Poll: Did the Clinton administration have Republican cabinet members?

[TeamJordan23]

With so much fuss from Hillary supporters about Obama's hypothetical cabinet (considering he hasn't even won anything yet), my question is did the Clinton administration have any Republican cabinet members?

[BulletproofLandshark]

1. Yes, SecDef Bill Cohen

Edit: woohoo! 1000th post!

[Captain Angry]

2. Way to kill the poll. :-)

Congrats on the 1000.

[TeamJordan23]

3. Congrats, now you are officially an addict. nm

[durrrty libby]

4. It looks as though Obama likes to copy much from Bill Clinton

Let's just have the real thing rather than cheap imitations

[Kucinich4America]

16. Can't do that.

The 22nd Amendment prohibits such a thing.

[durrrty libby]

25. Of course we can and will. Senator Clinton is the other half of the team

[rucky]

32. Y'all can't have it both ways. n/t

[wyldwolf]

5. Obama supporters are justifying Obama words by comparing him to Bill Clinton...LOL!

A

[TeamJordan23]

6. I'm guessing you didn't vote No. nm

[ellacott]

7. No it just makes one wonder why the Clintons can do it and no one else

especially when these criticisms are coming from Clinton supporters.

[rinsd]

8. William Cohen vs Arnold Schwartzenegger.

There is a bit of a difference.

[ellacott]

13. Depending who you talk to

It's all subjective.

[wyldwolf]

10. Again, Obama supporters totally miss the hypocritical point

They build up their hero as being better than the Clintons, then justify his actions because the Clintons did it, too.

[ellacott]

12. And very few people admit to any fault coming from their own camp

There are zealous supporters on all sides. The scary part is most people refuse to acknowledge that. The opponent is portrayed and the enemy hte candidate they support is protrayed as perfection.

I see nothing wrong with what Clinton did and I know that many of their supporters would feel the same way if Obama had not made this statement.

The selective outrage is so interesting.

[wyldwolf]

14. the most interesting part is this

1. Obama is far superior to the Clintons.
2. Ooops! Obama does something the Clintons do. But it's ok, cause the Clintons did it, too!

:rofl:

[ellacott]

17. Tell yourself what you need to hear

[wyldwolf]

19. how else would you explain it?

[ellacott]

20. I mentioned it in another post in this thread

Both sides have zealous supporters who are blind to their candidates shortcomings. It's not confined just to Obama supporters.

[wyldwolf]

22. we're discussing one thing in particular, though

[ellacott]

23. Actually we're not

<snip>1. Obama is far superior to the Clintons.
2. Ooops! Obama does something the Clintons do. But it's ok, cause the Clintons did it, too!>

[wyldwolf]

27. actually we are

Poll: Did the Clinton administration have Republican cabinet members?

[ellacott]

28. Actually we're not

That poll is part of another thread you started.

[wyldwolf]

29. LOL! Are you serious? That has got to be the most desperate reply I've seen today!

So, in this thread, the topic of conversation isn't the op because the op is actually part of another thread. :crazy:

[ellacott]

30. No it's not desperate, it is a mistake, it's funny you say that

I've been going back and forth with you so much today that I thought I was replying to your other thread(that we've been going back and forth in).

It was a mistake on my part but hardly anything close to desperate. That's funny.

[fasttense]

9. How come you are taking a poll on a fact?

It is easy enough to check on who Clinton had as cabinet members and see if they identify themselves as Repukes. Greenspan comes to mind but that expands the meaning of cabinet members.

Taking a poll on this fact is the same as taking a poll to see if the earth is flat or round. What good is it? A fact is a fact. Taking a poll on it seems silly because it wont change anything.

Now if you asked do you BELIEVE the earth is flat, that is a different matter all together. Many a crazy religious person doesn't believe in facts.

[Cameron27]

11. Yes Cohen was in the Clinton WH..

the same SOB who engineered the move to 'retire' Wes Clark, something that Bill Clinton later regretted.

[William769]

15. Yes. 1.

[Capn Sunshine]

18. So attacking Obama for mentioning possible R Cabinet members is

A) Desperate
B) More from inside the beltway bubble
C) All of the above

[Cameron27]

26. No, I don't think it's any of those reasons.

Bill Clinton made a mistake with Cohen, something I hope that Hillary took to heart. Obama's degree of bipartisanship is not something I want out of the next Democratic POTUS. Not after 8 years of this crowd.

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. If less of an overt effort was being made to paint Hillary as "back to the 90's"

I would find the point of your poll more telling. Using the Clinton cabinet as a comparison, you know, could be framed as advocating for "more of the same".

Citing precedent is not a bad idea in general, but when so many Obama supporters make it a talking point to speak negatively about the previous Clinton Administration's record while talking excitedly about a forward looking Obama Administration that breaks with the past that Hillary is said to represent, then it loses a little bit of punch.

[Zorra]

24. Yeah, Bill Clinton made some mistakes but overall was a relatively

good Prez.

Our next Dem Prez can learn from Pres. Clinton's mistakes. And the first mistake they should avoid is the appointment of republicans.

[ShaneGR]

31. Yup, so what? Last I checked he was pretty successful too.... nt