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Edited on Tue Nov-18-08 12:51 PM by Erin Elizabeth
1. Media has a 24 hour news cycle to fill up, which is a LOT, and Lieberman isn't enough to fill it, the economy is too tough for most people to understand, and sending the whole Today show team to different parts of the world to talk about global warming and penguins and bunnies isn't going to last long. I mean, how long CAN Ann Curry stay in Antartica or whatever hole they sent her to? How long can Glenn Beck make up stories about being accosted in a Wendy's by Joe the Truck Driver?
2. Obama meets with different people to talk to them. One of them is Hillary Clinton. Ignoring the fact that he's also met with McCain and Lindsey Graham and other wide-ranging and various people, and knowing that the very name Clinton causes big ripples and waves, they run with it: HILLARY IS BEING OFFERED THE SECRETARY OF STATE POSITION!!!
3. Hillary Lovers rejoice and SOME begin to lecture others on why it's a brilliant, stupendous choice and shut up if you don't like her, because I love her SO THERE.
4. Very Tired of Hillary People react accordingly. In a We're Very Very Very Tired of All This, Didn't We Have Enough During the VP Pick (and primaries) sort of way.
5. Reasonable voices try to shout above the din: we don't even know that this was offered to her! Let Obama pick his own damn SoS! Why is everyone freaking out?
6. No one listens.
7. Meanwhile, the media is playing their usual one-upmanship game. A British paper decides to roll the dice and print a story with no official sources whatsoever, saying that Clinton ACCEPTED an offer that NO ONE EVEN KNOWS WAS MADE in the first place. (Stop for a second. Think of how crazy that really is.)
8. Hillary Lovers take British article as proof and evidence.
9. Lather, rinse, repeat with people Sick of The Very Name and Lovers of All Things Hillary, some of whom claim the Clintons are actually Above Vetting, despite the fact that everyone and anyone would get vetted for SoS.
10. US sources start to cite one British article with no official sources and no official confirmation, because they are afraid of getting scooped and gambling on whether they will look ridiculous in a week or so (they don't care about looking ridiculous, mostly).
11. People REALLY start taking it as gospel now.
12. Hillary Lovers and We're So Sick of Her We Could Spit People continue to go at it.
13. What is Obama and his team doing? God only knows. My guess is sitting back and shaking their heads in wonder at it all. But most definitely going ahead with their transition work.
14. What are the Clintons and their people doing? My guess is enjoying this. A lot. Bill goes so far as to talk about this unconfirmed offer on the record with the media. He's pleased as punch. Of course.
15. Another unconfirmed story about how they are having their finances vetted. Who the hell knows if that's true or not.
It goes on and on and on until the actual SoS is announced, officially and on the record, by the actual Obama team.
(Didn't we live this before? When was that? The VP pick?)
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