I'm dying to read the whole thing, so feel free to join me and discuss.Barack (deferentially): Mr. Chairman.
Baucus: Thanks for coming.
Hillary: Max, I thought—
Baucus: It’s time for you two to work this out.
Baucus starts to leave. Hillary follows Baucus toward the door, then Barack follows Hillary. Baucus herds them back into the room.
Baucus: Listen up. Your health-care bill (shifts glance from one to the other) has to come through my committee. So does your tax bill, the changes you wanna make to NAFTA—I could go on and on. You walk out of here now, and one of you somehow makes it to the White House, I guarantee you you’re gonna have the worst first year ever. (Exits.)Barack: Well, here we are … Hillary, I—
Hillary: When you go out there and accept the nomination, it’s gonna be the best speech of this convention, no question about it. (beat) Even if you’re accepting the nomination for vice-president. You’re gonna be the rock star on the ticket no matter what I do.
Hillary: You’re a better speaker than I am.
Barack (confused): Uh …
Hillary: Way better. Better than Bill. Best I’ve ever seen.
Barack: Uh, thank—
Barack: I don’t want to be VP.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Four Days in Denver
West Wing writer Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. has written "Four Days in Denver," a fictionalized version of the Democratic Convention the is in the latest New York Magazine. Here's a snippet:
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I just read the whole thing, and it is very entertaining. I do have 2 issues with it though: do most Democrats really see Gore as the ultimate savior in this situation? If that is an accurate representation, we're in big trouble. Second, while I like that this points out that Barack is also a politician, I'm still troubled by the constant representation of the Clintons as power-hungry manipulators willing to put the country at risk just to be in charge again. As I've said before, any person running for office, especially the presidency, is a politician, and that person has to make political decisions. Clinton has been portrayed as the consummate politician while Barack is portrayed as someone who makes few, if any, decisions based on politics. I think that is an inaccurate and unfortunate representation.
That said, I certainly hope the convention doesn't play out this way. I really, really hope we know who is going to be on the ticket in a few weeks time, and that the losing candidate does the right thing and throws his or her support behind the winning candidate. I know there are people on the blog who disagree with me, but the ultimate goal needs to change the policies of the country. The goal is to win.
Hey, I just tagged you for a meme. Check it out at my blog.
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