Let Tucker eat cake, and have Hillary serve it!

[Hamel]

Hillary Clinton has sweet revenge
Tucker Carlson loses boast
By Sean Loughlin
CNN Washington Bureau


WASHINGTON (CNN) --Payback is rarely so sweet.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, helped CNN Crossfire Host Tucker Carlson eat his words Wednesday, following the news that sales of her memoir "Living History" had exceeded 1 million copies.

Carlson, the conservative half of the political talk show, had repeatedly claimed on air that Clinton's book would never sell that many copies, vowing to eat his shoes if it did.

"I will in fact eat my shoes because I'm a man of my word," he proclaimed in one segment.

After liberal co-host Paul Begala played a video clip reviewing Carlson's repeated pledge, Clinton came from behind stage, surprising Carlson with a chocolate cake in the shape of a shoe.

The former first lady was gracious in victory. Carlson was equally gracious in defeat. And the two managed to enjoy some repartee to the audience's delight.

Smiling broadly, Clinton said she felt Carlson had suffered enough "embarrassment and humiliation" and that she had a friend bake the cake -- a "right wingtip."

She presented Carlson with a copy of her book. Inside was an inscription: "Tucker -- you're number one (million) in my book! Best wishes. Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Laughing, Carlson allowed that he didn't accurately predict the popularity of her book.

Replied Clinton, "Well there's a lot that you've been wrong about."

Receiving mixed reviews, "Living History" hit stores last month and flew off the shelves amid an aggressive marketing campaign by publisher Simon & Schuster.

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[Joe]

Funny.

[Raoul Duke, Jr.]

That guy has a very serious problem -- optimism.

[Xenophobe3691]

Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Mrs. Clinton would make a damn good president.

[Crayz9000]

Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Mrs. Clinton would make a damn good president.

Why? Because she's good with people?

Fuck it, I don't want somebody who thinks the Constitution isn't modern enough. It's worked just fine since 1787, and the amendment system also works fine.

[Joe]

Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Mrs. Clinton would make a damn good president.

Thank heavens that she would appeal to no one outside of the Democratic share of the voting bloc (about 35 percent these days).

[Raoul Duke, Jr.]

Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Mrs. Clinton would make a damn good president.

Why? Because she's good with people?

Fuck it, I don't want somebody who thinks the Constitution isn't modern enough. It's worked just fine since 1787, and the amendment system also works fine.

She, like Mrs. Clinton, knows how to kiss ass with skill and aplomb -- and, as evidenced by the preceding article, she knows whose asses are most effectively kissed at any given time.

[Knife]

Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Mrs. Clinton would make a damn good president.

Yes, because all foreign policy problems could be handled with a nice tasty cake. [Homer] Hmmm C-A-K-E [/Homer]

[Howedar]

That picture at the bottom of the OP is funny.

[Steve]

Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Mrs. Clinton would make a damn good president.

I would probably vote for Pat Buchanan first, at least he makes no pretense to what he truly is.

[phongn]

Dude, Steve, no need to bump a week-dead thread.

[Iceberg]

Over on the Dean blog, most people have agreed that Hillary would make a very weak Veep, because while she's very energetic and dedicated, she's also been the target of a decade-long smear campaign by the Republican Party (be honest, the worst thing either of the Clintons actually did that could be reliably linked to them was that Bill let Monica suck his dick), and because of that would be very vulnerable to Republican ad hominem tactics.