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jackbarber
11/26/09

In reply to 'Hot Rumor' Alert: Hil for Veep?
Want to bet?

Actually / if necessary: this will most likely / definitely happen.

P.s. Kerry to Sec St.

Seriously -- why would Obama NOT do this.

Term 1 neutered Bill. Term 2 will most likely require some frisson.

Then HRC gets to be president. If she can beat John Thune.
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MrInBetween
11/25/09

In reply to 'Hot Rumor' Alert: Hil for Veep?
A far more inspired (and likely) VP swap would be Biden-for-Rahm.
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jackbarber
11/26/09

@MrInBetween: Are you insne? Rahm is unelectable to nat'l office.
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MrInBetween
11/26/09

@jackbarber: Check your Sarcasm Meter.
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MisterHippity
11/25/09

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Well, you know what they say ...

Thunder only happens when it's rainin'.
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Flashman
11/25/09

@MisterHippity: And players only love you when they're playin'.

So I'd say Joe B has every reason to be a'feared.
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Mike Jahn
11/25/09

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That's a shot across the bow of a Palin candidacy.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
11/25/09

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Biden just needs time to take care of his 1981 Pontiac Trans Am.

[www.theonion.com]
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ms_priestypants
11/25/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: Oh my gosh. Are we sure this is fake?
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MisterHippity
11/25/09

In reply to 'Hot Rumor' Alert: Hil for Veep?
Oh Stevie Nicks .... won't you lay me down in the tall grass and let me do my stuff?

Oh. Sorry. Saw the record cover and had a little flashback to high school.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
11/25/09

@MisterHippity: Old man.
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Airvault
11/25/09

@MisterHippity: Everyone knows it was all about Christine McVie.

You going to argue with Chicken Shack?
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/25/09

@MisterHippity: Sentimental lady
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Tchotchke
11/25/09

@MisterHippity: Somehow, despite knowing that those were Fleetwood Mac lyrics, that comment struck me as incredibly filthy and now I feel weird.
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Magister
11/25/09

@MisterHippity: One night a long time ago, I was wandering around campus, when I spotted an owl in a tree and a girl laying down looking up at it.

Maybe because they were scheduled to perform a concert the next evening, I convinced myself that it was Stevie Nicks, so I laid down in the grass nearby hoping to make a dream come true.

Neither of us said a word and eventually after maybe half an hour, she got up and floated away. To this day, I swear that it could've very easily been Ms. Nicks, but since I was tripping on acid at the time, I'll never know.
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MisterHippity
11/25/09

@Tchotchke: "Incredibly filthy"? Not compared with my high school fantasy about Stevie Nicks!

But I'm probably getting into "T.M.I." territory here, huh?
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Tchotchke
11/25/09

@MisterHippity: Potentially. If it involved blowing coke up her derriere, then, yes. I've been told she is into that.
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Airvault
11/25/09

In reply to 'Hot Rumor' Alert: Hil for Veep?
This rumor is hardly new. Go look up a Chris Matthews interview on Charlie Rose from a few months back where he says the same thing.
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naugahydeinplainsight
11/25/09

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No way to gracefully drop Biden from the ticket (the VP selection being a president's first and most important decision).
Except maybe through a job swap with Hillary. Hmmmm. I could see that.
(Though I don't believe that anything being said about Obama 2012's ticket in Nov. 2009.)
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ms_priestypants
11/25/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Um, all kidding aside Joe Biden for Secretary of State sounds like the worst idea ever. Can you imagine the wars we'd be in by 2016?
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naugahydeinplainsight
11/25/09

@ms_priestypants: He is a little unpredictable, isn't he. Yet wasn't his name high on the list of SecState candidates being bandied about last year? Even as VP he was hailed for his foreign policy experience.

#tips
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TechLackey
11/25/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Mrs. Biden let it slip that Obama offered Joe his choice of SoS or VP, with whichever one he didn't pick going to Hillary. So a 2012 (or sooner?) switcheroo is entirely conceivable, seeing as Barry considers them both qualified for either job.
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ms_priestypants
11/25/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: I should note that I get my political news exclusively from SNL skits and The Daily Show, in order to counteract my father getting his from Fox News.

#tips
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naugahydeinplainsight
11/25/09

@TechLackey: That's right. The gaffes run on both sides of that family!

#tips
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eatsshootsleaves
11/25/09

@ms_priestypants: Having filled both their prospective roles, Clinton has, thus far, made more gaffes than Biden.

And Biden, believe it or not, has been rumored to be the most dovish member of the new administration. I would welcome the switch (that is not going to happen).
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Magister
11/25/09

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Is Hillary considered "incredibly popular" because of all the nice things Sarah Palin has been saying about her on Fox?
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BowlingForDollars
11/25/09

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I like this rumor.
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OliversArmy
11/11/09

In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
Could be worse Preston. I mean, it's only a paper, Moon. #washingtontimes
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Aatom
11/11/09

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My wonderful but politically misguided father got me a subscription to the Times a couple of years ago, and I always enjoyed reading the batshit insane headlines before chucking it into the trash. But! You also get the FREE perk of being put on every god damn freeper mailing list in existence, and my neighbors probably think I'm some sort of ex-pat militia member at this point. Damn you, Moon! #washingtontimes
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Helio
11/11/09

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Are we still operating under the assumption that the Washington Post is the liberal opposition to the Times? The WaPo (or maybe just the editorial page) seems like it's positioning itself to fill the neo-con void and I'm more than prepared to completely ignore their bullshit as well. The Weekend is still pretty legit but otherwise, the cord is nearly cut. #washingtontimes
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adiam7
11/12/09

@Helio: They are neo-con for sure. They let that failure of a human being Jendayi Frasier write an op-ed that made cancel everything with them #washingtontimes
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adiam7
11/11/09

In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
I was at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations ( John Kerry) and it was opened up to questions. Reporters were sitting in the back. Except one, Barbara Slavin from the Washington Times. She was sitting with that awful Congresswoman Harman. I noticed it because all the other questions came from the back. Even stranger was Congresswoman Harman asking Sen.Kerry a question as well as if she couldn't kick with him on the Hill. It was very odd because she asked her question (really 3) after it was announced that these would be the last questions taken. I put her in my Moonie category that day. #washingtontimes
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Go Like Hell Machine
11/11/09

@adiam7: I've read this three times and can't follow what you're saying, which is a shame, because it seems interesting. #washingtontimes
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Hiroine Protagonist
11/11/09

@Go Like Hell Machine: Moonies own Congressperson Harman. #washingtontimes
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adiam7
11/12/09

@Go Like Hell Machine: Sorry, I will try to explain it without any shortcuts. I went to an event at the council on foreign relations in DC. John Kerry was speaking , he had just gotten back from Afghanistan. The reporters were all sitting in the back , they had to. It was marked media. The room was small. All the questions came from the back, except this one lady Barbara Slavin who got up to ask the question, but she wasn't in the media section . She was sitting next to Democrat Congresswoman Harman. The Washington Times has been quite supportive of Harman through her possibly criminal involvement with those Israeli spies. i know this is really confusing. My point was that no other media- there were some heavy hitters there- sat in anywhere near the front. The second weird thing was Harman asking Sen. Kerry a question , like a reporter would. The mediator said these will be the last 3 questions and Harman raised her hand. She then asked 3 questions in one, they were not friendly questions either. I thought it was odd since I am assuming as Democrats in foreign relations committees albeit in 2 different houses of congress, she could ask him whatever questions she wanted at some other time. I think those questions were for the benefit of the Washington Times. I hope this makes some sense #washingtontimes
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Magister
11/11/09

In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
I've actually wondered that because there aren't as many people becoming Moonies as there were before, replenishing his coffers, how long the Rev would continue to drain his fortune. #washingtontimes
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lanthewignom
11/11/09

@Magister: I wrote a book about this. It turns out the Moonies are doing just fine in the cash department, mostly by separating Japanese widows from their cash. Google "spiritual sales."
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Magister
11/11/09

@lanthewignom:
It's been so long since I've met any Moonies and television cults have gone all Waco, I figured that after the market crash, he'd be running out of funds.

I didn't think about globalization and how it could bolster religious empires. One world, indeed. Thanks.
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