Hillary Offers to Housesit for Bush

[goreo8]

Would water plants, read presidential briefings in Oval Office

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said today that she was "just trying to be helpful" when she offered to housesit for President Bush at the White House for the remainder of August.

Sen. Clinton, who was immediately criticized by congressional Republicans for advancing the proposal, said that her only intention was to "hold down the fort" while Mr. Bush took his traditional August vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

"I would water plants and take in the mail," Sen. Clinton told reporters. "And if any Presidential Daily Briefings come across the desk with titles like 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the U.S.,' I would read those for him."

Leading Republicans on Capitol Hill blasted Ms. Clinton's offer, with Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn) claiming that the house-sitting proposal "reeked of opportunism."

"She just wants to know what it's like to be in the Oval Office," Sen. Frist said. "After all, when her husband was in there, he always kept the door locked."

At the President's ranch in Crawford, White House spokesman Tony Snow said that Mr. Bush had politely declined Sen. Clinton's proposal, "although the offer to read stuff for him was pretty attractive."

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[NYCGirl]

1. Andy Borowitz can be hit and miss, but this one is pretty funny. NT

[napi21]

2. Oh for God sake, they can't even recognize a joke when they hear one!

Was there a facetious smack in there...SURE THERE WAS! But m God, it wasn't as obscene as Shrub hunting WMD's under the rug, now, was it?

[NYCGirl]

3. Who can't? NT

[napi21]

7. Frist and the rest of the idiots slamming Hillary for a funny!

Am i not speaking english here tonight?

[NYCGirl]

8. The whole article is made up. Borowitz is a comedy writer — Hillary never

said any of it, nor did Frist, etc.

[Hatalles]

11. Come on, yaar. Frist isn't that witty.

:)

[yorkiemommie1]

4. what a humorless bunch

they only think it's funny when they are ridiculing people.

[NYCGirl]

5. Andy Borowitz is a comedy writer. The column is satire. NT

[yorkiemommie1]

13. oh ok

i still think repubs don't think anything is funny unless they're ridiculing others.

[bridgit]

6. pft...welcome to du, goreo8...

:spray: and thanks for reminding me just how pissy & insufferably stupid republicans really are :patriot: :kick:

[Generic Other]

9. I actually fell for it!

:dunce:

[savemefromdumbya]

10. Gosh, Hillary could trot out and find Osama while Bush is away?

If Hillary found Osama..........and Cindy could water the plants at the ranch.

[karlrschneider]

12. The biggest problem with satire...is that MORANS believe it.

Welcome to DU!
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