Terry McAuliffe Tips His Hand: Hillary Won't be VP Candidate With Obama

This BuzzFlash "news alert" is an example of the kind of thing that has been appearing on BuzzFlash all too often over the last year or so and it represents the reason that I decline to provide any financial support to BuzzFlash. To some extent I regret that decision because BuzzFlash has been for the most part one of the best sources of information on the web. However, during the primary campaign and even now that it is over, I'm distressed at the unrelenting attacks on Hillary Clinton. I supported John Edwards originally. When it came down to a contest between Clinton and Obama, I had no clear-cut preferred candidate, although I had a slight lean toward Clinton. Both candidates, however, had negatives that kept me from supporting either of them whole-heartedly. Now that Obama is the presumed Democratic candidate, I will definitely support him in preference to McCain--in spite of the fact that I have been disappointed in some of his positions since capturing the nomination. What I do not understand is why BuzzFlash--and various other left-wing sites, for that matter--find it necessary to continue to attack Hillary Clinton. Nor did I understand the venom directed at her by BuzzFlash and other sites during the primary campaigns; I was appalled at the acceptance of blatant misogynistic attacks aimed at Clinton while any comment concerning Obama that could conceivably be characterized as racist was immediately and vehemently derided even when it clearly was not a case of "playing the race card". This so-called "news alert" is filled with anti-Clinton innuendo that, so far as I can tell, has no basis in fact, and I find it absolutely disgusting. Clinton was an admirable candidate, although she defintely had her negatives. BuzzFlash and other left sites refused to acknowledge any of her good qualities--of which there are many--and instead frequently distorted what she said or even manufactured negatives. Why is this? I'm constantly working to ensure that former Hillary supporters do not vote for McCain in the general election, but the continuation of unwarranted attacks on Clinton even as she works on behalf of Obama--which so many of the Clinton haters claimed she would _never_ do--makes it extremely difficult to overcome the justified anger at the way she was treated. Once again the left is about to shoot itself in the foot.

This would be a pretty interesting story if it hadn't already been pretty well established that Terry McAuliffe is stark raving mad.

I hope he is right because I don't want Obama using Hillary to win. Too many women get the seat that propels a man to success and then they end up doing the grunt work. Hillary is too accomplished to be Obama's second. Let's see if he can win it on his own and then when he loses, Hillary in 2012.

...but certainly not veep. BTW, when will McAuliffe start being referred to as "Judas?"

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Am I happy that Obama is the Democratic Nominee? Not hardly! But it won't be the first time I've had to put the proverbial clothes pin on my nose before I enter the voting booth. The choice is between a bright,articulate, perspicacious, vibrant, healthy young man with great promise versus a senile, stooge of the oligarchy, with no cogent plans for the future of America. McCain's complete lack of knowledge on the critical issues of the day, his tendency toward selective amnesia, venality added to a lifetime of "accomplishments" that do not even reach the level of mediocrity make for an Administration worse than Bush's. Voting for McCain falls into the category of "a crime against humanity".

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Colleen Clark: Those of us that do not live our lives as subservient to speakers like Obama, noted through out the campaign that Obama was willing to call anyone a racist in order to win votes. He began by calling Bill Clinton racist for stating an historical fact,,,,"Jesse Jackson won SC too." He then called Ms Ferraro a racist for stating the obvious, "Obama would not be in this position if he were a white man or any color woman." These 2 people along with Hillary are people that have fought for all of us for as long as I can remember and Bill CLinton has an office in Harlem. How dumb does one have to be to believe anything Obama says after that. Changing the rules....Obama removed his name from the MI ballot and then insisted on being given not only the delegates for all who voted uncommitted (which includes those voting Richardson, Edwards and others) but also insisted on being given 4 of the delegates Hillary won due to voters voting for Hillary CLinton. He removed his name to play to the voters of Iowa and not because of any agreement to do so....that was another of his lies. Second rule Obama changed: The only requirement for Superdelegates is to vote for the candidate with the best chance to win. Clearly the candidate with the best chance was the one who won all of the big states we need like CA where Obama had Kennedy, Kerry and Oprah stumping and still lost to Hillary...........as well as to vote to nominate the candidate that won the most popular votes and that was clearly Hillary. The only way Obama comes close is if we count the uncommitted MI votes which were not meant for him at least not entirely. But Obama convinced Super Delegates that if they failed to support Obama then he would insure that they lost their seats by keeping the blacks from voting. This man Obama is nothing but trash and believe me even if he put Hillary on the ticket, I would still have great difficulty voting for that ticket and most likely would not. Blacks were smart enough to group together and vote for the black candidate while women have still not learned to support each other. Too bad because it will be another 30 years before a woman other than Hillary comes along with the ability to do the job and win the election. I would never vote for any woman whose name has been mentioned for VP and has not stepped to a micrphone and clearly stated that she would not consider being the Hillary replacement which is all any other woman on this ticket would be. Obama was only capeable of winning the primary with cheap and sleazy tricks and does not have the ability to do the job. I won't even get started on the sexist rants Obama made including giving the middle finger while saying Hillary's name and waiting for applause, because any woman that did not get that as it was happening is subservient to all men. Grow up for the sake of your future daughters or nieces. Any woman that would vote Obama is clearly one of the problems preventing women from ever getting ahead. It is very sad that any woman should need to be told why Obama is no good. McCain 2008 HILLARY 2012

From a long term political perspective Hillary would be wise not be the V.P.candidate. Should Obama win, realistically she couldn't run for nomination in 2012. (The only Democratic president who was not renominated by his party for a second term was Franklin Pierce, the 14th president.) She'd have to wait until 2016! By that time I'm sure that they'll be other highly qualified women on the scene with less baggage than Hillary. Hillary's only chance at the presidency is to not run for V.P. with Obama and hope that Obama loses the election. This puts her in the position of "I told you so" in the run up to the 2012 election. If she was to run for V.P. with Obama and they lose together, she'll be looked upon by many as the one who spoiled the opportunity for victory in 2008 and making a successful run in 2012 very unlikely and probably an impossibility.

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I "hope" Obama will not "change" his mind and pick Hillary for VP because then I would have to reconsider my vote. I am voting McCain, a republican ticket for the first time in my life after voting democrat since 1972. The "change" Obama has brought to the democratic party has been to "change" the rules during a primary and a loss of all "hope" for equal rights for women which will be quickly followed by a loss of all equal rights for everyone if we are foolish enough to elect Obama. As a long time Clinton supporter I would have to vote the ticket if Hillary was on the ticket but will not vote Obama even if another woman were to be VP. This primary was not about voting a woman, it was all about voting for the only qualified candidate in the democratic primary. I can and have voted in the past for who ever won the primary but I would never vote for any person that used racist and sexist remarks to win. So I "HOPE" you are right when you see no "CHANGE" in the Obama VP pick. McCain 2008 Hillary 2012

for the love of poop.... please let this be the LAST reference to Hillary on the ticket... it is over... pop the balloons... take a chill pill... give it a rest... this is right up there with news stories like..... GOP LIED.... BUSH NOT POPULAR.... please MOVE ON (with or without the dot com)

If Obama made the mistake of picking Hillary, the Press Whores would come out in full force against him. Just imagine what that shrew Whoreen Dowd would write in every one of her so-called columns in the Screw York Times. We know that with Hillary on the ticket, Whoreen would go into full kill mode on Obama and the venom wouldn't stop until her buddy Mc Cain got in.

I disagree.. if hillary was vp, McCain would have a better chance than if someone else were the vp. The clintons bring too much negative baggage to be winnable. Don't forget that many rethugs might cross over and vote for Obama only if hillary is NOT on the ticket.

....of course he is a better politician than you give him credit for and is pulling your chain.

Obama should be wiping the floor with McCain. Without Hillary it's a toss up. Bill from ct