President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team is reported to be deeply divided over whether to offer a post to Monica Lewinsky, the former White House Intern whose intimate relationship with President Bill Clinton led to his impeachment. Until now, Lewinsky was one of the few high-profile figures from the Clinton Presidency who had not been recruited for the incoming Obama team. Mr. Clinton’s brother Roger is another, though on Friday there were rumors he would be named ambassador to Spain. One group, which includes David Axelrod, Mr. Obama’s campaign manager who has been named his senior advisor, favors the move to balance the influence of the Clinton-era policy people by adding someone with a different perspective.
Former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle, who is expected to be nominated as Secretary of Health and Human Services, responded to a reporter who asked about the Lewinsky rumors by pretending to receive a cell phone call. When the reporter took the phone from him and closed it while making a “we both know what you’re doing” facial expression, Daschle said that appointing Lewinsky would be “like rubbing salt in the wounds of Senator Clinton at a time when we’re supposed to be in a healing process.” The Clintons themselves have not commented on the possibility of a Lewinsky appointment though people close to her have said that Sen. Clinton was shocked and appalled by the idea. “It’s a non-starter for her,” said Philippe Raines, a longtime aide to Sen. Clinton. “She doesn’t want to run into Monica in the West Wing ladies’ room,” he added.
I want some of what they’re smoking over at Huffington Post. Sorry, but this one doesn’t pass the smell test. Still, it’s a funny piece.
No way that’s true. Why would they ever want to go there. Still, I would love to see Monica’s filled out application questionaire.
Well, she is very experienced, and BO needs the ENTIRE Clinton team, apparently.
Hey, If you can’t dazzle them with facts, make shit up.
I find it hard to believe that they would have Hillary and Monica together…
“I want some of what they’re smoking over at Huffington Post.”
That it is coming from Huff tells you all you need to know.
This sounds like something from The Onion.
Guys, this is clearly a joke. I mean it’s really and obvious and reasonably funny attempt at humor based around Obama’s recent propensity towards naming former clinton figures to his administration.
Honestly you should be embarrassed for the “doesn’t pass the smell test” comment, because, well, duh.
Are they considering her for an under cabinet secretary position?
I think they’re also trying to get Vince Foster, Ron Brown, Mary Mahoney and Kathy Ferguson. Negotiations are stalled.
It isn’t difficult to understand that the right wing nuts don’t understand satire. Others though, …
#4 – Paddy O’Dummio
>>That it is coming from Huff tells you all
>>you need to know.
Jesus, O’Dummio. You better stick to changing batteries in the remote-controlled cars at your Radio Shack.
Obviously you haven’t read Billy Kimball’s previous “columns”, including “OBAMAS EXPECTED TO HAVE SEX IN THE WHITE HOUSE” (9/18/08) AND “SHOCKING NEW VIDEO CALLS PALIN’S QUALIFACTIONS INTO QUESTION” (11/20/08).
Don’t dig your hole any deeper, OK? Remember, we’ll be laughing AT you, not WITH you.
It’s very holiday spirit of Dvorak to throw the distraught Republicans a bone to gnaw at. A little humor here and there is food for the soul.
In the mean time, work is being done back in camp Obama to clean up the mess. He isn’t even president yet and he’s already having an impact. WOW. He was born in a manger!
I am not known to bash the Republicans but Bush has made a mess of things and change is coming. The Bush created current catastrophe will take our new leadership some time. You can bet that Obama will now allow the Federal Reserve Bank to print money without responsible controls (yes, regulation). He will not allow the currency to be manipulated by China, Saudi Arabia, Asia.. with massive purchases of T-bills.
The next disaster looming is Mexico. Mark my words. The drug cartels are taking over.
The drug cartels are taking over.
I hope so … does that mean weed will be cheaper and more plentiful?
#13 – ‘dro
>>Trolling again?
Do you even know what “trolling” is? Does it have a different meaning in Kuzcoland?
Your posts make no friggin’ sense at all, ‘dro. As I have told you before, “Si no tienes nada que decir, no digas nada“. Capisce?
#10–Mustard==keep up the good work. Your humor is much more elevating than the approach I first think of. Paddy-O-Dumbshit doesn’t appear to be too open to humor though. May be a miss-match there. Good for the rest of us though.
#7 – Best post in the thread. Well done.
Look at how the angry liberals get all whipped up over a Monica thread, ten years after the fact. Just because you’re owned is no reason to get pissy.
Clearly a joke. The writer of this piece, Billy Kimball, is editor-in-chief of ‘The Old Yorker’ ( http://theoldyorker.com ).
This should be clearly labeled as a joke column, but it isn’t. Why?
James Hill==where is this anger you constantly post about? I see Repugs/Conservatives taking the post seriously and Dems/Libs laughing at the post and the Repugs, and YOU characterizing everything as “bad liberals.”
All is right with the world.
Too bad its a joke. And not a very funny one at that. I feel sorry for Monica – she’s a victim.
P.S. I like the BS meter – I took a copy of that.
Maybe it’s not such a bad idea? Clearly, she has experience serving on the Presidential staff…
Now 35, Lewinsky has received her Master’s from the London School of Economics — having aced her thesis titled “In Search of the Impartial Juror: An Exploration of the Third Person Effect and Pre-Trial Publicity” — and is considering a career in psychology.
#22 – ‘dro
Your posts make no friggin’ sense at all, ‘dro. As I have told you before, “Si no tienes nada que decir, no digas nada“. Capisce?
#24 Mr. Mustard – Please pardon our Pedro. He is the sites “Debbie Downer”. We basically ignore him.
#26 – TML
Yes, it’s become clear to me that ‘dro is intellectually challenged. I feel bad even responding to him.
Obama should consider whoever he wants. He has already disregarded the Constitution in appointing Hillary.
#29 – Lyin’ Mike
>> He has already disregarded the Constitution
>>in appointing Hillary.
You have a problem with disregarding the Constitution, Lyin’ Mike? We’ve just been through 8 nightmare years where the “president” chose to use the Constitution as toilet paper to wipe his ass.
In any case, if you can’t tell the difference between a woman who will be secretary of state and a guy who was POTUS, you have more severe problems than just lying.
What are you talking about Mustard? It is Hillary’s appointment as Secretary of State that violates the Constitution. It’s not clear that Bill would be invalid. Perhaps you should read the Constitution.
Better yet, let me give you a hand since your statements about Bush show you have no understanding.
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time;
#32 – Lyin’ Mike
I’ve read the Constitution, and yer full a shit. This “Constitution breaker” has been done many times in the past – Taft in nominating Sen. Philander Knox to be secretary of state, Nixon in nominating Sen. William Saxbe to be attorney general, Carter in nominating Sen. Ed Muskie to be secretary of state, and Clinton in nominating Sen. Lloyd Bentsen to be treasury secretary, to name just a few.
All they have to do is bump down the salary for Secretary of State to whatever it was when she first became senator (assuming it had been raised in the first place), and voilà, the “Emoluments” will not “have been increased during such time”.
See how simple it is to obey the Constitution? I wonder why Dumbya couldn’t figure it out? Oh wait…. nevermind.
#31 – ‘dro
>>Yeah, if there has been 8 years of
>>Constitution breaking, why change the trend,
>>right?
The trend has changed, dickweed. An honorable man will be assuming the Presidency in 54 days. If you’d pull your head out of your ass for a few minutes and look around, you’d know that.
Great, so not only do you not understand the Constitution, simple English is beyond your grasp as well.
Lowering the salary doesn’t eliminate the problem, because the salary has still been increased during that time.
Whether other Presidents engaged in this behavior(did the salary increase for all of them?) is irrelevant to the fact that Obama right now is ignoring the Constitution in appointing Hillary.