I just thought of the perfect job for Bill Clinton

Press Secretary to the Clinton Administration.

under Hillary's administration.

Or would that still be "under" her administration?

Pres or VP yes, but no capacity? - I'll have to see a reference on that.

And anyway, I don't care. I have a whole different perspective on everything since BushCo. Cheney wasn't even supposed to be able to be on the ticket in 2000 so he phonied up his residence to Wyoming. And in general BushCo has done whatever it wants, as right-wingers always do.

So Bill can have daily talks with reporters at the podium in the press room, in an 'unofficial capacity' while no formal 'Press Secretary' is named.

Either way, in an official or unofficial capacity, the Big Dog should be the talking head of a Hillary Administration. Hillary leaving Bill to do the talking is the perfect division of labor for the Clinton's mutual talents.

under the Constitution, to preside over the Senate, and vote only if there was a tie. Other than that, the VP would go to State funerals, and check to see if the president was still alive from time to time.

TR, class act, mountain climbing when he received the news of the death of McKinley. Poor Western Union guy had to find him in the wilds to let him know about the the position he was about to be elevated to. TR turned out to be a remarakbly Progressive entity...:D

In any case, Cheney, and the rest of this grooup of thugs have no idea how they have screwed up the situation. God forbid, but what if there is actually someone worse than bush in the future...:scared: The precedent set could really be a problem in the future...then again, the future to these idiots is just waking up the next day. They have no concept of "vision".

Since Clinton-Gore and now Bush-Cheney, the vp role has expanded. I see nothing wrong with that in principle. The only principle I have a problem with along those lines are Republicans holding the office of President or VP. I think that in itself is unprincipled and should be Constitutionally barred as the gravest threat to America, both domestically and in terms of national security.

I understand that Bill couldn't be VP, but I've never heard that he couldn't operate in any official policy for another Administration.

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and IMO planned the bay of pigs behind IKE's back while he was out on the golf course. I'm not sure of the current VP's status with regard to the NSA since everything was folded into Homeland agency.

got provoked to the point of there being no other way out. He had seen first hand what the Soviets were capable of, and going to war w/them might have been a disaster. When Stalin died, ( a man he knew personally, and how ruthless he could be), a sigh of relief went up from the WH and Congress. Kruschev was trying to make some peaceful overtones toward the US, but McCarthy made sure that there would be no such thing. McCarthy did more to place this country in jeopardy than anyone else. Bluff and bluster do it every time....:grr:

Nixon had close ties to people of power in the Cuban situation. The gangsters that were thrown out were generous to Nixon, and I can be pretty sure Nixon had a lot to do w/the planned take over of Cuba. When JFK refused air support, it was all over. When the Bay of Pigs failed, Kruschev saw an opportunity to make a point, and we came a hairs-breadth from nuclear war. Pretty scary times back then


Johnson thought Kennedy was going to get out of VN, and when the Gulf of Ton-kin situation came up, he was ready to exploit it. I think that about 6 months after we went full force into Nam, Johnson realized what a mistake he had made. Kennedy was immortalized because of his assassination, but in 1963, his winning an election for his return to the WH was far from being a "sure thing". One of the reasons he went to TX was to shore up the electoral votes in the state, in that regard, Johnson was a deal maker, he could assure TX when they got back to DC. Not to be though....:(

Johnson could have gone down as the greatest VP since TR to be elevated to president, his legacy most likely would have been "great" as opposed to mediocre to "failed". His domestic plans were pretty good for the tim,e, and he was a serious advocate for civil and human rights. Vietnam took him out of the running for anything higher than mediocre, at least for the foreseeable future).

Strange how it all worked out, and the strings behind the scenes were being manipulated at breakneck speed. Agnew got tossed to the wolves, (deservedly); Ford Appointed VP, (really could not have asked for a nicer guy to be POTUS); Carter not being capable of delegating; Reagan came up specifically because of Carter, (he most likely would have remained a relic of CA politics, reviled to say the least); bush I...eh; Clinton because ghw bush was a joke; bush II...:grr:

bush II came about because of scandals that went nowhere. Whitewater...they lost money on the deal...:eyes: . An absurd witch-hunt about oral sex...odd how the R's caught in the lavatory, boy's gym, or anywhere else, and get a "pass" from the liberal media, go figure.

Here is the kicker though...bush and cheney have been SO bad, the GOP may be locked out of power for a generaton...I can live w/that...:woohoo:

facing down the press and their snarky propagation of right-wing talking points.

It's the job that best suits his talents, and not coincidentally the best use of those abilities for America.
And for him, puts him right in the middle of everything going on.