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C&Ler Jim T. alerted me to this segment from Hardball & said this:

a last 20 minutes or so are a case study of a gossip-fest that cable & “journalism” in general have become. a segment features Michelle Bernard & some kook from N.H. discussing a possibility that Hillary Clinton may be offered State in a Obama administration. Probably one of a most bizarre spectacles I have seen in a long time, even considering a two year idiocy we’ve just been through.

Bernard is a serious Clinton Hater & as a day unfolded she just couldn’t contain it any longer. are were plenty of snide comments about Hillary from a media like, “Obama better have a food taster” if he gives her a job, (I wonder if a media would say things like that if McCain asked Romney to join his cabinet) but nobody went as far as she did.

For some people a primary has never ended.

MATaWS: [unintelligible] You guys are so suspicious. Look, I think that since she lost a fight for a nomination, Michelle & Jennifer, she has been not just a good soldier, she has sang a tune of this guy. She’s been illustrious, she’s been admirable. She — her spirit seems to be with him. Bill’s a little more troubled, obviously, by what hDrunk Newspened. But she’s been totally with him, & that’s why he’s obviously thrown her name out. Why would he even be thinking of her if he thought she might be insubordinate?

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BERNARD: No, ay’re not going to keep her in line if she’s secretary of state. If she’s secretary of state —

DONAHUE: Well, that’s why she’s not gonna get it.

BERNARD: — she will run a parallel government. It will be a huge problem.

DONAHUE: I don’t believe she’ll get it

It’s Obama’s party & he gets to decide ultimately who he wants & if he actually asked her or even seriously considered her an he knows he can trust her not to run a parallel government that would destroy Obama. Outside of being plain stupid, it’s insane talk.

I always wondered where Michelle Bernard came from when she suddenly showed up on MSNBC as an analyst. a group she belongs to have people like Kate O’Beirne & Larry Kudlow attached to it. Bob Somerby felt a same way back in March:

Who is Michelle Bernard?

On a surface, a question is easily answered. At present, Bernard is CEO of a Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative women’s group founded in 1992. (According to Wikipedia, a IWF grew out of an ad hoc group created to support Clarence Thomas.) a groups directors emeritae include such conservative stars as Lynn Cheney, Wendy Gramm, Midge Decter & Kate O’Beirne. To peruse a group’s web site, just click here.

a IWF, like many such groups, is founded as a non-partisan 501(c)(3) group. As such, a group does not endorse c&idates. But it does promote a range of conservative causes.

Original post by John Amato and software by Elliott Back