Dowd: Clinton Camp Claims Obama Went Lazio on Hillary

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

As its Hollywood-borrowed headline There Will Be Blood suggests, the gist of Maureen Dowd's column today is that appearances of that icky post-debate clinch notwithstanding, there is no love lost between Hillary and Obama. The junior senator from Illinois won't agree to run as Hillary's vice-presidential candidate. Or as Maureen metaphorically puts it:

Why would Obama want to follow in the frustrated footsteps of Al Gore . . . being third banana to Billary?

Along the way, Dowd appears to break some news of a confrontation between the two that one camp views as having been physical . . .

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[gridlock]

You all know why I’m trolling this thread...

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Clinton camp claims Obama physically restrained Hillary. Ping to Today show list.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Happy to see you here, gridlock, but I actually don’t understand the trolling reference. Could you enlighten?

[ARE SOLE]

You all know why I’m trolling this thread...

I must be out of the loop Gridlock ...why?

Regards

[1rudeboy]

Not because you’re angling for the VP slot, I hope.

[ari-freedom]

democrats seem so funny but Hillary is scary

[McGruff]

Bill’s probably mad that he made her feel like a real woman for the first time in many years.

[kittymyrib]

That phony “threat” only worked against Lazio because the Dem msm blew it into something it never was. They will not give Obama that same treatment because he is a Democrat. Hillary is going to have to do something really dramatic after Super Tuesday. It will be fun to watch.

[gridlock]

For the CZJ pics, of course!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Good point. The MSM would never paint Obama as a threatening bully.

[normy]

I would say he Al Gored her. Gore tried that to Bush and ended up looking stupid because Bush is twice the man Gore is and you walked away thing Bush might kick his ass. Obama was just showing us how diminutive and weak Hillary is. She probably got weak in the knees and made her want to switch back to her original team.

[RonDog]

Ms. Zeta Jones with the former almost Mr. Dowd

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Seek and ye shall find.

[Popman]

The encounter seemed to have steeled them both. Hillary, to knock back the upstart who had unexpectedly gotten in her way, and Obama, who came away feeling that, for all of Hillary’s outer strength, she was afraid of him in some ways, and for all of her supposed poise, she had a more spiky temperament than he had realized.

Hah, Obama gets his wake up call.

The Queen is not to be trifled with.

[gridlock]

Looking out on the morning rain,
I used to feel so uninspired.
And when I knew I had to face another day,
Lord it made me feel so tired.
Before the day I met you,
Life was so unkind.
You're the key to my piece of mind...

[gridlock]

Thank you, thank you...

[PGalt]

For the CZJ pics, of course!

LOL! You had me in suspense...sheesh I should have known (need that 2nd cup of coffee)

Thanks to all posters keeping gridlock (and me) happy.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I think Hillary might have had more Smackwater Jack in mind ;-)

[TomGuy]

[Team Clinton] had been surprised and troubled by what they saw as his attempt to grab her arm and hold her in place while they talked.

Yeh, right. In truth, Team Clinton are grinning ear-to-ear at Obama's attempt to grab her arm and hold her in place. [Snicker]

Clintons will use whatever it takes. The perception of Lazio moving into her space gave her a Senate seat. If a similar perception against Obama gives her the Dem nomination, so be it. Whatever it takes.

The Clinton Machine plays dirty. The Clinton Machine plays for all the marbles. The Clinton Machine plays for keeps.

Any Obama misstep is just step closer to the Oval Office for Clinton, and she will use every Obama misstep to her advantage.

If the allegation sticks, Obama's attempt to grab her arm and hold her in place couldn't have been more opportune if it has been scripted.