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Hillary Clinton taps her own video production team for Democratic convention
New York Daily News ^ | August 14, 2008 | Thomas DeFrank

Posted on 08/14/2008 10:32:07 AM PDT by Zakeet

She's already snagged plum speaking gigs for herself, her husband and their daughter, so what else does Hillary Clinton want at the Denver convention?

Her own production team for the introductory video.

Democratic officials told the Daily News Wednesday that the video preceding Hillary's Aug. 26 prime-talk talk will be produced by Arkansas pals Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, best known for creating the TV sitcom "Designing Women."

These officials said that while many other convention speakers will also rate videos, Clinton negotiators insisted on Hillary having her own video team instead of letting Barack Obama's convention planners handle the production.

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Harry Thomason is the more controversial of the pair: he was involved in the firing of White House travel office employees in President Clinton's first term, testified before a grand jury investigating the Monica Lewinsky scandal and lobbied Bill Clinton to pardon two Arkansas men in the final hours of his presidency.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008dncconvention; 2008election; clinton; convention; democrat; democrats; elections; hillary; stophillary

You Freepers didn't think any mere mortal like Reille Hunter could be entrusted with
such an important task as making a video about ME, did you?

1 posted on 08/14/2008 10:32:07 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
Hillary Clinton taps her own video production team

Ewwwww, that's an ugly thought, have to gouge my mind's eye out.

2 posted on 08/14/2008 10:33:55 AM PDT by Snurple
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To: Zakeet

Hillary!

Remember to keep Bill away from the videographer.


3 posted on 08/14/2008 10:35:06 AM PDT by BigBobber
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To: Zakeet

Get out the popcorn - this should be an Oscar winning Clinton production!


4 posted on 08/14/2008 10:38:01 AM PDT by cblue55 (Liberalism is a mental illness)
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To: Zakeet

If Obama doesn’t have the b**ls to keep this hag from usurping the convention, he certainly won’t have the b**ls to stand up to someone like Putin.


5 posted on 08/14/2008 10:38:40 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Bobkk47

Give credit where due.

Hillary!™ is far more dangerous than Putin...


6 posted on 08/14/2008 10:42:09 AM PDT by null and void (Barack zerObama - International Man of Mystery...)
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To: BigBobber
Remember to keep Bill away from the videographer.

Hillary to Video Producer Lisa Druck (Rielle Hunter): "Don't call me, I'll call you!"

Bill Clinton - The Early Years


7 posted on 08/14/2008 10:49:24 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: Zakeet

exactly what IS behind this woman’s motivation? Hmmmmmmm.....


8 posted on 08/14/2008 10:52:15 AM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: Snurple

Wonder if her wonderful brothers will have a prominent role in her video.


9 posted on 08/14/2008 11:05:18 AM PDT by Carley
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To: what_not2007
Hill and Bill are going to steal the Convention.

Remember Wellstone's Memorial? I would bet they're going to have a huge tribute to the guy that died yesterday.....



"Democratic officials told the Daily News Wednesday that the video preceding Hillary's Aug. 26 prime-talk talk will be produced by Arkansas pals Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason."

The producers of the video are Arkansas based. And the guy that was killed was a Hillary superdelegate from Arkansas.
I am sure Hillary will want to make sure his voice is 'heard'

They are going to turn this convention into a circus.
10 posted on 08/14/2008 12:01:02 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

She’s a media whore anyway.

And he’s just a whore.

This is gonna be fun.


11 posted on 08/14/2008 12:02:52 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: what_not2007

As Al Gore learned in 2000, having one Clinton, let alone two, hover over you as you campaign for the presidency can be a trying experience.

The Gore campaign had hoped to choreograph Bill Clinton out of the picture at its convention, in Los Angeles, giving him the prime-time speaking slot Monday and then staging a symbolic “passing of the torch” to Gore the next day in Michigan.

But Bill Clinton started to steal the limelight on the prior Thursday, in a lengthy public confessional in which he said that voters should not hold Gore accountable for Clinton’s personal failings. The president then arrived in Los Angeles on Friday and was the toast of the town for three days leading up to his convention speech. He dominated the torch moment in Michigan and continued to preoccupy much of the news media for the rest of the campaign.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/08/america/dems.php


12 posted on 08/14/2008 12:05:52 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: what_not2007
"She's already snagged plum speaking gigs for herself, her husband and their daughter"

Chelsea's speaking too? Bwahahahaha! They have stolen this convention! Obama Who?
13 posted on 08/14/2008 12:07:52 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Great history lesson...let’s hope history repeats itself in two weeks.

I still wonder if, besides Hillary’s now nomination, the Clintons don’t have SOMETHING else up their sleeves.


14 posted on 08/14/2008 12:57:01 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Yes, Chelsea...poor dear. She certainly is a victim in all this.


15 posted on 08/14/2008 12:57:50 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: what_not2007; All

If 112 Super Delegates, who have been watching the polls, figure it out that Obama can’t win, and withold their votes on the first ballot and the Convention is wide-open on the second ballot.............Hillary could get the nomination.

That’s her motivation. Hey, don’t ever underestimate the Clintonistas. It could happen.


16 posted on 08/14/2008 1:32:54 PM PDT by no dems ("Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice...." Barry Goldwater)
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To: no dems

OK, so what happens if Hillary DOES get the nomination?

Where does the conservative agenda stand then?


17 posted on 08/14/2008 1:37:56 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: what_not2007

Two possibilities:

1. Blacks get pissed Hillary stole nomination and while most still vote for her, turnout among Blacks is at record lows and McCain eeks out a win anyway

2. She wins.


18 posted on 08/14/2008 3:23:10 PM PDT by RockinRight (I just paid $63 for gas. An icefield in Alaska is NOT the Grand Canyon. F--- the caribou.)
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To: what_not2007

If Hillary does get the nomination, the Obama libs and 90% of the American Blacks will stay home on Election Day and it will be a McCain landslide.

The Conservative agenda? Where does it stand now? It’s not standing at all. Since Ronnie Reagan rode off into the sunset the Conservative agenda has been knocked down and kicked in the face by a large segment of the GOP.


19 posted on 08/14/2008 6:19:04 PM PDT by no dems ("Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice...." Barry Goldwater)
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To: cblue55

Oh, goody. The Bloodworth-Thomasons!

Yes, bring out the brothers!

Markie Post could bounce on a bed (like the Lincoln bedroom photo).

And maybe they’re resurrect their other Arkansas pal and interior decorator....Kaki Hockersmith. I ROTFLMAO every time I see her name!


20 posted on 08/15/2008 4:26:30 PM PDT by Timeout (The Brits have their royal family. We have our privileged "public servant" class.)
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