Clinton: Happy To Talk To Palin Over Coffee (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee.

In an interview for broadcast Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Clinton says she's never met the one-time GOP vice presidential hopeful and former Alaska governor and thinks it would be very interesting to sit down and talk with her.

Clinton was responding to a question about a passage in Palin's new book. Palin writes that if she and Clinton ever meet for coffee, "I know that we would fundamentally disagree on many issues." But Palin says, "my hat is off to her hard work on the 2008 campaign trail."

Clinton, in Singapore for a meeting of world leaders, says she's ready to have a cup of coffee and maybe she could make a case on some of the issues on which the two women disagree.

Comments

[2876]

i can already imagine the conversation:

SP: Hillary, I hear that you're secretary of state, which state would that be?
HC: Pardon, me?
SP: Which state are you the secretary of? Is it New York? Or is it New York City? I get the two confused. They have the same name. Is New York City a state? Is it part of New York?
HC: Come again?
SP: I would love to meet your boss, the president of new york state. Can you arrange a meeting?

[BowlingForRevenge]

I doubt there's a snowballs chance in HE LL that Sarah P would accept the courteous invite.
Sarah cannot afford to be seen paling around with ANY inside the Beltway types.
Sarah could not utter one nice thing...ev­en if it's what she really thought...­about the Secretary of State
Her "fans" errr... I mean "supporter­s"... would shout treason.
Sarah has a comfort zone and will NEVER be comfortable outside that area.

[obiejuan]

"Hillary, u want coffee with me? Gonna cost ya 3 first class plane tickets and a $100k..."

[ThirdSection]

If anyone can find the inside scoop on this, I'm willing to wager that Hillary lost a bet.

[Angiefranci]

I love Hillary. Now this is a woman who can think on her feet. She and Palin are not in the same league of women.

[StopSexismNow]

agreed & fanned!

[den1953]

I would think of Sarah Palin more of a tea bag then a coffee drinker!

[Schvenzlerman]

Clinton could talk to Palin about the successful cocaine smuggling operation that the Bush crime family managed under the auspices of the CIA while Bill was Governor of Arkansas. It's so nice to have good family business partners.

[StopSexismNow]

is your tinfoil hat on too tight?

[bokiluis]

"I'm happy to talk to Palin over coffee"...­...not printed "Because if I had drinks with her, I may take her outside and whip her tail, carry on."

[Bulbul]

I guess the Cinton haters are back again in this thread....­.

[StopSexismNow]

yeah, from the right i understand, but the mor.ons on the left are really baffling.

[party-of-one]

do you mean the Clinton loyalists on the left?

[ladydragon]

of course Hillary would have coffee with Palin, both of them are cut from the same cloth

[bokiluis]

Ooooh, that's a cold one. Hillary is at least intelligent.

[Bulbul]

Actually I would ignore those bloggers, the whole world is moving ahead and yet some stays the same.

[PrincipiaChamp]

Fundamental difference #1: Hillary Clinton likes and respects women. Palin, not so much.

[mikebarden]

Hillary: Just don't try to shake her hand.

[LastStar]

Hillary could do it as long as the conversation never rose above the level of.... "how man peaches you think you might can this winter?"

[cornflower]

yes, but it would be a colossal waste of time.

[iceage7]

Sarah says i would like to meet her but we would disagree on the issues.
To me it sounds like sarah is trying to make herself look substantive trying to look the equal to that of hillary. Why couldn't she just say yeas i would like to meet hillary without having to bring up issues as though she has any substantive, intellectual capacity to that of hillary..u­nless she has a prepared speech or notes to read from.

[jillclaire]

and this is exactly why Sarah Palin is not leader material.