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Obama-Bill Clinton meeting?

by Blazers Edge, Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 02:39:23 AM EST

According to Terry McAuliffe, Big Daddy and the presumptive Democratic nominee allegedly met Monday.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washingt on/2008/06/hillary-obama.html

"McAuliffe also said Obama had visited ex-President Clinton at his New York home Monday and that Clinton, in Europe this week, had stated his willingness to 'go 24/7...to win the White House.'"

Are people on the same page with respect to their stories? Hillary and Obama pretty much said that he hadn't had a sit-down with the former president. What the hell is McAuliffe talking about? Wasn't Obama in New Mexico on Monday? Did McAuliffe confuse Hillary with Obama or is he just envisioning things again?

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Re: Obama-Bill Clinton meeting? (none / 0)

I think Terry may still be working on that rum from Puerto Rico.

by DPW on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 02:55:35 AM EST

Terry is the man (none / 0)

Terry McAuliffe is so that kind in high school everyone wants at their rager, and when I saw him at the Clinton rally at Baruch, I knew why. Well, this isn't a bad thing. I hope him endorsing Obama happens soon. I will go as far as I have to to see it live, get my copy of "Putting People First" signed along with others, and get a snapshot with the President. Possibly, a picture with both of them.

by Lakrosse on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 03:06:48 AM EST
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Re: Terry is the man (2.00 / 1)

I'm sure Terry won't hav any problem getting behind Obama. Remember this photo from the Washington State convention?

He strikes me as a good sport about all of this.

by DPW on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 03:13:14 AM EST
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Re: Terry is the man (none / 0)

This is probably going to sound a little bitter/sour grapes, but Terry always struck me as kind of a 'used-car salesman' sort of guy.

He was interviewed on The Daily Show in 2004 and had this big phony smile and say-anything attitude that didn't sit right with me.

I never felt any ill-will towards him (until this primary when it was overshadowed by my ill-will towards Wolfson and Penn), but I wished, in 2004, that the Democrats had a better advocate.

by Can I Haz Moar Snark on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 03:54:00 AM EST
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Re: Terry is the man (none / 0)

That said, I certainly appreciate his eagerness to get a Dem in the Whitehouse.

by Can I Haz Moar Snark on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 03:55:12 AM EST
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Re: Terry is the man (2.00 / 2)

Hey any other DLC or Clinton people you would like bad mouth in the name of unity?

by dtaylor2 on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 05:34:03 AM EST
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Re: Terry is the man (2.00 / 0)

That's valid criticism, I think. Terry McAuliffe is in no way sacrosanct. I too have my problems with him, in particular his 50.1% strategy running the DNC. I much prefer Dean's 50-state approach.

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by mistersite on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:02:15 AM EST
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Re: Obama-Bill Clinton meeting? (2.00 / 1)

That sounds like freelancing to me.

I mean maybe it happened, maybe it didn't, but Bill Clinton's press release indicates to me that it didn't, and Terry MacAuliffe says whatever the party line is. That's what's so good/bad about him.

by MeganLocke on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 03:05:27 AM EST

Interesting (1.00 / 0)

Of all my Clinton campaign villains Terry Mac was the most intriguing.

IMO he decided his credibility was going to be his loyalty.

For all the crazy double speak alternate reality coming from him during the primary he never came across as angry or vengeful and I think most people understood he was going to say whatever out of loyalty.

Unfortunately only a happy go lucky, friend to everyone type guy like Terry Mac can get away with it, and most Clinton supporters don't get that when they raged on people like Richardson, and Clyburn expecting them to play the fools too.

by Is This Snark on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 03:34:17 AM EST

Re: Interesting (none / 0)

That's an interesting take... I got the impression a few times watching him that even he didn't believe what was coming out of his mouth, and he really didn't want the people watching him to believe it. There was a sort of ironic smirk underneath that seemed to betray his true feelings on things - but he soldiered on. I have a certain amount of respect for that, even if I found him infuriating at times.

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by mistersite on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:04:24 AM EST
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You have to admit (2.00 / 1)

The guy stayed on message like nobody's business. That's highly valuable in a campaign. Give him a good, credible message and you'd believe it without realizing you did.

by Neef on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:11:10 AM EST
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Re: You have to admit (none / 0)

I'll definitely agree that he's great at that - perhaps a little too great. It hurts his credibility, I think, that he's one of those people who never seems to have a thought of his own that isn't programmed into him.

That said, I think he's generally a very useful ally to have, and I'm looking forward to seeing him on message for the whole Democratic ticket - especially since a vast majority of our message is, as you suggest, good and credible.

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by mistersite on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:40:01 AM EST
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oh the dramz! (none / 0)

BE your posts are awesome.

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by canadian gal on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 04:01:16 AM EST

No, Terry visited Bill Clinton Monday (none / 0)

not Obama.

by catfish2 on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 09:21:15 AM EST

Re: Obama-Bill Clinton meeting? (none / 0)

I'm pretty sure McAuliffe said that he had visited with Bill Clinton.

by rfahey22 on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 11:10:04 AM EST

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