To Defray Debt, Clinton Can Be a GoDaddy Girl: Carville

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 17, 2009 9:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – Should Hillary Clinton shake her assets to repay her campaign debt? James Carville jokingly said he’d be “all for” the secretary of state appearing in one of GoDaddy.com’s famously racy commercials, Politico reports. He made the suggestion in a freewheeling online radio conversation with site founder Bob Parsons. “If Hillary Clinton would be a GoDadddy Girl…I’ll give her a million bucks,” Parsons offered.

Carville, who recently drew headlines by offering to raffle off American Idol tickets or a day with Bill Clinton to help repay the $2.3 million debt, said he thought it was a great idea. But “something tells me that they’re probably not going to go for it,” he said. “I think the lawyers in the State Department. You know, they like, they piss on every fire.”

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Political commentator James Carville laughs as he is introduced by his wife Mary Matalin during commencement ceremonies for Tulane University in New Orleans, Saturday, May 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference with Haiti's President Rene Preval, not seen, at the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, April 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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