True, Hitlary and Mittens are the same age! Both were born in 1947.
Posted on 08/17/2012 9:18:11 AM PDT by null and void
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was pressed by her husband and a top Obama aide to consider replacing Vice President Joe Biden just a couple of weeks ago, claims the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Amateur."
But Clinton, exhausted from four years of international travel and diplomacy, shrugged off the suggestion to lay the groundwork for her own 2016 bid with her husband at her side, according to author Ed Klein.
"As recently as a couple of weeks ago, the White House was putting out feelers to see if Hillary Clinton was interested in replacing Joe Biden on the ticket," Klein told Secrets. "Bill Clinton, I'm told, was urging his wife to accept the number two spot if it was formally offered. Bill sees the vice presidency as the perfect launching pad for Hillary to run for president in 2016."
He made similar comments Thursday night to CNBC's Larry Kudlow. The White House has dismissed speculation of a Clinton for Biden swap despite a string of recent gaffes by the vice president.
Klein, whose book is No. 2 on the NYT bestseller list, quoted unnamed sources who revealed that top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett put the vice presidency on the table during a lunch with the secretary of state. "The lunch was ostensibly about policy issues, but the subject of the vice presidency came up," he said. "Hillary told Valerie Jarrett that she was not interested in running as Obama's vice president."
Klein said she cited two reasons: If elected, she didn't want to be tied to Obama's left-leaning politics in her own 2016 bid. Second, if Obama loses, she would be tarred as a loser.
New on Friday: Klein told Secrets that Bill Clinton is working fast to get a 2016 Hillary for President campaign up and going. His sources told him that Clinton is sniffing around for a major donor to offer up a jet for the potential candidate to use. Also, Klein said, Clinton is looking for somebody to take over the Clinton Global Initiative "so that he can devote his full time to Hillary's campaign."
Klein has sources deep in the Clinton camp and he said that they said she is eager for a rest followed by a makeover. "She clearly is exhausted. She needs to lose weight and get her energy back for a four-year slog."
He added that Obama has never talked to Clinton about replacing Biden. The reason, said Klein, is that Obama was afraid she would turn him down and Bill Clinton would leak the snub to the media.
I called this one yesterday. Why would she want to tie herself to his policies even if they are hers also?
Uh, she’s already tied to the King’s policies. (just like Condoleeza Rice was tied to Bush’s policies) She’s been tied to the King’s policies for 4 years, now. So the excuse that she turned it down because she didn’t want to be tied to the King’s policies doesn’t wash.
we have to start to hang the yoke of Obama’s failures on her neck as soon as we can.
So what do all of those who insisted that the King would NEVAH toss Biden under the bus have to say now?
now that I think about it, she will pretty much be the last of the Democrat Leadership Council’s stars that still hold some sway. After she goes off to the speakers circuit, there will be nothing but mini-Obama’s waiting in the wings and there will not be the Chicago protection racket to cover for them.
I think she will be on the ticket.. It’s just being played down to make the SURPRISE at a later date that much more powerful.
Call me a misogynist but the thought of an old man running the country makes me feel safe. The thought of an old women (especially Hillary) running the country makes me disgusted with the voters! crazy!
True, Hitlary and Mittens are the same age! Both were born in 1947.
Ugh, between the gingivitis/alco-breath, onion pit-stench, BO, and yeast infection...
Hosatbich down!
Misogynist ? I bet you would be first at the polls to vote if Sarah were the republican candidate. I know I would.
Not misogyny but anti-Marxist
Sorry, I don’t support Feminism - all those isms are the same to me.
Synonyms: Feminism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Islamism, Darwinism
We agree 7 outta 8
I believe the creator used whatever method he so chose and left it for man to figure it out... Along with learning how to make everything from fire to landing on the moon.
She should also have to explain:
4. The murders of our servicemen in Afghanistan by our alleged allies.
Notice how quiet the MSM has been about these atrocities? If GWBush were still president, they would be howling over the "failed" policy of Vietnamization Afghanization. But it's Obama's failed policy, so shhhhhh...
Oh and btw, the reason these Afghan "allies" are murdering our folks? It's because our brilliant President Obama announced a withdrawal date.
What our CIC Odumbo didn't realize, or didn't care, was that his certain withdrawal date forced Afghans to take a side. And why would they pick our side? We won't be there to defend them.
Feminism, all the isms, don’t leave room for God.
The clock is ticking.....she has only 16 days to join the ticket
CAT FIGHT!!!
Hillary, the American public does not want to see their President scowling and sneering at them every time said President gets behind a microphone. Just go away.
Sounds hugh and series!
It is widely believed that she rejected the VP spot because it might mean she must wash her hair on a more frequent basis.
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