There was a special circle of Clinton hell reserved for people who had endorsed Obama or stayed on the fence after Bill and Hillary had raised money for them, appointed them to a political post or written a recommendation to ice their kid’s application to an elite school. On one early draft of the hit list, each Democratic member of Congress was assigned a numerical grade from 1 to 7, with the most helpful to Hillary earning 1s and the most treacherous drawing 7s. The set of 7s included Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), as well as Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Baron Hill (D-Ind.) and Rob Andrews (D-N.J.). Yet even a 7 didn’t seem strong enough to quantify the betrayal of some onetime allies.
When the Clintons sat in judgment, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) got the seat closest to the fire. Bill and Hillary had gone all out for her when she ran for Senate in 2006, as had Obama. But McCaskill seemed to forget that favor when NBC’s Tim Russert asked her whether Bill had been a great president, during a Meet the Press debate against then-Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.) in October 2006. “He’s been a great leader,” McCaskill said of Bill, “but I don’t want my daughter near him.”
McCaskill regretted her remark instantly; the anguish brought her “to the point of epic tears,” according to a friend. She knew the comment had sounded much more deliberate than a forgivable slip of the tongue. So did Hillary, who immediately canceled a planned fundraiser for McCaskill. A few days later, McCaskill called Bill Clinton to offer a tearful apology. He was gracious, which just made McCaskill feel worse. After winning the seat, she was terrified of running into Hillary Clinton in the Capitol. “I really don’t want to be in an elevator alone with her,” McCaskill confided to the friend.
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They're not called the Ozark Mafia for nothing, but the Choom Gang may have the last laugh.
PS A fat little FWIW (which is probably less than zero)
According to the Gray Lady poll, on a national level, The Donald leads Ted by 20, but Hillary only leads Bernie by 5. It also says 3/4 of Republican primary voters think trump will be the nominee.
Make of that what you will. We are talking what was replaced by the National Enquirer as the Newspaper of Record.
Though Walter Duranty's alma mater tries to concentrate on the Rs, it does seem to point up Hillary's constituency problem.
I told you guys last week that if Hillary becomes POTUS she will spend most of her time exacting revenge on her enemies. It's the only payback she will get.
Very juicy. Capps mentioned in the story was born in Ladysmith Wisconsin!
But now lives in Santa Barbara.
I love stories of Wisconsinites born in shitholes and now living in fab places.
I think about the ones that never leave their habitats and I think they are pussies. The strong ones move away, ready for the challenges ahead.
Overwhelmingly they got out receiving an education from an elite university.
And that makes me think of the remaining ones living in squalor.....my classmates from high school...so downscale.
I am very upscale. Harvard educated, making lots of money and married to a man who makes twice as much as me and is a UK/Indian IT prof living in the U.S.-we are the American Dream!
That story is me!
tits.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Oh, Titus, the story that is you has so many versions, hearing it is like looking in multi-faceted crystal ball to divine reality!
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