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As for Veep question
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]My answer, which I would bet any amount of money on: No Way.
-> Obama would be stupid to ask her, if there's even a remote chance she would accept. Not only would taking her as veep make him look weak in the coming election - but in an Obama administration, she would be a terrible employee. She would do whatever she could to draw the spotlight, and she could not be counted on to follow Obama's directions in any capacity.
-> Hillary would be stupid to accept, if Obama even asked her. She wants to run things. It's only with a President as detached as GWB that a veep like Cheney can *have* so much power. Her work as VP under Obama, would probably be even less than Al Gore under Clinton. She could start new initiatives, perhaps - but she's in the Senate, so she already can do that.
IMHO, best thing for Hillary to do know is go for Speaker of the House, write a book or two to pay off this campaign, and then either run for governor, run for President in 2012.
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@NYShooter
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]JFK…..Diplomatic family background, author, scholar, journalist, bona fide war hero, Congressman, Senator.
Also, "…………Accomplished smiler, hand shaker, back slapper, speech reader. "
Obama………………Accomplished smiler, hand shaker, back slapper, speech reader.
You left out: best-selling writer; extensively travelled overseas; self-made man, raised without a famous, rich and connected father.
Before Harvard graduation, he was a community organizer. After graduation, Obama took a job for half of what he could make elsewhere, by being a civil rights lawyer for the poor.
I don't think you're racist. I just know that, from the above, you're not paying attention to the facts.
here's some:
http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_barack.php
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@scienceteacher - no.
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Obama meant what he said about bringing people together he will name Hillary VP.
Why?
1. what makes you think Hillary *wants* a VP slot?
2. what does giving Hillary a VP slot, have to do with uniting people? If Obama had lost, would you feel that Hillary "owes" Obama a VP slot, for the good of the party?
If he doesnt, that tells me he is simply a politician who will say anything to get elected, and if he blatantly doesnt care about my vote, then I dont care if he gets elected.
So....as a woman and a feminist, you'd rather show him a lesson by not voting, and let McCain get in. Where he can nominate possibly another 3 anti-choice conservative SCOTUS judges.
The reason men act so dumbfounded when they are accused of being sexist? Because they are brainwashed from birth, to believe they are superior to women.
OK, that's one theory.
Your name here is "scienceteacher", tho. So I expect you are familiar with science, at least.
Couldn't another possible theory be that some men who are accused of being sexist....*aren't* being sexist?
Joan, someone needs to do a TV documentary on sexism & to spend the first half hour showing one example after another of the sexism dished out against Hillary and her supporters.
And to be fair, it would have the next half hour showing the racism and dismissal dished out against Obama and his supporters.
But more to the point - please show ONE INSTANCE of Obama saying anything even belittling about Hillary.
Once you do that, I'll be happy to point out to you Hillary's instances of being both belittling and borderline racist to Obama.
I dont think most younger women understand what we went through to pave the way for them.
I don't think you realize how this kind of take on feminism is turning off younger women.
Jsut because your favorite candidate was a woman - DOESN'T MEAN that her defeat was due to sexist reasons.
She had the money , the name recognition, the political connections, and the party in the palm of her hands. She didn't plan well, she absolutely blew the February primary because she had no campaigns in the states that Obama dominated - and thus, she lost.
Blaming her defeat on sexist reasons, is mistaken. A man who did the same things in the same way would have lost just as badly.
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@jebldmm
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Okay, Obama is a nice person. Nobody is disputing that. But based on the rest of your experience, Tom Clancy would make a better President than Obama.
Clancy might be as qualified on paper as JFK or Obama - if he graduated Harvard Law, then either served in a military during a war or worked in the real world as a lawyer, and then served in either a large legislative body and then the US Senate.
Of course, Tom Clancy's also a conservative nutball. So, he would more qualified to run for the GOP. Perhaps Michael Crichton could be his veep....
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@NYShooter
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, I think real world accomplishments account for a hell of a lot. So I think that Obama's being a largely self-made man is very impressive, and shouldn't be discounted.
Which is not to discount JFK's accomplishments - but I also think it has to be considered that JFK had a huge, wealthy and very politically connected family, and a father whose own political aspirations were thwarted. Which resulted in JFK being pushed towards the White House almost from birth. Obama climbed this mountain from much closer to the bottom.
But whatever - I can agree to disagree, and hope that Obama will be a fantastic president. I also am personally certain that he will be.