Art. Were you the blogger who uncovered this wild story that is circulating around the blogosphere?
Yes, I did joke that Hillary would have been a better veep choice than Senator Biden for Obama. Can you picture having three presidents occupying the White House simultaneously? Won’t happen!
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 3:49 PM
Subject: Biden Stepping Down from the Ticket????
This is the most recent unconfirmed report/rumor I have received about Biden stepping down from the ticket, and the first I’ve circulated. It’s crystal clear that Biden is a liability to the Democratic ticket, and Hillary would bring scorned radical feminists back into the Democratic fold. (I’d wager that Hillary & Co. would not vote for an Obama/Biden ticket, allowing McCain to win so Hillary can run on her own in 2012.)
The question would then be, if Hillary becomes the Democratic VP nominee, and Obama/Clinton win, does Obama suspect her plan to run against him in the 2012 Democratic primary?
Let me share some info with you that I have gotten from excellent sources within the DNC: On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2.
There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info. Generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have already seen a few short blurbs about this – the “health problem” cited in those articles was an aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the same rumblings.
However, at this point, with this inside info from the DNC, it looks like this Obama strategy will be a go. Therefore, it seems that the best strategy is to get out in front of this Obama maneuver, spell it out in detail, and thereby expose it for the grand manipulation that it is.
So, let’s start mixing this one up and cut the Obamites off at the pass – send this info out to as many people as you can – post it on websites and blogs – etc etc
Lastly, I have put an excerpt from Rudy Giuliani’s speech at the 2008 RNC below – it seems to address this very issue:
“Well, I’ll tell you, if I were Joe Biden, I’d want to get that VEEP thing in writing!!! “
So, I can make fun of you about this after Oct. 5, right? For being gullible and falling for Drudge-type stories, and wasting lots of time conspiring on how to deal with this secret information? I hope I remember…
Vern. Who knows? Anything is possible!
Does bidden have an ENEMY LIST like a rather prominent member of the Mission Viejo council has ??
In 1972, less than three weeks after Thomas Eagleton was put on the Democratic ticket—and just days after he disclosed his past electroshock treatment for depression—he announced he would withdraw from the campaign. After presidential candidate George McGovern asked—and was rejected by—Ted Kennedy, Abraham Ribicoff, Hubert Humphrey, Reubin Askew, and Edmund Muskie, he finally settled on former Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver.