Outwardly, they put on a show of unity — but privately, the Obamas and Clintons, the two power couples of the Democrat Party, loathe each other.
“I hate that man Obama more than any man I’ve ever met, more than any man who ever lived,” Bill Clinton said to friends on one occasion, adding he would never forgive Obama for suggesting he was a racist during the 2008 campaign.
The feeling is mutual. Obama made excuses not to talk to Bill, while the first lady privately sniped about Hillary.
On most evenings, Michelle Obama and her trusted adviser, Valerie Jarrett, met in a quiet corner of the White House residence. They’d usually open a bottle of Chardonnay, catch up on news about Sasha and Malia, and gossip about people who gave them heartburn.
Their favorite bête noire was Hillary Clinton, whom they nicknamed “Hildebeest,” after the menacing and shaggy-maned gnu that roams the Serengeti.
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“I really can’t stand the way Obama always seems to be hectoring when he talks to me,” Clinton added, according to someone who was present at the gathering and spoke on the condition of anonymity. “Sometimes we just stare at each other. It’s pretty damn awkward. Now we both have favors to ask each other, and it’s going to be very unpleasant. But I’ve got to get this guy to owe me and to be on our side.”
Much more at the NY Post
Poor Illinois, as if it’s not in enough of a death spiral, but having a Sen Michelle Obama? O Goodness can they really be that stupid?
It’s a rhetorical question-my creepy liberal sister lives in Chicago. When Quinn ran for Gov with the promise of a huge tax increase to once and for all, fix the deficits in their pensions, I told her, they would blow through that money and wouldn’t touch the problem. The legislature is dem controlled so there is no one to blame but themselves. Quinn has recently come back for more tax increases to “fix” the problems.
Her response? It’s just so complex an issue, he needs more time.
This from a REgressive who lives in Chicago and tells me she doesn’t need a weapon because the police will protect her.
So sadly, it’s looks like a second Sen Obama from IL is possible-can you imagine this shrew in the news continuously as a policy maker??? Thank god I’m getting up there in age, I swear if I was in my 20s….well, let’s just not go there.
@MM:
I’ve lived in Illinois all my life and the answer is yes. If Michelle Obama runs, she’ll have no problem winning and by a comfortable margin at that. The rural people are good down to earth individuals. Cook County, which controls the state, is comprised of the typical dems who believe everyone owes them something. They are quite an arrogant and selfish lot. Unfortunately, they are spreading into the collar counties as well. If it wasn’t for family I would have left this poor excuse for a state a long time ago.
I left my family in Chicago in1970 another vet, went back 2 or 3 times a year to see my mom-she died in 96 and I haven’t been back since-lived in Chicago, it’s such a beautiful city but it’s a shithole-my sister and her creepy academia husband will be some of those killed in the first wave when TSHTF-they truly do not know how precariously they are living.
@MM: It has gotten worse even though Chicago is no doubt one of the most beautiful cities in the country. When I was an independent contractor, I used to like delivering down there just to see the different parts of the city. When I point out to the dem faithful that more people were murdered in Chicago than were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan during the same period, they get angry but can’t argue with the facts. And those are democrats killing democrats. It’s amazing how they want to shove their morals down the rest of our throats when they can’t even get their own house in order. Fortunately, there are still some of us who have viewpoints grounded in reality but it’s like an underground movement now.