Posted on 06/26/2008 10:02:33 PM PDT by Schnucki
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has held a joint fund-raising dinner in Washington with his former rival, Hillary Clinton.
The event was aimed at shoring up party unity, following the hardest-fought Democratic Party primaries in decades.
Mr Obama announced that he would personally donate $2,300 (£1,160), the maximum amount allowed by law, to help cover Mrs Clinton's campaign debts.
He said he would call on his top financial backers to do the same.
Mr Obama received a standing ovation from a crowd of more than 200 at Washington's Mayflower Hotel when he said he would enlist his supporters to help pay off Mrs Clinton's debt.
Mrs Clinton is due to back Senator Obama's bid for the White House for the first time on Friday at a joint campaign rally in Unity, New Hampshire - where they each got 107 votes in the state's primary.
Reconciliation
Latest opinion polls suggest that while Mr Obama has made headway in winning over Mrs Clinton's supporters, one in five of them has indicated they will vote for the Republican candidate, John McCain.
"I'm going to need Hillary by my side campaigning during this election, and I'm going to need all of you," Mr Obama told the Washington audience.
Mrs Clinton's advisers have warned Mr Obama that her ability to campaign on his behalf will be limited if she has to spend the summer raising money to pay off her more than $20m (£10m) debt racked up in her failed bid to win the nomination.
Mrs Clinton told her donors they must make electing Mr Obama a priority, as she acknowledged the often bitter fight between the two former rivals.
"This was a hard-fought campaign, that's what made it so exciting and intense and why people's passions ran so high on both sides," she said.
"I know my supporters have extremely strong feelings, and I know Barack's do as well. But we are a family, and we have an opportunity now to really demonstrate clearly we do know what's at stake, and we will do whatever it takes to win back this White House," she added.
Since Mrs Clinton suspended her campaign and endorsed Mr Obama, the former rivals have not met in person since they spoke at the Washington home of Senator Dianne Feinstein, two days after the last primaries.
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Even Hitler and Stalin were buddy-buddy once, so this isn’t surprising. Pretty depressing comparison, though.
Behind the scenes, why would Hillary really want Obama to win? That would lock her out of another potential run in 2012. She needs to keep on pretending like she wants him to win, while secretly sabotaging his campaign.
That’s a desperate man! I’ve never heard of anyone offering to pay off an opponent’s debts. LOL He really wants Clinton’s support, but not enough to offer her the VP slot. He sure better watch his back. He could become the next case of Arkancide.
For some reason I dont see that HerThighness campaigning for NoBama helping him out a lot, even if she actually pulls for him.
What an arrogant POS he is. He's always got his head tipped back with that smug look on his face.
"Pay off your debt and then get in line behind me...but not too close."
while she is thinking...
"Pay off my debts...and then die for all I care."
That's probably pretty close to the true feelings going on here.
That was my enigmatic point....:)
[Is this a dagger I see before mine eyes?]
Herself may be a tool in the Lord’s hands afterall.
One tool deserves another.
[What an arrogant POS he is. He’s always got his head tipped back with that smug look on his face.]
Karl Rove has him pegged. “Even if you never met him, you know this guy; he’s the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by.”
You could put on the whole play with just these two cast in multiple roles.
They both show elements of ruthless ambition, usurpation by any means, witchery and of course O could be the “none of woman borne” since his mother was “Stanley.”
It starts to break down, though, since no one in the scenario could be racked by guilt as was Lady MacBeth.
Can’t wait to see the analogue of Great Burnham Wood in this mythopoeic.
Wanton switching of plays alert;
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.”
[and that makes him a Stanley tool, you know]....;]
He truly has nothing but contempt for the Clintons, but he cannot ever afford to give her the strong arm.
She probably threatened and/or blackmailed him at Feinstein's house a few weeks ago during their super secret meeting, and it has been a really frustrating problem for him ever since.
Obama also knows that she will probably poison his food or put a huge explosive device on his airplane if he picks her as VP.
Either way, he has bad options all around.
Get your popcorn ready for the DNC assembly in August!
U-ni-ty for you and me
That's the way it's s'posed to be!
Give some cash to Hil-la-ry
Maybe she'll quit bug-gin' me!
My thoughts, too that went unvoiced because I didn’t want to sound *too* “tin foily”.
[ducking, running away and laughing].....;-D
Reynold’s Wrap - It’s not just for highlights anymore!
That’s aluminum....it’s *gotta* be tin.
[get yerself an antique colander from the flea market]....:))
And they did this whole thing to the tune of U2’s song “Beautiful Day.” Hmmm...
You’re out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you’re not moving anywhere
You thought you’d found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace
It’s a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
You’re on the road
But you’ve got no destination
You’re in the mud
In the maze of imagination
You love this town
Even if that doesn’t ring true
You’ve been all over
And it’s been all over you.
Maybe somebody didn’t read the lyrics? Or maybe somebody did!
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