Heather MC
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Thu May-22-08 09:15 AM
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Obama has begun a TOP SECRET search of Vetting possible VP's. What does this mean? |
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Edited on Thu May-22-08 09:28 AM by Heather MC
NO HilLIARy on his ticket!! well that's what I pray anyway. Sorry no Link, I just saw this on MSNBC. He has hired Jim Johnson some guy from Fannie Mae to Vett a top secret list of possible VP choices. Update: Here's a link http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/officials-say-obama-start_n_103042.html
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Thu May-22-08 09:18 AM
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1. if it is top secret, how does MSGOP know? |
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Thu May-22-08 09:18 AM
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Thu May-22-08 09:57 AM
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LOL!
may I ask why? No, wait, that's a question, too!
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Thu May-22-08 09:19 AM
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5. he hired the guy who vetted VP candidates for Kerry, and intentional leaks from the Obama campaign |
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Edited on Thu May-22-08 09:19 AM by cryingshame
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Thu May-22-08 09:23 AM
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10. They don't know who is on the list, they just know there is a list. |
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Thu May-22-08 10:13 AM
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28. And they don't know if the list is on paper or a floppy disk. |
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Thu May-22-08 09:18 AM
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2. He should have hired Cheney. |
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Then we'd know who his pick would be.
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Thu May-22-08 09:19 AM
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4. Some guy from Fannie Mae? He worked for Mondale and Kerry's campaigns |
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Edited on Thu May-22-08 09:19 AM by FSogol
doing the same search.
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Heather MC
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Thu May-22-08 09:21 AM
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7. I was typing as I was watching, I got that he worked on other campaigns |
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Edited on Thu May-22-08 09:25 AM by Heather MC
but I didn't hear which ones, but they did say he works for Fannie Mae right now. Sorry if I seemed to lessen his resume'
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Thu May-22-08 09:25 AM
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12. the candy FM or the finance FM? |
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Thu May-22-08 09:32 AM
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15. Finance, there is a candy one? |
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Thu May-22-08 09:55 AM
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18. chicago based candy company. |
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http://www.fanniemay.com/I think they suck, but then again, my complex carbs come in liquid form, on the rocks.
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Thu May-22-08 09:42 AM
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Thu May-22-08 09:28 AM
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14. Np. I guess this puts Edwards close to the top of the list. |
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Johnson felt he was the best choice just a few years ago.
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Thu May-22-08 09:59 AM
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21. Except now we have a reference point on what Edwards was as a VP candidate |
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The only vetting that needs to be done for Edwards is the playback of the Edwards v. Cheney debate. That brings Edwards off the table very fast.
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Thu May-22-08 09:19 AM
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6. Hell, I don't think there's time to vet Hillary before November, it would take so long. |
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Thu May-22-08 09:22 AM
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Thu May-22-08 09:27 AM
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13. Repuke's have been vetting her for 4 years |
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Damn, they were ready for her too...
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Thu May-22-08 09:22 AM
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8. Here's what it means: He's getting into the nuts and bolts of candidate evaluation |
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and he's not telling anyone anything more than that (that's the top secret part). That is all.
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Thu May-22-08 09:24 AM
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11. News link here with the details |
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Thu May-22-08 09:41 AM
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16. Don't forget -- for BOTH parties, 1/2 the "vetting" is to placate constituencies ... nt |
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Thu May-22-08 09:57 AM
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20. Ok Shhh! Dont tell anyone! It's TOP SECRET! |
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Thu May-22-08 10:00 AM
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22. But if you tell some one you have make them promise they won't tell any one |
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Thu May-22-08 10:01 AM
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23. They just leaked this because McCain leaked the same thing |
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By definition, it can't be top secret if it's on MSNBC.
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Thu May-22-08 10:02 AM
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24. I can't wait to hear the lies Terry McAwful spews today about this!! |
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Because that's all that piece of shit has been doing lately.
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Thu May-22-08 10:03 AM
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25. Top Secret, i.e., don't pester us about it. |
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Thu May-22-08 10:06 AM
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All VP searches are top secret.
Kerry kept his search top secret until the guy who painted the plane leaked it ...
Bush's search in 2004 was top secret as well, so much so that we never knew who he interviewed.
It wasn't until after Al Gore announced Lieberman as his running mate that we found out that he also interviewed John Kerry and John Edwards.
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Thu May-22-08 10:12 AM
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27. It will be Bloomberg or Strickland |
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Thu May-22-08 10:19 AM
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31. Strickland.... the guy standing behind Hillary in this picture? |
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Thu May-22-08 10:35 AM
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34. Clinton Loyalist shouldn't even be aloud to stand with the tourist by the fence of the White House |
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Thu May-22-08 10:38 AM
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Thu May-22-08 10:16 AM
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29. He wants to appear to be moving forward without offending Hillary |
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Since NC/IN his focus has been McCain, anything said about Hillary has been positive. He wants to appear to the SDs and to Hillary that he's looking toward the primaries.
The "leak" of this "top secret" information is just more of the same.
Plus, he really does need to start looking toward the general, we're only a few months away.
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Thu May-22-08 10:18 AM
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30. Just read on kos that last week Hillary called him and said she wanted to be vp |
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Thu May-22-08 10:20 AM
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32. that would explain her skrew the truce, I'm going to bury you attitude she has this week. |
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Edited on Thu May-22-08 10:24 AM by Heather MC
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Thu May-22-08 10:21 AM
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...but then I'd have to kill you.
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Thu May-22-08 10:37 AM
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35. I don't want to know, dying is not on my list of things to do this week |
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