I forgot about Jill's title!
Posted on 01/19/2009 3:48:55 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration.
Jill Biden said President-elect Barack Obama gave Biden the choice of being secretary of state or vice president.
The vice president-elect tried to hush his wife as soon as the words came out of her mouth, with a loud "shhh!" that sent the audience into laughter.
The Bidens made a surprise appearance on Winfrey's show, recorded at the Kennedy Center for broadcast later Monday on the eve of the inauguration.
The vice president-elect said he only accepted Obama's offer to be his running mate after talking it over with "Jilly," his pet name for his wife.
Mrs. Biden said she told him vice president would be better for the family.
"If you're secretary of state, you'll be away, we'll never see you, you know," she said.
"I'll see you at a state dinner once in awhile. But I said, if you are vice president, the entire family, because they worked so hard for the election, they can be involved. They can come to our home. They can go to events, they can be with us all the time. And that's what's important to us."
The secretary of state's job went to another Obama campaign rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Sounds like something Teresa Heinz would have done (after a few drinks).
Jill Bidet spills the beans—a little too late.
You’re right. I’m sure Obama isn’t pleased with Jill Biden right now.
so who wears the brains in that family?
To say that these democrats lack class is an understatement.
So Hillary was the second choice?
If high handed politics was ever involved in the Secretary of State position it was this one. Qualifications took a low road in the choice.
Now that I read the whoile quote I can see she was calling Bill and Hilary pigs who don’t care about their family. Priceless.
Hillary won’t be happy when BHO throws her under the train after a few weeks and she’s out of a job and some horsefaced Kennedy woman has her senate chair and desk, and Oprah won’t return her calls, and neither will Bill, because she owes too much money, is a loser, and doesn’t even look good in the dark after two Viagras.
Rutt Roh....LOL!! Ashtrays are hitting the walls at the Clinton’s house!
What brains?
I just might send her an invitation to my next barbecue.
We tend to talk about guns and gas guzzlers a lot.
He chose the one requiring no limelight or worldly thought.
Wise decision by the "gaffe master".
Maybe.
If they’ve been married long she probably lies as automatically and mindlessly as he does.
I forgot about Jill's title!
If they can’t keep this secret, how will they keep REAL secrets private?
God help us.
Now the whole world knows, as well as Hillary...
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