a McCain/Clinton Unity Ticket? - Democratic Underground

Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:14 PM
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a McCain/Clinton Unity Ticket?

That's almost the only way to interpret recent events.

Pre-determined or spontaneous?

They jettison both the farther left and right wings of both parties and become the centrist unifiers.

Someone tell me I'm wrong.

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cbayer

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:16 PM
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1. You are wrong. nt.

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papau

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:05 PM
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22. he is wrong - but it is more likely McCain/Hillary than our "uniter" Obama with Hillary

heard a lot today of I'd rather see McCain win that see Obama dis Hillary on VP and get away with it

But then it is just probably the types I hang out with.

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LakeSamish706

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:16 PM
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2. Hey, just look at Joe.. Anythings possible. n/t

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wileedog

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:18 PM
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3. A Clinton on a Republican ticket?

Millions of wing-nut heads would explode.

Although if they could get away with it there is no doubt in my mind they would try it.

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Nitrogenica

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:18 PM
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4. That's sort of a half-truth. It's fun to joke, but I don't want to focus

on this too much.

I think it would be best to focus on discussing what we're going to do to fix our Country and deal with McCain.

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Yurovsky

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:20 PM
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5. I could see the 2 of them doing the 3rd party thing ...

they like eatch other, it's just that millions of republikkkans will always hate the Clintons, regardless of how conservative they govern.

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Ichingcarpenter

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:20 PM
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6. You're wrong ....... fuck the other party

Fuck John McCain that voted for torture.
Fuck Bill Clinton that has supported McCain.

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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:27 PM
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9. For heaven's sakes - I'm not saying I support this

But I think this is almost a possibility.

And hasn't the media been setting us up for something like a third party run with Bloomburg for quite awhile?

And strangely, the LEAST popular Republican candidate among Republicans gets the nod - how did that happen exactly? The sucking up of the Clintons towards McCain almost seems scripted (especially today) if you view it through this filter.

And it's like both of these candidates embraced the dark side within the last several years. Possibilities: they are being blackmailed or they are being offered riches beyond compare or they have seen the alien baby nursery.

Just sayin . . .

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Stephanie

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:34 PM
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13. Between HRC's monumental selfishness and McCain's zero chance of winning

I can see how they might both think that this is their only shot. Heavens save us.

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Cha

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:21 PM
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7. What?

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lapfog_1

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:21 PM
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8. P McCain / VP Clinton / SecDef Lieberman ???

Only problem is that Joe wants to be VP...

but otherwise, yeah, that's the plan. And McCain promises to be a one term (resigning 3 months before the end of the first term, allowing Hillary to run unopposed as President).

Evil plan... but the only one that explains everything that has been happening.

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L0oniX

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:09 PM
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24. Don't forget about that runt Lindsey Graham cracker ...f*cking war hawk bastard.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

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DrFunkenstein

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:30 PM
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10. It's Premature to Talk About This. Who Would Be On The Top of The Ticket?

Although Clinton has less support from Republicans than McCain, she can argue that she alone can carry big states like New York and California. The GOP superdelegates can use their own judgment to decide who best represents the Party.

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Stephanie

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:35 PM
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14. McCain, silly. It would have to be the Republican ticket.

It certainly would not happen in the Democratic party.

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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:30 PM
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11. Rush is already training them to vote for Hillary

It's a disruption this time around, but maybe not next time.

I started this thread as almost a joke and now I am starting to see it as almost not a joke. Just not quite.

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Hutzpa

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:32 PM
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12. Don't know if LIEberman

will approve of that, cause if you watch closely Lieberman is playing the VP role
would be a stiff competition between both of them.

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JohnnyLib2

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:42 PM
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15. Wrong.

:thumbsdown:

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Doctor_J

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:48 PM
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16. Unity?

Who exactly would it unify? McCain is a far-right doddering old fool who can't remember whether Al Qaeda is Sunni or Shiite, and whose ministers think Katrina was punishment from God for letting gays live in NOLA. Hillary is the most polarizing figure in the US. And both of them remind people of Bush.

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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:52 PM
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17. It unifies people who self -describe themselves as "centrists" or "moderates"

It unifies the people who dislike both parties and would see this as an attempt to speak for the middle. Illusory , of course. Both are completely owned by corporate interests, in my opinion.

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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:55 PM
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18. Weren't there hints of this even in the last election?

Mother of pearl! Is it really just Kabuki?

Assigned roles, assigned outcomes? I am just hanging my head in complete and total despair.

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DLnyc

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Fri Mar-21-08 09:59 PM
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19. Only one problem.

If mcSame offers her the VP, Lieberman will probably claw her eyes out.

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Hepburn

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:03 PM
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20. That's what I have been smelling....

...McLame and Billary.

At first, she was the inevitable nominee for the Dems...and then she wasn't and it is IMO a pretty sure thing after the shit she has hurled that Obama will NOT offer her the VP spot. So what is left? Yep, VP for the GOP.

I would not put it past a POS like Hillary.

JMHO

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krawhitham

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:04 PM
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21. once a republican always a republican

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L0oniX

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:07 PM
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23. Bill saying that Hillary and McPain make a good pair for the GE since they are good friends....

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

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unkachuck

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:15 PM
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25. I think it's a wonderful....

....idea and she can take the rest of the DLC with her....it would help remove the corporate stink from the Democratic Party and provide a clear choice in November....

....but would she settle for VP?

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NoBushSpokenHere

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:17 PM
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26. I said the same thing a few weeks ago regarding McCain/Clinton ticket

I was told by DUers no way, etc. I really do see this as a possibility. They may be banking on her supporters to defect the party. They will sell the idea to the Republicans as there only hope of keeping the WH. I really don't think her supporters would actually leave the party, though? Would they?

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quakerboy

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Fri Mar-21-08 10:30 PM
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27. well... that would be a landslide

one way or the other...

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