Bill and I just got off the phone with Joe Lieberman. I called him earlier today to see if he would visit Iowa for a couple of days to help out my campaign.
At first Joe said he couldn’t afford the extra expense this time of year. Jews can be such tightwads. Bill said we’d cover the expenses and pick him up in a private plane. Then Joe started stuttering around and talking real slow and trying to back out of coming to Iowa.
Well, Bill gives him the 3rd degree and starts asking all kinds of questions about the presidential race, and who he plans to support, and does he remember how Bill helped him win re-election, and so on. What does Lieberman do? He tells Bill he’s going to support John McCain for President. John McCain?
What a shock. Bill’s face turned real red and I swear it looked like his nose was going to explode. So I grab the phone from Bill and get on the line and say, “Joe, you’re supporting John McCain for President? Why? What did he ever do for you? McCain hasn’t got a chance. You’re just wasting time and money. You know how you hate to waste money, Joe.”
That’s not totally true, of course. Joe’s the big spender on Capitol Hill, always willing to stuff some extra pig in a pork barrel.
So, anyway, Lieberman says to me, “Look, Hillary, it’s not about the money. Honest. It’s strategy. Look at the bigger picture. When I endorse McCain the Republicans won’t know what to think of it, and it’ll split their votes even more. McCain might even win in Iowa and again New Hampshire and that news could help out when, uh, if you lose to Obama.”
Bill wouldn’t even talk to him after that. I wished Joe well and hung up the phone. But if I see one ‘McCain-Lieberman – 2008‘ bumper sticker anywhere in Iowa I swear I’ll tell everyone about the time he put his hand up my dress.
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