lily
10-28-2007, 11:36 PM
Partial transcript from Meet the Press. I found it interesting. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21515779/page/5/)
MR. RUSSERT: And, finally, on the book, Jerry Ford predicts, one, that
Hillary Clinton would run for president; and, two, her opponent would
probably be Rudy Giuliani.
MR. DeFRANK: Right. He, he always thought that that would be one great
race. And he would go back and forth. And I think he always thought that
Giuliani would be the best, best shot at beating Hillary Clinton. But he
always-he thought the country wasn't quite ready for a woman president. He
thought we were going to have a woman vice president, something's going to
happen to the president and the next-and that would be how we got the first
woman president. And then he said, "From that time on, us men are in
second, second place."
MR. RUSSERT: But pretty interesting crystal ball, looking at
Giuliani-Clinton in terms of 2008. Which brings us to Bill Safire, who used
to write his office pool when he had his column in The New York Times and
op/ed page. And we've asked him to do a MEET THE PRESS edition, and here it
is:
If Hillary wins the nomination, her choice for vice president would be:
Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman.
Safire says, Rahm Emanuel.
MR. SAFIRE: Well, I was torn there, because Bill Richardson would bring a
lot to the ticket, his Spanish background and all. However, he's
been-surprised all of us by going very strongly anti-war. Now, bring the
boys home now-not the boys. Bring the troops home now. So I don't think
she could cross that bridge with him.
What about Rahm Emanuel, the most powerful voice in the House of
Representatives that agrees with Hillary Clinton on foreign affairs. He's a
hawk. And although he's a rootin' tootin' liberal on domestic affairs, he
is a hawk on foreign affairs. I was at the-a roast for him for Epilepsy
Association, and Hillary Clinton was there, and I said, quite frankly, here
you have the hawkish side of the Democratic Party. If they get together,
the bumper sticker will read "Invade and bomb with Hillary and Rahm."
MR. RUSSERT: But, you know, they never got along when they worked together
in the Clinton White House, but that's another subject.
MR. DeFRANK: Times change.
MR. RUSSERT: And you, you forgot Ted Strickland, the governor of Ohio.
Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. You need Ohio to win.
MR. SAFIRE: Well, but I don't think-I think that would be a "Who, me?" kind
of appointment.
MR. RUSSERT: All right. Let me go through the rest of these questions.
These are the predictions, again from Safire.
If Obama wins the nomination,
his VP choice: Biden, Dodd, Feinstein. Safire says Feinstein of California
If Giuliani wins the nomination...
MR. SAFIRE: Wait a minute, before you...
MR. RUSSERT: His-I got to go. His choice would be Mitt Romney, Fred
Thompson, John McCain. He says Fred Thompson.
If Romney wins the
nomination, his choice would be Mike Huckabee, John McCain, General David
Petraeus. Look at this, Safire says David Petraeus.
If McCain wins the
nomination-Giuliani, Romney, Condi Rice-Safire says Condi Rice for John
McCain.
MR. RUSSERT: And, finally, on the book, Jerry Ford predicts, one, that
Hillary Clinton would run for president; and, two, her opponent would
probably be Rudy Giuliani.
MR. DeFRANK: Right. He, he always thought that that would be one great
race. And he would go back and forth. And I think he always thought that
Giuliani would be the best, best shot at beating Hillary Clinton. But he
always-he thought the country wasn't quite ready for a woman president. He
thought we were going to have a woman vice president, something's going to
happen to the president and the next-and that would be how we got the first
woman president. And then he said, "From that time on, us men are in
second, second place."
MR. RUSSERT: But pretty interesting crystal ball, looking at
Giuliani-Clinton in terms of 2008. Which brings us to Bill Safire, who used
to write his office pool when he had his column in The New York Times and
op/ed page. And we've asked him to do a MEET THE PRESS edition, and here it
is:
If Hillary wins the nomination, her choice for vice president would be:
Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman.
Safire says, Rahm Emanuel.
MR. SAFIRE: Well, I was torn there, because Bill Richardson would bring a
lot to the ticket, his Spanish background and all. However, he's
been-surprised all of us by going very strongly anti-war. Now, bring the
boys home now-not the boys. Bring the troops home now. So I don't think
she could cross that bridge with him.
What about Rahm Emanuel, the most powerful voice in the House of
Representatives that agrees with Hillary Clinton on foreign affairs. He's a
hawk. And although he's a rootin' tootin' liberal on domestic affairs, he
is a hawk on foreign affairs. I was at the-a roast for him for Epilepsy
Association, and Hillary Clinton was there, and I said, quite frankly, here
you have the hawkish side of the Democratic Party. If they get together,
the bumper sticker will read "Invade and bomb with Hillary and Rahm."
MR. RUSSERT: But, you know, they never got along when they worked together
in the Clinton White House, but that's another subject.
MR. DeFRANK: Times change.
MR. RUSSERT: And you, you forgot Ted Strickland, the governor of Ohio.
Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. You need Ohio to win.
MR. SAFIRE: Well, but I don't think-I think that would be a "Who, me?" kind
of appointment.
MR. RUSSERT: All right. Let me go through the rest of these questions.
These are the predictions, again from Safire.
If Obama wins the nomination,
his VP choice: Biden, Dodd, Feinstein. Safire says Feinstein of California
If Giuliani wins the nomination...
MR. SAFIRE: Wait a minute, before you...
MR. RUSSERT: His-I got to go. His choice would be Mitt Romney, Fred
Thompson, John McCain. He says Fred Thompson.
If Romney wins the
nomination, his choice would be Mike Huckabee, John McCain, General David
Petraeus. Look at this, Safire says David Petraeus.
If McCain wins the
nomination-Giuliani, Romney, Condi Rice-Safire says Condi Rice for John
McCain.