatened a guy like Ted Kennedy with? And what personal suasion could Bill Clinton have applied? It boggles the mind.


6 posted on 01/27/2008 3:58:44 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: bannie

That is probably the only thing I agree with Ted Kennedy on. lol!


7 posted on 01/27/2008 3:59:33 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Always Right
Teddy has survived one plane crash, back in the 1960s. He lost a brother and a nephew to plane crashes.

I think the person who needs extra protection now is Obama...maybe they can double his Secret Service contingent.

8 posted on 01/27/2008 3:59:49 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

The expiration date on the 900 FBI files must have run out on Kennedy, or tomorrow there will be a big revelation.

9 posted on 01/27/2008 4:00:51 PM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: InvisibleChurch

” We are running for president. Not Hillary. Not the junior senator from New York. But We—Bill and Hillary—in a de facto end-run around the 22nd Amendment.”


10 posted on 01/27/2008 4:01:01 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: InvisibleChurch

That is a pretty "big" endorsement.

U.S. Army Retired


11 posted on 01/27/2008 4:01:29 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (REAGAN: "..party..must represent certain fundamental beliefs [not] compromised..[for] expediency")
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To: Verginius Rufus

If I were Bill, I’d sleep with one eye open, too. Just imagine the sympathy vote... (And yes, I think she’s THAT ruthless.)


12 posted on 01/27/2008 4:01:53 PM PST by MizSterious (Deport all the illegals to sanctuary cities.)
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To: bannie

“clintons want to think that they’re on the inside...but to the kennedys, clinton will always be the fat little ignorant b*stard from the wrong side of the tracks”

LOL, you’re right!! In this case Kerry’s and the Swimmer’s Boston Brahmin arrogance is working in the voters’ favor. :0)


13 posted on 01/27/2008 4:04:26 PM PST by RooRoobird20 (Thankfully Convered Catholic)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Let me be contrarian and suggest that Hillie never really wanted the Swimmer’s endorsement, something that wouldn’t do her any good during the general election.


14 posted on 01/27/2008 4:04:47 PM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Verginius Rufus
I think the person who needs extra protection now is Obama...maybe they can double his Secret Service contingent.

Yes, indeed. It wouldn't surprise me if the Clinton mafia rustled up an Oswald-like patsy to do the deed.

15 posted on 01/27/2008 4:05:13 PM PST by right wing (The Drive-By Media Are Terrorists Too)
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16 posted on 01/27/2008 4:05:36 PM PST by airborne (The Founding Fathers would be deeply saddened.)
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To: big'ol_freeper
Ted goes sailing with his "Grand Mufti"


17 posted on 01/27/2008 4:06:05 PM PST by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Blind hog snorting up an acorn.


18 posted on 01/27/2008 4:06:08 PM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
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To: InvisibleChurch; All; y'all; no one in particular
Hypothetical question:

Would you vote for Obama in exchange for never, ever, ever hearing or seeing the clintons again?

19 posted on 01/27/2008 4:06:23 PM PST by null and void (Does "I don't remember" Hillary!™ have Alzheimer's? She needs to release her medical records now!)
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To: InvisibleChurch
Ted, a word of advice. Always make sure the seal isn’t broken.
20 posted on 01/27/2008 4:07:06 PM PST by ditto h
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