Novak: Michelle Vetoes Hillary for VP

[TeamJordan23]

Michelle Vetoes Hillary

By Robert Novak

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama.

The Democratic front-runner's wife did not comment on other rival candidates for the party's nomination, but she has been sniping at Clinton since last summer. According to Obama sources, those public utterances do not reveal the extent of her hostility.

A footnote: Support is growing in Democratic ranks for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland as vice president. He would bring to the ticket maturity (66 years old), experience (six terms in Congress) and moderation (rated "A" by the National Rifle Association). He is very popular in Ohio, a state Republicans must carry to elect a president.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/michelle_vetoes_hillary.html

[marylanddem]

1. I hope this is true. Except for the Strickland part.

[roguevalley]

58. NO GOVERNORS! Damn it. no damned elected dorks. go outside

the ranks.

[lumpy]

67. Why ?

v

[GarbagemanLB]

Novak is a pig.

[City Lights]

6. I thought he was the "offical" "Douchebag of Liberty."

;-)

[TahitiNut]

2. Is Michelle an undercover agent for the CIA?

:eyes:

[galaxy21]

10. Yeah, I figured Michelle wouldn't want Hillary as VP

Nothing against Michelle but she seems more likely to hold a grudge than Barack does.

[TahitiNut]

23. I'd guess Michelle knows a back-stabber when she sees one.

She's a Chicago south-sider. She's got street smarts on TOP of a brilliant mind.

Personally, I have far more respect for Michelle's ability to read people than Hillary's ... and I'd be far more inclined to seek out Michelle's company than Hillary's.

[mamalone]

55. You and me both....

Michelle loves her man and she is going to look out for him;) I think she realizes more than most people the extent to which Hillary could damage an Obama candidacy/presidency.

[XemaSab]

56. After all the rumors about Hillary and Gore

I can't even BEGIN to imagine what a Michelle-Hillary rivalry would look like.

I'd bet 5 bucks they'd come to blows. :P

[lumpy]

69. LOL Michelle is just as gutsy and pulls no punches just as

HIllary has been critized.

[Cha]

64. It's not holding a "grudge"...it's fookin' smart.

So hilary has done her utmost to destroy..so what? The intelligent thing is not to have a hilary on the ticket because Michelle Obama wants to WIN and so do I.

[lumpy]

68. She is too abrasive. Afraid she won't draw a lot of admiration.

Apparently many Obama people don't like gutsy women.

[stray cat]

3. I know I'm more offended by people mistreating my family then mistreating me

[Raven]

4. Novak is setting up a "cat fight" so the MSM will have more dirt to dish.

Senator Obama will make his own mind up about Senator Clinton.

[marylanddem]

7. You're probably right - it's probably all bullshit.

[grasswire]

11. exactly

Every talking head, every pundit, every tabloid will love this manufactured catfight.

[kenny blankenship]

48. And I'm SO SURE Robert Novacula is in tight with the Obama campaign (Guffaw!)

Tight-like white on brown rice! He hears EVERYTHING I bet.

What a liar.

[Renew Deal]

5. Novak is just repeating what everyone knows.

It's a fluff piece.

[TeamJordan23]

24. agree. we all know the Obamas and Clintons do not like one another. nm

[ampad]

8. Where is the popcorn?

Rest assure that when Michelle is mentioned the hard core haters and undercover racist always make their grand appearance.

[gateley]

9. I think anyone would get their hackles up if

his/her spouse had been the recipient of the attacks that have been lobbed at Obama. Ultimately, I don't think it matters what Michelle thinks, though, it's what would be best for the party and our country that will determine who Obama's running mate is.

[frickaline]

12. with Novak, you must always invoke The Opposite Rule. nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

13. Fuck What Michelle Thinks. Ain't Up To Her.

Not sure who the fuck she thinks she is either that she's so arrogant to think such a decision is up to her. What position has she ever held in the Democratic Party that gives her right to try and decide such a thing? Is she so ignorant and naive to think that such a decision rests on whether you like someone or not? You don't like Hillary, Michelle, we get it. But it really ain't up to you.

I'm still hoping that the delegates will negotiate that deal and that they will almost force his hand into having her on the ticket. I still think that would be our best hope in November, even if it would make Michelle throw a tantrum.

[K Gardner]

15. Ain't up to you and your foul mouth either, bud. Hillary is toast.. so YOU throw a tantrum.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

16. Never Inferred That It Was Genius.

[TahitiNut]

29. Ironic.

Did you know that Hillary assumed a superior role to Al Gore in the Clinton White House? Did you know that Al Gore was given office resources subordinate to Hillary's?? A lot of folks seem to forget Hillary's "big-footing" during those years.

[Meldread]

30. Just like all of Hillary's input to Bill over his years of public service?

Is that what you are saying? That's what it sounds like to me.

[TheDoorbellRang]

43. Hope away. But Clinton has too many negatives to be VP

1) Who could trust her not to undermine anything he is working toward? Their entire modus operandi is diametrically opposed.
2) She and Bill's histrionics would be a distraction. We've got enough drama going on with the nation's problems without having to endure watching the Clintons' personal dramas unfold for the next 4-8 years.
3) He would be better served putting a white male on the ticket to "reassure" the part of America already pushed to the edge of their comfort zone with an AA man at the top of the ticket. There are many choices out there that can appeal to the demographic Hillary has claimed as hers alone.
4) Obama holds the cards with his money raising prowess. I don't think anyone is going to be able to twist his arm to accept Clinton on the ticket. Rather, he's been able to do a little arm twisting of his own, since he's swimming in money and everyone else needs some.

[karynnj]

45. Calm down - you have no idea what Michelle thinks

I would be willing to bet that neither does Novack. Anyone really close to Michelle is highly unlikely to be speaking to Novack.

[VolcanoJen]

47. Novak pulled this out of his ass, like he does in every column.

Don't use The Prince of Darkness as an excuse to vent your own anger at Michelle Obama.

[IndianaGreen]

50. The nominee has earned the right to pick his running mate

This shit one hears from MSM that Hillary feels she is entitled to be asked to be on the ticket is the sort of monarchical bullshit that has turned me off about the Clintons.

[cottonseed]

52. Funny thing is you were stupid enough to believe in Novak.

What a tool you made of yourself. Blasting Obama's wife for an article by Robert fucking Novak. Idiot.

[gulfcoastliberal]

53. Pretty disgusting, to curse a woman based on what Robert Novak says.

Does it make you feel like a big bad man to say "fuck what Michelle thinks"?

Quite freeperish/Rushlike. Says a lot.

[Forkboy]

59. Easy, Killer.

[MadBadger]

14. Fuck Novak.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Yay, Michelle!

:bounce:

[Bluebear]

21. Oh please, as if this is true. Sicko Novak is trying to start a "catfight"

Screw him.

[grantcart]

38. cat fight? that was always a big draw in junior high school

[KingFlorez]

18. Novak is just trying to stir up trouble

[CakeGrrl]

19. Novak? He'd love to start more divide-and-conquer amongst Democrats

What better way than to get some highly-invested Hillary supporters angry (or even angrier) at Michelle Obama?

:eyes:

[Writer]

20. That's an incredibly ironic statement.

Does anyone remember Hillary Clinton's reputation in 1992 when her husband took office?

I hope Michelle Obama doesn't say anything about baking cookies.

[onehandle]

22. DU is now taking Novakula's word?

Where the Hell am I?

[PM7nj]

31. No. Look around, 9 out of 10 posts are anti-Novak.

[nomorewhopper]

25. The entire obama campaign staff hates clinton. she has zero chance to become his veep

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. For once, I hope that Novak is right. Hurrah for Michelle.

[navarth]

27. BREAKING NEWS: Novak still isn't in fucking jail for outing a covert CIA agent

somebody talk about THAT.

[Bluebear]

32. You said it.

[Swamp Rat]

36. Damn straight!

[crankychatter]

28. low life traitor belongs in the penitentiary - trying to suck the future First Lady into faux news

faux controversy

[BlooInBloo]

33. I don't understand why an Obama supporter would quote Novak.

[Kokonoe]

34. Novak has no credibility

None of this would be worthy of comment were Robert Novak not also a deeply dishonest ideologue who exploits his media prominence to promote his cronies and lie about his enemies. He has done so, unapologetically, since the 1960s. That he continues to be treated as a serious commentator and responsible reporter speaks volumes about how degraded the mores of contemporary American politics have become.

Novak has been misleading his readers for nearly 40 years now. In his early decades, he would do so rather subtly, by picking out favorite politicians and attaching favorable adjectives to their names, while doing the reverse to those with whom he disapproved. An extreme conservative, he almost always chose the most regressive politicians -- of either party -

http://www.salon.com/media/1998/01/08media.html

This man is a traitor

[BenDavid]

35. If the U.S was like it was when bush took over in 2001 I would

suggest to HRC she not take the VP position. Hell, all she would be doing is having to baby sit obama and teach him certain things, but the U S is in a world of hurt, here at home and abroad, and maybe HRC would make folks feel a lot better knowing there is a Clinton close by.but then again according to some of you obama folks, why would obama want such a bigot and racist as the vp.

HRC and WJC bigots and racists. Help me L-rd. I need to stop :rofl:

[marmar]

37. Que?

:wtf:

[navarth]

60. I dunno...sounds like Ben David's been hanging out with Mogen David.

baby sit Obama? uh-huh.

if it talks like a troll, is it necessarily a troll?

[NorthernSpy]

61. you owe me a new keyboard...

:spray:

[navarth]

65. oops!

Sorry. :+

[barack the house]

39. It is the most logical decision after all that has come to pass.

[bhikkhu]

40. Thanks for the reminder Novak is still "on the outside:.

I don't care what he says - he should be in prison.

[PurityOfEssence]

41. Novak redux: shades of Plame. "He's pathetic because his wife's really in control".

This reeks of the same kind of right-wing misogyny that reactionaries love to insinuate into things. By pointing out that Wilson only got his assignment to Niger because of his wife, snots like Rove and Novak intended to marginalize him as being subservient to a mere female.

In the same way, Novak intends to besmirch Obama's masculinity and further demonize Michelle Obama.

Perhaps it's true, and perhaps her influence is greater than assumed and not always in the direction of "oneness" and all that, but this still just smacks of the standard procedure.

[Tatiana]

42. This is Novak... the same man who outed a covert CIA agent.

Why should we care what he writes/thinks?

He only wants to stir up $hit in the Democratic party.

[karynnj]

44. Apply the usual caveat - any comments of this nature made by Michelle

would likely have been made to only the closest inner circle of her friends. What is the likelihood that any of them speak to Novack?

I would take Ted Kennedy's public statement as proof over a supposed comment from a "close-in" supporter of Obama who is willing to speak to Novack about something Obama's wife said in private.

[liberaldem4ever]

46. Good grief!

If Novak told me that the sky was blue on a beautiful day I would still have to look outside to make sure. He has zero credibility anymore, especially with what's happening with Democrats.

[Orsino]

49. Unsubstantiated.

Not Michelle's call, anyway, however.

[TragedyandHope]

51. Thank you, Michelle!

[Eurobabe]

54. WTF does Strickland bring to the ticket? ZERO

I don't think he would even deliver Ohio. Just my 2 euro cents.

[judasdisney]

57. Why isn't Novak in prison? Or hung for treason?

[NorthernSpy]

62. you do realize, don't you, that Novak is just trying to cause trouble for us?

He's setting people up to believe that Michelle will be in a position to run the Whitehouse from behind the scenes.

[meow mix]

63. good move Michelle, clinton brings nothing to the table except hate for hope

we dont need her crap

[lumpy]

66. Strickland is a mighty handsome man. Would be a great pick

on looks alone.
Obama should really muzzle Michelle, she comes across as very strident and overbearing.

[high density]

70. I don't trust Robert Novak about anything

The mention of Ted Strickland makes me roll my eyes.

[MrSlayer]

71. Novak should be hanged for treason.

Right beside Rove and anyone else involved in the Plame outing.

[AZBlue]

72. I knew she was good people!!!!

Go Michelle!

[Buzz Clik]

73. Bob Novak cannot stand the thought of not having a strong Democratic woman to hate.

Exit Hillary, enter Michelle.