Regis Philbin
Feb 12th, 2007, 05:45 PM
Ohhhhh, look at Chuck backpedal...LOL :laugh:
Good thing Chuck's a Dem, otherwise he'd be asked to resign.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02122007/news/nationalnews/chucks_foot_in_mouth_nationalnews_ian_bishop______post_corre spondent.htm
CHUCK'S FOOT IN MOUTH
By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent
Obama-Hill backpedal
.February 12, 2007 -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sen. Chuck Schumer has been backpedaling furiously since saying that the country is not ready to have Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on the same ticket.
"Well, first woman and first black, you don't want to - it may be hard," New York's senior senator said in an interview on public television.
"You know, the American people, I think they would vote for a woman. And I think they would vote for a black, an African-American," he added. "But tickets are good to have some balance."
Since then, Schumer has become considerably more politically correct, saying his main concern is that it wouldn't have geographical balance - meaning a Southerner.
Appearing on the Charlie Rose show on Feb. 1, Schumer was asked if it would make sense to have Clinton and Obama on the same ticket.
"That is a tough one," he replied. "Probably not."
Asked to explain, Schumer insisted to The Post, "I didn't say that. You get my words. I basically said that you need a balanced ticket. We need a ticket that is going to have broad appeal."
Good thing Chuck's a Dem, otherwise he'd be asked to resign.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02122007/news/nationalnews/chucks_foot_in_mouth_nationalnews_ian_bishop______post_corre spondent.htm
CHUCK'S FOOT IN MOUTH
By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent
Obama-Hill backpedal
.February 12, 2007 -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sen. Chuck Schumer has been backpedaling furiously since saying that the country is not ready to have Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on the same ticket.
"Well, first woman and first black, you don't want to - it may be hard," New York's senior senator said in an interview on public television.
"You know, the American people, I think they would vote for a woman. And I think they would vote for a black, an African-American," he added. "But tickets are good to have some balance."
Since then, Schumer has become considerably more politically correct, saying his main concern is that it wouldn't have geographical balance - meaning a Southerner.
Appearing on the Charlie Rose show on Feb. 1, Schumer was asked if it would make sense to have Clinton and Obama on the same ticket.
"That is a tough one," he replied. "Probably not."
Asked to explain, Schumer insisted to The Post, "I didn't say that. You get my words. I basically said that you need a balanced ticket. We need a ticket that is going to have broad appeal."