faboo mama

Taking a break from playing Telephone for the Clinton’s, Greg Sargent at TPM has posted some remarks by Sen. Obama today regarding the Clinton’s crazy insinuation that Obama would be dumb enough to not just share a ticket with them, but as VP no less. Greg posts part of Obama’s speech:

With all due respect, I’ve won twice as many states as Sen. Clinton. I’ve won more of the popular vote than Sen. Clinton. I have more delegates than Sen. Clinton. So, I don’t know how somebody who’s in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who’s in first place.

But there’s a second point. This is an interesting point — I want you guys to follow me on this. You know Pres. Bill Clinton, back in 1992, when he was being asked about his selection for vice president, he said, “The only criteria, the most important criteria for vice president, is that that person is ready, if I fell out in the first week, that he or she would be ready to be the commander-in-chief.” That was his criteria.

Now, they have been spending the last two, three weeks — you remember that advertisement with the phone call, telling everybody, getting all the generals to say well we’re not sure he’s ready, “I’m ready on day one, he may not be ready yet.”

But I don’t understand. If I’m not ready, how is it that you think I should be such a great vice president? Do you understand that?

See, I was trying to explain to someone the “okey-doke.” Y’all know the okey-doke? It’s when someone’s trying to bamboozle you, when they’re trying to hoodwink you. They are trying to hoodwink you. You can’t say that he’s not ready on day one, unless he’s willing to be your vice president and then he’s ready on day one.

I want everybody to be absolutely clear — I’m not running for vice president, I’m running for president of the United States of America.

I’m running for president of the United States of America. I’m running to be commander-in-chief. And the reason I’m running to be commander-in-chief is because I believe that the most important thing when you answer that phone call at 3 in the morning is: What kind of judgment you have?

I want everybody to be absolutely clear — I’m not running for vice president, I’m running for president of the United States of America. I’m running for president of the United States of America. I’m running to be commander-in-chief. And the reason I’m running to be commander-in-chief is because I believe that the most important thing when you answer that phone call at 3 in the morning is: what kind of judgment you have?

(emphasis mine)

Tell it, Obama!

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I have to admit, I was stunned stupid when I first heard the Clinton’s offering Obama the second spot. Just who do they think they are? These are people who really do believe that they’re entitled to have the presidency for a 3rd term.

I have to tell you, the past few weeks of Clintonite chattering was so worth this smackdown.

In fact, it makes me smile even more because all those uninformed people out there saying, “Obama should be happy to be VP.” are also getting a smackdown. How do you look at who’s in the lead and tell them to throw the game, so that someone who feels like they are owed something gets the title? Explain that to me?

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