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Bill Clinton 'looked into running for vice president under Hillary'
Daily Mail ^ | 31st August 2007

Posted on 08/31/2007 7:13:11 AM PDT by presidio9

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told a talk show her husband, Bill, had "looked into" running as her vice president.

Appearing on the David Letterman show on Thursday, the talk-show host asked if Bill Clinton could serve as her vice president should she be elected to the White House.

But the former first lady acknowledged that he could not. "Believe me," she joked, "he looked into that."

She also remarked that if the Constitution didn't forbid a president from a third term, "he might be running."

The interivew marked Clinton's seventh appearance on "The Late Show," which was celebrating its 14th anniversary on CBS.

She first appeared on February 14, 1994, when Letterman's mother, Dorothy, interviewed her briefly from the Winter Olympics in Norway.

On Thursday's show, Clinton recounted a summer in Alaska during which she donned boots and an apron to gut salmon with a spoon.

"Best preparation for being in Washington that you can possibly imagine," she joked.

Clinton talked shop, too, discussing the need for campaign finance reform, how to pull troops out of Iraq and the importance of caring for wounded veterans.

She said that while resistance to a female commander in chief has diminished, it hasn't disappeared.

"I think it's not so much that people don't think a woman can do the job, it's just that we've never done it before," she said.

"I'm not running because I'm a woman; I'm running because I think I'm the best-qualified and experienced person who can do the job. But I know that it's a big deal that I might be the first woman president."

Clinton also read a "Top Ten List" of tongue-in-cheek campaign promises, including No. 3: "We will finally have a president who doesn't mind pulling over and asking for directions."


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billary; clinton; democrats; hillary; lapdogletterman
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To: brownsfan
I believe we have FDR’s run to thank for saving us from another run by slick Willie.

That was one expensive lesson.

41 posted on 08/31/2007 7:48:50 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Member VRWC - Volvo-owning right-wing conspiracy, and now my first Mac. Seen my Berkinstocks?)
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To: Snardius

The three-term prohibition wasn’t added by the Founders.


42 posted on 08/31/2007 7:49:27 AM PDT by Bidoof
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To: MrB
Ever since their hero, FDR, declared that the “general welfare clause” allowed the federal government to do ANYTHING

A Clinton/Clinton administration would be anything but for the general welfare.

43 posted on 08/31/2007 7:50:56 AM PDT by CaptRon (Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: TomGuy

We do need some new blood, but the best way to accomplish that is through elections. Did you know that since 1952, there has been a Bush, Nixon, or Dole on every Republican ticket except 1964?


44 posted on 08/31/2007 7:51:11 AM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Now more popular than Congress!* *According to a new RasMESSen Poll.)
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To: presidio9
Brian on Fox & Friends this morning made a great comment on Bubba wanting a third term.
45 posted on 08/31/2007 7:52:04 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: BubbaBasher

“gut salmon with a spoon?” Most would use a knife.


46 posted on 08/31/2007 7:52:16 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: doug from upland
He could be named VP for the last two years of her term to replace someone who mysteriously met his demise.

He'd have a hard time making that case. The 12th Amendment says that no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. It also says that the President and Vice President cannot be from the same state. As husband and wife the Clintons would have a hard time establishing that.

47 posted on 08/31/2007 7:53:06 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: presidio9
She said that while resistance to a female commander in chief has diminished, it hasn't disappeared. "I think it's not so much that people don't think a woman can do the job, it's just that we've never done it before," she said.

That's funny, what about: Margaret Thatcher, Benazir Bhutto, Catherine the Great, Mary Queen of Scots, Cory Aquino, Angela Merkel, Etc.

48 posted on 08/31/2007 7:53:36 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: presidio9
President George Washington established a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ to only run for two terms, to establish an orderly transition of power and not try to become ‘President-for-life’ like some tin-pot dictator.

Anyone here surprised that the first to break this ‘gentleman’s agreement’ was a Democrat?

49 posted on 08/31/2007 7:53:41 AM PDT by allmendream (A Lyger is pretty much my favorite animal. (Hunter08))
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To: rock_lobsta
Didn’t klintoon try and get the 22nd Amendment repealed while he was in office?

No.

50 posted on 08/31/2007 7:55:22 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: All; presidio9; MrB; doug from upland; Richard Poe; Clinton Is Scum

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RAMSEY CLARK (21st Century SADDAM Defense Attorney)
...and all.

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51 posted on 08/31/2007 7:55:55 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: allmendream
Anyone here surprised that the first to break this ‘gentleman’s agreement’ was a Democrat?

But the first to try was a Republican. Grant made a strong try for the GOP nomination in 1880.

52 posted on 08/31/2007 7:57:30 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: presidio9
Gut Salmon with a spoon??

Hell, I got a call from my 8 year old granddaughter telling me: "I did it Grandma. I cut up its' belly, ripped out the guts and we ate it for supper!"

53 posted on 08/31/2007 7:57:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: SoCal Pubbie
Neither theory has ever been tested, as no former president has ever sought the vice presidency, and thus, the courts have never had an opportunity to decide the question.”

And most constitutional scholars (I hate that term) agree the courts would not over-rule the people's vote.

54 posted on 08/31/2007 7:58:32 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
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To: SMARTY

ah but you meant ‘Rich’, right?


55 posted on 08/31/2007 8:01:44 AM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: presidio9

It’s all about them. Who cares if it makes the country look bad as long as they both get power and attention. They are both just scum.


56 posted on 08/31/2007 8:03:50 AM PDT by Reagan is King (Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave.)
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To: RDTF

As in ‘Denise’


57 posted on 08/31/2007 8:05:07 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: twigs

Bill could have succeeded to the presidency from someone ele’s term if he served no more than two years. He could then be elected twice for his own terms.

For the reverse, he has served two terms. If he became VP with less than two years remaining, the case should be able to made that he could indeed serve that additional time. Now, would Hillary want him to be the VP when he had some incentive to desire getting to the top spot again?


58 posted on 08/31/2007 8:05:26 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: SMARTY

well I was thinking more of her pardoned hubby Marc, but she’ll do.


59 posted on 08/31/2007 8:08:11 AM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Fair enough. He could obviously carpetbag to another state. He would be constitutionally ineligible to be VP if there were more than two years left in the term. Clearly, he is ineligible to run again for a full term. He is constitutionally eligible to serve up to two more years, thus he is eligible to serve two more as VP. I think that he could actually serve two years at the end of her first term after the VP mysteriously met his demise, then serve two years at the end of her second term when that VP mysteriously met his demise.


60 posted on 08/31/2007 8:09:37 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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