Clinton: McCain And I Have Passed "Commander-In-Chief Threshold"

The Swamp:

In a Cabinet-style setting, surrounded by retired military leaders, Sen. Hillary Clinton said the public should ask whether Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama has met the criteria needed to become the nation's commander in chief.

"I think that since we now know Sen. (John) 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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Comments

[Tankan]

06:05 AM on 03/08/2008

Anything Joe Lieberman can do.........!

A glowing endorsment from one Republicon to another!

[Silpat]

12:28 AM on 03/08/2008

Hillary has sold the Democrats out. I love it.


Go Johnny Go!!!

[MrKnuckles]

07:46 PM on 03/07/2008

Even if hair brained pronouncements like this give some folks the impression that Hillary is a tough broad on winning streak all she has really managed to accomplish by uttering such crap is to throughly disgust most of Obama's supporters and earn the enmity of a growing portion of the party leadership . She may be an excellent practitioner of scorched earth politics and she may even be able to scrape her way to the nomination through double talk, smears and closed room arm twisting but Hillary will never rally enough support to defeat McCain in the fall by alienating half of the Democratic Party through such miserably shortsighted methods.

[research]

04:27 PM on 03/07/2008

I know I have been asking everyone to pledge to vote for Hillary if she wins(steals) the nomination, but she is making it really difficult.

[Independent voter]

03:13 PM on 03/07/2008

By what evidence did hillary pass this threshold? Because hillary said so. Well nuts to that. I want proof!

What a load of bullshit from the queen of slime.

hillary is pushing awfully hard to get McCain elected and I believe that she will succeed.

[lobear00]

02:36 PM on 03/07/2008

Hillary Clinton " Commander in Chief, "Now that is a laugh! Hillary your more of a "Joke, than McCain,the trouble is your not qualified to anything but your husbands mate.

[Blazhay]

01:54 PM on 03/07/2008

It's obvious she's striving to be Jhon McCain's running mate. She might as well save use the drama and sign up to the republican ticket. Thye have pretty much voted in lock-step anyways. If supporting the war on Iraq is what it takes to meet the commander in chief threshold, then we want none of it...

[lilith1]

12:54 PM on 03/07/2008

It seems like only yesterday that Sen. Clinton, et.al. were jumping all over Sen. Obama because he said Reagan had ideas.... Lookie here now! According to Sen. Clinton, the REPUBLICAN nominee for the presidency is more qualified to be president than her fellow Democrat (who has waged a phenomenal and well organized campaign against someone who just months ago had double digit leads in nearly every state).

By her logic and definition, Sen. Clinton should just step down and endorse Sen. McCain since his experience in elected office, military service, legislations sponsored, and work on committees is far, far superior to anything she's accomplished.

If it indeed does come down to Clinton and McCain, why should anyone vote for her? How can she be so short-sighted?

[robeson]

12:36 PM on 03/07/2008

If Hillary loses nomination don't be surprised if the Clintons support McCain.

Dailykos on Connecticut Senate Race,President Clinton, on the other hand, probably provided the singular destructive post-primary moment of anyone outside the campaign. He provided every national Democrat the cover they needed to stay out of the race in one single moment on Larry King Live. He said he wasn't too concerned about who won the election between Ned and Joe. Mind you, this was post-primary, and he was pretty much the first big-name national Democrat to do so. When he was asked to put out a statement clarifying that he supported Ned, we were told he was on vacation, but one would be forthcoming. Well, we got one mealy-mouthed sentence a few days later. He never made it right. Ever.

[Grannysue]

12:03 PM on 03/07/2008

Why not give her what she wants a Hillary/Liberman ticket on the GOP side.

[Grannysue]

12:01 PM on 03/07/2008

Clinton would sell her Mother, daughter and Bill, including her sole to be President, oh, I forgot she already did that. She thinks surrounding herself with flags , I'm surprised she didn't have some Iraqi war vets with only one limb left sitting on both sides of her. This entire mess makes me sick.
She would rather see McCain in office then Obama, that's where her loyality lies folks, it's me or nobody. I've lost all respect for the Clintons, and Bill Clinton was a good President, unfortunately his wife feels it's owed to her.
Let's hope Obama starts slamming her, but then he seems to be an honorable man, I guess he will have to drop in the gutter like Hillary if he wants to win, she's running her campaign from the Carl Rove playbook. Elect her or McCain and this country will continue to plummet.

[LeftLeaner]

11:55 AM on 03/07/2008

I stood up for her with the 3:00 A.M. AD, cause that's her prerogative - but SIDING with the ENEMY against One of "OUR" own is "DESPICABLE".

There are far more "EFFECTIVE" and Smart ways of ATTACKING your Opponent (Obama) than SIDING with a REPIG.

HILLARY - you F _ _ _ _ _ - UP - and WENT "FAR" Over the Line - all the way over to the REPUGNANTS.

If you have NO loyalty to the Democratic Party, then maybe you should lieave it, and run as McLame's running mate. I hear he's looking for a VP.

That might suit you bettter.

[batguano]

11:45 AM on 03/07/2008

What ridiculous claptrap from this republican wannabe! Yeah Hillary has got the experience alright, the experience to further expand the power and waste of resources of the Pentagon at the expense of our nations CIVILIAN priorities!
Both Shillary and McCain pass the "warmonger to look tough" test but NOT the integrity or anti-corruption test. The creepy feeling I got when I saw the photo of McCain hugging Bush like an obsequious sycophant........this after the Bush machine trashed him personally.........I still can't get over. Hillary has so many skeletons in her closet re corruption, campaign contributions from corporate interests and criminals like Marc Rich, who Bill (and Hillary) pardoned while he was still a fugitive from justice http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21595
and her Library will not now release the record. This creature will do or say anything to evade the truth of her record. She would sell anyone down the river to further her unbelievable ego and ambition....even to our unity and the possibilities of a progressive win in November. The Wicked Witch of the East is truly a despicable Monster!

WAKE UP PEOPLE to our REAL adversary and progressive enemy!....the Clinton republican-lite corporate shill distortion machine!

[OverIt]

11:15 AM on 03/07/2008

It's really "smart" that she's now taken the argument of McCain's qualifications completely off the table for the general election if --- GULP --- she were to be the Dem. Nominee. Unfortunately, Senator McSame would not extend her the same courtesy.

Being married to Bill Clinton during HIS presidency and having demonstrated that she could not even keep track of HIS actions much less classified information about world events during that time, McSame would have a field day with her.

[VOTER]

10:44 AM on 03/07/2008

Hillary, we voted your husband into the Presidency and BiLL NEVER HAD YOUR "PROFOUND

EXPERIENCE" BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT.

Hmmmm