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The Clinton machine Ready on Day OneBy Rick Horowitz Click. " -- continue to show her with a substantial lead, Chris, over her nearest rival, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois." "Of course, we're still months away from the first votes being cast, Jim, but Senator Clinton's people are feeling pretty confident right about now -- which may explain how we were able to get an exclusive peek earlier this week inside the fabled Clinton 'war room.'" "And I understand you got a lot more than you bargained for." "We certainly did. This was Monday night, the night of the Democrats' so-called YouTube debate, and as you might imagine, they were monitoring developments pretty closely." "Including a sudden difference of opinion between the two leading candidates about whether to talk to certain 'rogue' foreign leaders. Let's roll the tape...
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Chris, these desks over here are where we receive and evaluate the latest
dispatches from abroad. As you know, Senator Clinton has quite an extensive
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"A-OOOO-GA!! A-OOOO-GA!!" "What's that?" "Really quite an extensive -- " "A-OOOO-GA!! A-OOOO-GA!!" "Is there an emergency? Do we have to evacuate or something?" "Nothing to worry about -- that's just part of our alert system. We use it whenever something -- " "EXPLOITABLE MOMENT. EXPLOITABLE MOMENT. ALL PERSONNEL REPORT TO STATIONS. REPEAT: ALL PERSONNEL REPORT TO STATIONS IMMEDIATELY." " -- whenever something comes up that we think might be of particular...interest to voters." "And this time? Was it Obama saying he'd be willing to talk to people like Chavez and Assad during his first year in office?" "Exactly! And you saw the way Hillary immediately said that she wouldn't make that promise, and how an American president can't afford to be used by foreign governments for propaganda purposes." "And you don't think Obama understood that?" "Let's just say his answer showed a certain lack of experience." "Which you think -- " "A-OOOO-GA!! A-OOOO-GA!! PREPARE TO DEPLOY FORMER OFFICIALS. PREPARE TO DEPLOY FORMER OFFICIALS." "What's going -- is that Madeleine Albright being loaded into that missile launcher?" "Secretary Albright recognizes that a president's diplomatic tools have to be used in a sophisticated manner. A very sophisticated manner. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if she used exactly those words to describe what an excellent answer Senator Clinton gave right there." "And you expect -- " "The senator might even offer a few thoughts of her own over the next 24 hours or so." "ATTENTION, PLEASE. ALL PERSONNEL, ATTENTION PLEASE. WORDS OF THE DAY: 'IRRESPONSIBLE.' 'FRANKLY NÁVE.' 'IRRESPONSIBLE AND FRANKLY NÁVE.' THAT IS ALL." "So you -- wait a minute! That's Richard Holbrooke over there, isn't it? You can launch Ambassador Holbrooke, too?" "If necessary. We have a wide array of weapons at our disposal, Chris, and we're prepared for any eventuality. You have to be able to look ahead as president, which is why Senator Clinton is -- " "And her vote for the war?" "Excuse me?" "How does 'looking ahead' and being diplomatically 'sophisticated' square with her vote for the war in Iraq?" "A-OOOO-GA!!
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