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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:10 AM
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Will the Big Dog replace Hillary in the Senate if she is offered SOS.
At least it would give him something to do and keep him out of way.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:13 AM
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1. Mmmmmaybe. nt
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:17 AM
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2. I love that idea ....
Hot damn .... The Big Dawg in the Senate .... I would be thrilled ....
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Marnieworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:20 AM
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3. Republican or Democratic NY Governor?
Edited on Fri Nov-14-08 12:20 AM by Marnieworld
How do they replace Senators in NY?
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:29 AM
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7. Governor David A. Paterson of NY is a Democrat (NT)
NT
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:32 AM
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9. Gov Paterson is a Dem and seems to doing a good job. Very upfront and will make an appointment, but
he will needed to be talked into it.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:20 AM
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4. No
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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:26 AM
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5. Seek professional help.
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:35 AM
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11. Why, what would you do with Bill, it's a package.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:28 AM
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6. No. RFK jr. will and she isn't going to be SoS anyway. nt
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 01:09 AM
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23. What about on SCOTUS?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 11:02 AM
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41. That's a job more suited to her. She's a details person. nt
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:31 AM
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8. I think Senator would fit the definition of beneath the office of the Presidency
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:35 AM
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12. Why aren't you whining about THIS thread as being flame bait like you always do
with threads that aren't, Mr Alert King?
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:40 AM
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14. I rarely if ever alert
I didnt alert on your thread. Oh, and stalk much?
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:44 AM
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19. Yeah, right
You didn't have to alert. You turned the fucking thing into a flame and got it locked by whining out loud. You do it all the time and you know it.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:50 AM
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21. Alright, whatever you say.
:eyes:
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The Wielding Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:41 AM
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16. That's what I was thinking.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 06:50 AM
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25. Adams went to Congress after the Presidency. He was cool.
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Metric System Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:33 AM
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10. Ugh.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:38 AM
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13. I doubt he'd do it, but he'd be good. I'm thinking someone in their early 40s to mid 50s is right.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:40 AM
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15. No! NEPOTISM is is NOT moral or feasible. Bill's had his day ... it's over, move on.
:thumbsdown:
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cyndensco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:44 AM
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40. I agree.
I had the same reaction when I heard somewhere Beau Biden might be a possible replacement for his dad's senate seat. Nepotism, old boy network...:puke:
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:41 AM
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17. You know... Bill Clinton has been very effective and fully
encompassed in his work with his Foundation and the Global Aids Initiative, among others...

I hardly think he needs "something to do to keep him out of the way."

Like him or not, but, Geebus... :eyes:
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:43 AM
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18. you are nuts
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:45 AM
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20. You have no imagination and know nothing about politics. n/t
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 12:56 AM
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22. Bill should be a roving ambassador.... nt
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Cosmic Charlie Donating Member (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 01:23 AM
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24. no offer for Hillary. sorry, big dawg!
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Honeycombe8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 07:22 AM
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26. It amazes me how some people don't "get it," when it comes to former Presidents.
They don't want to be in the Senate or other political office. They belong to a highly exclusive club (the Former Presidents Club). They are older and no longer want to adhere to a strict schedule that a political office would require (if only for a few months a year). Even if they were to do that, it would have to be a political office befitting a former President....unlike being a senator, which would be a big step-down.

They like to help their friends, work on their causes, maintain their libraries that build up their legacy, play golf, relax and enjoy the good life, give speeches for tens of thousands of dollars, write books, go to parties where they are the center of attention, spend time with family.

I don't think he'd even want to be a governor again. That would be a step down, too. Been there, done that...before he rose to be a President.
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:02 AM
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31. We need to de-mystify the office as was intended by the framers. Back then at 47 you had one foot
in the box. Now at 56 you can live another life. It would be good to see President's return to there home base and give back to their states some of their experience. We would have a more realistic Congress.
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 09:49 AM
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27. Nepotism much?
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 09:56 AM
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28. Oh good lord. Not that it wouldn't be hilarious,
but that would never happen.
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 09:57 AM
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29. No
Bill's had his day, let somebody else step up ferchrissakes.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:02 AM
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I like it, but it seems unfair
tossing a position back and forth between husband and wife. It reeks!

I would love to see Bill there, but fair is fair.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:02 AM
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30. I want Bill as Chief Justice
just to watch the Freaker site implode!
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:06 AM
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33. Roberts would need to step aside. Which, IMO he will. n/t
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:14 AM
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36. I don't know the rules, but
is Roberts now the Chief Justice until he steps down?

I thought the president could nominate a new Supreme Court justice for Chief as long as there was an opening anywhere on the court.
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:20 AM
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38. No the CJ is a life time appointment. n/t
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:07 AM
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34. I think Eliot Spitzer should replace her. The Wall Street crisis is right up his alley.
And we all know he got taken out because he was TOO HONEST!
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:08 AM
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35. Keep him out of the way?
:crazy:
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Raineyb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:17 AM
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37. There are other people in NY qualified for the position whose name isn't Clinton.
It will not be hard to find another Dem to take the position should it come to it.

Regards
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 10:24 AM
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39. He's a busy man.
He doesn't need, or probably want, any elected office position. He's very involved in his foundation and Global Initiative.

He didn't sit on Hillary's lap all these years that she's been in the senate, why would he now? He contributes more to society in his current endeavor.
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