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Hillary's New Internet Video
May 12, 2008 12:45 PM
Check out Hillary Clinton's new "Thank You" internet video message to her supporters.
She seems tired, resigned, forlorn.
Especially when you compare her tone and expressions to her "I'm In" announcement internet video from January 2007, in which she seems confident, energetic, assertive.
Watch them side-by-side and tell me what you see.
- jpt
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She is not giving up.
she looked very energetic campaigning on mother's day with Chelsea.
Go Hillary...
Posted by: blue Irish | May 13, 2008 1:21:15 AM
Leisa
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS - TAKE NOTICE
-----------ROE v. WADE-----------
Two of the current justices of the United States Supreme Court will probably retire within the next four years. One is 75 and the other is 84. This will give the new president the ability to nominate two new justices. If McCain is elected you can be sure the new justices will be just like Roberts, Scalia and Thomas: willing to overturn ROE v. WADE. So think when you vote!!!
Posted by: rhbate | May 12, 2008 9:58:58 PM
"We are the party of the people, the coal miner, the waitress, the truck driver. We don''t need any elitists in our party. Therefore I am going to loan my campaign another 6.4 million in addition to the 5 million I've already lent them. After all, this is supposed to be the party of the working man and woman"
And if you believe this woman I've got this great bridge in Brooklyn.
Posted by: rhbate | May 12, 2008 9:56:51 PM
West Virginia is just a state next to Virginia. If there is a revote in many states, OBAMA would not have the votes after REV Wright and Bittergate.
There is a massive cover up of his incompetence so that people are blindfolded into change without knowing what exactly changes are.
West Virginia are kicking now. Cheer when you see what OBAMA really is without his 'brother'.
Hillary boldly challenge BO in his turf, North Carolina where BO is cushioned with a 30% votes statewide, not limited to democrates.
BO chickens and ducks out debates and campaigning in West Virginia. He is not representing people in US. He is just for the special interest.
After suggesting to divide delegates from Michigan and Florida like loots, he is going back to beg for support.
UP yours BO, you think everyone is just as cheap as you.
Posted by: John_Lai | May 12, 2008 8:33:13 PM
how would you feel if you had to endure what she has?
The DNC, backroom deals, the MSM's blatantly biased treatment, the rampant sexism, accusations of race baiting and taking advantage of the right wing smears from the 90's to disparage her character...
Yeah, I'd be worn out too. She stays in this because she loves our country and has a vision with solutions to help make our country stronger and more vibrant.
The way she has been attacked has been ruthless and disheartening. You (the MSM) and Obama have stood by and egged it on. How dare this ballsy woman think she can be president or be tough! How dare she ask hard legitimate questions of Obama?
I have canceled all of my news subscriptions and you can be sure that the TV and cable news networks have all lost credibility.
Posted by: Leisa | May 12, 2008 6:48:56 PM
Countallthevotes -
You mention affirmative action quite a few times in your post. What is that in comparison to? Come on, say what you're inferring, if you've got the guts.
Besides, you missed my point. They can all have come from little Annie's Orphanage for Poor Wayward Souls, and risen to power on the streets of some Dickinsion London, for all I care, and it doesn't change one crucial fact.
All of these candidates live on Olympus. All of these candidates have more power in their lives outside of work than any of us mere mortals can imagine.
No politician who ever pretends to be "one of us" ever is. Period.
If you want to talk about how out-of-touch their policies and platforms are, you've got ground to stand on.
But if you really beleive they can even remotely relate to you or eye, you're a sucker.
This would be cynical, if it weren't factually and irrefutably true.
That goes for my candidate Obama also. I don't care how many drinks they take and how many sports they fail at, they will never be "just like us".
Nor do they have to be. Stop being swayed by character assasination or aggrandisement on either side.
Focus on the facts, the policies, the platforms, the vision.
When you do that, the playing field is way more level, and you're vision is far less clouded.
Posted by: fontapa | May 12, 2008 4:38:43 PM
frontapa,
Bill Clinton certainly did not have any advantages in life!! He was a gifted student and not the beneficiary of affirmative action for "poor people," becau that never existed. He was a Rhodes Scholar and then went on to Yale Law School, the most selective law school in the country.
HIllary was probably lower middle class, if anything. Her mother did not attend college and, in fact, was homeless at the age of 14. While her father was a college graduate, he was a small shop owner. His father was a factory worker in PA. Hillary qualified for government backed student loans while at Yale Law School. So, they were an income eligible family. Further when Hillary was accepted to Yale Law School, she was one of only 27 women accepted. The first year class was about 235 so she was truly an exceptional student. Again, there was no affirmative action for Hillary Clinton. She earned her way into Yale Law School.
Just some bio to clarily things.
Posted by: countallthevotes | May 12, 2008 4:28:54 PM
Oh please it ain't over yet 28 del up for grabs and 6xtra per district for going late we will just see she is the under dog again go girl kick the dumb men's butts I am roflmao
Posted by: Bishop | May 12, 2008 4:21:01 PM
She appears to be more fatigued, but after campaigning for over a year, who wouldn't be? Forlorn? No.
I doubt that any person reading this blog has the level of stamina and self-discipline that she does.
Posted by: polchat | May 12, 2008 4:03:02 PM
Trying to drum up sympathy votes again, a la N.H. "The mean men are forcing me out for real this time. Poor me. I'm so tired and exhausted from trying to fight them for you, the people."
Posted by: SpaceCat | May 12, 2008 3:44:34 PM
I see a confident Hillary in her "I'm in" speech, typical of a first speech of a candidate, confidence, ready to campaign. The second one she appears tired, scared, unsure and all of a sudden humble, probably something new to her. If you watch thier earlier debates, you will see Obama usually begins his talks thanking whoever is responsible for them being where they are (the hosts, the organizers, whoever). Humble. Hillary starts off talking about herself. Now I guess she sees how humility is not necessarily viewed as a weakness by the American people and wants to borrow this idea from Obama, along with his slogan (Yes, we will" as opposed to "Yes, we can"); along with his "one of the guys" persona, a natural thing for him shown by his basketball and bowling ventures, but one she had to become a short-term alcoholic to produce by taking a shot and a beer--very ladylike I may add; like kinda moving toward grass-roots help on the Internet (something he had been doing all along), when her big-ballers-old-money-contributor well went dry. It is not surprising she is reserved, careful, humble and tired in the second video. She really did not prepare for Barack Obama to be at the wheel of the ship in front of her when the Red Sea opened up on her.
Posted by: evelyn | May 12, 2008 3:29:34 PM
Vickie -
and Obama's bio is different how? Oh yeah, that's right, his mother was a single mom, with less money...
Blah Blah Blah
The point is, anyone running for president has about as much in common with you as you do with someone living in a third world country.
They can still remember their roots, and they can still listen and hear our issues and viewpoint, but that doesn't make them any less "Elite"
Both of these candidates are Harvard educated lawyers with profound socio-economic differences from the regular voter.
If we want to talk about how their policies, platforms, and vision are in/out of touch with what the average voter wants, that makes sense, but don't be fooled by any candidate trying to convince you to ignore all that and vote for you because they are "one of you"
That includes my favored candidate Obama. What do these candidates take us for, idiots? Chugging drinks and bowling my.... you get the point.
Posted by: fontapa | May 12, 2008 3:05:57 PM
Hillary Clinton grew up in a middle class family in Park Ridge, Illinois. She wasn't wealthy. Her and Bill were the poorest people to ever walk into the White House. Just because Bill and Hillary have now made some money, like every other ex-president and first lady has, that doesn't mean she can't relate to people who are poor and are not millionaires. She has spent a lifetime working on behalf of poor people and children. No one can take that away from her just because the Clintons now have a nice bank account balance.
Posted by: Vickie | May 12, 2008 2:57:34 PM
Obama is tired too, what with all that campaigning in West Virginia and Kentucky. He's paid as much attention to them as he has to Florida and Michigan.
Posted by: DM | May 12, 2008 2:46:54 PM
fontapa,
Good soldier for your commender.
Unfortunately not from me, just make sure who are our opponents before we fire the guns...
Two many double faces posted in last few days...
Anyway, keep firing, the battle is not over yet..
Posted by: True Truth | May 12, 2008 2:44:09 PM
I feel so sorry for Hillary. She has worked so hard, against such horrible media and she is by far the best and most effective candidate. I guess the "life is not fair" saying comes into play once again. My Republican husband was going to vote for her! But the DNC is going to once again shoot itself in the foot and put up a weak candidate who cannot win. As a pundit said "the democratic party could not run a bordello in a goldrush." Unfortunately that is apparent in what should have been a landslide Democratic year. The fact that McCain is doing so well with the horrible state his Republican party has gotten us into is another indication Obama is so very weak.
Posted by: this election counts | May 12, 2008 2:42:59 PM
len -
Her daughter is a grown adult...
What's your point?
My wife has that look also, but she's got a 16 month old and works 50+ hours.
Clinton's an empty nester who hasn't been to her day job in over a year.
Of course that's a criticism I have for everyone in this process (are we still paying these people?!?) but don't try to draw parallels between these folks and ordinary people.
Or do you really buy that Clinton, a multimillionaire who's spent almost half her life living in state funded mansions, is just like you?
Posted by: fontapa | May 12, 2008 2:38:45 PM
I wonder how tired the men would be if they had to campaign for President and be Mom too.
My wife has that look on Fridays.
This race isn't over.
Posted by: len | May 12, 2008 2:33:47 PM
fontapa,
Thought you just said you dumped Obama yesterday...
Now double talking?
Posted by: True Truth | May 12, 2008 2:33:29 PM
Explain to me where it is that Obama is further to the left on any substantive issue than Hillary?
You folks throw this around a lot, but it holds no water.
Both Candidates :
Anti-War
Anti-Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Pro-Choice
Pro-Civil Rights
Anti-Big Business
Pro-Regulation
Pro-Union
Pro-Healthcare (note: Clinton's is more universal a.k.a. LEFT)
What have they disagreed on? Flag pins? What church to go to? The imaginary gas tax thing that's practically DOA in Congress?
They're like 97% the same.
I think accusing him of being an extreme leftist is just code for "I don't like him and don't trust him"
Stop pretending to have a reasoned argument for not supporting him, and just say what you mean, you don't like him.
If you can't come up with anything about his policies, vision, platform, etc. than you're probably voting out of fear.
Might want to look into what that fear is about, kids...
Posted by: fontapa | May 12, 2008 2:31:10 PM
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