2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumObama and Clinton have another secret lunch
"When their schedules permit, President Obama and Secretary Clinton enjoy the opportunity to catch-up in person," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said. "This afternoon they met privately for an informal lunch here at the White House for about an hour and a half."
The meeting came only hours after Obama delivered a major address on ISIS from the Oval Office, though the White House declined to say whether the President discussed his anti-terror strategy with his former secretary of state.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/07/politics/obama-hillary-clinton-lunch/index.html
monmouth4
(9,710 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)Cha
(297,733 posts)riversedge
(70,311 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)MineralMan
(146,333 posts)Elton and Bernie did the soundtrack about the same time the first album came out. The film is odd, but the soundtrack rescues it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067118/
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)Hekate
(90,837 posts)...actually grasp the difference?
It seems to me that a Private meeting is one that is on the calendar and everyone knows it is taking place, but just the two of them (and the waiter) are there.
But a Secret meeting would probably involve someone arriving heavily cloaked at the back entrance and not appearing on the calendar, with much precautions taken that it appear it never took place at all.
Does that seem like a reasonable distinction?
Having said that, every damn time someone breathlessly announces that HRC or PBO have had a SECRET MEETING (oooh, Caps Lock is fun), it turns out that everyone knows about it and that photos were taken of the arrival and departure.
So where's the secret? Or are certain people just engaging in poutrage because they were not invited?
Cha
(297,733 posts)BlueCali http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=29216
Good explanation between private and secret meets, Hekate. They did not have it on their calendars but they did have Lunch for 90 minutes!
quickesst
(6,283 posts)...Does anyone but the President and Hillary know what was discussed?
Hekate
(90,837 posts)quickesst
(6,283 posts)....but I think you have me wrong. I am a Hillary supporter and you ask what's the secret. I was just pointing out that since no one knows what was discussed, that is just as good as a secret. Personally, I hope he leaned over, looked both ways, and said quietly, " relax, you got this." Doesn't bother me in the least that I wasn't invited. I trust her and President Obama.
mcar
(42,377 posts)doc03
(35,382 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)1 (404) 827-1500
You can call them and ask them.
Hekate
(90,837 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)Hekate
(90,837 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,714 posts)Hekate
(90,837 posts)If it's all about trust but verify, how many more 11 hour hearings do you want?
I've watched her career since Bill first ran for POTUS, and she has intelligence, strength, stamina, experience, education, spine, and the ability to hold her head high no matter what. Her enemies try to twist her words and qualities and behavior, but as with the Benghazi hearings, she emerges whole.
Obama trusted her capabilities enough to appoint her SoS, and they became true friends. That is a hell of an endorsement.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)As many as possible. It directly showed the fraud the republicans are. Clinton actually got a bump out of it. The more unraveled they become, the better for us.
oasis
(49,410 posts)Cha
(297,733 posts)Cha
(297,733 posts)today.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)"The good news is you're up in the polls. The bad news is Comey is going to press charges"
Seriously though that is not a happy face on Obama..
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Benghazi!!!!!! Love it. Some are truly banking on Gowdy and his clan.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Not banking but betting that Sanders takes NH and likely Iowa.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I wouldn't bet against Sanders in either of those two states.
Benghazi!!!! Simply loving it.
Cha
(297,733 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 8, 2015, 06:51 AM - Edit history (1)
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Thank you, DSB~
EDIT: NO, this was from a lunch in 2013.. my bad!