Buzzflash: The McCain/Clinton War Party Fusion Ticket

[AtomicKitten]

When it Comes to the Vice-Presidency, Should Hillary Run on a McCain Ticket?

It is the one inviolable rule of party politics; don't promote the other party's candidate at the expense of your own.

In the past couple of weeks, Senator Hillary Clinton has violated that cardinal rule again and again as she personally vouched for the readiness of John McCain to assume the presidency, while belittling Barack Obama as nothing more than a speech.

Here is perhaps the most devastating gift she gave to the Republicans as she patronizingly dismissed Obama:

"I think that since we now know Sen. McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, national security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And I think it’s imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the commander-in-chief threshold,” the New York senator told reporters crowded into an infant’s bedroom-sized hotel conference room in Washington.

“I believe that I’ve done that. Certainly, Sen. McCain has done that and you’ll have to ask Sen. Obama with respect to his candidacy,” she said.

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We don't know what Senator Clinton's criteria are for the crossing "the commander-in-chief threshold." The Chicago Tribune pretty much debunked Clinton's scant claims to foreign policy and military experience, and McCain wants to bomb Iran and continue the war in Iraq for a hundred years. What allowed McCain and Clinton to cross that threshold? It appears to be poor judgment in foreign policy as far as their Senate careers are concerned.

We'll be further exploring the Clinton-McCain connection in foreign policy and D.C. establishment ties in tomorrow's BuzzFlash Editor's Blog, "Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama and Judgment Day."

more at http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/062

[progdog]

1. What if McCain picks

Lieberman?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. Lieberman gets to be Sec. of State AND Sec.of Treasury

That way he can fund all the wars they need.

[progdog]

6. Yikes

:scared:

[Voice for Peace]

2. something for everybody.. war, health care, fear, security, women's rights, torture

[AtomicKitten]

7. they offer a pretty sad potpourri

[meow mix]

4. "crossing the threshold"

:spray: :rofl:

[meow mix]

5. oops delete nt