From: Gene McAloon 

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 22:10:58 -0400, "Steve Ewing"
 wrote:

>On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:28:05 +0200, Phil Payne 
>wrote:
>
>> http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/world/2004/july/86795.htm
>>
>> (Cue Gene, stage right)
>
>I would be very, very surprised if she were chosen-- regardless of her
>qualifications, she's very polarizing: more so than her husband, IMO.  Any
>conservative fence-sitter would be lost.

That stuff is so dumb it hardly requires comment. However, your comment
does. Hilary in fact is not controversial. That she is hated by the
far-right hardly makes her that.

What makes the idea stated in the reference, most likely total bullshit in
any case, so dumb is that both Kerry and Clinton are seen as Northern
liberals. Having her as a running mate would break one of the basic rules,
a balanced ticket. Whoever Kerry chooses, most likely it will be a
Southerner popularly recognized as a moderate Democrat leaning to the
center-right.

That he might choose Clinton is about as dumb as the recent idea that he
might choose McCain. One has to be really ignorant of American politics to
take either
idea seriously.

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