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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:00 AM Original message |
Clinton's Closing Remarks raise a typical and bigger dilemma about her |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. You've done a good job of describing what a lot of people |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. I agree with OP, well said. I was also uncomfortable with her evasive response to the |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Those lines or several eerily similar closing lines, were originally |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Everything she does is a calculated act... She is so disingenious.... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. The campaign had advisors who help her what to say |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, her closing lines were absolutely scripted. IMO, Clintons are trying to make her seem |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I don;t mind the beseiged fighter part.... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. schizophrenic, more like. I'm not throwing the word out lightly, either |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. You just described the problem that non-Clinton fans have with them, and I can sum it up in 3 words |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. but her statement was inherently untrustable |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. The standing ovation was because the debate was over. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well said and spot on |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. less than 14 hours later, she's back on the "seating the MI" voter train. Keep Classy Clinton! |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. I knew when it happened it wasn't "real". She went through at least 3 different |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I really don't think she'd accept a VP slot |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. She was being real |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I don't think it's a gender issue |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Why Americans may be leery of emotional demonstrations |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. HRC - Always the Victim (needs a trademark sign) |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. her scripted, prepared final remarks were not authentic. At this point, I question if Hillary |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think what Hillary successfully accomplished with her closing comments was |
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nomorewhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. this post hits the nail right on the head |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. Just consider her a human being & go from there. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That's the problem |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. just because she is a human being |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. I want to believe that was sincere |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. She was so genuine, I was hoping she'd apologize for her |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Yeah, I thought she was going to apologize for the IWR |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. Obama's strength is in acting "cool." Hillary's strength is in speaking from her heart. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. From her heart? Bwhahaha! |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Perception is everything. |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. I have this feeling about almost all politicians. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I would agree with you. That;s why I like people like.... |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm confident she will lose Texas regardless of her closing statement. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. Exhausting, isn't it? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You summed up my OP perfectly |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. Make no mistake, it was 100% pure emotional manipulation. |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. I don't care for either of them. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
30. Wow. Good post. You put in words what I've had a hard time articulating. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
31. Let's Just Merge The Threads... It Fits Right In With Your "Hillary Is A Calculating $%^#* Meme |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I heard about that cop; very sad, but not Clinton's fault. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Read The Thread |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Sigh. There's a lot of bozos on this bus, you know that. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Let it go. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. You are overgeneralizing there |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. How Is Obama's Politics So Different From The DLC |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Not as much difference as I'd prefer |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. I know what you're saying |
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ORDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
44. At this point I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. Oops -- wrong place. |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. That's the problem. With Obama, you feel like what you see is what you get. Hillary? No. |
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