Clinton Campaign Announces New Theme Song
Today, Clinton teared up when asked how she could handle the constant campaigning, and how she got her hair done in the morning. Nothing wrong with that, I guess. All the candidates are ridiculously exhausted, (this really is a stupid way to pick a President), and heaven knows I tear up when I hear my little girl say "Daddy." Nothing wrong with a little emotion.
But then, there was this, from Politico:
Hillary was asked about Obama's rejoinder that there's something vaguely un-American about dismissing hopes as false, and that it doesn't jibe with the careers of figures like like John F. Kennedy and King.
"Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act," Clinton said. "It took a president to get it done."
Any minute now, I am expecting this to be announced as the new Hillary Clinton campaign theme song:
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heh
"85% of Republicans are Democrats who don't know what's going on." -Robert Kennedy, Jr.
I do like the graphics, but
Aw Come on~ I'm not a huge Hilary fan, but this is a CHEAP SHOT Dr. Frank!!!
Seriously, I doubt anyone who has watched her for any length of time really sees her as the emotional type. When I first heard the story on NPR, I remember thinking, "goodness, emotion from Hillary? Maybe that will help her."
But of course not. Folks like you are ready to ridicule her for being an ice-cold beeotch or to switch over into "see, she's come undone, now, how woman-ish of her."
She's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.
I would prefer Obama or Edwards, frankly, as a canidate, but if she were to get the nomination, I'd go out and fight like hell for her.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
Absolutely
This is a petty, ridiculous cheap shot. Completely unnecessary.
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There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracts. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed. - Robert F. Kennedy
cheap shot? come on
I'm not saying anything about her being a woman, other than using the feminine pronoun.
If anyone can look at the statew of this race and not think Clinton's campaign has come undun, they are looking at a different race than I am.
Plus, it was a joke. The best jokes cut close to the bone.
"She didn't know what she was headed for,
But by the time I saw what she was headed for,
It was too late.
She found a mountain that was far too high,
But when she found out that she couldn't fly,
It was too late.
It's too late.
She's come too far.
She's lost the sun.
She's come undone."
Pretty good metaphor if you ask me.
"85% of Republicans are Democrats who don't know what's going on." -Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Cheap Shot Gun Slingers hire by Hillary?
If anyone can look at the statew of this race and not think Clinton's campaign has come undun, they are looking at a different race than I am.* Dr Frank
You got that right! However help is on the way, Hillary just hired James Carville and Paul B. When they get done with Obama and Edwards, both of them will think they are members of a secret Muslin group located in Portland OR and planning to kidnap the Queen of England as a salt and pepper gang....
It won't exactly a sobstorm
It was really just a slight CATCH in her voice. The menfolk get all kinds of sincerity points for that. Bill used to do it juuuust right . . .
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
You're right.
Double standard? Hmm.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
That song...
I woke up this morning singing it. Thank you, Dr. Frank. Thanks for the crappy memories.
My parents were famously un-picky about their music when I was growing up. We took a lot of long road trips. It's the early to mid eighties, and here are the cassette tapes you can choose from the sticky floor of the station wagon:
The Guess Who "Greatest Hits" (featuring THAT song)
John Denver "Greatest Hits" (featuring the song about the wooden Indian standing silent in the rain.)
Whitney Houston "Whitney Houston" (with the "I believe the children are the future" song which we sang in assembly)
Jim Croce "Greatest Hits" (play "Bad Bad Leroy Brown". Hit repeat.)
Jimmy Buffett "Volcano" (actually a pretty cool record, if I'm really honest with myself)
and
Chaka Khan "Chaka Khan" ( with "I Feel For You", the only song I ever remember being played at the skating rink. That song still smells like stale-cola-in-carpet to me.
And THAT WAS IT, Dr Frank. THAT WAS IT. No Rolling Stones. No Beatles. No Nick Drake. No Jimmy Hendrix. No Talking Heads.
Just Chaka Khan and John Denver doing a duet of "American Woman" in my nightmares.
Oh my god, Bullydoc.
That actually explains a lot about you, when I think about it.
I will make it my mission to prepare a mix of what you SHOULD have been able to listen to - in the early to mid eighties.
Whitney Houston. Ye Gods.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
Yeah, it was pretty abusive.
But I bought "Graceland" when it came out and things started looking up from there.
I was subjected to similar abuse
Sonny & Cher, the Carpenters, Helen Reddy.
Of course, I'm grateful now that I look back. It's fun to be able to sing awful songs. And they did have some good stuff -- like Roger Miller (I don't care what anyone says. That man was a genius).
And then our teenage uncle ran away from home and came to live with us -- and brought Frank Zappa, Jefferson Airplane and some other startlingly diverse albums. Thank goodness for Uncle Bill. He even had a guitar.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
Seriously though, misogny is alive and well in America
and if I didn't think too often about it before Hillary's campaign, I do now. It's not just the way the pundits assassinate her character, she herself went to great lengths to remake herself in the Betty Crocker image at some point.
The nastiness in the MSM is hard for me to bear. It makes me want to cry.
She can't win. HE could, but she can't.
This is true. She is subjected to a double-standard, and truly is damned if she do and damned if she don't. The visceral reaction some folks have to Hilary is kind of amazing. No, she isn't all cute and cuddly like Bill, and should never have tried to remake herself along the lines of Betty Crocker (reminded me of when Dan Rather started wearing those sweater vests). I don't mind hearing anti-Hilary statements based on her political positions, but the vast majority of people who express dislike for her do it with personal references. She has never been "feminine" enough and never will be.
Brunette
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
Exactly right!
Do you remember when Bill was running and she had to come up with a damn cookie recipe? She was a working mom, an attorney, who had achieved a lot in her own right, and every stupid grocery store checkout magazine in America wanted to know what her favorite cookie recipe was. Unbelievable.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
The biggest problem with Hillary has always been
the idea that people thought there was a problem with Hillary.
I found this op-ed in the New York Times quite by accident earlier today.
The gender double standard is still alive and well in our fair country, even here at BlueNC as evidenced by this and another thread. It may be that America is getting over racial limitations, though Harold Ford might have something to say to counter that notion.
Women got the vote less than 100 years ago; Black men have been voting 50 years longer. Are we still 50 years from the possibility of having a woman president? Kinda sad.
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Actually, if you think about it,
we're one heart attack and a couple of pretzels away from having a woman president. ::wink:: I'm kidding!!! I don't want anything bad to happen to GWB or DC.
Seriously, I hope that we're not 50 years away from electing a woman president; and as I've said numerous times - if Hillary winds up as the Democratic nominee, I will vociferously and loudly support her. I will go door to door, and I will do all of the things that I would have done for Edwards, or Obama, Because she does have some good ideas, she is a good Democrat, and so am I.
I hope the day comes when we don't even talk about race, or gender, just policies and politics. I bet we don't see that happen.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
That is very true (President Pelosi) ... now wouldn't that just
pucker some NeoCon butts.
Both Pelosi and Clinton are capable, intelligent women, but perhaps not the ideal choices for their particular roles at this time in history. The good thing is that they will make it easier for those who follow.
I am glad that in 2008 this country may get over, at least in part, it's hangups concerning race and gender.
That is my hope as well, but that's a bet I won't take; fifty more years could be tough. :)
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