Why is Bill Clinton saying how much Hillary likes McCain?

[Hieronymus]

[msongs]

1. because obama says we are supposed to reach out to everyone? nt

[ecstatic]

2. To remind fundies that McCain flirts with "the enemy"

I'm almost positive that's why he said it. It hurts McCain but doesn't necessarily harm Clinton either way.

[LulaMay]

3. 1. So Wingnuts won't nominate him. 2. Because country likes & respects him

[bluestateguy]

17. This image will set them off

[MonkeyFunk]

4. because most voters

find partisan acrimony undesirable.

[bluestateguy]

5. it's brilliant

The Wingers hate McCain and this remark only confirms that--that he is "soft" on the Clintons. That's not a place you want to be in a Republican primary. McCain matches up best against Hillary, so by stressing how buddy-buddy Mac and Hill are, that encourages more conservatives to vote for the less electable Romney.

[Fredda Weinberg]

8. ..

[BeyondGeography]

6. Because they don't want to run against McCain

And that amounts to a smear in Pubbie circles.

[EFerrari]

7. Because Billary wants to run against him. n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

14. Now you're using "Billary"?

There's not enough acrimony here?

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Because we're all suppose to play nice with the repubs. Never mind that the repubs

have no intention of playing nice with us. Never have had and never will have. When will we learn that?

[goldcanyonaz]

10. They are drinking buddies.

:beer:

[Hieronymus]

12. I'll bet Hillary can throw down the drinks. What do you suppose she drinks ..

gin?

[goldcanyonaz]

13. Senators Clinton, McCain held 'vodka-drinking contest'

On a congressional delegation trip to Estonia in August of 2004, Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and John McCain (R-AZ) held a "vodka-drinking contest," according to an article slated for Saturday's edition of The New York Times.

"Two summers ago, on a congressional trip to Estonia, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest," reports Anne E. Kornblut for The Times.

"Delighted, the leader of the overseas delegation, Sen. John McCain, quickly agreed," Kornblut continues.

"The after-dinner game went so well — memories are a bit hazy on who drank how much — that Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, later told people how unexpectedly engaging he found Mrs. Clinton to be," Kornblut reports. "'One of the guys,' was the way he described Mrs. Clinton, a New York Democrat, to some Republican colleagues."

"What happens in Estonia stays in Estonia," a Clinton spokesman tells The Times.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/NYT_Senators_Clinton_McCain_held_vodkadrinking_0728.html

He said she drank him under the table.

:woohoo:

[maddiejoan]

24. yeah

she's definately a gin and tonic type

[dkf]

11. Everything he says is so calculated I have no idea what to believe

anymore.

Its like all he says is blah blah blah to me.

[joeybee12]

15. That's why he wins elections...

...and that's why a strategy based on whinging abotu it doesn't get you anywhere.

[dkf]

18. Damn I hope they lose so I never have to hear that lying and deceiving

is the way to win elections.

Blech.

[Captain Hilts]

20. You'd a hated FDR's bullshit. nt

[LulaMay]

22. Politics requires strategy. I'm sure she does like him as a person.

[11 Bravo]

16. Because she does?

Antonin Scalia is tremendously fond of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Adults can often admire a person with whom they disagree philosophically. Of course, this being GD: Primaries, adults are in woefully short supply.

[TeamJordan23]

19. They both like wars. nm

[robbedvoter]

21. To sink McCain in Florida? There's life beyond the primaries. And DU

Romney is already hammering McCain with it! ;-)

[Patsy Stone]

23. Because some left-leaning Independents

like McCain, and Bill wants them to vote for Hillary.