<p>Democrat Barack Obama **ridiculed **the idea of being Hillary Rodham Clinton’s running mate Monday, saying voters must choose between the two for the top spot on the fall ticket. </p>
<p>The Illinois senator used his first public appearance of the week to knock down the notion that he might accept the party’s vice presidential nomination. He noted that he has won more states, votes and delegates than Clinton so far.</p>
<p>**“I don’t know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is first place,” **Obama said, drawing cheers and a long standing ovation from about 1,700 people in Columbus, Miss.</p>
<p>Saying he wanted to be “absolutely clear,” he added: “I don’t want anybody here thinking that somehow, ‘Well, you know, maybe I can get both.’ Don’t think that way. You have to make a choice in this election.”</p>
<p>“I am not running for vice president,” Obama said. “I am running for president of the United States of America.”</p>
<p>“Hillary Clinton chief spokesman Howard Wolfson declared Monday that Clinton does not consider Obama qualified to be vice president.”</p>
<p>Holy (<em>&%(</em>$%. She is really throwing the party under the bus. If she actually believes in any of her policy proposals, which are practically identical to Obama’s, there’s no excuse for this.</p>
<p>I always said that nobody ever went broke betting that the Democrats would shoot themselves in the foot…</p>
<p>Yeah, isn’t that nice of Hillary to offer the candidate with the most delegates, most popular votes and the highest favoribility ratings the 2nd spot. :rolleyes: Especially when she spent all of last week saying he isn’t tested, he isn’t ready. Um, Hillary, isn’t the VP supposed to be ready since he/she is only a heartbeat away from the presidency? She must be very sleep deprived to make such asinine, double talk statements.</p>
<p>Sm, for some, there is only a slight difference between irony, sarcasm and malice. A truly malicious post would have used the Chevy Chase/Richard Pryor exchange as the second question on the Clinton Love Test. </p>
<p>Now, that would have gotten my friend Simba incensed! :D</p>
<p>Tim Russert did a masterful job on Meet the Press yesterday of pointing out the hypocrisy of the Clintons’ doubletalk on that issue. Loved it.</p>
<p>They are trying to make it look like the African Americans in Mississippi can have both Hillary and Barack, when we all know she will not offer the spot to him. Who would put a more popular person in as your underling, especially when you’re as paranoid as the Clintons?</p>
<p>IMHO: Obama screwed it up completely. This was for the consumption of superdelegates. First it took him almost a week to respond. The response could have been more diplomatic. The response kind of borders arrogance.</p>
<p>I thought Obama’s response was hilarious and completely fitting. I don’t know. I’m not a supporter, but I didn’t see a problem with “you’re likeable enough” or with this.</p>
<p>I always said that nobody ever went broke betting that the Democrats would shoot themselves in the foot…</p>
<p>LOL, ain’t that the truth? But I think the more accurate term might be, “circular firing squad”.:rolleyes: In this case, however, the Missus Clinton seems intent on bring an AK-47 to the job. Whoever fires off the most rounds before going down, WINS!. And isn’t winning everything?</p>
<p>“I don’t know how somebody who’s in second place (can be) offering the vice presidency to somebody who’s in first place,” Sen. Barack Obama just said to cheering supporters in Columbus, Miss.</p>
<p>And take this you Superdelegates:</p>
<p>(from AP): He told the audience that it made no sense for Clinton to suggest he is not ready to be president and then hint that she might hand him the job that could make him president at a moment’s notice.</p>
<p>“If I’m not ready, how is it that you think I should be such a great vice president?” he said, as the crowd laughed and cheered loudly. </p>
<p>Okay, a big sigh here. It is definitely obvious that Hillary is a secret McCain supporter. </p>
<p>I can’t say enough how disappointed I am in the way she is willing to put herself before what I would’ve thought she’d’ve thought was the greater good. I really didn’t see her that way previously to this campaign (you can check my past posts where I question other people’s Hillary problems) but I sure see her as totally conniving and selfish now. It really is a shame.</p>
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