[Rhodes22-list] SS: Time for a political Hail Mary

[stan]

glad to hear the question marks are not yours.

that would be a great quote to give to Hillary if my suggestion is adopted.

ss

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From: <mputnam1 at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] SS: Time for a political Hail Mary


> Stan, you are a political genius.? You SHOULD run for president.? The only 
> thing you should add to your Hillary statement is to end with something 
> like this:
>
> "Oh, and by the way, if I'm elected Vice President, you don't have to 
> worry about ol' Bill.? He doesn't know the office exists."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stan <stan at rhodes22.com>
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:46 am
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] SS: Time for a political Hail Mary
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  If I had Rhodie Mark Putman's and Hillary's ear I would tell them that 
> her
> first words at the start of the upcoming debate should be something along 
> these
> lines:
>
>
>  "My candidacy in the 2008 election was based on my overwhelming longing 
> to see
> that voters have a real choice between what we have had for the past 7 
> years and
> what could be in the next 8 years.
>
>  There is practically no difference between "the where" and "the how" 
> either
> Barack or I want to take this nation.  In fact, it is because our goals 
> are so
> similar that we have such difficulty trying to show you why you should 
> vote for
> one or the other of us.
>
>  Therefore I want to announce that in the interest of what is best for the
> Democratic Party and, what I feel is in the best interest of the United 
> States
> of America, that if by any chance I should be your nominee, I will ask 
> Barack
> Obama to be my vice president.
>
>  AND, if Barack wins the nomination, and asks me, I will proudly be his 
> vice
> presidential running mate.
>
>  I think this debate should now be considered a press conference and we 
> should
> take your questions.  I am going to let Barack do most of the responding 
> since
> he says it so much better than I do."
>
>
>
>       My (ss's) rational behind this risky Hail Mary play is that she puts 
> the
> "what -is-best-for-the country" ahead of her own ambitions and that may 
> just
> turn into a touchdown.   And, in the more likely outcome that it does not, 
> if
> Obama looses the eleciton to McCain, then Hillary (a la Nixon and Regan) 
> has a
> good opportunity 4 years hence.    And, if Obama does become president for 
> one
> or two terems, then, as vice president, the democratic Party (a la Gore) 
> would
> have great difficulty not handing her the mantle.
>
>  Should the Hail Mary work,  then Barack's future could follow the same
> scenario as above imagined for Hillary.
>
>  ss
>
>  PS:    All bets are off if it turns out that McCain really was fooling 
> around
> with a jewish lobbyist.  I will switch my vote to such a liberal McCain in 
> a
> heartbeat.  History has proven that to be a really good president you have 
> to be
> a philanderer:  FDR, Johnson, Ike, Kennedy, Bill - it's one of the reasons 
> I was
> considering running.
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