Hillary Asks Joe Scarborough To Be Her Running Mate

Hillary Asks Joe Scarborough To Be Her Running Mate

Huffington Post   |   March 5, 2008 10:54 AM



Hillary Clinton's rocky relationship with MSNBC appears to be on the up: just weeks after sending NBC News President Steve Capus a scathing letter over "the pattern of behavior on [MSNBC]" that led to "degrading language" from the mouths of David Shuster and Chris Matthews, Clinton appeared comfortable and jocular on "Morning Joe," asking host Joe Scarborough to be her running mate if she wins the Democratic nomination.

Scarborough set the tone with his opening question, asking Clinton, "After last night, do you need to drop out of this race to unite the Democratic Party?" and continuing the light-hearted tone by saying "There are larger considerations than your own personal ambition."

Clinton responded by saying, "Actually, Joe, I was coming on this morning to ask you to be my running mate," comparing him to Ronald Reagan and prompting Scarborough (a former Republican Congressman from Florida) to announce, "You have just finished my political career. It's over! I'm in TV until I die."

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The republicans plan to out Hillary as a lesbian. Why not beat them to the punch, but in a more positive manner?

Obama should stand up for gay rights and praise her for being the first lesbian to run for the presidency. Wax on about the challenges she must face having to keep her private life under wraps.

That Hillary sure is one brave woman!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:52 PM on 03/06/2008

Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. STFU

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:42 PM on 03/06/2008

Given Scarborough's dead-intern problem, that's a pretty sick joke for Hillary to make!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:30 PM on 03/06/2008

It makes me wonder if Hillary is not flirting with Republicans to make the case for the Super-Delegates that she could do well with Republican voters and Independents in the general election.

Whether that's true or not, I find it rather creepy to have a Democratic candidate complimenting Republicans and trying to "peel the bark off" of Senator Obama. I've never seen a Democratic Presidential hopeful use all of the talking points of the right-wing radio hosts against a Democratic opponent.

Barack lost Ohio and Texas by a much smaller margin than they had predicted two weeks ago. Some are saying that he might have even won Texas, although that remains to be seen - they are still counting the votes.

I see Hillary's "comeback" as hollow, and her chance at the nomination simply wishful thinking. She had better rethink her slimy campaign tricks, or she will lose her Senate seat in New York in the next election. And when I say "slimy", I don't mean being aggressive. I mean tactics that are based on lies and half-truths. Hillary has said several times now that she won Michigan and Florida, and includes them in her list of victories.

The Canadians know that Hillary really supports NAFTA. That is why their right-wing government wants her to do well. She has campaigned for NAFTA. However, Hillary says she had nothing to do with it. Which is it Hillary? I realize that you were not in on the meetings where these things were discussed. However, if that's true, then your claim of experience by being the First Lady is false, as you were never there when these decisions were being debated.

Did Bill Clinton go over the minutes each night for each meeting that he had that day, explain what was debated, the pros and cons of each position, and then ask Hillary for her input? I don't think so.

This so-called "35 years of experience" that she brings is nonsense. She brings a "life-time of experience" of cheating, lying, being greedy, working for corporations, and calculating her every move as to whether or not it will promote her agenda. She cares only for herself, not America or the Democratic Party.

What we see in Hillary's campaign will be what we would see in her presidency. Aren't we all a little tired of being lied to every time the President speaks?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:58 AM on 03/06/2008

Take it lightly if YOU want.

Watch "Morning Joe"-----Scarborough PROMOTES Hillary DAILY (just as Limbaugh). Their strategy is to get a Democratic nominee so the Republicans will have NO PROBLEMS defeating.

Besides----Hillary will talk ONLY to Joe. (She can't appease Shuster, now that she made every effort to take away his livelihood.) Hillary needs assistance to SEAT the delegates in MI and FL through the media. Joe is doing a fine JOB for her.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:30 AM on 03/06/2008

Why not, two of a kind. He even has his own body count.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:37 AM on 03/06/2008

Joe Lieberman in drag. She's not winning points with the DNC- I sense she will jump ship if she loses the nomination and totally hand the election to McCain by trying to run as an Ind.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:43 AM on 03/06/2008

Your scaring me!
After all she has stooped to, I believe she would do this.
But then again the Independents hate her too.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:02 PM on 03/06/2008

Damn you Hillary I have been trying get to Joe Blow off that program and get Imus back. Joe is nothing more than a no sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:20 AM on 03/06/2008

Great combination - the Cackler and the Red Neck Bigot.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:36 AM on 03/06/2008

LOL...bullseye too

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:13 AM on 03/06/2008

YES!!

David Shuster just ( finally) brought up on MSNBC;

Have any of her Democratic opponents, including Obama, sought more detailed answers from her about stories such as:

* Norman Hsu and his bundling of money for her campaign?

* How "dishwashers, waiters and others" poured "$1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign treasury?"

* Bill's trip to Kazakhstan with Canadian magnate, Frank Giustra, that netted Giustra $3 billion and Bill's foundation a $131 million contribution from Giustra?

* How powerful foreign donors to Bill's presidential library, such as the Saudis, may pose a serious conflict of interest to Hillary's foreign policy actions as president?

* How Bill's tangled ties to an investment concern of Clinton friend, Ron Burkle, and it's dealings with Dubai may yet, again, threaten to compromise Hillary Clinton's execution of foreign policy as president?

* The fact that the with all of these questionable financial dealings, the Clintons have been unwilling to release their tax returns, especially in light of Hillary Clinton claiming that the $5 million she lent the campaign was "her own money?"

* And, finally, though we, as Democrats, don't care who Bill schtupps (and, no, none of us believe he has kept his fly zipped the last seven years), you can be damn sure the Republicans will be digging hard (no pun intended) to see just what Bill has been up to since leaving offic

plus Whitewater

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 AM on 03/06/2008

Well said!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:22 AM on 03/06/2008

this woman is so sick making . . .

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:41 AM on 03/06/2008

Maybe because he is practically a neighbor (100 miles), or maybe because , as a Southern boy myself, I don't see Joe as a yokel, I fail to understand the animosity expressed towards Mr. Scarborough. While I disagree with him on practically every issue, I find the fella to be charming, witty, polite, and not a rote speaker of Republican talking points. He is an independent speaker of Republican talking points, and I think he is truly embarrassed by the pigs-at-the-trough looting of the treasury by the thugs in power. Grow up, people! You can disagree without animosity, if you try. Save the vitriol for Cheney, Bush, and Delay, reprehensible human look-alikes who deserve to be pilloried in the public forum, if not actually hung from cherry trees in the nation's capital.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:15 AM on 03/06/2008

What does this tell you? He wants Joe as her running mate, she endorses McCain (he has experience), and this morning on Fox News, she jokes with Karl Rove. Wow! Is this the woman you want on the Democrat ticket?
Ask her to release her tax returns. She is buying time to release them. Why?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:24 AM on 03/06/2008

Rosal , I would say you pretty much summed it up .

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:07 AM on 03/06/2008

well said rosal . . .she is buying time for releasing her tax returns because just like her mccain support . . . she is hiding something . . corruption must be the clintons middle name

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:42 AM on 03/06/2008

i noticed on wed morning that hillary, in her victory speech from the night before, in naming the states she won started with florida and included michigan. i also heard an interview with terry mccauliffe where he said the same thing. this is their new approach to thwart the rules to which even they agreed. i caught this on election night but heard no commentator catch it until christopher hitchens pointed it out on morning joe. all acted surprised. as hitchens said, thei is blatently false as these electioin results were disallowed by the party and clinton's know it. is this not the same misleading and dishonest politics we have endured for the last seven years. will it ever change? because this is exactly the "change" the voters want in this election.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:48 PM on 03/05/2008

i wouldn't let joe scarborough run to the store for me, he'd probably bring back his boy friend mike(squirrel eater) huckabee.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:12 PM on 03/05/2008

Makes perfect sense, Joe's been carrying water for her for weeks now!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:53 PM on 03/05/2008

I thought they were not allowing such trashy language on this site? I guess Huff has lost all her senses, since B.O. can't win now.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:23 PM on 03/05/2008

Hillary is looking a lot more attractive and she has a nicer personality now. I think she is getting more white male voters because she exudes a new sexuality. This has happen in the last two weeks. I think male voters find her more sexually appealing.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:34 PM on 03/05/2008

dude, what are you smoking? I want some!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:45 AM on 03/06/2008

-- she exudes a new sexuality. ---

well, there goes dinner with that image ...

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:23 PM on 03/05/2008

If you are a Hillary hater, I invite you to watch this video http://townhall.hillaryclinton.com/ .

Watch Hillary speaking with ordinary citizens of Texas - just earlier this week. See how you like her. See how you feel about her connection with citizens.

If you watch the entire video, if you are a Hillary hater, please write back what you feel after watching. Tell me how you feel about the 91 year old at the beginning and the MS college man at the end.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:19 PM on 03/05/2008

I don't care about her acting career. I care about her endorsement of McCain. How can she say, she and McCain will bring experience to the White House, but Obama, a fellow Democrat. brings a speech. She is a Democrat hater. I don't care about her spin on the stomp.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:30 AM on 03/06/2008

What a charmer!
And why doesn't Huffington Post yet have this little video bite on its media site yet? Here's Clinton today, making nice with Fox News and yukking it up with Karl Rove. Pul-eeeze.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTGbI8pzvqk

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:41 PM on 03/05/2008

It's always so edifying to read comments written by Obama's upscale, mature, well-educated followers who frequent this message board. But just to let you know that a few well-educated people support Clinton, check out this list of over 250 college professors and other intellectuals, including the names of the colleges and universities where they teach, who have signed their names in support of Hillary. It may surprise you. Here's the link: http://katalusis.blogspot.com/2008/02/signing-on-for-hillary-clinton-these.html

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:37 PM on 03/05/2008

Thanks for the link, but don't expect the Obama supporters to read it. All they care about is hating the Clintons and trying to outdo each other in the "nasty name calling" contest.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:58 AM on 03/06/2008

She supported Barry Goldwater.
She was President of the Wellesly College Republicans.
She has been making McCain's talking points for him.

Now she's asking Joe to be her running mate "jokingly?" Can you say "kidding on the square?"

Hillary is turning into a Lady Lieberman. She's returning to the default patterns that her papa Hugh ingrained on her psyche.

Hillary Rodham, Republican by inclination, Democrat by injection.

JP

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 PM on 03/05/2008

Joe could also ask why Hillary didn't write her own books and "forgot" to credit her ghoswriters!. McCain questioned her ethics at the time b/c her advance was excessive - 8 million and was from Simon and Shuster who ownsViacom, Paramount, CBS, etc ..

Mahesh Grossman, a ghostwriter for Sen. Hillary Clinton blows the whistle on what it's like working with the former first lady.
"Writing with Senator Clinton is like marrying Zsa-Zsa Gabor," notes Grossman. "You're guaranteed it'll be a bumpy ride and that it won't last long. In just three books, Clinton has gone through five ghostwriters."
Find more here that states what Barack is as a writer! Just words??!:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/22/opinion/main3865576.shtml

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:59 PM on 03/05/2008

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit! She's been voting like a Publican. She's campaigning like a Publican. Why shouldn't she have a Publican as her running mate?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:45 PM on 03/05/2008

I think it was amusing..Everyone needs to lighten up. I am an Obama supporter, but I do find Hillary to be amusing - especially her self-deprecating abilities. Not everything is so serious. (I do realize that this race is serious, but doesn't everyone deserve some down time?)

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:43 PM on 03/05/2008

she giggled and joked with Karl Rove today on FOX, while saying her and McCain's life experiences count but Obama has no life experiences ... she's a lying, coniving low life who swims naturally in gutter politics

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 03/05/2008

yeah, thanks...

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:54 PM on 03/05/2008

Thank you. I wish I had a way to give cookies to folks who rise above the insane partisanship and find something nice to say about their candidate's opponent.

The best I can do is this: :)

Thank you.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:55 PM on 03/05/2008

Joe and Pat Buchanan were BLATANTLY campaigning for her on MSNBC last night.

MORE LIKELY is that they're 'plowing the road' fo