Kristol floats Musharraf as Obama’s VP.
Kristol floats Musharraf as Obama’s VP.
Last night on Fox News, the Special Report “All-Star Panel” discussed whom Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will choose as his running mate. Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol — who claims to know how to pick a VP — said his “sources” tell him “it’s down to three names — Governor Kaine of Virginia, Senator Biden of Delaware, Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas.” But later, Kristol suggested that ousted Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf might be a good choice:
KRISTOL: My view is this — President Bush needs to give President Pervez Musharraf asylum, give him instant citizenship, and then Obama can put him on the ticket for vice president.
Watch it:
Kristol quickly backtracked from his joke, stating, “Look, we shouldn’t romanticize Musharraf.” But this isn’t the first time Kristol has offered up some dark horse VP candidate ideas, such as Justice Clarence Thomas, Gen. David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno.
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the “Times” will have no problem excepting this arguement in editorial.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:43 amWow, I thought Bush’s best friend in the War on Terror would’ve ended up on the McCain ticket as VP.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:44 amBilly, leave bringing the funny to others and stick to your day job.
Oh wait…
August 19th, 2008 at 10:46 amHaving failed at journalism and punditry, Kristol is now trying to be a comedian.
Three strikes . . . he’s out!
August 19th, 2008 at 10:48 amBut Musharraf is Shrub’s clone?
Kristol tries (unsuccessfully) to change reality to fit his agenda.
We’re so onto this bullshit, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:49 amKristol has as much command of humor as he does the facts… that is to say, none.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:50 am…besides K(unt)ristol,
Mushy has much more in common with Der Shrubinator…
But I doubt you’ve been paying attention to anything other than your war related investments, goddamn pig.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:51 amWhat? That’s stupid. Kristol really needs therapy, and an education.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:56 amThis was just another ‘dog-whistle’ type comment, intended to further the idea in the uneducated and ignorant (republican base) that Obama is somehow a secret Muslim.
It’s all about leveraging the cowardice of the average republican voter.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:00 amOh, for the luvva Jebus!! Someone jam a sock into that flapping, cavernous, drooling orafice – quick!!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:00 amI understand the Vice President needs to be a natural born citizen of the United States, naturalized citizens are not eligible.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:01 amOh fer the luvva Jebus. Someone jam a sock into that drooling piehole – quick!!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:02 amThe fact that Kristol seems to pay far more attention to Obama’s VP pick than McCain’s is telling — Kristol must have accepted the inevitability of Obama’s election. But it’s fascinating that Kristol only suggests names that would fit better on a Republican ticket (maybe Kristol doesn’t know any other people?).
All that aside, Kristol needs to brush up on his constitution a bit. When he says “President Bush needs to give President Pervez Musharraf asylum, give him instant citizenship, and then Obama can put him on the ticket for vice president,” he’s obviously forgotten that a candidate for veep must meet all the requirements to be president, which includes being a natural-born citizen of the United States.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:03 amFor a minute there it showed that I was logged in as good golly3 so I said something gigi’ish about how Obama could probably do a lot worse than Musharraf as VP but I see that the real gigi managed to come up with an even worse suggestion!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:08 amThe McCain-Thomas campaign is a great idea. Clarence Thomas would have to resign from the Supreme Court to run.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:10 amtesting
August 19th, 2008 at 11:11 amgood_golly3 Says:
Well, at least he didn’t suggest an Obama/Osama ticket. I wonder how many progressives would vote for that one?
Congratulations. You and Bill have just advanced to the medal round in the Individual Stupidity event.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:11 amSorry, goony, Osama wasn’t available; he’s already working on McCain’s campaign.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:13 amgood_golly3 Says:
Well, at least he didn’t suggest an Obama/Osama ticket. I wonder how many progressives would vote for that one?
You know, you people seriously need to get over this juvenile obsession with mixing up, er, equating, Barack and Osama. This continued harping would make one wonder if you rightwing asswipes aren’t secretly gunning for Osama to indeed take over the US. You know, what with all his money – that you asscracks so readily lap up even at the cost of your so called ‘compassionate conservatism’ (my ass). Just saying…
August 19th, 2008 at 11:13 amgood_golly3 Says
August 19th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Well, at least he didn’t suggest an Obama/Osama ticket. I wonder how many progressives would vote for that one?
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Um…none — because such an idiotic idea wouldn’t even get past the roll call vote at the DNC. I don’t know where you get this ridiculous idea that progressives are fans of terrorists, but it’s a meme you and other wingnuts just LOVE to trot out at every opportunity in an attempt to make that association.
It’s not working. Try something else.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:13 amAt some point, will the trolls and neo-cons realize how juvenile it is to continue to hammer at the coincidental spelling likeness of Obama and Osama?
Is this the 2nd Grade?
August 19th, 2008 at 11:14 amI used to think highly of Joe Biden but, now I don’t know. After reading that he wants to send them shit-loads of our money for that bastard-puppet Saakashvili to stuff his pockets with it makes me somewhat uneasy if he is Obama’s choice for VP. Biden used to have a pair and be a fighter. I sure hope this isn’t true. Read here: http://www.infowars.com/?p=4030
August 19th, 2008 at 11:15 amFlag that moronic piss-soaked troll.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:16 amHello? Where did my comment go…?
August 19th, 2008 at 11:19 amKristol’s advice on who should be the Democratic VP is as useful as the trolls’ advice on how this site should be run.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:19 amDuh, there it is.
Carry on…
**blush**
August 19th, 2008 at 11:20 amGod conservatism is utterly dead.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:21 amThere’s some name jacking going on here.
That should be a familiar sensation for you, sweetpea. Your brain has been jacked for years.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:21 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
I don’t know where you get this ridiculous idea that progressives are fans of terrorists, but it’s a meme you and other wingnuts just LOVE to trot out at every opportunity in an attempt to make that association.
It’s not working. Try something else.
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But that’s the problem, misshusseinmolly… they have nothing else to try. They’ve Cheneyed up every last, single, solitary thing they’ve touched for the last 8 years. They had total control of the govt, and therefore the country, for nearly a decade, and all they could produce was one of the biggest, ugliest, most expensive messes I’ve ever seen.
Lying, smearing, and name-calling is ALL they have left.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:21 amI thought Osama was working plans to whisk Bush and Cheney out of the country before they are tried for their crimes. You know the same way Bush and Cheney helped the bin Ladens out of the country after 9/11.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:21 amKristol and good_goony3.0:
Proving once again that CONservatives lack humor.
Oh, they try, they really do. And I’m pretty sure that in their own demented mind, it’s friggin’ hilarious.
But the crucial element of a joke is timing, timing, timing.
That, and having the ability and intelligence to relay the material as funny.
Please, tho, feel free to try again.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:21 amBecause, in a sick way, we do find your lack of humor….well, humorous!
good_golly3 Says:
There’s some name jacking going on here.
No. You’re simply getting your dumb ass handed to you.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:22 amLeftside Annie Says
August 19th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Sorry, goony, Osama wasn’t available; he’s already working on McCain’s campaign.
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Which makes sense — Dubya has advanced Osama’s agenda far beyond his wildest dreams. Of course OBL would want McCain to win over Obama — McCain will keep his ball rolling.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:23 amClearly, it has finally dawned on Kristol that he can say whatever the fu(k he wants to say, with no consequences. It just doesn’t matter.
So he’s taking full advantage of that circumstance. He’s just not even pausing to think about what he’s blurting out. Kind of entertaining, but nauseating at the same time.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:23 amWell, Gigi, at least that’s a more creative excuse than the tired old “I was taken out of context”.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:24 amZooey Says
August 19th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Hello? Where did my comment go…?
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I think something squirrelly is going on with TP this morning. I’ve been posting comments, only to have them seemingly disappear. Refreshing the screen doesn’t help. But when I back out of the thread and come back in, it’s there.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:25 amThere is nothing more upsetting to ones stomach than hearing Neocons in general,and Kristol in particular, cracking political jokes.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:28 amtom, I can’t tell you how much I wish that were really true. Maybe one of these days the “NY Times” will dump him, but he will still have his jobs with the Murdoch-funded “Weekly Standoff” and Faux News.
Broken Kristol-ball must be about the stupidest person to have a Harvard Ph.D. I can’t quite say “stupidest Harvard grad,” as that honor belongs to our MBA Preznit.
tom Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 11:28 amHaving failed at journalism and punditry, Kristol is now trying to be a comedian.
Three strikes . . . he’s out!
Kristol and McCain, regular standup comics, yes they are. Let’s give ‘em the clap!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:28 amI think something squirrelly is going on with TP this morning.
It’s called “system upgrade”. LOL
As I said before, I think TP may have out-sourced its system maintenance to those folks who are managing the White House’s email system.
You know — poof! they’re all gone!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:30 amOur Country still has no law against Stupid.
NeoClowns saw an opportunity to advance their agenda & took it.
Now look at the fine mess you’ve got U.S. into, Ollie!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:36 amThere does seem to be less troll activity. Maybe the spam trigger is more sensitive.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:36 amMaybe TP is blocking IP addresses now. I could get another E-mail address, easy, but getting another IP would start running into money.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:48 amWillard the humorous mustn’t have read Juan Cole’s piece in Salon today
The fall of Bush’s man in Pakistan
August 19th, 2008 at 11:57 amThe appointment of the Carlyle Group’s new chair could say more about our country than either VP selection.
Lou Gerstner announced his retirement as Chairman of Carlyle. It’s effective Sept. 20th.
How red or blue will be his replacement?
August 19th, 2008 at 12:47 pminteresting… Musharraf was the neocons guy in Pakistan…
now they’re trying to pin him on Obama…
how orwellian.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pmI don’t know if this was a joke gone wrong or a tactical error — either way, dumb!
August 19th, 2008 at 1:51 pmIf B.Kristol is trying to be a comedian, I doubt it that he will sell tickets.!! Neocons jokes are the hardest to sell.
August 19th, 2008 at 2:43 pm“Kristol floats Musharraf as Obama’s VP.”
lol. “Lusting for crapola” Kristol has certainly overdosed on the koolaid on this one. He still pandering on that distorted story that Obama is Muslim. Now Musharraf as Obama’s VP? Kristol might as well pander for Bin Laden, the man who we can’t seem to find and who may be chained up in the White House basement. Pass the popcorn please…
August 19th, 2008 at 4:00 pmMusharraf is not ours…..he is a Bushie…the GOP should run him with “the warmonger” McCain.
August 19th, 2008 at 5:02 pm