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"The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration. Jill Biden said President-elect Barack Obama gave Biden the choice of being secretary of state or vice president. The vice president-elect tried to hush his wife as soon as the words came out of her mouth, with a loud “shhh!” that sent the audience into laughter."
I wonder if Hillary knew she only got her job because Joe didn’t want it. That’s cold.
During a taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show, Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden let it slip that Mr. Biden was offered a choice between the vice presidency and secretary of state saying:
"Joe had the choice of being secretary of State or vice president."
She seemingly realized what she had done almost immediately and showed the embarrassment of the mistake.
Elizabeth Alexander, spokesperson for the vice president-elect, writes:
"Like anyone who followed the presidential campaign this summer, Dr. Jill Biden knew there was a chance that president-elect Obama might ask her husband to serve in some capacity and that, given his background, the positions of vice president and secretary of State were possibilities. Dr. Biden's point to Oprah today was that being vice president would be a better fit for their family because they would get to see him more and get to participate in serving more. To be clear, President-elect Obama offered Vice President-elect Biden one job only -- to be his running mate. And the Vice President-elect was thrilled to accept the offer."
This cannot sit well with Hillary Clinton especially since the Obama team has made such a big deal over their choice of Hillary lauding it as one of the first and major decisions they had made.
By From a house in the Joshue Tree, used under Creative Commons.
Posted January 20th, 2009 by Armen Hareyan
