Hard at work, while her husband smirks.
Posted on 07/27/2008 1:10:33 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama won't pick VP for 'funeral duty'
From correspondents in Washington
July 28, 2008 05:42am Article from: Agence France-Presse
DEMOCRATIC White House hopeful Barack Obama said today he will pick a vice-presidential running mate who will "help me govern" and not just somebody "who I send off to go to funerals".
Obama, in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, said his vice-presidential choice would be "somebody who can help me govern, who I can work with, who has a shared vision".
"I'm not interested in a vice president who I send off to go to funerals," he said. "I want somebody who is going to roll up their sleeves and be willing to work."
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If he picks Hillary, the only funeral duty she’ll do is Obama’s funeral.
Obama/OldMomma ‘08
What a condescending, patronizing jerk - real professional, Obama
Heartland of America please do not let us down!
I can't think of anyone McCain can pick who would have as much voter appeal as Hitlery does for the dims.
>>>What a condescending, patronizing jerk - real professional, Obama
He is what he thinks of Mt. Rushmore...pretty spiffy.
Someone had to say it. Good work.
That would be the only funeral of importance.
Herself, still the Cold and Joyless, would have a difficult job concealing her glee, This would be SO much easier than the Reagan funeral. And the rewards would be so much greater.
Govern? Oh he means reign or rule I see now by the crown.
I have a funny feeling they will not let us down. I'm betting on America to vote for the USA this time around. I think 'fly-over country' is going to show Chris Mathews that they think for themselves.
Obambi can send his VP off to visit our troops, while Obambi works out at the gym.
Obama’s visions of grandeur have already set in. This guy does not have his feet on the ground.
Of course, it’s Obama who is only fit for funeral duty, since he has close to no experience doing anything else.
I still don’t think she has been counted out. read a bit back that she is counting on the superdelegates loyalty to possibly be a surprise at the convention”?
This does NOT say Hillary’s on his “short list.”
LOL. You mean like someone in the mold of Dick Cheney?
All - who has the picture of the Clinton’s sleeping at Reagan’s funeral?
I can see it now - he picks Hillary, they win in November, then he goes off and does “his thing” while allowing Hillary to run the country...
That is about how seriously he has taken his job as Senator.
We'll see, won't we?
Hakuna Matata
Sounds like Obama is preparing us for Hillary...
Or maybe Michelle...
TWO FER THE SAME PRICE..
Hard at work, while her husband smirks.
It would be pretty tacky what with Mrs. Clinton celebrating and dancing in the streets on the way from an Obamma funeral.
Hilleary? Blech.... Though we were rid of her. This is the worst election year I can remember in my life and I thought 2000 was bad.
He should pick someone who CAN govern because he himself surely won’t be able to.
Obama, in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, said his vice-presidential choice would be "somebody who can help me govern, who I can work with, who has a shared vision".Hmmm..."I'm not interested in a vice president who I send off to go to funerals," he said. "I want somebody who is going to roll up their sleeves and be willing to work."
The way I read this is that Barry knows he needs someone with ... G-R-A-V-I-T-A-S.
Someone like ...... Dick Cheney.
Which if Barry did win would be kinds cool in one respect. Then we could say .. "'X' is Barry's Brain." "Barry is an idiot, 'X' runs the country."
The only dilemma there for Barry is that the only RAT with 'gravitas' is ... Joe Biden. 
But, she'll have to duck the sniper fire. Specially at Camp LeJeune.
One of them must have snored too loudly.
welp, you stole my thunder.
Young supporters of Obama hate Hillary, and Michelle is known to really loathe the former first lady. Obama is mentioning Hillary in public just to try and appease her and her blue collar and female supporters. I think he’s going to pick Daschle or Biden. On a side note, I think McCain is down to 4 possibilties for his own choice:
Palin
Romney
Portman
Ridge
I’m a big Palin fan who could support Romney or Ridge but am neutral on Portman.
Palin
Romney
Portman
Ridge
Even though she's a lib? :)
Nice!!! LOL!!!
Word-for-word what I was going to say.
Michelle has to be jealous of virtually every woman on earth.
That’s Mrs. Ford and President Ford.
Good one.
The only VP I can remember that was “Only sent to funerals” was Al Gore. The Clinton’s did not want to share the fame with any one else. VP Cheney is a hands on man for sure, so what is OBama talking about?
Love that look...
I think he needs to name his VP tomorrow morning to blunt this bounce Obama may be getting. If I were him, I too, would choose Palin as VP, or perhaps another strong, conservative woman for the position.
I think it would change this race instantly in McCain’s favor and would add some excitement into his campaign. But if he’s going to do it, he needs to do so before Obama beats him to the punch.
Actually one could argue that that would be why McCain would pick Hillary!™ for a running mate.
He wants someone who will make him look like a moderate
Someone who will appeal to women voters
Someone who can steal democrat votes from Obama
He wants to be bi-partisain, and "reach across the Aisle
The scary thing is that if McCain did select Hillary, I think they’d probably win 40+ states...
I’m with you, I doubt it will be Hillary. There’s not room in the entire White House for all the baggage she and hubby will bring along with them.
We can’t be 100 percent sure Obambi will even be the dem candidate. I’m betting Mrs. Billy Clinton’s got something planned.
Jimminies! I didn’t know I was this politically ignorant. I haven’t a clue who Palin or Portman are. Don’t care much for Romney being on the ticket—with both him and McCain as our choice, I think Conservatives lose big time. Ridge might be okay—though I don’t know as much about him as I should, I guess.
That’s Betty Ford behind Hillary.
You can take that to the bank. Whether she can pull it off or not is another thing but you can bank that she will be planning, plotting, and scheming to after inaugration day.
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